Hello everyone!
This is my very first blog, and to start things off, I thought I'd give you a funny story from the essay I've been working on lately. Enjoy!
One Friday night, I was working in the express lane, and something funky must have been in the water, because I had a string of "off" customers come through my line. The first was a lady who was frantically searching for some Necco wafers.
"Excuse me, do you carry Necco wafers?"
"Yes, I think they are..." I paused while my eyes searched the candy rack, "right there," and I pointed to a spot almost out of sight at the bottom of the rack.
"Oh, thank you so much," she gushed, as she grabbed a handful of them and put them on the belt. "I was really craving some Necco wafers, just like the time I was in labor. Oh my god, that was the worst thing I've ever done in my entire life. I elected to do natural childbirth, and it was the most painful thing I've ever done. I thought I was going to die, I really did. I thought I was going to die, and the doctors wouldn't even notice." I listened to her, nodding my head, wondering what in the world I was going to say when she stopped talking. "My son was lucky because I would never do that again in a million years." She was about to go on, until I interrupted her to tell her what her total was. I then bagged her Necco wafers, wished her a goodnight, and went on to the next customer.
"Hi, how are you?"
"In pain." I rang the rest of the order in silence, not sure what to say to her either. I wished her a goodnight, and hesitantly moved on to the next customer, wondering what his story was.
"Hi, how are you?" He was a middle-aged man, buying some barbecue sauce and pita bread.
"I am triumphing in overwhelming circumstances!" I burst out laughing, unable to control it due to the absurdity of the night, and replied,
"You know, that is just wonderful to hear!" When he left, no one else was in my line, so gratefully, I turned off my belt. Market Basket had finally begun to get interesting.
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