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June 24, 2007
Breaking Up is...
Hard to do...
I'm such a wimp when it comes to good-byes. Really, I hate them. I could get all emotional and weepy and say what a blast and privilege it's been hanging here with all the cool chiclets, and Lani, Beth, Whitney, Eileen and Alesia, and how much I'll miss you all, but that will just make me blubber like a baby.
Instead, I'm going out with a little tale of female empowerment. Remember the milk story from last time? Well, it happened again, yesterday. I got overcharged for my milk, and when I pointed it out to the cashier she got all huffy with me, like it was my fault that her bloody scanner machine was overcharging me. She told me (in Dutch, which, surprisingly, I understood) that prices could change on a daily basis, and special offers didn't last forever, in a tone of voiced that implied I was basically an idiot for even suggesting that the supermarket was trying to do me out of ten cents per carton. I felt pretty mad at that, because I was politeness personified! Instead, I calmly told her that I had this problem with the milk all the time. She tried to guilt me into letting the extra ten cents pass, because of the accumulating line.
You'd have been proud of me, chicklets! I insisted that the price be checked and lo and behold, I was right! The cashier proceeded to throw my shopping though the scanner in a very irritated way, as if I was, you know, public enemy number one! Anyway, after I'd retrieved my shopping in a very polite way and paid her, I wished her a good day and left.
So what am I trying to say here? Well, apart from good manners cost nothing, and that you should always go the extra ten cents in a supermarket, because ten cents is ten cents, I'm really trying to avoid crumpling in a tearful heap over my keyboard...
Love and hugs,
Michelle
PS. You can always find me and any new news via michellecunnah.com. Later in the year you'll be able to find me on Myspace, too...
Posted by Michelle at 2:45 PM | Comments (4)
Comments
It's tales of manners and grace like these this one that I'm going to miss most.
Posted by: Sheryl at June 24, 2007 5:43 PM
It's tales of manners and grace like this one that I'm going to miss most.
Posted by: Sheryl at June 24, 2007 5:43 PM
So, I will wait and see if Lani has anything more to say and then delete the Literary Chicks from Favorites (note, deliberately spelt the American way). Sob.
Posted by: wendy at June 24, 2007 7:33 PM
Oh, Michelle! Yay for you! Way to stand up for yourself... in Dutch! Love you, babe.
And Wendy - I'll be here on Tuesday wrapping everything up. Thanks for the American spelling. :)
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at June 25, 2007 7:12 AM
