Queueing Til(l) You Drop

I needed to go into a particular supermarket in town for a few items which I prefer from there. The store was packed — and I mean RAMMED; I have never seen it so full. Only three of the six tills were open, and I queued for several minutes to make my purchases. The till operator was friendly, polite, and apologised to me for my wait.

While he was ringing me up, a manager walked past. My till operator flagged him down.

Till Operator: “Can we get some more tills open? These lines are ridiculous, and people are waiting.”

The manager looked at him as if he had grown a second head.

Manager: “We don’t need any more tills open. It’s not as if the store is even full.”

Then, he walked off without another word, leaving the poor till operator staring helplessly after him as he finished ringing me up.