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SHOPPING - LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS

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They've been serving the co... They've been serving the community since 1960.
Yesterday, Sam and I drove from Mercer Island to Wiseman’s Appliance on Admiral & California in West Seattle to buy a new washer/dryer because the store is an old fashioned owner/operated business that has served the community for decades. We’ve acquired several appliances from them through the last twenty years after some of the small appliance businesses in Bellevue closed.

As Mark was explaining our different options, it was impressive how much he knew about the products. So I asked, “How long have you been working here?”

Mark answered, “Only a couple years, but Dan recruited me from Sears where I had worked for about ten years. Actually, my dad had an appliance store as I was growing up in Tacoma. Dad and Dan’s dad, Cal, knew each other fifty years ago.”

We picked out a washer that was a couple grades higher than the cheapest model and a dryer that matched. Sam made sure the dryer door opened to the left and the dryer outlet duct would work with the hole from our utility room to the outside of our house.

Then, as we were making our final decisions an elderly, white haired gentleman walked into the store to pick up an appliance part he had ordered. Mark said to us, “Do you know who that was? That was King County Executive, Dow Constantine’s father.”

Sam and I both grew up in a small towns and we left with the warm feeling, “Life is about a beneficial exchange of services among friends.”

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