Hey there, it's Nick.

And it's Leah.

A real quick thing before we get going, would you please follow our show in whatever app you're using to listen to us right now? Yeah, you don't even have to listen. You could just hit follow and it would really mean a lot to us. Yeah, there's probably like a follow button or maybe there's a bell or a plus sign. Like there's some symbol somewhere and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode. We would so appreciate it.

We really would.

It makes a huge difference for our show, so please do that. Thank you so much. And now let's start the show. Let's get in it. Hey, everybody, it's Nick Layton. And I'm Leah Bonema. And we we so many great questions from you all in the wilderness.

Aoo!

That we have a bonus episode. So here we go. Our first question is, quote, I live in Florida,

and residents here are passionate about a certain grocery chain. I often complain to my partner about how frustrated I am with the chatty cashiers, even though many

people actually seem to enjoy it.

They start with the usual, how are you, did you find everything okay?

Annoying, but tolerable.

But then they will often go and ask what I consider to be personal questions.

Do you have any plans for this weekend?

What have you been up to today?

My southern peers say that they're just being polite, but I find asking a stranger personal questions actually quite rude. What do you think? And how should I respond to these questions? This week I actually was reading an article about how, and you know, I didn't, I always, every time I read an article, I usually Google it to see if there's another article saying the same thing in case it was completely mad up, which I didn't do.

Okay.

So let's just say it may or may not be real.

But it was how in England, they are now starting an extra cashier line for elderly people who are alone and want to have extra long conversations with their cashier.

Okay.

And I thought, how delightful.

Yeah, I guess give customers what they want.

And so some customers want more chat and some customers want less.

...