As I kick back and enjoy a nice cold beer after my first day of the real world, I think: what will become of this blog?
Surely it can’t just go away. After all, I’m not going away anytime soon. I may not be in college, but I am young. I am alive. [...]

Posted on July 10th, 2006 by Lee
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Dear Customer,
Please do not be offended at my grocery bagging. I did not intend to bag in a way that was unacceptable to you.
You are not wrong for desiring the bagging choice you requested. Even if it wastes bags, is nearly impossible, and/or could endanger your health, it is a valid choice, and [...]

Posted on November 8th, 2004 by Lee
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Customers say the darndest things. Pretty much every day.
Herb conversation
Me: (pointing at unidentified herb) What is this?
Customer: I don’t know, my husband picked it out.
Me: (smelling herb, ringing up code) I think it’s sage. Does that sound right?
Customer: Ummm, it’s legal!
Halloween conversation
Me: (pointing to dozen roses) So, have you got a hot date [...]

Posted on November 5th, 2004 by Lee
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Today was Wegmans’ Halloween parade and in-store trick-or-treating. This was crazy. At times, I thought I was literally going to be trampled by the swarm of 3-foot tall Shreks and miniature Batmen.
When I was a kid, I never took too much pride in my Halloween costume. Maybe that’s cause my costumes were [...]

Posted on October 28th, 2004 by Lee
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So I went back to work today for the first time in 8 months, and everything has changed. They’ve installed all sorts of new technology, and it’s making me feel like an old fogey. Not one piece of equipment has stayed the same since I started working there four years ago. They’ve [...]

Posted on September 7th, 2004 by Lee
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