Gender Stereotypes In The Grocery Store

What truly gets the attention of Sammy is Queenie’s pink bathing suit that had straps that were pushed off which exposed her bare shoulders. He describes that with the straps down you can see just “her” and how she was “more than pretty.” Customers of A & P are in shock when they witness the girls’ appearance in the store. Stokesie, another cashier at A & P who is only three years older than Sammy, is married with two kids. He does not resist fantasizing over the girls. He makes commentary along with Sammy, again clearly displaying the mindset of that age group. The store is quiet, Sammy is anxiously awaiting the girls to come into view as there is nothing else to do. He fabricates scenarios in his head such as which check out aisle they will choose when their shopping has concluded.

On a regular day, three girls in bathing suits walk inside a grocery store called A&P. The three girls in bathing suits brought a lot of attention with them. At a grocery store, it is very uncommon to enter a store with a bathing suit which stirs some controversy revealing a lot of skin. One could say they did the job of getting that attention from the employees. The story is told from sammys perspective, which he talks about each girls looks. “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it, where the sun never seems to hit, at the top of the backs of her legs” (627). The description sammy gave about the girl demonstrates the attention they are receiving. Beside sammy, Stokesie can not keep his eyes off the girls. Even though he is a married man, he could not maintain his etiquette at work. It may seem like the group of girls hold a power that men seek. They play it off pretty good with the help of their leader queenie who catches the attention of Sammy.

Sammy observes the three barefoot bikini clad girls enter the store and walk around. The story proceeds to explain the reactions of the customers and employees in the grocery store to the nearly naked teenage girls. Sammy’s contempt for the customers is apparent as he calls them ‘sheep’ and ‘house slaves’ and, one in particular, a ‘witch.’ Sammy describes the appearance of each of the girls in great detail, much more than any of the other customers or employees. Lengel comes out of his managers’ office and tells the girls they are inappropriately dressed and embarrasses them in front of the other customers. Queenie tells Lengel that they are dressed decent and he tells them he doesn’t want to argue with them and says it’s store ‘policy’ for the customers to have their shoulders covered when they come into the A&P. Sammy feels sorry for the embarrassment Lengel causes the girls and, hoping to be the girls ‘hero,’ he quits. Sammy feels as if he is defending their honor by quitting, but they don’t even notice. He leaves the store and looks for them on the street, but they are no where to be found.

Three females walk into a grocery store located in Boston during the summer, wearing bathing suits and no shoes. The workers and customers are all staring at these girls because of the lack of coverage they have, this causes the feeling that all the attention is on them. Sammy is the one that is the most infatuated with the three girls, and he is watching everything they do. Walking around the store, customers are moving out of the way and doing a double take to confirm what they were wearing. Sammy is waiting for them to walk back to the front in hopes of seeing them again, since this is not an occurrence that happens everyday. When they finally do come back to the front there are only two registers available, fortunately for Sammy a group

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