The Slice: There’s a fine line between good and bad cashiers

When they open an additional checkout line, shouldn’t the just-arrived cashier beckon a shopper who is already second in another line instead of someone who is last in a line?

After all, the former has been waiting longer.

Don’t forget: To send The Slice a postcard from your vacation.

Slice answer: Ann Echegoyen said she is no longer surprised by deceptive business practices: “I expect it.”

Select your self-description: A) The family people move away from in theaters. B) The person who no longer gets asked about his/her weekend (because people get tired of hearing about how great it was). C) The owner of one “good” pet and one “bad” pet.

Lesser royalty: Sandpoint’s Ken Jackson once regarded himself as the Compost King of Bonner County.

And 54-year-old Cindi John claims to be the Queen of Push-ups (the exercise kind).

Two potential band names: Annoyed by Whimsy and Cans on the Bread.

Things you seldom hear in real life: “The killer is leaving us a trail of clues he wants us to follow.” – Pat Williams, Colbert

Slice answer (repeatedly hurting yourself in the same way): North Idaho’s Debbie Miller accidentally bites her lip in the same spot while eating. “At times it has gotten so bad that, if I’m not in public, I actually hold that part of my lip with my fingers while chewing my food to keep from biting it yet again.”

Thanks: To Ken and Kathy Stout of Spokane Valley for inviting me to their backyard cookout. I had fun. The food was good and I enjoyed meeting their friends.

Today’s Slice question: Who would you like to hug?