Can San Juan Please Feed This Poor Cashier?!
Customer: “I’m so happy you had this sauce! I was looking everywhere for it!”
Me: “Oh, I’m usually pretty good at knowing what we have in stock, but I’ve never seen this one. What’s it for?”
Customer: “It’s used for Puerto Rican food. It’s a very special and unique flavor that you can’t really get from anything else. I love that your store sells it.”
Me: “I’m really happy we had it for you! I’ve never had Puerto Rican food, but I’ll look up this sauce later and see what it goes well with.”
They check out, and I continue with my shift as normal. About three hours later, I see the customer back at my checkout lane.
Customer: “Oh, good! You’re still here! I was worried your shift might have ended!”
Me: “Is everything okay?”
They hand over some Tupperware containing what looks like many different types of food.
Customer: “I was telling my mom about the cashier who’d never had Puerto Rican food, and I swear you could’ve heard her gasp from here. She cooked up a little bit of everything and made me run back over here for you to try some.”
Me: “Oh, my! That’s so nice of you! And her! Thank you so much!”
Customer: “I’ll be back next week for your opinion!”
Me: “And the Tupperware!”
Customer: “Nah, it’s okay. Mom never expects to get those back.”
Not only was the food delicious, but I tried it with the sauce from my store, and it really enhanced it! I still returned the Tupperware the next week (I had it on me for every shift just in case), and it’s a good thing I did because even more food came my way from that crazy Puerto Rican mother the following week.
I became an expert on Puerto Rican food just from sitting at my checkout lane!