Comments on: Talking to the supermarket clerk in the line for old people https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665595 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:59:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665595 Art Deco:

Sleeping less well does not necessarily mean getting up early. It can mean that you have a lot of trouble falling asleep and therefore your sleeping hours are shifted later rather than earlier.

]]> By: Lee Also https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665572 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:54:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665572 When I lived in Manhattan, is always chat with the cabbies when I took a taxi. Great conversations. I’d remark on something on the cab.

One time it was how immaculately clean the cab was. The guy who owned it (and the medallion) was very proud of that. He told me he lived in Maryland but would come up Monday though Thursday to drive. He talked about his place in Maryland. Great conversation.

Another time, the driver had a photo of the temple at Amritsar and I asked him if that is what it was, and remarked that I had heard it was beautiful. So, he started talking about it.
Great conversation.

Another time, the driver had a lot of soccer photos on his car, one of whom was an alumnus of my alma mater — and was there at the same time I was. I pointed him out and mentioned I went to college with him, though I didn’t know him. The driver knew exactly where I went to school and talked about how he was applying for graduate school there! He asked me a bunch of questions about the campus, etc.

]]> By: Sharon W https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665568 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:27:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665568 I talk to everyone–at least a friendly greeting. But conversation, yes, if the bid is taken. As for checkout, I always keep it short if there is a line. I find it annoying if there is an extended conversation continuing past transaction if I am in a queue. When my youngest son was in high school he was on a train with fellow students and parent attendees. The Mom of his friend engaged a conversation with a stranger and his friend expressed his disapproval to my son. My son advised him to just accept it, as he had to with me years ago.

]]> By: gwynmir https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665565 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:44:42 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665565 “You sleep less and less well as you age.”

Art Deco: not me! I sleep a full 8+ hours per night. Fall asleep right away, only wake up occasionally in the middle. I’m very thankful for this!

]]> By: Funsize https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665561 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:27:30 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665561 I’m in the same boat–I look forward to my clerk chats in the grocery store. It probably says more about me, that my interactions are so paltry.

]]> By: oldflyer https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665555 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:56:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665555 Like some others, my wife has never met a check-out clerk that she didn’t befriend.
Since the Gruesome Newsom lockdown initiation, that is her primary social contact other than backyard dinners with daughter and grandchildren; so I try to be patient as they exchange life stories.

“Art. There are more administrative tasks to be performed by the elderly getting ready for the day.
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You’ve got one of those pill dispensers too?”

Ha. It takes 3. Morning, dinner, pre-bed.
I do not complain about “Big Pharma”

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665542 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:55:50 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665542 Art. There are more administrative tasks to be performed by the elderly getting ready for the day.
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You’ve got one of those pill dispensers too?

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665540 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:53:09 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665540 Art. There are more administrative tasks to be performed by the elderly getting ready for the day.

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665539 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:52:42 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665539 1. Don’t bring up your last doctor’s visit 2. Don’t bring up your grandchildren.
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Discussing doctor visits except to retail a funny story should be eschewed. A capable Jewish grandmother knows how to use a colonoscopy for story fodder; you are likely not as good as it. Go ahead an bring up your grandchildren. Family life is great conversational fodder. Just be mindful of the privacy and dignity of the young; discretion is advised (and something mothers are bad at but grandparents not as bad at).
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While we’re at it, remember you’re teaching and observing the young. They’re not teaching you and what they want to talk about is cr!p.

]]> By: charles https://thenewneo.com/2023/02/07/talking-to-the-supermarket-clerk-n-the-line-for-old-people/#comment-2665531 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:07:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=123110#comment-2665531 Funny story about standing in line – back when the pandemic shutdown first started, I was in the line outside a BJs when an employee approached me “excuse me sir!”

I thought for sure she was going to reprehend me for not having my mask on. I was ready to say, “but we are outside and six feet apart.”

It was 8:35 AM and I thought they opened at 8 AM; nope, they opened at 9:00 for “regular folks” – the 8:00 AM opening was for older or at risk customers and she was letting me know that I could go through the other door so as to not wait in line.

Thank goodness I look old! LOL

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