Meow!
Once upon a summer, I was a cashier at the local hardware store. It was a decent job. Hella boring, and I got real hungry every day, but I love hardware stores and the pay was nice, so I'm looking at going back there again next summer.
However, there was one day I do not care to relive.
A lady once came up to the register with a grandma, two little girls, and a toddler boy in tow. She pretty much had an entire Christmas in her shopping cart (this was July, mind you) -- toys, games, books, all sorts of crap. The little girls were all excited about these $20 electronic kittens their mom was buying them. They were practically tearing them out of the boxes before I could scan them.
THEN Mommy made a request I've never heard made to a cashier: "Could you put the batteries in those (animals)?"
... Ha ha. Woah.
When I was growing up, you were just PATIENT and waited to get HOME to put your batteries in your freaking electric dog.
However, since I'm the smiliest wimp you will ever meet, I obliged. First I undertook the arduous process of taking each of the three animals out of their packaging. That's the cardboard, the wires that hold them in place, et cetera. Then I dug out a screwdriver from my office cubby and tried to pry apart the velcro fur to get at the elusive screws. Finally, I crammed in the batteries. All the while, the little girls were jumping up and down, absolutely UNABLE to wait to hear their toys say "MEOW!"
I finally got through all three toys. Not including the rest of this shopper-mom's Christmas-sized haul, these animals came to $60. I know I sound like such a prude when I say it, but HOLY CRAP. When I was that age I went out and played with beans. Beans and a stick.
I mean, yeah, my family COULD have bought $20 toys for me and my sister every week, but they decided they'd rather us go to college later on in our lives.
Anyway, I was amazed at the total amount spent on those things. And then I was amazed some more when Mommy went back and got THREE MORE of the animals for the three remaining kids at home.
Guess who had to put the batteries in?
That's right.
Sigh.
It was a break from the mundane cashier workday, if anything.
However, there was one day I do not care to relive.
A lady once came up to the register with a grandma, two little girls, and a toddler boy in tow. She pretty much had an entire Christmas in her shopping cart (this was July, mind you) -- toys, games, books, all sorts of crap. The little girls were all excited about these $20 electronic kittens their mom was buying them. They were practically tearing them out of the boxes before I could scan them.
THEN Mommy made a request I've never heard made to a cashier: "Could you put the batteries in those (animals)?"
... Ha ha. Woah.
When I was growing up, you were just PATIENT and waited to get HOME to put your batteries in your freaking electric dog.
However, since I'm the smiliest wimp you will ever meet, I obliged. First I undertook the arduous process of taking each of the three animals out of their packaging. That's the cardboard, the wires that hold them in place, et cetera. Then I dug out a screwdriver from my office cubby and tried to pry apart the velcro fur to get at the elusive screws. Finally, I crammed in the batteries. All the while, the little girls were jumping up and down, absolutely UNABLE to wait to hear their toys say "MEOW!"
I finally got through all three toys. Not including the rest of this shopper-mom's Christmas-sized haul, these animals came to $60. I know I sound like such a prude when I say it, but HOLY CRAP. When I was that age I went out and played with beans. Beans and a stick.
I mean, yeah, my family COULD have bought $20 toys for me and my sister every week, but they decided they'd rather us go to college later on in our lives.
Anyway, I was amazed at the total amount spent on those things. And then I was amazed some more when Mommy went back and got THREE MORE of the animals for the three remaining kids at home.
Guess who had to put the batteries in?
That's right.
Sigh.
It was a break from the mundane cashier workday, if anything.
posted by Skippy at 7:02 PM
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