So, I popped into the shop to grab a few bits and when I went to the till, the cashier wasnt there. Figured Id wander about and look for anything Id missed. I came back about 15 minutes later and, of course, a queue had formed. First up was a woman with three kids: two absolutely tiny, the other maybe four. Poor woman was juggling heavy bags, trying to wrangle a restless son, and chatting on the phone to her husbandtrying to explain what shop she was even in.
Suddenly, the cashier burst out from the back room, still buttoning up her blouse. She wasnt alone either, she was with a bloke. This cheeky fellow just swaggered right to the front of the queue!
The mum stood her ground and said, Weve all been waiting here for twenty minutes. Sorry, but Im not letting you go ahead of us.
Then she turned to the cashier and said, What, so if more of your friends show up are you going to serve them first, too?
The cashier lost her temper and totally went off on the young mum, shouting at her, saying she was just putting on a heroic mum act.
Then, out of nowhere, she said something really rude about the children not looking alike and said, Bet they all have different dads!
Just then, the womans husband walked in, and it turned out he actually knew the cashier.
He goes, Oh, arent you married to our electrician? Does he know youre spending time with blokes out back?
No idea if he was telling the truth or just winding her up, but the cashier immediately calmed down and went quiet as a mouse. Ive got no clue what happened after, but rumour has it she never dared speak to a customer like that ever again.
