I was like a zombie as I scanned each item. I didn’t stop scanning till there were no items left to scan. I totaled the amount owed and told the old woman what it was.

She open her change purse and began to slowly extract coins, most of which were pennies and I realized that I’d be here for awhile so I leaned back and silently watched her count out the amount.

I heard someone place some items on the belt, but I didn’t even bother looking up. I mean, who would? The action I was seeing was better than the action I saw in porn.

I didn’t bother to disguise a yawn as she finished counting out the coins and put her coin purse away. She then pulled out her wallet and began to count out one dollar bills.

Luckily, the process of getting the correct amount of dollar bills went a lot faster.

I had been watching her so enthralled that I didn’t even have to count the money. I just took it, opened the cash register, separated it, and put it in the proper spots. I closed the register, grabbed her receipt, turned, handed the receipt to her, faked a smile, and said, “Thank you for shopping at Ralph’s, please come again.”

The woman smiled back before taking her backs and slowly walking to the exit. I spotted out of the corner of my eye a preteen aged boy on a skateboard heading right for grandma. Most people would probably bet on the boy, but I’m going to say that grandma wins this one.

The preteen aged boy spotted the grandma but didn’t stop or even slow down, he just kept coming. He had this devilish smirk on his face and I saw him eye her. It was obvious that he had his eye on the lil lady’s purse.

It was almost like slow motion that I watched him squat down and reach his hand out a bit more to grab for her bag. Maybe I was wrong, maybe grandma would actually lose. He had his hand on her bag and had a strong grip. He shifted his board to the side so he could ride right by her and pull her bag down and off her arm.