This is my regular go-to grocery store and I don't usually consider shopping anywhere else; That is until I met the dreaded "Val".
My shopping trip had started as any other, fridge was empty, I was hungry and I had to resist the urge to open the crackers in my cart in the middle of the store and have a snack. Anyway... Everything was all fine and well until I got in the checkout line. As I approached the checkouts I noticed one line was considerably shorter than the others and it seemed like a no-brainer. I proceeded to unload my cart onto the belt; That's when the barrage of questions started, and they didn't stop. I was berated with questions about everything from my weekly menu to my brand of tampons; none of these questions where asked in a casual whisper either; Val was using what I could best describe as her "OUTSIDE VOICE" to ask a series of completely unnecessary, over-personal questions. Seriously, it was loud enough that I'm pretty sure the guy at the milk cooler knew which brand of tampons I was purchasing.
Zehrs continues to be my regular grocery spot, because who am I kidding-I'm not going to food basics; but I will never-ever-ever fall for the short line-up at Val's till again. There is clearly a reason it's always a short line-up. I would rather wait in a 40 cart line-up than have another encounter with Val. If she were the only cashier in the store, I would drop a loaded cart of groceries on the spot and go home-I don't really need to eat that badly.
Store gets a 5, Val gets a 0. read more