High school angst meets strip mall angst. High school senior Ruth just wants to do her job and open the Pretzel Shop. In the cold morning of the holiday shopping season, feeling the warmth radiating off the ovens and smelling the freshly baking pretzels will be heaven. And her secret crush stopping by later-all the makings of a good day. Pinched for time to get set up for one of the highest volume shopping days of the year, she hurries to get everything ready. Then the most annoying wanna-be customer of her career shows up. A short story of quirky characters where high school angst meets strip mall angst.
