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Local Rituals

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I found myself at Walmart at 10 pm last Saturday. It was filled with pijama-clad teenagers. They were walking around, playing ball, eating, sitting on the floor. It was like a very large sleepover party. Is Walmart a regular hangout for teenagers or is this a local thing?

5 responses to “Local Rituals”

  1. methylethyl Avatar
    methylethyl

    Around here they go to the Waffle House.

    Clean, well-lighted places that are open 24hrs.

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    overgrownhobbit

    Usually more of a college thing at that hour. Earlier in the evening it’d be malls.

    The PJs in public for more than just a late-night emergency-run are a new thing, this generation, though. Not sure where it came from.

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      overgrownhobbit

      *were the malls not dead, that is. But they are. Hence Walmart.

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    2. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      At least, in my area students don’t wear PJs to class. At Purdue it was rampant and very embarrassing to watch. Also, quite smelly.

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  3. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    “I found myself at Walmart at 10 pm last Saturday”

    hmmm that’s not suspicious language at all….. you…. “found yourself” there… hmmmm

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