Put Them Together and What Do You Get?
Bippity, Boppity, Boo -
Sorry couldn’t help myself. :-)
I load all of my stuff I found perusing Wal-Mart onto the conveyor belt.
“You know, I think we’ve had a class before,” The cashier says slowly, ringing up all of my items. I look quickly at her name tag and her face.
Jennifer.
Nope, don’t remember.
“Do you take classes at ISU?” I say, buying some time.
“Oh yes,” Jennifer says.
Not descriptive. Not helpful.
“What is your major?” I inquire, trying to get her to talk a bit more.
“Oh, I’ve had majors all over the place,” Jennifer says, laughing airily.
Still not helping.
“Have you taken any Information Technology courses?” I ask, gathering up my bags as she whips the bag carriage around.
“No…” She says, watching as I load a small metal trash can and three cans of soup onto the conveyor belt.
I’m done - I can’t place her.
Time to switch topics.
“Sorry about the awkward items,” I say, motioning towards my trash can and soup choices.
“Oh no problem, this isn’t the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen, trust me,” Jennifer says, handing me my new trash can.
Now I’m curious.
“So what is the weirdest combination of things you have rang up today?” I ask, now curious.
“Oh, today? Well, a group of about 7 people, your age I believe, came through here earlier,” Jennifer starts.
“Yeah?”
“Oh yeah, they bought fifteen goldfish, two large boxes of condoms, and a pin-the-tail on the donkey game.”
I just stare at her, letting my mind wander a bit.
I hear muffled laughter. I turn around and see the next person in line, a woman, holding her hand up to her mouth; silent tears are streaming down her face.
“I-I’m sorry,” She gasps, coming out of her laughter, “I just couldn’t help but overhearing that conversation.”
“Ah,” I say, watching as Jennifer puts the rest of my stuff into bags.
“Oh yeah, I’m sure that won’t be the weirdest thing tonight either,” Jennifer says, picking up her bottle of water.
“Well, it was nice seeing you, er, again,” I say, half-jokingly, half-not.
Jennifer looks like she doesn’t know whether to laugh or not so she compromises by taking an overly-large gulp of water and choking a bit.
15 goldfish, 2 large boxes of condoms, and a pin-the-tail on the donkey game
I’m going to have to remember that one…