All Entries in the "Grocery Store Blues" Category
The End of the End of the Belt (And 14 Successful Shopping Tips)
As I brought the cereal boxes two inches forward on a slow Sunday afternoon, I finally realized something. The apron wasn’t meant for me. Not only did it highlight my bulby bottom and awkward frame, but black was really never my color. It also represented an institution I simply couldn’t tolerate any more, minimum wage [...]
Knock Knock Knockin’
Last Friday I had the 3:30-7:00 p.m. shift, but what could I do? I kept asking for Saturdays off, and now my Bank of America digits were coming closer and closer to the big O. I needed the money, so I was driven to accept the awkward time slot. Like any resourceful teenager, I stalked [...]
Kansas, Get Your Act Together
Today should have been a snowday. Instead, it was a workday.
I usually work the 11-5 shift on Saturdays, and enjoy it because I can party late on Friday and still get a good 9 hour sleep. But today work was a chilly hell as a snow storm barraged the parking lot and iced the carts.
Outside, [...]
Music Meltdown
A staple for any self-respecting grocery store is quality music. The soundtrack practically consumes the store as it fills the awkward space inbetween aisles and shelves. It gaps your thoughts when you wonder if Nabisco really offers better saltines than Zesto. It uplifts the spirits when it’s just you between the wide shelves of aisle [...]
Life Begins at the End of the Belt
A first job is like a first pet. First, you want it, love it, exchange lessons and adjust with it, and become annoyed and hate it, only to move on to a bigger and supposedly better animal.
I got a job this fall at the local grocery mart, a bonafide bigger and better animal compared to [...]
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