Beware the freezer burn!
At the grocery store recently, an older “gentleman” checker took my basket from the line I was waiting in and pulled it over into another line. There was a backup with several customers waiting and only one check stand open. He was doing the right thing by bringing the next person in line over before he opened his register. I was in a hurry and grateful for his consideration. As he ran my items over the scanner he asked if I were having a party. I replied, “Yes, just a small gathering with my girlfriends.” What came next made me laugh. He asked if we were having a bridge party. I told him no, and explained that I play cards a lot, but not bridge. I said that the get-together was to watch the season premiere of Nip Tuck . It was his turn to laugh, and he did. Then he said, “Boy, I got that all wrong, didn’t I?” As this friendly checker went on t o explain that he asked about the bridge because that’s what his mother and her lady friends used to do years ago, I laughed again. He al