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Tear-Offs · November 2

Unexpected Item in Bagging Area

2NovemberMondayTear-OffsA bright supermarket self-checkout. The screen says UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA. In the bagging area, sitting in a big brown paper bag, is the old cashier, a grey-haired woman in a store vest and name tag, arms folded and cross. A young man in a hoodie holds a carton of milk and asks, "Do I scan her?" Chickadee, a little bird in round glasses and a tiny store vest, stands on the checkout and says, "She's been there since Tuesday." Behind them, a sign over an empty lane says LANE CLOSED FOREVER.