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I work in a drugstore. It's Monday night, football is on TV, and it's normally pretty quiet. Last night, I was on closing shift, as a floor person. This means I am supposed to be on the sales floor, putting out stock, covering breaks, straightening up the sales floor, and whatever else needs to be done. When I came in at 3:00, I was informed that one co-worker had called out, and the other was only scheduled until 8:00.
Okay, fine. That means I am on the register the entire night, no biggie. But no, tonight was even SLOWER than usual for a Monday night during football season. By 9:00, I had all my chores done, had waited on the TWO customers who had come in since 7:30, and was desperate for human contact (not to mention being bored out of my skull, since I can't really do anything that takes me more than 10 feet from the register).
In walks this couple. I greet them and they wander off to get their stuff. They come up to the register with the following items (this is important!): a bottle of wine, a bag of Halloween candy, nicotine replacement patches, dental floss, and "Cats Meow" - which is some As Seen on TV product for cats, I don't know!
They seemed friendly, so I thought I would chat them up a bit. As I'm ringing them up, I said "Yanno one of the ways we amuse ourselves here at night is to try to figure out/make up a story as to why people are buying the things they buy. But with you, I got nothing
" They laughed, paid for their stuff and left.
About 5 minutes later, the phone rings. I do the spiel and the guy says "can I talk to the person on the front register?" I said "That's me" thinking ohno I did something wrong. He says "We came up with a story for our purchases for you!" : pause:
"Our cat is an alcoholic who is trying to quit smoking and when he succeeds, we give him candy, but then we have to floss his teeth." OMG I'm
I thank them profusely and told them they just made my life, not to mention my night, WAYYY better!!!!
So thank you, dear couple, you brightened up my night!
Okay, fine. That means I am on the register the entire night, no biggie. But no, tonight was even SLOWER than usual for a Monday night during football season. By 9:00, I had all my chores done, had waited on the TWO customers who had come in since 7:30, and was desperate for human contact (not to mention being bored out of my skull, since I can't really do anything that takes me more than 10 feet from the register).
In walks this couple. I greet them and they wander off to get their stuff. They come up to the register with the following items (this is important!): a bottle of wine, a bag of Halloween candy, nicotine replacement patches, dental floss, and "Cats Meow" - which is some As Seen on TV product for cats, I don't know!
They seemed friendly, so I thought I would chat them up a bit. As I'm ringing them up, I said "Yanno one of the ways we amuse ourselves here at night is to try to figure out/make up a story as to why people are buying the things they buy. But with you, I got nothing
" They laughed, paid for their stuff and left.About 5 minutes later, the phone rings. I do the spiel and the guy says "can I talk to the person on the front register?" I said "That's me" thinking ohno I did something wrong. He says "We came up with a story for our purchases for you!" : pause:
"Our cat is an alcoholic who is trying to quit smoking and when he succeeds, we give him candy, but then we have to floss his teeth." OMG I'm
I thank them profusely and told them they just made my life, not to mention my night, WAYYY better!!!!
So thank you, dear couple, you brightened up my night!
That was really sweet!
) He's an aircraft mechanic and I was making jewelry out of hardware at the time. I freaking love hardware stores!
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