The World Still Tick-Tocks While You TikTokNOT my story
I worked at a sandwich store. On very busy days, like today, one of us takes your bread and meat order then the next person adds your veggies and toppings, and the last rings you up, like an assembly line.
A man and a woman in their early twenties come in. The woman is glued to her phone.
Me: “Hi, what can I get you?”
Male Customer: “I’ll have the Italian bread, footlong, with meatballs.”
Me: “That’s great, and you, ma’am?”
She ignores me, glued to her phone*
Me: “Ma’am? What bread would you like?”
Male Customer: “She’s been on that all morning. Let’s see how this plays out.”
They get to the veggies section, and he loudly explains what vegetables, toppings, and sauces he’d like. He says this in the direction of his female companion, who is still staring furiously at her phone.
They get to the register, and she finally looks up.
Female Customer: “Where’s my sandwich?”
Employee At The Register: “My coworker asked you what sandwich you wanted, but you ignored him.”
Female Customer: “Whatever, I’ll have—”
Employee At The Register: “You can get to the back of the line if you’d like to start ordering your sandwich.”
The guy she’s with laughs.
Male Customer: “Sorry, hun, but you ignored us. They’re not going to let you in front of everyone else waiting!”
He paid, she stewed, and they both left. I could see her shouting at him as they walked down the street while he smiled and ate his sandwich.
The World Still Tick-Tocks While You TikTok NOT my story
I worked at a sandwich store. On very busy days, like today, one of us takes your bread and meat order then the next person adds your veggies and toppings, and the last rings you up, like an assembly line.
A man and a woman in their early twenties come in. The woman is glued to her phone.
Me: “Hi, what can I get you?”
Male Customer: “I’ll have the Italian bread, footlong, with meatballs.”
Me: “That’s great, and you, ma’am?”
She ignores me, glued to her phone*
Me: “Ma’am? What bread would you like?”
Male Customer: “She’s been on that all morning. Let’s see how this plays out.”
They get to the veggies section, and he loudly explains what vegetables, toppings, and sauces he’d like. He says this in the direction of his female companion, who is still staring furiously at her phone.
They get to the register, and she finally looks up.
Female Customer: “Where’s my sandwich?”
Employee At The Register: “My coworker asked you what sandwich you wanted, but you ignored him.”
Female Customer: “Whatever, I’ll have—”
Employee At The Register: “You can get to the back of the line if you’d like to start ordering your sandwich.”
The guy she’s with laughs.
Male Customer: “Sorry, hun, but you ignored us. They’re not going to let you in front of everyone else waiting!”
He paid, she stewed, and they both left. I could see her shouting at him as they walked down the street while he smiled and ate his sandwich.