The Slice: Cashier made incorrect change

I‘ve seen this over and over in Spokane, most recently at a South Hill convenience store.

It always makes me wince.

A white cashier who dealt with me in an unaffected way turned into some sort of hip-hop caricature when waiting on a young, black customer.

I’m pretty sure the cashier wasn’t mocking the customer. He was just trying to be cool.

It wasn’t working.

“Mark your calendar: Whitworth College officially becomes Whitworth University on July 1.

“Amazing feat of sound sleeping: Amanda Lowe, a WSU student whose family lives northwest of Spokane, told about a time her dad used a shotgun to dispatch a rattlesnake right next to the house.

“(It) did not wake any of us up,” she wrote. “He still worries about us because of that.”

“You know a child’s birthday party has gotten out of hand when…: “Chuck E. Cheese runs screaming out of the building.” — Lawrence Killingsworth

“Just wondering: Does every workplace have someone who flounces?

“Dispute about the facts of life: When her 5-year-old stepdaughter asked Betty Bass where babies come from, Bass got out a book full of illustrations and diagrams. The little girl seemed to accept this reality-based presentation. At least, that is, until she went to visit her friend across the street.

Upon returning from her remedial tutorial, the child informed Bass that babies actually come from under cabbage leaves. So there.

“Which of the following was an actual panhandler’s sign seen by Beverley and Joel Novin in Seattle recently:

A) “I’ve marginalized myself.” B) “Father killed by ninjas … need money for karate lessons.” C.) “Ask me about my blog.” D) “I’m sorry if my existence annoys you.”

The correct answer is B.

“Slice answers: The question about people who hog the sidewalk produced several negative reviews of the male gender and a proposal that there be a bounty on certain skateboarders.

“Today’s excuse for a weight gain: Bernice Scott’s husband argued that radon was shrinking his clothes.

“Today’s Slice question: Are the moral standards you apply to TV/movie situations more cutthroat than your real-life sense of justice?

I ask because I’ve noticed something about my own viewing habits. When watching shows where there is already a fair amount of violence, I routinely find myself thinking things like “She should definitely kill that guy now — while she’s got the chance — or he is going to cause trouble later.”