Thursday, September 18, 2014

What's wrong here?

Originally posted 9-10-2012

A brief example of what’s wrong with our society. It has nothing to do with video games, drugs, rock and roll, religion, or politics.

I stopped at Walgreens for ice cream on my way to girls’ night. One register was open with two people and their full carts in front of me. A guy was working nearby at an end-cap behind the second register. I stood there for about four minutes before the cashier was done with person one.

Now, second in line and feeling my ice cream getting soft, I watch the guy at the end-cap put a couple things on the counter, look at me and turn back to what he was doing. The cashier is just starting in on the cart of the person in front of me. She stops a moment to use the inercom: “Second checker, please. Second checker.”

The guy steps away from the end-cap and offers to help me at the register.

First: this guy was obviosly oblivious to environment within a three foot radius of him.

Second: did the cashier really need to use the intercom to page the guy four feet from her to help out?

Really. I’m going to call lazy and stupid the front-runners for what’s wrong with this situation. What happened to our society’s work ethic and consideration for others?

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