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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_iroxmrr wrote

Reply to comment by albalfa in Should I buy cars from these two places? by [deleted]

Wow, Spag and Duddie, I thought I was the only old timer on Worc Reddit. Found a packed away Spag's canvas tote in a closet and got all teared up. I had family that worked there and worked there to the bitter end. The pay was not much better than anywhere else but he took care of his employees, there are so many stories of his generosity and many kindnesses.

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albalfa t1_irpslfj wrote

> I thought I was the only old timer on Worc Reddit

We are kindreds!

> Found a packed away Spag's canvas tote in a closet and got all teared up

A couple years ago in a thread here I posted some pics of a couple things from Spags I still had kicking around the garage and basement. Was pretty cool! Then someone asked if I was a hoarder 🤣 because of a drill bit and some zip ties.

I still remember the wear of the concrete floor just inside the (one-way) entrance door opposite the garden center. The smell as you entered the store and turned right up the "ramp" (where all the lighting was displayed) or went straight-ish down towards the toys, being in line in your car driving through the garden shop area to get loaded up with the fertilizer you just bought, the sound of the woman on the PA system calling out for "Bucky, Bucky to Door 10 please. Bucky... Door 10."

Christ it sounds like I'm 80 years old!

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_irs1ijs wrote

I haven't lived in Worcester in decades but still have a soft spot for it, it made me who I am. I'm an old main south kid. One of the things that startled me about entering the "golden years" is the way people, places and things disappear like they never existed. The Spag's legend is all that's left and in another generation it too will disappear. Still the Spag's unique retail blueprint should be archived in the annals of enterprise.

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