The first customer of the day.

'Good morning, those are lovely aren't they, would you like to try one on?'
'No! Leave me alone.'

Long silence, in which one goes back to sharpening eye pencils.

'Err hello, am I going to have to wait here all day?'
'I'm sorry?'
'I've been looking at these lipsticks for ages and I want to buy this, get it.'
'What number is that please?'
'I don't know, that's your job.'

The lipstick is identified and taken to the till.

'Would you like to follow me to the till please?'
'Oh for gods sake! I'm in a hurry.'
'The till is just here madam.'
'Yes well, get a move on, I'm in  a hurry.'
'We won't keep you any longer than necessary madam.'

The lipstick is put through the till.

'Would you enter your pin number please madam?'
'All right, don't rush me!'

The item is bought.

'Would you like a bag with this?'
'Give it here! Oh, do you have any samples?'
'No, I am afraid not at the moment. Sorry, but you can have a spray of fragrance if you like.'
'What, no samples of anything?'
'No, sorry.'
'Right, so your telling me, I just paid twenty quid for that and you don't have any samples?'
No madam, I'm sorry, we haven't got anything in.'
None of those little travel sizes, no foundation?'
'Sorry no, we don't always get them and we do run out.'
'No, little mascara's for my hand bag?'
'I'm sorry, we haven't had those for ages.'
'Yeah, right. I bet you do.'
'We don't. I am terribly sorry, but you may have a top up of fragrance.'
'Yeah, like I am going to do that when it is free already.'
'Thank you madam.'

Madam strides over and squirts herself with fragrance.

The first customer of the day.