Kinetic Loop

I’ve been a customer of Graham Cracker Comics on Madison for two years now. Most of the time, I stop in by myself, but sometimes my husband is nice enough to go in there with me and buy me a graphic novel. When my husband pays, the person checking us out totally ignores me, regardless of how many times I’ve talked with them or how many times they’ve helped me as a customer before. I don’t even get a glance. It’s as though I don’t exist.

I make it a point to buy comics and graphic novels at Graham Crackers instead of from, say, Amazon. I’m happy to pay more to do a small part to support a store like that. And the manager there is great. I expect that he would actually acknowledge my existence, and maybe even remember me, when my husband is paying. The staff there is nice enough when I’m there by myself, but this is pissing me off.