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The other night I ran over to the grocery store to pick up a few items, one of those items being brown lunch sacks in hopes to encourage Danny and I to take lunch to work every once in awhile. (This is important detail to the story.) I then had the following conversation with the cashier. (A funny young man with thick framed glasses who was probably 20ish.)

Cashier (as he was placing the lunch sacks into a grocery sack: I love bagging bags.

Me: A bit redundant isn't it.

Cashier: Yes, it is like a never ending cycle of bags. I think it is a symbol of the drudgery of my job. (Yes he really did say that.)

Me (trying to be sympathetic): I once was a cashier at a grocery store too.

Cashier: So you understand then. How did you escape?

Me: Ummm, I got a new job. (I should have mentioned the importance of getting an education at this point.)

Cashier: Yeah, I want to get a new job. I think I want to be a bus boy at a pub. Do you think I'll be happy then?

Me: In my head: Way to dream big, kid. Out loud: Well, I don't know, I've never had that job before. Hard to say.

Cashier: Yeah, I don't think I'll be happy with that job either.

Let's just say, I left the store chuckling. I think I should go into business as a therapist for grocery store cashiers.
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  1. KristaJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    This story is awesome.

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  2. grammawoodJanuary 17, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Interesting. I guess Danny can appreciate that conversation too. He was a great bag boy.

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