i keep shutting my scarf in the till drawer

it’s a touchscreen till- the only way to open the drawer without a sale is to go through a couple of very slow-loading menus to the ‘no sale’ button

anchored to the drawer by my neck all the while

it’s actually quicker and easier to pretend I’m buying a pencil

although it insists on asking me what colour it is before opening the drawer

‘I’M CHOKING’

‘fine but is it a pink, blue, or purple pencil’