The Charging Dog

Maggie Lane Clothing Store​​​

​The Chargin’ Dog
Another Satisfied Customer!
 
The ultimate in customer service was order of the day in a Greensboro drugstore in the 1940’s.  In  addition to pharmaceutical products, the store also boasted a soda fountain.  Ice cream cones, sodas and milkshakes were extremely popular, particularly in the hot summer months.

​One customer, however, enjoyed delicious ice cream every month of the year.  Ralph, “The Chargin’ Dog” was the most fortunate pet of a gentleman that held a charge account at the drugstore.  This generous man allowed his four-legged companion to charge whatever he wanted. Whenever Ralph got a taste for ice cream, he simply sauntered into the store and an employee would scoop up his favorite icy treat in a cone, kneel and offer it to him—hand held for his convenience.  Ralph would enthusiastically lick the ice cream until it disappeared and then finish off the cone, leaving the store with a friendly wag of his tail . . . another satisfied customer!