I don’t trust anyone. I take my laptop to the bathroom with me. But like… the only time my phone was stolen was when I was sitting at a cafe and it was on the table in front of me and a sneaky con artist swiped it while he was distracting me. (For the record, I chased him down screaming and got the phone back because I am amazing).

So, I guess it is definitely what a 99 cent store can mean? Me, I’m a descriptivist!

I’m going on vacation all next week, and decided I would work a half day, and I was working from home, all of which means that I was hungover. After my half day was done, just an hour ago, I walked to the CVS and picked up some things I needed: paper towels, bandaids, and disposable gloves. As I was checking out, I saw that the very nice man, who seemed maybe new to the job and whose accent made his words a little hard to parse, had wrung up the disposable gloves (the most expensive item) up three times, and did not ring up the other items. It was 5-7 dollars more than if it had been wrung up properly.

I didn’t say anything. I paid 5-7 bucks for the privilege of not causing myself hassle while hungover and not embarrassing this guy in general and especially because his manager was right there. Ultimately I feel it was worth it.