Doesn’t Want To Interrupt Work With Work

(I’m looking for a particular hair product and having trouble finding it. I see a woman in a red shirt and khakis in the next aisle, apparently stocking shelves.)

Me: “Hi, I was wondering if—”

Woman: “I don’t work here.”

Me: “Oh, I’m so sorry.”

(After shopping for a while, I go to the front to make my purchases, and the same woman is working at one of the cash registers.)

Me: “I thought you didn’t work here?”

Woman: “I just didn’t want to stop what I was doing. Sorry.”

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