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Personal Narrative: Working At A Grocery Store

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Working at a grocery store, there are always many different sounds going on; at times, there are a lot of things going on with not only the people around me that I work with, but with many customers as well.
On some days, like any other day when I come into work, the first thing I hear are the cash registers. The sound it makes when it’s scanning each item and the beeping sound of the item being scanned, along with the product name and price being displayed on the screen, letting the customer know that it's ready to be purchase. The screen is mounted above the cashier, and to the side of, their head. Around the area where the cash registers are when I first walk into the store, I can also see the Kroger bags. In the department where I work, we normally use the brown Kroger bags to let our customers know what we upgraded their items too. Not only do I hear the cash registers, but also the Click List department, the phones ringing every time a customer calls or cashiers calling each other with questions.
On any day when I come into work, walking into the double doors to the Click List department, I can smell Germ-x or feel the wind hitting …show more content…

No matter what, there is always side conversations going on, phones ringing, and the sound of people pushing their trolleys. I can hear them coming because of the sound the trolley makes when being pushed and the banging it makes when they hit against the double doors to get them open. I can always sense how everyone is feeling, or how the whole environment may feel, especially when it's a stressful day; we may also get days where it's slow, which makes us all feel relaxed and happy. Depending on the day, I usually feel happy when I come into work. There is always someone laughing and I can hear them just outside the doors. I see smiling faces all the time, and there’s the feeling of happiness all around the

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