So, if I worked a register at a grocery store, I'd totally play a game in which I mentally combined the items each customer was purchasing
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Okay, I work at a Safeway, and I can categorically assure you that not only do checkout clerks play this game, they talk about what they've seen during their lunch breaks in the employee lounge. Yesterday, I was heating up my soup in the microwave in there, and one checker was talking about a customer who bought some G2 Pilot pens, a mountain dew, Murray's Superior Afroshine Hair Pomade, 12-pack of lubed Trojans, a pair of Brinks Luggage Locks with keys, electrical tape, and some Reeses Peanut Butter Cups (standard double-cup pack).
Oh, and the guy buying four enema kits? He probably has a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow morning. For whatever reason, the popular bowel prep kits have all been nationally backordered for a few weeks, so people are having to resort to older and somewhat more barbaric methods.
I... don't know whether I'm reassured or terrified to hear that they do play this game. And that guy? I totally want to know how those items all combined. Because, wow, beyond my imagination at the moment. And I kindof hope it -stays- beyond my imagination. Oof. But at least I know I'm not going to be the weirdest customer.
Yeah, I know the guy probably had a legitimate medical reason. Still, that many seems excessive, but I'm lucky enough to have never found out how many -is- a reasonable number. (Also, preparatory supplies for a gay orgy would've been a better story.)
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Oh, and the guy buying four enema kits? He probably has a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow morning. For whatever reason, the popular bowel prep kits have all been nationally backordered for a few weeks, so people are having to resort to older and somewhat more barbaric methods.
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Yeah, I know the guy probably had a legitimate medical reason. Still, that many seems excessive, but I'm lucky enough to have never found out how many -is- a reasonable number. (Also, preparatory supplies for a gay orgy would've been a better story.)
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