How To Tell You’ve Lowered Your Standards

(I am finishing checking out an elderly man’s purchases when this exchange happens.)

Me: “Have a nice day!”

Customer: “When you’re 85 years old and you wake up with a pulse, and your next-door neighbor isn’t hitting you over the head with a shovel, you’re having a good day.”

Me: “…”

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