Kara Benedict strolled up to the Kona Ice truck Monday afternoon with surprising perkiness for someone who got up at 4:30 a.m. to work at Starbucks.
“After-work bonus,” Benedict said to no one in particular as she scanned the list of shave ice flavors before settling on a watermelon-sour cherry combination.
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