Everyone who shops locally works off one of these lists. Maybe yours is unwritten but something like it lurks in the recesses of your mind. I decided to put my lurking list into print and see where it led me. So here's where I am on this issue: I'll be back to Wright's Tire Shop, Sun Waelty Auto Repair, The Thai Restaurant, Lighthouse Deli, Kathy's Cleaners, WalMart, CVS, Save Mart, Safeway, Staples, Camacho's, Studio 280, and Simply Delish. Compiling the list was hard because l'll bet I left someone out.
Under analysis: All of the businesses on my list walk the walk when it comes to customer service. All of them have owners and/or employees who take time to either talk to me or help me out with a purchase. All of them have services or products I want.
The fact is that I love to shop so I get around to lots of places all over the County. Another fact is that I want to be treated well. I don't want to feel dismissed or patronized. If I do wind up feeling like that, I don't go back no matter what's for sale.
I got to thinking this way when I visited Simply Delish, a new cupcake shop at 365 S. Washington Street in Sonora. It is close to Day-O drive-through coffee shop. The owner and producer of the products in the shop is Vonnie Hilton. A nice lady with a great product! As I left with my purchase this past Saturday, I said to her that "I'll be back soon." That comment became the basis of this blog, and that only means that you never know where you will be or what you will be doing when an inspiration visits you.
