French check-out girl becomes best-selling author
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4029292/French-check-out-girl-becomes-best-selling-author.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4029292/French-check-out-girl-becomes-best-selling-author.html A supermarket check-out girl has become a best-selling author in France by writing about her irritating customers. By Peter Allen in Paris Last Updated: 3:39PM GMT 30 Dec 2008 French check-out girl becomes best-selling author 'The tribulations of a check-out girl' is set to be translated into English Anna Sam, who is 29, spent eight years behind a beeping till at a branch of Leclerc in the north west city of Rennes. She took a part-time university diploma in literature and, after starting an internet blog as recently as January, has become a literary sensation. Her recently published book, "Les Tribulations d'une Caissiere" (The tribulations of a check-out girl), has to date sold more than 100,000 copies, and is set to be translated into English. There are even plans for a film adaptation. Ms Sam describes her job next to a conveyor belt as "one of the most desirable vantage points from which to enjoy the full panoply of human idiocy". A list of everyday characters includes show offs whose baskets contain nothing but large size condoms, and unpleasant customers who carry on with mobile phone conversations instead of saying good morning. Others go to inordinate lengths to hide items such as toilet paper, while thieves will think nothing of stuffing CDs into camembert cheese. Predatory male customers are also a constant problem, with Ms Sam particulalry disliking those who ask ambiguously "are you open?", or "are you available?" Ms Sam's usual reply was: "I am not but my till is." Portraying supermarkets as erotic places, Ms Sam writes: "You would be astonished by the number of kisses stolen in the aisles (even in the toilet paper department), the langorous looks exchanged between the charcuterie and fish counters, the bottoms and breasts felt in the frozen food department." Ms Sam, who has written to senior politicians calling for better working conditions for France's check-out women, calculates that she said hello 250 times a day, thank you 500 times a day and "have you got a loyalty card" 200 times a day. She scanned some 20 items a minute and lifted 800 kilos an hour for a monthly salary equivalent to around £850. Ms Sam now hopes that she will make a living as a full time writer or, if not, get a part-time job in a book shop; one where there are no conveyor belts. <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the Kingdom!<*}}}>< Prayer for Unborn Life: O GOD OF LIFE AND LOVE, You have given us the gift to participate with You to bring new life into the world. But, all too often, the mother's womb, which should be a nursery of life, becomes instead a place of it's destruction. Help us to remove this evil and ensure respect for all life made in Your image and likeness, called to fulfill its promise on this earth, and destined to find a home with you for all eternity. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Our God, Our Savior, and Our ALL. Amen. <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the Kingdom!<*}}}>< Prayer for Unborn Life: O GOD OF LIFE AND LOVE, You have given us the gift to participate with You to bring new life into the world. But, all too often, the mother's womb, which should be a nursery of life, becomes instead a place of it's destruction. Help us to remove this evil and ensure respect for all life made in Your image and likeness, called to fulfill its promise on this earth, and destined to find a home with you for all eternity. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Our God, Our Savior, and Our ALL. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
