Checkout

Anna Sam, Morag Young

• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781805334675
• Year: 2025

Can you scan 800 barcodes an hour? Can you smile and say 'thanks' 500 times a day? Do you never need to go to the toilet? Then working at a supermarket checkout could be just the job for you.

Anna Sam spent 8 years as a checkout girl. Checkout: A Life on the Tills is a witty look at what it's really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude.

Sam's story has won her fans all over Europe, turning Checkout: A Life on the Tills into a huge international bestseller, published in 10 languages

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• My name is Anna.
• WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF RETAIL – AND YOUR DREAM JOB
• THE TOP 3 QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE TILL
• AN HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW
• CASHING UP: THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING COIN
• THE JOB INTERVIEW
• YOURS STATISTICALLY
• ‘HANG ON A MINUTE, I’M AT THE CHECKOUT!’
• ENTERTAINING THE SUPERMARKET
• I’VE SAVED A PLACE
• KISSING COUPLES
• ‘EMBARRASSING’ ITEMS
• I’M HUNGRY!
• MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE – A VERITABLE GOLD MINE!
• THE WONDERFUL LOYALTY CARD IN ALL ITS COMPLICATED SIMPLICITY
• CLOSING TIME AND OPENING TIME – WHAT FUN!
• WHAT A COMEDIAN
• A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY
• SIT DOWN IF YOU CAN
• THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
• I’M THE BOSS!
• YOUR CONVEYOR BELT: FRIEND OR FOE?
• HOW TO HIDE YOUR FORTUNE
• I’M PAYING
• OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
• CHECKOUT GIRLS: THE FAIRER SEX
• ‘YOUR TILL IS ON A BREAK’
• DO YOU HAVE 10 ITEMS OR LESS?
• PRIORITY? DID YOU SAY PRIORITY?
• CAN I SEE SOME ID PLEASE?
• BLESS YOU!
• £19.99 PLEASE!
• MY TILL, MY LOVE
• GAME OVER
• DID YOU SAY BAR CODES?
• STRANGELY STICKY
• DRUNK CUSTOMERS
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD!
• J’ACCUSE
• CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT TILL PLEASE?
• WILL IT SCAN OR WON’T IT? THE SIX STEPS FOR GETTING PRICES
• ROLL UP, ROLL UP: IT’s SALE TIME
• THE WEEKEND SHOW
• THE BIG CHRISTMAS RUSH
• COUNTDOWN
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• MURDER ON THE EIFFEL TOWER
• THE PÈRE-LACHAISE MYSTERY
• THE MONTMARTRE INVESTIGATION
• CHECKOUT A LIFE ON THE TILLS
• Copyright