Two separate songs. I don’t expect anybody to get the link between them but they helped inspire me to write a little about my teenager days working in a supermarket.
And well-done! I am doing more extensive skimming now, in a somewhat violation of traditional FR rules.
Seriously, good job as always!
Worked at a grocery store in the 70’s
We guys were required to run the cash register when it got busy. We didn’t allow carts into the parking lot. Instead they were give in drive up number that fit into a slot on the front of the cart matching the number permanently affixed.
Pick up was only guys and could be fun or miserable depending on the weather and who might be cruising by. (Our grocery store was part of an almost new shopping mall.
We were open on Sundays but before noon no beer could be sold so Saturday nights before everyone went home somebody had to cover the beer displays with brown paper. We didn’t sell wine or hard liquor, only beer. Wine and liquor was only available at state run liquor stores in those days.
We had to stock all the shelves and weren’t allowed to leave until it was done regardless of what your scheduled quitting time was. One particularly rough Saturday night I didn’t clock out until 5:26 AM Sunday morning. That was the all time record.
We had the muzak too. No rock and roll even after hours. I think a couple times somebody brought in a radio and placed it by the front end manager’s microphone and taped down the actuating button so the music came through that way. Not sure about that though...