Communication

This was my day

Me

Other people

"Hi! How are you today?"

"Yes, thank you."

"Would you like your receipt with you or in the bag?"

"Yes, please."

"Do you need help with anything?"

Polite smile but no talking.

"Hello! How are you doing, ma'am?"

Blank stare and walks away.

"Have you had a good day today?"

"...."

"Oh, you're buying an Avengers shirt. Are you a big Marvel fan?"

"No, but my son is *gestures to 13ish-year-old son beside her*". 

Me to son: "Who is your favorite superhero?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Who is your favorite superhero?"

"..."

"...."

 ...awkwardly continues bagging while trying to politely drop the subject.

Looks pointedly at son as if to say, 'You had better answer this lady's question or so help me...'

"...Green Lantern."

Gotta love retail!!

You Should Know.

I've decided a few things and thought I'd share.. When you work 8 hour shifts in a retail store you have plenty of time to think things through as you fold and refold the same T-shirt table. And I know you all are anxiously staring at your screens waiting for new and exciting Kayla insight. *insert angelic smile here*

• It would be nice if people actually sat through the credits after a movie. Nobody EVER does (myself included), and understandably so... You're probably exhausted from whatever emotional journey you experienced in a short span of 2 hours (whether its laughing, stress, excitement, depression, all of the above). By the end, the last thing you want to do is read a list of names and titles that is approximately 15.6 miles long. BUT. All of those names go to actual people (mind blown, right?) and all of those people helped MAKE A MOVIE!!!! Do you know how enormously cool that is??? It's pretty cool. 
• Chocolate covered strawberries are the best. Milk chocolate to be more precise. You know that question: If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life? Chocolate covered strawberries. Yep. No question. They're the best. And they're part fruit soo.....they're healthy right? Just nod. It makes me feel better.
• I want to spend an one day communicating only in movie and TV show references. Bucket list.
• Everyone should have a little lap dog to cuddle with. Or a cat. Or a pillow. Well, small dog or puppy is preferable, then pillow, then cat. It just makes me happy.
• I think I may be addicted to lemonade. Is that a thing? I think so. It's the best. 
• My nephew is the cutest. It's decided. I know everybody says that. But let me tell you a story. I come home from work exhausted, because I started at 5am. As soon as I walk in the door my nephew yells, "LALA!" Cuteness level: awwww. I change into comfy clothes and then proceed to make myself a sandwich for lunch (plain turkey and cheese for you visualizers out there). My nephew and sister are in the kitchen. I sit on the counter and start eating my sandwich. My nephew toddles over and wants up on the counter. Cuteness level: picture worthy So I set him next to me. Then he puts out his hand and asks for the sandwich. I hand it to him, he says thank you, takes a bite, and hands it back to me. Cuteness level: room is about to burst because this is so cute. I say thank you again, take a bite, he puts out his hand, and so on. We did this to eat the entire sandwich. Each taking one bite at a time, with a lots of "thank you's" and "tand u's". Cuteness level: I think I'm going to actually burst because this amount of cuteness cannot be contained, I think I'm going to actually need sunglasses to blind myself from all of this cuteness.

Yep. There you go. 

Have a great day!