Was it more expensive to shop at Park’s as opposed to a warehouse? In one way, yes —if I intended to buy a big-ticket item like a snowblower or chain saw. But otherwise, no: I could buy a single screw at Park’s, and have it lovingly deposited in a little bag, for a nickel—no charge for the accompanying pleasant conversation.

At a warehouse I had no choice but to buy a box of a hundred screws, and, if I were fortunate, receive at the cash register the stock admonition: “Have a nice day.”

But I don’t want to be directed to have a nice day. Nor do I want a box of a hundred screws when all I need is one, nor told to wait because an “associate” would be with me shortly. I just want to know the location of the little red light, and now that Park’s is gone, I realize that I never will.

Vocabulary

1. bitterly: 苦涩地，悲痛地;downtown: 闹市区的，商业区的。

2. cajole: 用甜言蜜语哄骗;cross-examine: 盘问;plead with: 向……恳求;to no avail: 毫无效果，徒劳。

3. 沿着这条路走不远就能抵达班戈市的大型仓储式杂货店，它们阴森森地耸立在那儿，常常有打折活动，即使是小镇居民们对帕克五金店的喜爱之情也无法抵御这些强大的对手。affection: 喜爱，感情;prevail against: 战胜，击败;loom: (不祥之物)阴森森地逼近，耸现;discount-laden: 常常有打折活动的。

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