who needs the kumbh mela

I know, you have no idea what the 'kumbh mela" is. Or at least many of you don't know. It is a gathering every four years at four different cities, HOLY cities, along the Ganges. Somewhere around 30 to 40 million people come to bathe in the holy waters. Next year, it is in Hardwar. and for my 60th birthday, I REALLY want to go. In the meantime, I have the Sunday and Monday, absolutely-out-of-their-minds, i-need-beef*chicken*cheese*whatever!!!!, 3 hour-can't catch my breath-let alone wipe my nose, cooked-flesh and dairy-products-flying-off-the-slicer-filling-the-store-give-me-more("i only have 2 dollars, thank you")lunacy. And though I have never been, I think the Ganges bathing might actually be easier to deal with. I have never in my life seen anything like this. Nowhere. No way. No how. Not even the other supermarket that is within the same parking lot!!!!!! This is truly a pilgrimage to the "I'll wait 15 minutes til you call my number" holy shrine. I keep thinking that I will figure a way to project an image of Christ onto the back wall or maybe woodburn a Virgin Mary into a piece of colbyjack(yum) and seriously start my own church. I am not making fun of religious shrines or my customers, I am just saying there is a bit of a frenzy in the number of people on those 2 days. And really, it is not that they are in a frenzy, it is that we are trying to get their orders as quickly as possible. And what that begins to look like once the wave starts is like nothing you have seen. i promise.
On Saturdays and Sundays, you can wear your favorite team logo clothes. I changed hats 4 times on Saturday. Texas, Penn State, Colorado, and U.C.L.A. I wish i had a hat that says "ANYBODY BUT USC"! On Sunday, it was all Steelers. And in this town where I am living, thems is fightin' words. One of my coworkers took the shot of me at 11p.m. No photos during the frenzy.............
but, boy do I wish I could put up a film clip.
"What can i get for you, and how would you like that sliced"?