location: Macy's
situation: long line of people at the register.
character: woman in front of me.

cashier: "cash, check or charge?"
woman: "one second, please."

* woman fumbles through her big bag for the wallet and drops a tv remote *

me: "do you always carry your tv remote?"

woman: "no. my hubby refused to come refrigerator shopping with me, so i figured this was the most evil thing i could do to him."