often in the supermarket check line

the cashier will ask me,

"how are you?"

and I'll answer something

like, "not so good, I've got

hemorrhoids, insomnia, vertigo and

the battery in my watch is

dead."

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there's never a response, it's as if

they haven't heard, they just keep

ringing up my purchase.

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I am not attempting to take out my

frustrations on supermarket

employees

but when they ask me

"how are you?"

I'm usually not doing very well and there's nothing that

makes me feel worse

than to say

"fine."

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I've tried another way.

when they ask

"how are you"

I say, "it's never so

GOOD! it's unbelievable! the money's

just rolling in! I don't understand

it!"

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but they dislike this reply

more than the

hemorrhoid, insomnia, vertigo

bit.

​

so I've tried a third way.

when they ask that same question

I say,

​

"You really don't care."

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again there's no reaction, they

just go on

ringing up my purchase

and I understand this lack

of response:

they really don't care,

and I think that's good.

we all ought to realize that it's

nothing to be ashamed of

and it makes buying

groceries

the same as

anything else:

what we need is what we want and

what we want

has very little to do

with anything

else.