Loss of Contact

Overheard at CVS

• Customer 1: Is it hot, or is it just me?
• Middle-aged cashier: Oh yes. I've been overheated all day.
• Customer 1: Yeah, its really hot outside.
• Middle-aged cashier: Thank God! I thought I was going through the Change!
• Middle-aged cashier: *Old cashier with gender-inappropriate mustache* is off this weekend. We going to see you Monday?
• Old cashier with with gender-inappropriate mustache: *in tones that indicate she may not survive another weekend* If I'm lucky.