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I went to the local No Frills last night. No Frills is like the low prices version of another supermarket chain around here. They paint it an embarrassingly bright shade of yellow, which i think is a way to make as many people as possible choose the non-discount supermarket unless they're really, really sure. CAUTION: ABANDON ALL SELF-WORTH, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE, FOR YE ARE TOO CHEAP TO BUY PREMIUM BRANDS is the shade of yellow they're going for.
One of the ways they "save you money" is by making you bag your own groceries, which I'm fine with, since I used to do that professionally. You also have to pay like five cents per bag, which is great because I'm sure it encourages people to conserve, but for some stupid reason, they expect you to know how many bags you want before they even start scanning your items. I found this out the hard way... Apparently I spaced when they asked me how many I wanted, because I ended up at the end of the checkout aisle without any bags. Lucky for me, someone left a cardboard box on the ground there, which I liberated.
I think the reason I was distracted was the checkout clerk's badge said her name was "ANA L." Apparently, one of the frills they don't supply is proofreading name badges for humorous names. I can just picture this woman's first day on the job. "Congratulations on your new job at No Frills, Ms. Lexam! Here's your name badge and smock!"
I think if my first name was Ana, I'd change my last name to Mal and take up the drums.
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