I pulled this out of a bag of books. This was picked up from a local little free library during one of my walks home after work last fall.

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‘Ignored, abused and underpaid, the unsung heroines of the food chain are suddenly in the spotlight thanks to French till tapper Anna Sam.’ The Sun
Can you scan 800 barcodes an hour? Can you smile and say ‘thanks’ 500 times a day? Do you never need to go to the toilet? Then working at a supermarket checkout could be just the job for you.

Anna Sam spent 8 years as a checkout girl. Checkout: A Life on the Tillsis a witty look at what it’s really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude.

Sam’s story has won her fans all over Europe, turning Checkout: A Life on the Tills into a huge international bestseller, published in 10 languages

I've been in a bit of a reading slump this month with many books started then set aside before finishing. This book broke past that slump. It was quite amusing. I was never a grocery store clerk, but did spend several years working at a small copy store in a college town where one of my tasks was working the checkout register. So some of the stories here were ones I could commiserate with.

Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.

Left in the Little Free Library.