Nearly every day, at some point and somewhere, I go through the uncomfortable ritual of attempting to gather my wallet, change, and receipt at a cash register. I dread those 10 seconds more than anything else in the world! Its an absolute terror when you attempt to tuck your dollars back into the wallet and you accidentally replace the cash upside down under the watchful eye of the next customer!! The change falls onto the floor and you end up shoving the receipt into your wallet in such a rush that you smear off half the type thus preventing you from being able to return your merchandise!
Why do we become so uncomfortable in that insane moment? Do we truly believe the person after us will harm us for taking so long? It just occurred to me that in all the years I've been bothered by this act I've never once been shoved to the side by another person because I took too long to gather up my belongings. People don't just come after you with a machete for taking your sweet-ass-time!
Then where does all this fear come from? I supposed the satisfaction of being able to judge all the items I'm purchasing and make assumptions about my persona are simply enough to satiate and those final moments are just their gift. Actually, that's totally my favorite game at the grocery store. My sister once saw someone buy 13 pieces of malanga and a toothbrush! What the heck was that? What, no floss? No tucks medicated wipes? Random!
I am now determined that the only way to break through this discomfort is to take an unusually longer amount of time at the check out. I can face my fear and make the others around even more uncomfortable than I am. I might actually get shoved to the side now! Nice!!
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believe it or not, it was actually 24 POUNDS of malanga and a toothbrush! I was the cashier at a Winn Dixie and was manning the Express Lane. 24lbs of that crap is way more than 10 items...
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