A typical Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, often starts with the best of intentions. You tell yourself you’re just going to run a quick errand and be back home in no time. However, as many locals can attest, things don’t always go as planned.
The Lubbock Curse
It all begins innocently enough. You stop for gas, and then, since you’re already at the store, you decide to pick up a few items. Before you know it, you’ve run into a friend you haven’t seen in a while, and the next thing you know, hours have passed. The curse of Lubbock is that everyone knows you, and everyone wants to chat.
As the day wears on, you find yourself driving back and forth across town, bumping into even more people you know. Your GPS is asking if it should alert the authorities due to the number of times you’ve driven back and forth. Eventually, you make it home, exhausted, with a car full of shopping bags containing items you never intended to buy.
The original errand you set out to do? Forgotten in the chaos of the day. Such is life in Lubbock, where a simple Saturday can quickly turn into a series of unexpected adventures.
Original reporting: News/Talk 790 KFYO (Lubbock) — read the source article.
