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Good day Mobsters!

It was brought to my attention last night by a fellow Mobster that there was sighting of a SpongeTech product at PUBLIX!  Being that Publix is the fifteenth largest retailer in the U.S. and has over 1,000 stores it obviously caught my attention. Speaking as a Floridian we have one at what seems like every corner so a new mission to verify this news was a must.

More info on Publix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publix

You may remember our 1st successful Mission if not you can follow it here: Operation SpongeTech Products – Mission is a SUCCESS!

To make it a bit more entertaining I figured I would share the 2nd mission with you in detail. It was a cold and rainy day, my hands were chilled and my heart was pumping…ok lol..I won’t get that detailed, but here we go!

I dropped into the closest Publix which is only a couple of miles from home base. It didn’t take long to call this mission a success, went over to the car care products and BAM, what do I see? “SpongeTech’s Eliminator Chamois” SCORE!!!

Ohhhhhh but wait boys and girls there’s more…and this part gets a little fun. I asked myself hmmmm, I wonder if our good friend Spongebob is any where to be found? Well after going up and down the isles 2-3 times and asking about 8 clerks there was no sign of Spongebob, just as I was about to cry on the way to the cashier with my Eliminator Chamois, something told me to stop.

I once again asked myself hmmmmm. The Chamois looked freshly stocked so let me get a manager and just see if maybe there is some word. I bypassed the cashier and went up to the Customer Service desk, before I could even get to the manager one of the ladies there asked if she could help. Well, I told her I was curious about a product…when I told her what it was she laughed at me and said “yes we have them I actually snuck one in the back to take home with me after work” I didnt want to say she was full of it, but I asked her if I could please see it. (had my doubts) She said sure, went in the back room, grabbed it and laid it on the counter (you can see on picture 7 I took a quick snapshot of it on the counter when she turned to help a customer lol) Afterwords she said I could have it if I wanted it and she would just get another on the way out. Without hesitation I snagged it and asked if she would help me find them so I could buy more. I mentioned I was up and down all isles and couldnt find them any where.

Now me AND the lady went on a mission ha, after asking another 4 or 5 clerks with no luck she tracked a couple managers which showed us where they were. Well, no wonder we couldn’tfind them they SOLD OUT!! Apparently Spongebob didn’t last very long as they were already gone, since it was the last one I felt bad and offered to give it back to her, but the manager said after all I went through I deserved it and told me to keep it lol.

I did a little happy dance, grabbed my Eliminator Chamois, Spongebob bath Sponge and checked out!

….and that about wraps up another Operation SpongeTech Products mission. Thanks for coming for the ride, hope you had fun, make sure to tip the waitress on the way out!  

You can view the missions photos below. (click to enlarge them)   

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