25th March, 2004
Overheard at the Kwikimart
Stopped into a convenience store on my way home from work this evening and was treated to a staggering example of the American educational system at work – a conversation between two college-aged cashiers regarding the location of an Irish pub:
Cashier A: It’s at location X, right?
Cashier B: No, that’s an English pub, the Irish one is at location Y.
Cashier A: Are you sure? ‘Cuz I don’t wanna end up at the wrong one. I hear that the food at the English place is nasty.
Cashier B: What does it matter? Isn’t all that food the same?
Cashier A: (exasperated and rolling her eyes) Like, duh, England and Ireland are different states, of course the food is different.
Right. Fortunate for me, I was finished signing my credit card receipt at this point and was able to flee the building before I caught something stupid.
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