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My Gen X neighbor told me my generation killed the corner store, so I asked him who shut the one on 5th
Last Saturday I was out front when my neighbor Dale, who is 58, started going off about how nobody my age wants to run small shops anymore. I asked him one question: who owned the place on 5th that closed in 2011? He got quiet because it was his brother in law who sold it to a chain. I said I would stock shelves on weekends if he wanted to reopen it, and he just laughed and went inside. Has anyone else had a small moment like this where the argument fell apart with one real fact?
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lunakim2d ago
Did your neighbor ever find out his brother in law was the one who actually sold it? My buddy had the same thing happen with his uncle and a hardware store in his hometown. His uncle swore up and down that the big box stores ran it out, but turns out he took a buyout offer in 2009 and retired to Florida. My friend brought it up at Thanksgiving and the whole table went quiet, which was honestly more awkward than the original argument.
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