Cashier: Are you going to eat your cookie right now or do you want it in a bag?
Me: I would like to have it in a bag so I can set it on the table and imagine I will wait till after my food comes and then break down and eat it now.
Cashier: […]
Me: The pretense is important to me.
Cashier: [hands me my cookie in a bag] Happy pretending!
Archived Post
This post is archived from my account on li.st, a social media app that shut down in 2017. Some posts have been edited slightly to fix typographical errors and correctly represent the gender of some individuals. You can view the full archive here.