Lovelorn Poets

From Anchorage to Zebulon: In Search of Missed Connections

Missed Connections in Washington, DC: Harris Teeter

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Harris Teeter
Missed Connections in Washington, DC

Harris Teeter! Why does your produce expire so quickly!?

This banana was green last night, now it’s browning around some mysterious bruise. These grapes looked *so* good in the store, but now they’re uninspiring. And why don’t you have any cherries in stock? A co-worker brought some in just yesterday and I really wanted some.

Is it me, have *I* changed? What’s happened to us?

Wistfully on Columbia Pike …

NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

Typically, our missed connections Supermarket Stories are about an interaction with a particular human, but here we have a rumination on a souring relationship with fruit. Can the bond between shopper and store be repaired once dissatisfaction sets in?  What can be done when good produce goes bad?  Time to call in the store manager!

Missed Connections in Fargo, ND: Vegan Pepperoni

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cistell i verdures by Zoraida de Torres Burgos

 

Vegan Pepperoni
Missed Connections in Fargo / Moorhead

I was in the health food aisle buying soy milk.
You saw that I had pepperoni in my cart.
You suggested I buy vegan pepperoni.
We talked for a few minutes and I put the vegan pepperoni in my cart.
Once you left, I took it out.
But thanks anyway.

NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

Today we’re showcasing three messages from the Fargo MC. Through no planning of my own, all of the messages revolve around food with two taking place in grocery stores. I wonder why our lovelorn poet wrote this message about secretly switching back to the regular pepperoni – are they feeling guilty or is there something else?

 

Lovelorn Poet in Fargo, ND: Healthy Cashwise Shopper

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Missed Connections in Fargo, ND

Healthy Cashwise Shopper

Healthy Cashwise Shopper
Missed Connections in Fargo / Moorhead

beautiful woman
buying “so delicious”
coconut creamer,
you look the same
sunday night
natural food shoppers
coming together
again and again

NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

I’ve featured a fair number of missed connections messages from Fargo before, but today this quirky little feed has a day all of their own. I was surprised to discover that Fargo’s population is slightly over 100,000 and is home to the University of North Dakota. That makes it not totally dissimilar to Athens, GA (except for that average temperature thing that’s kind of different).  Whether the thermometer reads  101 or -17 there’s always the grocery store for entertainment!

 

Missed Connections in Savannah, GA: Kroger Gas Station

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NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

Hmmm… truck driver spots woman filling her Jeep with gas and then checking and filling the oil. Truck driver is intrigued by the sight but chickens out on the approach.  Could it be that said truck driver was uncertain of their car maintenance skills and wanted to avoid a possible discussion about spark plugs, converters, and fan belts should the comely female actually start to talk about them? We shall never know…

Kroger Gas Station This Morning
Missed Connections in Savannah, GA

You pulled up in your 4×4 white jeep cherokee xj behind my black f150.
I saw you through your windshield and thought you looked absolutely amazing.
But then you backed out and backed up to another pump.
As you were pumping your gas I saw you do something amazing that made you the perfect women and my heart melted.
You popped your hood and checked the oil and added some because it must have been low (jeeps are bad about burning oil).
I wanted to walk over and get your number but I figured an angel like you must have someone.
So I chickened out and got in my truck and left.
If for some reason you actually read this if your single please reply I would like to get to know you.
If not then know that you gave me hope that there is someone out there for me.

Missed Connection in Vermont: Beautiful Vermont Boys

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Missed Connection in Vermont

I've got Garlic! by Millicent Bystander

Beautiful Vermont Boys
Missed Connections in Vermont

O my god.
I see you everywhere I go, can’t even buy groceries at City Market without falling in love 3 or 4 times.
You are all so handsome I can’t hardly stand it.
With each of you I swoon silently and quietly inside.
Have wondered all my life growing up where all the cute boys were,
and they all live here.
Maybe I’m just not used to seeing New England faces before,
or maybe I just really like boys??
Just want all of you beautiful boys to know I admire you all the time.
Smile back! 🙂

NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

Today we’re featuring three messages from the Vermont MC. It’s a quirky kind of place with a wide variety of messages. The moment I saw this photo by Millicent “Matt” Bystander I couldn’t NOT laugh – do you think the cute grocery store boys in Vermont look like this? His smile would certainly make our lovelorn poet happy!

 

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