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
1223, Twosday,
5 1. 22
