Grumpy Customers

I can share this one

>Because I have already told on myself<

We’ve got a small handful of grumpy regulars

-Not all of them-

-Not most of them-

-Just •some• of them-

Irritated from the start

The season doesn’t help

You can just feel it when they walk in

>We all sigh<

I want to put my finger on my nose and say “nose goes”

But everyone else has a place to go.

I could go to the restroom-

But I can’t leave the register

I could duck and hide-

But eventually they would find me.

That would be weird

-Like- even weirder than me sharing this story online

-Well-

>Anyway<

He came up

Ticking time bomb

Things we’re not right

He let me know

And wouldn’t stop

As if I purposely raised the price

On everything in his cart

In the last 5 minutes.

Boiling over when I asked for his number for the rewards program

He snapped

And then

>I think<

It just blurted out-

“Glad I am not married to you”

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Did that really come out of my mouth?

Did I >actually< said that out loud?

.p.l.e.a.s.e. tell me I just thought that thought

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I look up

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Eyebrows arches-big eyes-jaw dropped

The look on his face-

Must have matched the look on my face-

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And you know what?

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Forehead lines relaxed

He flashed a big smiled

Then right before my eyes,

~A 180 attitude change~

He wished me a good day

And was on his way.