Thursday, January 17, 2008

Thursday Night at a Boerum Hill Bodega: A Play in One Short Act

I am standing in line behind a guy holding a huge pack of diapers. This is Boerum Hill, former home of such famous babies as Matilda, so of course they're au naturel chlorine-free diapers (who even knew regular diapers contained chlorine!). As the guy is being rung up, I wait behind him, with my purse in one arm, my dog Boo in the other.

Cashier (ringing up diapers): That'll be $18.53.
Guy: Jesus! Nineteen bucks?!
Cashier: Yeah.
The guys looks at me, looks at the diapers, looks at Boo.
Guy: I shoulda just stuck with a dog.

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