Loosies go up to 75 cents!

Hey loosies have gone up to 75 cents a cigarette. For you rubes out there, loosies are single cigarettes that you buy in a bodega to calm down your habit when you can't afford a pack. Or if you are trying to cut down. It's also how a lot of young kids start smoking. Most bodega owners will sell loosies to kids over 12 or so. They figure the kids can't get in too much trouble with just one cigarette. Plus they want to make money. Nanny staters like Nanny Bloomberg and your legion of liberal commie dogooder assholes don't know how tight the margin is for bodega owners. How hard they work. How much they worrry. They don't give a shit about the regular working guy. That's why cigarette are about $9 a pack for taxes that are wasted on bullshit.

This brings up the topic of bodegas. The one next to the store is very well run by Nelson a Dominican dude and his large family. I think he has five daughters that range from about 18 to six. Pretty soon there will be a lot of dudes hanging around since all the girls are cute. But the mom is real strict so it's gonna be time for some fireworks. There is always one or two of them around the store helping out cause it's a true family business. He puts out tons of fresh flowers that people buy as well as a lot of expensive groceries. Now you pay the price for the convenience. The big supermarket is a lot cheaper but a loaf of bread or a jar of jelly can be bought right next door for about 20 or 40 cents more than the supermarket. What are you gonna do.

My old bodega was at the corner of my moms block. They were the family of the butcher who lost his shop and started selling out of a small grocery that they had always had in the basement of their house. Three brothers ran it. Pete was the butcher, Pat ran it during the day and Vinnie and his Mom ran it at night. So it was almost a 24 hour thing for quite a while. But Pete got sick and stopped doing the meat. He eventually passed away. Pat quit and the mom also passed. So Vinnie proceeded to flip out. Well not flip out but come into his own. He had originally went to school for accounting and did some taxes for his customers. Now this is the kind of a place where they have a book where they write down what you take and you pay when you get your check. Welfare, ssi whatever. It's credit for people who can't get credit. Vinnie also had a side business selling football sheets which is best not talked about. Anyway he now has full control of the shop. He opens real late around noon or 1pm. But he's open all night. And he always has some cute single moms hanging around. He's a catch these days. He's a good guy, I hope he's having fun. And getting laid. But I can't go in there anymore. I went in with the wife once and she lost her mind. Now I admit that the place is kind of scievy. But most of the stuff you are buying is in a wrapper or a bottle or something. I ain't buying chop meat anymore. Jeeez. But I am banned from shopping there for any of our stuff. Except for cigarettes. Ha.