Yeah, don’t be inane and vacuous. After 15 years going to the same stores each week you get to recognizing people’s faces and outward personalities enough to know who genuinely enjoys the interaction and who would rather you pick another lane.

Read my mind, LOL! Yeah, I see the exact same half dozen middle-aged cashier ladies at my nearest C-Town several times weekly, for over a decade now. 2/3's want only minimal/no chit-chat. Latina and Lebanese woman, one notably young'er Latino dude, are the most chatty. I get it!

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