I've Got That Late Night Drugstore Feeling

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The Formerly Misinformed

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I've got that feeling
You know the one when you run down
To the corner late at night for cough drops and bread
You walk in and it's quiet
Except for that 80's song playing overhead
That you hated even back then

Even though it's calm at this hour
There's another shopper and they're shuffling their feet
You notice they've got shampoo and cat food in their handheld basket
But they seem unsure of what else they want

You move on your way to the back of the store
Passing the bins with the leftover Christmas stuff
That no one's going to buy because it's January 4th

Another song starts playing now
But it's worse than the one before
It instantly reminds you of being lost
In that department store looking for your Mom

You grab what you need plus a a few things you don't
And walk up to the register thinking how lucky you are that nobody else in line
As you place your stuff on the counter you notice the cashier
She's checking her phone to see if anyone liked her post
About being bored at work on the late shift

She halfway glances when you awkwardly hold the empty basket up
Which you think clearly indicates hey, where should this go?
But you decide to just push it to the side
Meanwhile she reluctantly puts her phone away

When you ask how's it going?
She shrugs and says umm ok I guess I mean
That's when your bread won't scan
And she can't figure out why or how to manually key it in
So she calls for her manager
The one outside now taking an interrupted smoke break

Now he clacks on the keyboard for a minute or two
As you watch his crooked name tag
Start to sway along with his increasingly forceful keyboard strokes
You feel like this is taking longer than it should
But it isn't busy so it's the only lane open

That's when shampoo cat food shopper lady shows up behind you
Oh and suddenly she's got places to be and felines to feed
You can tell she's already impatient

She somehow stares a hole through you
While managing to completely ignore you at the same time
You know she's blaming you for choosing an unscannable item
And holding up her life

You try to be affable and make small talk
But she shows no interest
She doesn't want to hear your excuses
Or how you thought you could quickly grab a couple items
Because nobody else would be in here at this hour
She let's out a sigh when you turn back around
A little too loudly so you know she's annoyed

Finally the manager gives up and moves to another register
And this is your chance to let this woman with the pressing appointment go first
Because you can't stand the pressure
Even though it's not your fault
But then you don't let her

Still you wonder how you manage to get yourself in these situations
You promise yourself it won't happen again
But you know good and well it will happen again
And there's not a damn thing you can do about it

So you pay and take your bag
And make your way out the automatic door
Back into the cold for the short trip home
And just as you pull into the drive
You remember
You forgot the milk

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