Feb 03 2006
Cheap Cheep
I was third in line at the 99 Cent Store, where those who have lost their cred with creditors shop.
First in line was a guy who was buying six big bags of bird seed. Each bag was probably ten pounds. He paid with a $50 bill. When the cashier (the one and only in the whole store) scanned it to see if it was real, he started babbling about the scanning process, how you couldn’t trust anyone these days, how he once got paid for a job (unspecified) with a $1,000 bill…
The cashier, who was fortunate enough to have very little grasp of English, nodded and smiled politely, which only encouraged the birdseed buyer and discouraged the line lengthening behind him. Finally, having exhausted his topic and our patience, he left, presumably to feed thousands of birds or start a new diet craze (“Eat like a bird!”).
Second in line was a handsome young couple. They bought:
3 of those candles with Mary or Jesus on the glass container
4 different sized packages of drill bits
1 package of batteries
1 pair of “heavy duty” leather work gloves
Behind me, I heard a guy on his cellphone ask, “Do you like Spaghetti-O’s?”
Now I was really scared.
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