My Casey's Pizza Paper Plate Story: Recently my youngest son turned 11 and we bought him a new bike. He loved it so much that I bought him accessories such as an odometer, a mirror and a drink holder. In the next few days we biked the trails of Sioux Falls which is 20 miles. Quite a feat for an 11 year old. We then found a new path in our Home Town which was 8 miles and about an hour from start to finish. When I was a child my Dad brought me to the Dairy Queen, I now brought my son to Casey's. It was a half way point on our ride and we would get a drink and a twist pastry and eat it on the side of the store while sending selfies to friends and family. However, on this Sunday morning on May 24th we headed out for another ride after a nice rainstorm earlier that morning. We make it to our Casey's stop just on the edge of Brandon, SD on Holly and Sioux Blvd at 10:30 am. We each found a drink and decided to share a slice of breakfast pizza. We picked the best one out of the four spinning pizza's. Bacon and Eggs. I pulled out the slice and turning around I found the napkins and paper plates. I pull out two napkins and one paper plate then waited in line. Once it was our turn to complete our purchase the check out lady (Older white woman, light hair with Covid Mask 55 or 60 years old) asked us "Can I ask you where you got that paper plate?" In kind of an accusatory tone. Surprised I said "Yes, I got it by the pizza and the napkins". She then said "Those are for purchase only and now you need to buy all of them, so what do you want to do?" While holding them above her head in front of us. I responded "Are you serious?" She then got angry and raised her voice at us saying "You need to pay for these". I then said "Wow, if you need us to pay for these then I will put back our drinks and toss our pizza and pay for your paper plates." With no customer service response I put the drinks back and put my pizza in the trash. I came back and inserted my card to pay for the discarded pizza and paper plates she needed me to purchase. I then said "Geez, why do you have to be so rude". The card read "transaction complete". I then brought the plates over the the employee on the side who was watching and told him he can have the paper plates which she needed me to buy. As I walked out I said "I will not come back here again". The door was half way closed when I heard her yell at the top of her voice "JACKASS!!" I held the door and told her I heard that and will report her.
My son and I didn't have a snack on the curb that day as we have in the past but we did complete the trek. We found some mud and puddles from the night before which we enjoyed. Later when my bike handle came loose we found a neighbor who we didn't know before on the way back which we asked for help with needing an allen wrench in order to fix it. He fixed our bike and changed our day for the better!
I'm not sure but I think the moral of the story might be that when you see Casey's General Store.. Just keep biking. read more