Forgot What Day It Was
(I’m at a mall with my friends. It’s Memorial Day and the mall is open for Memorial Day sales. We are waiting in line at a store, right behind a fifty-something woman, when this happens.)
Customer: “You shouldn’t be working today! You should be at home, remembering the fallen!”
Cashier: “I didn’t choose to be here. This is my job.”
Customer: *getting angry* “I don’t care! This is an outrage!. You are disrespecting the troops!”
Cashier: “Well, if I wasn’t working here today, you wouldn’t be able to buy this stuff, so I wouldn’t talk like that.”
Customer: *stammering* “But you still aren’t—”
Cashier: “Ma’am, my dad died in combat. I would rather be at home, remembering him, than here, dealing with ungrateful customers like you. You are the reason why I’m here today. So don’t tell me I’m being disrespectful.”
(The woman shut up, paid for her items, and left.)
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