My cousins are terrified of him, Emma thinks he's scary, Abby thinks he's freaky. The Sticker Man. At Walmart. He's the older man who hands out smiley face stickers to the kids as they come in. He does his job well, just a little too well. As in, he won't let a kid pass unless they have a sticker on his or her hand.
Abigail (my 11-yr-old cousin) was in Walmart and he wanted to give her a sticker. "See, it's a Mom Wow sticker," he said. "Look. It says Wow, but when you turn it over it says Mom. You want it?" "No, thanks," Abigail says. And he sticks it on her nose. Me and Emma were walking across the store, rushing, because we were late in meeting Mom at the front. We had passed him (he was passing out lollipops) and refused a lollipop. He shouted after us, "Are you sure you don't want a lollipop?!" Waving a dum-dum. We were maybe a quarter of the way across the store by then. "No, thank you!" We call over our shoulders. I'm so going to write a kids story about this. The Sticker Man.
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Ruth Anna
10/27/2014 01:36:15 am
He's really creepy!
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Jesus girl! (aka Hannah)
10/27/2014 12:31:18 pm
You've met him?! :)
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Jessica
10/27/2014 02:39:32 am
Hi there, Hannah!
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Jesus girl! (aka Hannah)
10/27/2014 12:50:22 pm
We were thinking about that, too. My mom was thinking that since this is probably the only job he has, he's trying to do it well, hence, not letting a single kid go by without a sticker.
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About Me!Hannah writes to satisfy her imagination. She's written six books so far--five of which need to be rewritten--and is working on a seventh. She ranges through a variety of genres, but favors contemporary YA, fixing broken characters. She wants to use her writing to change people and bring hope. She's currently going to college for Nursing and that takes up most of her writing time. She's a rather stereotypical writer, talking to imaginary friends, eavesdropping on people at the store, secretly being nosy, stashing herself away in her room with a paper and pen and chocolate and her teddy bear. She loves Jesus, the way the morning smells, her family of seven (four siblings), old movies, fairy tales, candles at night and helping people. She writes on another blog at nerdywriter.blogspot.com to hopefully build her chances of publication. My Author Site:Archives
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