he shopped a retail department store for economysized litter and dry catfood when he finds himself in that neck of the woods

      been shopping there for years

when Trump virus tripped in like most businesses it reeled too without significant guidance national overarching protocols devised to protect employees and customers

                                                        perhaps the only time trickledown actually worked  Ignorance at the top trickled down

he shopped there fourfive times a year

always wrote a check

he wrote another after the cashier rang him up

she fed it into the scanner

it was rejected

turning to himhe could see she was flustered before she could stammered he said The checks good Scan it again please 

she did it was rejected again

                                I’m sorry, but I’ll have to ask you for another form of payment.

You have my form of payment

But as you can see the machine rejected it.

Yes inside him all his HIMs an HERs were groaning Not again just wont fall in line will ya I see the machine rejected it but yare the cashier I handed you the check Its goodIve written checks here possibly longer than youve been alive

I’ll have to call management.

Please call management wasnt gonna blame the help

through the intercom he heard a man say hed be there in a minute

he looked to the woman behind him in line she was of a commiserate age  You werent going to write a check for your purchase were you

she laughed

              I was, but I’ll not now; I need to hustle back to my business.

when the manager arrived the young man didnt say anything to him addressed the cashier she explained that she believed she did everything correctly he then told her what to do she followed his orders the while insisting softly I did that . . I did that

it was rejected again

                       the manager turned to him but before he could speak he interruptedtold him  You are holding my form of payment  Don tell me the machine rejected it  You sell check scanners  You solve the problem your machine has made

he tried hard not to glare his customer care skills werent good but managers tell people what to do don like to being told themselves

Which machine now sir his HIMs an HERs moaned Yare really picking a sore ya didnt mean it You have eighteenth registers numbered beneath brightred signs  though only two are open

the manager ignored himcreated a receipt so he could scan the purchase into another register curtly Follow me. he began walking towards Four then obviously changed his mindGo to Number Eight. couldnt resist telling people what to do

jovial Onto Eight

the manager fed the transaction in this machine accepted it I need your driver’s license. one last nudgy to affirm his superiority 

          he had set it on the shelf between them before he asked

                                                                   Right there 

not a thank you

he scanned the drivers license the machine accepted it reluctantly he returned it to the shelf he wasnt going to hand it to him Do onto others as you will have others do onto you his HIMs and HERs uttered he hadnt appeared religious

So whas with your machines

he couldnt stifle an irritated sigh They haven’t been updated. Nobody writes checks anymore.

Well meet Mister Nobody

High Noon,  Monday,  4  1. 22

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Billy Joel  You May Be Right  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilsv0C1-aBw