Diet Program

I had just finished stacking the Jumbo aspirin when they came around the corner. He was pushing the cart, she was speaking in a tone of voice I knew all too well.

“Why are we in this relationship if you won’t listen to me? All I’m trying to do is help, but you keep ignoring me, and keep cheating, what’s the point? Why have me if you won’t just LISTEN?”

He stopped, turned around, and then reached over and pushed her shoulder. She slumped over.

“Hey, where’s the bot program aisle?” he asked me.

“Seventeen, next to the replacement heads.”