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Had a random Walmart cashier at 2 AM tell me my 3AM shopping cart was 'an existential crisis on wheels'
She pointed at my combo of a single sad banana, a pack of highlighters, and a bottle of Tums and asked if I was building a mood or a meal, has anyone else gotten called out like that by a stranger at a weird hour?
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harpery471d ago
My friend Jake had a similar thing happen at a 3AM CVS a few months back. He was buying a tube of super glue, a bag of frozen peas, and a single can of cat food even though he doesn't own a cat. The cashier just stared at the stuff and said "You look like you're having a week." Jake said he almost cried right there because she was dead on. The whole ride home he was trying to figure out if the guy thought he was patching himself up with glue and frozen peas or what. Honestly, those late night workers see some stuff and they just know.
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noaht151d ago
Dude, "you look like you're having a week" is exactly the kind of thing that hits way too hard. One time I stumbled into a 7-Eleven at 2AM after my car broke down and bought a bag of ice, a lighter, and one of those weird gas station sandwiches. The cashier just looked at me and said "rough night?" and I basically unloaded my whole life story on her for five minutes. She handed me my change with this look of pure pity and I realized she's probably seen it all before. Those workers have a sixth sense for when someone's barely holding it together.
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Noaht15 is right, those workers just know the difference between a shopping trip and a survival mission.
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