"Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer."
- Cornell Woolrich
"In Paris the cashiers sit rather than stand. They run your goods over a scanner, tally up the price, and then ask you for exact change. The story they give is that there aren't enough euros to go arou..."
- David Sedaris