It’s a good thing I don’t feel too irresistibly pulled by jelly beans as I live about 15 minutes from the Jelly Belly factory, and the food bank warehouse I volunteer at is just down the road so it would be very easy for me to pop in and buy Flops by the case. Actually did that a few years ago, and gave two pound bags of the things to people for Christmas.
Been a weird week…
Someone got shot and killed in front of a local cafe that we frequent often enough that they bring us iced tea before we ask when we go there for lunch. At 5:45 AM while opening the restaurant, a would-be robber attacked, but a daily regular customer intervened. Robber shot and killed him.
OK that’s bad enough, but there’s a personal connection - the server who was attacked is the one that brings us tea before we need to ask, and the victim was the father of a guy we know. Server is unharmed, robber got nothing but arrested, but our friend’s dad is dead for trying to stop a crime.
And then a couple blocks away, the owner of our favorite Chinese place got robbed. The restaurant was robbed a few weeks ago, but this time, the robbers ransacked the owner’s house. The crooks dumped out every bottle and jar in the kitchen, apparently looking for money or jewelry, then, finding only spices and sauces, they tore the insulation out of the attic. Apparently robbing restaurant owners is a thing - the robbers are confident the owner will be away from home for many hours so they leisurely rummage through everything.