In honor of my six-week post partum check up this week I have a funny story to share, that is not about me. Tonight after dinner my mother in law told us something hilarious that happened to her recently at a grocery store. She was standing in line behind a man who was purchasing the following ( and only the following): a package of steaks, a bottle of wine, a rose and a box of condoms. When he got up to the register the cashier said something like this:
"Hey! I know you! Your wife, didn't she just have a baby?...like six weeks ago? Wow, how are you?" The man did not answer but looked increasingly uncomfortable as the cashier went on and on, totally clueless of anything that she was insinuating in front of the line of customers behind the man. My mother in law said that everyone in line was trying very hard not to laugh out loud but absolutely couldn't resist when the woman got on the PA and got a price check for the box of condoms. True story.
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Ah, the joys of being a checker--I once sold a pregnancy test and a snickers to a red-neck, teen-aged couple, who proceeded straight to the bathroom, where he waited 3-5 minutes...she emerged crying, and stomped right past him without a word--I can still hear his boots clickity-clacking after her.
Were the steaks for him...or her???
i remember checking out people like that... a rose, a bottle of wine and some 'pleasure' items... my line was always somthing like, "you have yourselfa GREAT night, sir!" if i could stand it,i would even throw in a wink...
I like to think the steaks were for his black eye once she discovered he thought he was getting some simply because 6 weeks was up...
Once todd and I stood behind a tall skinny girl who was buying ONLY carrot sticks, diet coke, and laxatives...some people are just not very creative...
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