It's a big big world out there

It never ceases to amaze me how people become so used to staying within their own little bubbles and never venture outside of it.

I worked at the store the other night. The store is located in the northwest part of the city. Not too terribly out west. Maybe about 2 miles from part of the interestate. No biggie. There are 2 other stores of ours in town. One in midtown and one in Papillion, which is kind of attached to Omaha on the southern edge and alot of people consider it all part of one big city. If you're driving to Papillion, there is nothing to indicate that you are leaving one and entering the other.

At the store, I end up helping a woman who asks me if I can tell her how far away Maple Street is and how hard it is to get there. I look at her for a minute to see if she's just totally joking. She has a completely straight face.

"You see the busy street right out side that the store faces, that's Maple," is my response.

"Oh, I'm not from here."

"Oh, really. Where are you from?"

"Papillion."

She is dead serious.

It took every ounce of strength I had to not look at her and say "You ARE from here!!! It's all the same thing!!! Get out of your bubble once in a while!!! And if you can't get around any better than that, please just go to our store that is 'where you're from'."