What Are They Doing In There?

There's a Chinese restaurant up at the corner. They have great food... when you can get it.

We've called and been told we can only order if we can be there in ten minutes to pick it up. We've been told we can order, but it will take an hour. We've been allowed to order only after undergoing a quiz as to what exactly we might be ordering.

The best was, we called and were told they would love to take our order, but they were out of rice. Rice!

Does McDonald's run out of french fries? Does Starbucks run out of coffee? (And, they're a block or so away from a grocery store. Apparently buying more rice was not an option.)

We can't help but wonder what they do back in the kitchen, since it apparently does not involve running a restaurant.

On a similar note: next door to one of the places where I work is an accountant's office. Ah, but it's not just an accountant's office. It's also a notary public. Well, sure: I get that.

And, they've got a licensed realtor in there. Sure. Do your taxes, sell your house, one place. Cool. Oh -- there's also an ad agency in there. It's not much of an ad agency, since it's not advertised. But it's there.

But wait! Do you need promotional items packaged? They can do that for you. Hold on! Do you need a passport photo taken? They're there for you.

What especially fascinates me about this place is, with all these businesses going on, no one's going in. Not a lot of traffic there.