Word: savers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first day on the job, I shelled out 89 cents for a Super-Saver polyester tie. Damned if I was going to stain a real tie with discount spaghetti sauce. Next, I had to get trained. The manager assigned me to John, high-school dropout and expert on stock-boying. John, however, was reluctant to share his expertise, and I was forced to teach myself tricks such as keeping my thumb out of the way of the razor blade carton opener and making sure that all the cans of toilet bowl disinfectant had their labels facing the customers...
Aside from John, I worked with several other Super-Saver regulars. Mary Ellen, a cashier, died her hair blonde twice a year, had a boyfriend she called Bonzo, and was saving up for a Mustang II with a red vinyl interior. Bill, one of the other assistant managers, never really managed, but he drank coffee, ate doughnuts, and leered at the younger cashiers. AT 5-ft., 7-in., he packed away a lot of doughnuts and weighed at least 300 pounds. In contrast, Susan, the head cashier, was 6-ft., 2-in., and thin as a Super-Saver broom stick...
...distinctly casual style in wielding my cutter. I took pride in my ability to steer up to six shopping carts at a time from one end of the store to the other. I considered it a challenge each time a customer asked about the location of an obscure Super-Saver product, and I began to memorize aisle numbers. For my efforts, I was given increased power and was eventually assigned to sort the incoming merchandise and attach a sheet of price stickers to each item...
...course, there were bad days at the Super-Saver, like when I sorted cases of Super-Saver soda, deciding which ones had too many maggots infesting them after nine years at the warehouse. Shoppers, outraged about inflation and economic inequity, often directed their anger at the handiest extension of the capitalist hierarchy--me. And I had to endure repeated performances of the 101 Strings version of "Across the Universe...
...even have control over our own store. Everything was decided by the Central Office. They told us where the lawn mowers should be put on the shelf, and where the shelf should be put in the store. They even told us exactly what to say at night. "Attention Super-Saver shoppers. It is now 9:30 p.m., and Super-Saver is preparing to close. Please-bring all final purchases forward for a quick and efficient check-out. Super-Saver will be open again tomorrow morning at nine for your shopping convenience. Good night from Super-Saver obviously not your average...