No One’s Winning Today

(I am walking up to the lottery counter to relieve my supervisor, who’s currently attempting to cover both supervising and the counter. She has to keep leaving the counter, despite a line of customers, to give the cashiers overrides. She’s currently just slipping back behind the counter to serve the next customer after having to run off.)

Supervisor: “Good! Do you have anywhere else you need to be? Can you cover this?”

Me: “Yeah, just let me close [Coworker]’s lane, so she can take her break, and then I can take over.”

Supervisor: *turns to next customer* “What can I do for you, ma’am—”

(We both look over to see the customer reaching over the lottery counter, trying to pull out a tray of tickets and help herself.)

Customer: “Finally, some service. God.”