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Super Market Checkout

A woman went to a discount store to purchase several items. When she finally got to the checker, she learned one of her items had no price.She thought she’d die of embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for all the store to hear, „Price check on lane thirteen. Tampax. Supersize.“ As if that wasn’t bad enough, the person looking for the price misunderstood the word „Tampax“ for „Thumbtacks.“In a businesslike tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom, „Do you want the kind you push in with your thumb or the kind you pound in with a hammer?“

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