{"id":271,"date":"2008-12-20T00:31:04","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/?p=271"},"modified":"2009-01-08T02:12:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T10:12:10","slug":"034-too-adorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/2008\/12\/20\/034-too-adorable\/","title":{"rendered":"#034: Too adorable."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Currently listening to: &#8220;Lying in the Dark&#8221; &#8211; Pushing Daisies OST<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since the end of semester, between my two jobs, I&#8217;ve been practically working full-time. At Indigo, getting trained to do cashier work has provided me with ample opportunities for witnessing chortle-worthy events, resulted in me dealing with potentially aggravating customers, and despite all the madness and long line-ups (oh, Christmas shopping&#8230;) it is all quite entertaining. But when it comes down to it, the adorable small child with some sort of bumbling whimsical charm always manages to brighten up my day. <\/p>\n<p>Presenting the latest in such escapades. Yesterday, a little boy of about six came toddling up to the cash desk, holding two quarters in his hands. <\/p>\n<p>Kid: I have TWO quarters.<br \/>\nMe: Mmmmmmhmmm.<br \/>\nKid: (holding up stocking stuffers) How much is this?<br \/>\nMe: (after scanning aforementioned item) $4.99<br \/>\nKid: Oh&#8230;That&#8217;s too much.<br \/>\n(Kid walks away, and comes back with box of toys.)<br \/>\nKid: This is 25 cents!<br \/>\nMe: No it&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s $12.95.<br \/>\nKid: No, it says here it&#8217;s 25 cents!<br \/>\nMe: No, it says that there are 25 pieces in it!<br \/>\nKid: Oh. (pause) So how much is it?<br \/>\nMe: $12.95.<br \/>\nKid: So&#8230;how many quarters is that? <\/p>\n<p>AWWWW. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently listening to: &#8220;Lying in the Dark&#8221; &#8211; Pushing Daisies OST Since the end of semester, between my two jobs, I&#8217;ve been practically working full-time. At Indigo, getting trained to do cashier work has provided me with ample opportunities for witnessing chortle-worthy events, resulted in me dealing with potentially aggravating customers, and despite all the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,390],"tags":[1847,867],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers-work","category-miscellaneous","tag-indigo","tag-quotables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}