“I have to admit that I enjoyed watching you being ignored as you tried to summon a cashier who was attending other customers by waving your hand weakly in her direction. I could wonder why you didn’t hit the button on the self check that is to get store employee attention. I could also wonder what you thought that your peevish, audible sighing would achieve. But, in this case, I’ll speculate and judge instead. By the way, those stickers on the tomatoes tell you what code to enter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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