smiling like a lion

I feel like I’ve tried so hard the past few years to be one of the “it girls” or whatever, and not be so dreary, but I’ve felt like an imposter, I just hadn’t realized why. I made my dyed blonde hair purple before I watched the series, and that was a big jumpstart. Now I’m about to go donate most of my colorful clothing 😅

I was just in line at target to check out, and decided to not use self checkout because I had a lot in my cart. The cashier and lady in line in front of me both had masks on. About 99% of the store didn’t, so I didn’t think anything of it.

The cashier was sooooo sweet and bubbly and talkative to the lady ahead of me. She was talking about her day and joking around with other employees that walked by, and said one employee has made her life better since meeting him. So sweet.

It’s my turn now to check out, and she doesn’t even reply when I greeted her. Rings up a couple of my items and then asks how I’m doing, but not in the same tone as with the previous customer. I thought maybe she felt weird because I didn’t have a mask on, so I made sure to stay behind the plastic guard between us. I kept trying to put my phone number in the card machine, but it wasn’t registering my finger, so after multiple attempts, I gave up and just waited for her to finish ringing up my items.

She rings everything up and in the most irritated voice goes “do you want to type your phone number in or scan it?”

“I can press it in”

She angrily grabs the little pen that had fallen back behind the machine and aggressively taps the screen until it’s ready for my number.

“Oh! Thank you” I said because I couldn’t reach or see the pen because of the previously mentioned plastic guard…

She just waits for me to pay.

“Thanks have a good day” and hands me the receipt.

Not to mention she helped the lady in front of me with her bags, to make sure she got everything. Before I even get around the counter to start getting my bags, she’s already checking out the lady behind me and putting things in bags. I’m hoping I got all my items, because I grabbed my things in a hurry to not be in the way.