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Jerry:
In the 50's, shortly after my dad died we lived above a mom and pop neighborhood grocery in Rochester, New York. (Reruns of Dobie Gillis bring back great memories)
In this particular grocery, the excess cans WERE placed high on the upper shelves and while there were ladders meant to be used to get them down, (no forklifts in those aisles), the stock boy usually just used the stick and caught them to the applause of several six year olds. I doubt he invented it.
Yes there were other items up there as well. When I was lucky, the owner would let me use the the big stick with the claw thingie to grab Kleenex, cereal and other boxed items that I could handle.
I miss those stores. The "super" market experience isn't the same. And today's version of mom and pop groceries, the 7-11 just isn't the same.
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