New York Minute 106 - Headphone Checkout

I was standing in the checkout line at Walgreen’s this morning. The line crept forward until the next person to be served was a young lady wearing a pair of fancy headphones. When her turn came, one of the clerks called out, “Following guest?” There was no response. The lady didn’t move a muscle. Her headphones had blocked out the clerk’s voice.

“New guest on line!” he called out more urgently. The young lady remained motionless, oblivious to his invitation.

“Miss!” a middle-aged woman in line behind me called in frustration. There was still no reaction from the lady with the headphones.

Finally, she looked up spontaneously and noticed a row of clerks staring back at her. “Sorry!” she gasped as she dashed forward.

The woman behind me could not contain her displeasure. “Them and their damned headphones!”

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