What is/was your favorite part of your local mall. My mall, Century III , was completely demolished recently. It

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18. Years ago... working at one!

I worked in general maintenance. The HVAC guy took me under his wing and mentored me into the trade.

Some fun memories.

There were bollards hung above the parking garage entrances to stop vehicles that were too tall for our parking structure. These were knocked down regularly... usually by over sized luggage racks. But one time a woman drove her husband's pickup in and the truck had a large, cast iron frame in the back, rising above the cab any number of feet. Anyway, the truck got jammed in pretty quickly. The security guys could usually get these types out by letting some air out of the vehicle tires... but not this time. So they called me on the radio. I (also a female driver) started laughing so hard as I walked up to this poor woman. I tried so hard not to. I kept covering my mouth 'cause I didn't want to upset her anymore... but then she started laughing too. I disassembled the rack and by the time I got back to our shop, she had delivered a box of Godiva chocolates!

We would hire extra security (local police) during the holidays... so most of Nov and Dec. One year, nerf guns were all the rage and I had frequent battles with the police. (This, obviously, preceded "regular" school shootings.)

The mall used to have a HUGE Christmas tree in the center court and the absolute best Santa Clause ever. Santa would join us in the break room for cigarettes. And his arms were almost solid tattoos.

As a shopper, my favorite store was a Warner Bros store that had a wonderful assortment of cartoon characters on any imaginable sort of products.