Entitled lady expected cashier to pay for her items.

I went into some well known dollar store chain this morning. I needed one item and I had a lot of time before work to do so. The context being, I am not in a rush.

I find my single item and get in line to the only register open. Six people in front of me, slow cashier, a lot of people with 15+ items, slow progress. The lady in front of me with only a small amount of items. No problem, I have lots of time this morning and I am unfazed, happy, chillin in line, seeing how I can pair the new headphones I am purchasing to my phone. The line behind me continues to grow.

The pairing of the headphones eats up the time waiting. What transpired next, I was just like a fly on the wall observing, silent. Just Kermit sipping my tea if you will. Anyway just as headphones are paired, the entitled lady (EL) in front of me, maybe college age, is finishing up her transaction, the cashier says “the total is $7.” The EL says “I’m a little short.” But in the most bizarre, matter of fact way, like as if this is fine and the dollar store’s/cashier’s responsibility to pay for it. The cashier nonchalantly replies “no problem, how much?” EL says “fifty cents.” Again as if she expects the cashier to cover this. The cashier says “oh sorry that’s a lot on my register for me to come up short.” The EL stares blankly at the cashier, continues to hold up the line, which again I am just unfazed but cannot say the same for the patrons behind me. After a few more moments pass, they are at a stale mate but then EL brain clicks on and she says “I guess I can put this item back,” and puts back a nail polish set. She huffily finished her transaction and left.

I paid for mine and left after, bewildered because I would never expect a cashier to cover my transaction.

Also before anyone comes for me: there were no food items/health care items in the EL’s transaction. She had a relatively small order of 5 items and it was all little luxuries like the one I was getting.