H2-Oh-No No No No No!, Part 6
A woman is coming through my checkout. I do my greeting spiel:
Me: “Hi, how’s it going? Did you—”
Customer: “Well, it’s not going well. I have to take care of my mother and my mother-in-law full-time because they’re in hospice, and I can’t work because I have spinal meningitis, and the pain is too bad. This weekend I had to drive my sister to three different hospitals to see specialists for her cerebral palsy and visit my uncle, who has eye cancer.”
Me: “Oh. I’m sorry. I—”
I then notice that this woman is buying nothing but sixteen gallons of distilled water.
Customer: “That’s why I’m buying this water. I use it to make a tea that cures cancer. I can see you have freckles, so you’re going to get skin cancer someday. Let me write down the recipe for you. It really works. My uncle was supposed to die a year ago, but hasn’t because I made him this tea.”
Me: “Thank… you?”
After that, my greeting spiel went from “Hi, how’s it going? Did you find everything you needed today?” to just “Hi! Did you find everything you needed today?”
Related:
H2-Oh-No No No No No!, Part 5
H2-Oh-No No No No No!, Part 4
H2-Oh-No No No No No!, Part 3
H2-Oh-No No No No No!, Part 2
H2-Oh-No No No No No!
