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Written by Ryan
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 12:09 |
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Earlier this late morning I got a chance to sit down and speak with Chris Pronger of the Philadelphia Flyers about Scott Patil being moved from cash register to sandwich counter at the Wawa on the corner of Cooper Road and 561. Really, Chris? Weren't you moved from the Hartford Whalers to the St. Louis Blues when you were 20?
"Yeah I was traded when I was 20. In the NHL. This Scott kid is 16 and moving spots in a store."
In some ways you could say that the Patil move and the Pronger trade after a couple embarrassing incidents in Hartford are the exact same move accomplished with a time machine, like Lost. In many ways people see Patil as a Pronger of the Wawa industry. Both are taller than some of the people around them. Both enjoy Rolos.
"I don't see it," Pronger said.
Eating Rolos all the time?
"I have maybe had 7 or 8 Rolos in my life. Not packs, individual ones. I literally have no idea what you're talking about."
And yet I must be talking about something because this is an article, is it not?
"Huh?"
Patil had the most Christmas Eve sales out of any of the regional branches this past holiday season. Some said that was because of the strategic placement of his store, some think that it was just because Patil embodied the exact same qualities of a young Pronger. Patil was employee of the month for December.
"I guess that's pretty good. For a kid that young. I guess. What is it you want me to say? I'll just say it if you'll end this interview."
Ha, likely. Anthony SanFilipo once said that the sandwich bar is where all the action is.
"I guess, what's this kid's name? Steve? Oh Scott. I guess he'll find that out."
Pronger was reluctant to compare himself to Patil at the same age. He was also reluctant to compare himself to a summer lifeguard at a water park, a member of Cirque de Soleil, and Garth Brooks.
Patil's manager was not hesitant at all.
"We needed another guy on the sandwich counter because Terry kept messing up everyone's sandwiches. Scott said he'd do it. I think he was a little bored with the main register. Expectations were high for Scott to take money and give change at the main register. They'll be even higher at the sandwich counter, especially with our new breakfast hoagies."
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