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...their Happy Meals. On Dec. 16, a bomb jolted through the fast-food joint, sending patrons and Big Macs flying. The explosion killed two, injured 27 and stunned the entire city. "Things like this are supposed to happen in dangerous places, like the Middle East," says Liu Wei, a cashier who works in the same shopping complex as the town's only McDonald's. "I never thought it would happen in China...
...Dunkin Donuts that doubles as the Eliot Street Café, or the Warburton’s Café that’s really Au Bon Pain. The odd thing about Cambridge is how subtle its oddness really is. Start with the employees at the Coop. I once had a cashier who performed the entire check-out process in complete silence while staring straight at me, examined my Coop card for five minutes and read the back jacket of each of the books I bought. Add the fact that he looked exactly like John Malkovitch, and it could?...
...selling overpriced stationery. Does this strike anyone else as being slightly peculiar? I go in, spend one minute picking up a $6.95 green-tinted, college-ruled notebook because I’m too lazy to walk to Staples, and inevitably spend five exchanging interminable pleasantries with Mike, the overzealous cashier. It’s like trying to get off the phone with your grandmother. Do I want a bag with that? No? Need a receipt? No? Crazy weather we’re having, don’t you think? You sure you don’t want...
Missing Annenberg’s famous London Broil? No problem—just head over to one of UCLA’s famous “dining restaurants” for some nourishment, located for your convenience inside each residence hall. There, you will be welcomed by a cashier who informs you that backpacks are not allowed inside, but you can obtain a free token (which makes no sense to anyone) and stash your stuff in a locker. Be prepared to spend at least five minutes trying to jam your backpack into a tiny, five-square-inch space...
...cashier does not recall seeing a handicap permit, but he wasn't bothered by the ritual. In the Hamptons, plenty of people drive luxury cars and flout the rules. As Lizzie Grubman learned last week, it's only when they do something so outrageously emblematic of their type that the simmering cauldron of animosity they've brewed boils over...