At the check out line
Check it out! There you are minding your own business....and BAM! They gotcha! You fall victim to their evil plan. You are manipulated, tempted and baited with items at the check out counter. Why? Because they can! CHECK OUT LINES are everywhere! You are in the convenient check out line !! I try not to give in to the corporate plot that wants me to buy an impulse item! Out of stubborn refusal, I stand defiant, but their techniques are strong and in certain weak moments, I cave. Secret plots! Paranoia! I wonder if the store's strategic policy is to purposely refuse putting more cashiers out, so the lines move slowly, so that I end up staring at the convenient items displayed around me longer, beckoning me to spend my money. Add kids and it’s not only temptation alley but a power struggle with whiny rug-rats who are affected by the ‘ greedy gimme ’s’ thanks to the properly placed convenient toys. Who gets to the cashier and thin...