
We are expecting in less than 4 weeks, and I gotta admit, identical twins freak me out a bit. While I went to high school with several pairs of perfectly normal, nice
identicals, living in
Binghamton has somehow spooked me on them, and I think I know why . . .
There is a pair of ethereal identical twins who seem to inhabit
Wegmans like the mythological unicorn. We had a sighting this evening, and I was able to give chase and capture these beasts for blog purposes, as I had been hoping for months!
First, a bit of background about our beloved
Wegmans:
Wegmans is the mother of all grocery stores in the area. Not only is it huge and clean and open 24 hours, it has everything one's stomach could possibly want (except pomegranates, out of season, but that's another story). It is so vastly superior to the other stores in the area that pretty much anyone who has a car (and therefore does not rely on public transportation or walking) goes there. As a result, about 99% of people I encounter on a regular basis shops there.
Wegmans is a shared experience around here, much like driving in snow.
A couple of years ago, John said that some of his classmates had been talking and had referenced "the
Wegmans Twins." Huh? What was he talking about. "You know, those identical twins who are always at
Wegmans." I laughed. Surely there couldn't be two nameless young women who had gained widespread recognition simply from going to the grocery store! Oh yes, my friends, they had. Here's why . . .
The
Wegmans Twins probably go there every day, and they are
never apart. They walk in, briskly, never getting a cart or even a basket. They pick up some small amount of food (see photo), from which department I know not. There is
no conversation between them. There doesn't need to be.
The best part? They are dressed
exactly the same,
100% of the time. Keep in mind, these women are probably
30 years old, possibly older. Not only do they
always dress
exactly alike, they are always wearing some form of modified
break-dancing outfit (again, see photo, especially black tracksuit pants). It always looks like they got dressed circa 1989,
permed hair,
scrunchy and all.
So I'm on a bit of a mission to find out what their deal is. Turns out, they grew up locally and work - yes,
of course they work in the same place- at Pets Mart, doing dog grooming. That's about all I know, though. I've got my buddies in the
Wegmans fish department working on getting some inside
intel, gleaned from the employee lounge, but so far . . . nothing. Stay tuned.