Goines On: ’Tis the season

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The Goineses chose Tuesday again for their weekly Costco shopping. Goines let his wife out to go in while he got gas. 

      When he entered the store himself, he was accosted by music loud enough that when he phoned Mrs. Goines to tell her he was in the store and ask where she was, each of them had to speak louder to rise above the din.
    Later, in the car, Mrs. Goines said she had complained to the front desk about the noise, but she was told, “The head office issued a directive we are to play seasonal music every hour during the month of December.”