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CASHIER HAG
by Bill Kochman
10-15-2024
So I went to the grocery store,
And ran into this cashier hag,
Man, that gal just gave me lip,
When I asked for a plastic bag.
Then during the next minutes,
While my groceries she rings,
I glanced down into that cart,
At each of my shopping things.
My toothpaste in a plastic tube,
And my bread in a bag as well,
If it were not for all that plastic,
Some things they couldn't sell.
Ketchup was in a plastic bottle,
Containers of honey plastic too,
Laundry soap in its plastic jug,
Without plastic we'd be through.
Yes, garbage bags were plastic,
My chicken was in a plastic tray,
Batteries sealed in plastic also,
Oh gosh, what more can I say?
Cat toys were made of plastic,
A carton of eggs in styrofoam,
Man, you know I was steaming,
As I carried all that stuff home.
But adding more insult to injury,
It makes understanding so hard,
When after she totals my items,
I have to pay with a plastic card!
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NOTE: This humorous poem is NOT a rant against store cashiers. I have met a lot of them over my 71 years of life, and some of them are really nice, such as where I have been exclusively grocery shopping for the past twenty-eight years. In fact, I feel sorry for cashiers who are pregnant moms, who have to stand on their feet for eight hours a day. More power to you!
However, having said that, to begin this poem, I needed something that rhymed with "bag". Thus, "cashier hag" immediately popped into my head, and this nasty, fictitious cashier became the victim of my poem. However, the REAL issue of this poem is the insanity of outlawing plastic grocery bags, while zillions of other items are still either made out of plastic, or sold in some kind of container that is some form of plastic.
Bible Study Resources:
"Happy is He, Happy Are Ye" KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse338.html
"Joy of the Lord" KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse041.html
"Joy in the Morning" KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse207.html
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