Thursday, July 9, 2009

One Man's Opinion

I had lunch with my youngest son today. We were chatting about his job, he works part time for a local grocer. (He is a student, so the job is for date money.) Anyway, I was asking him if he noticed trends in terms of who bought what. He commented on a variety of typical purchases that accompanied a variety of either personality traits, socioeconomic standings, etc.

Then he said, "I always know when someone is going to buy cigarettes." I asked him how he knew that. He said that cigarette smokers over 30 looked older than their age, they look tired and dull skinned. He says he recognizes the look now, when they want to buy cigarettes and wishes he could refuse to sell them as these people all look like they need to quit.

Interesting.....
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9 comments:

Relax Max said...

How compassionate. Like his mother. :) They look older because they ARE older. Closer to the end of their chronological life, anyway. Sad.

Philolog said...

Is it possible for him to give each and every one of these tired old smokers your business card???!!!

Debbie said...

@relaxmax,

thanks, my son is amazing, in SPITE of his mother. You are right, smoking ages a person in so many ways.

Debbie said...

@Philo,

would that he could. But you know, as well as I do, those folks don't want the card if they aren't searching already.

Dorothy said...

Wow that is quit an observation for such a young man.

Very interesting.

Dorothy from grammology

vange said...

Who buys cigs at the grocery?

Canucklehead said...

too tired and breathless to comment ...

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Allure said...

Your son is a good observant. Nice!