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That's the Way the Egg Rolls |
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"THAT'S THE WAY THE EGG ROLLS"
As a teenager I worked part-time weekdays at my local A&P SUPERMARKET as a cashier. Those were the days when a cashier had to do his/her OWN math; no automatic scanners to give prices or make change. A worker had to really hustle on those busy days, or the line of customers would quickly and LOUDLY show their disapproval.
While everyday was busy in the store, Saturdays were EXTRA busy.
It was on one particular Saturday, when a woman came to my register with a wagon and 1/2 of groceries. In THOSE days, when you spent $50 for food, there were MANY bags of food to show for it. This woman's receipt was for about $70 that day.
After I finally finished ringing up all of her order on the cash register and putting them away into SEVERAL LARGE paper bags, the lady abruptly says to me: "Didn't I tell you to DOUBLE the bags?" "NO", I answered firmly, but politely. "Well, DO IT NOW!" she ordered.
Now remember that this was a VERY BUSY SATURDAY; the line at my register was QUITE LONG, with very agitated customers waiting to go home. They were no more willing to put up with the lady's attitude and orders than was I. But in order to keep peace in the store, and as she stood there waiting with her arms folded in a demanding position, I complied and began UNLOADING and REPACKING the $70 order into the now DOUBLED bags.
What the lady failed to notice (until it was far too late), was that on the BOTTOM of that DOUBLED BAG, I had gingerly placed a carton of ONE DOZEN LARGE GRADE A EGGS, and piled the remained of groceries ON TOP OF THEM.
How wonderfully funny it was to watch that trail of GOOEY YELLOW OOZE coming from the bottom of her shopping cart as she wheeled it and herself out of the store. My entire line of customers APPLAUDED ME!
Yep.. that's the way the EGG ROLLS! |
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