Walking A Few Feet Is Just Banana Drama

(Our self-checkouts are at the opposite end of the store from where the produce department is. Sometimes, we put returns there. Other times, though, if customers forget things they will leave their cart by the registers and go grab the forgotten items. A customer approaches me one night.)

Customer: “Excuse me. Is this anyone’s cart?”

Me: “I’m not sure. It could be returns, but it might not be.”

Customer: “Oh, I was just wondering because it has bananas in it. I really need bananas but don’t feel like walking all the way to the produce department, so I was just going to take them out of the cart.”

Me: “Yeah, I wouldn’t touch it. You wouldn’t want someone touching your cart.”

Customer: “I guess I just was hoping not to have to walk ALL THE WAY OVER THERE!”