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A Life on the Tills
Gallic Books
July 2009
On Sale: July 15, 2009
192 pages
ISBN: 190604029X
EAN: 9781906040291
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
My name is Anna. I'm 28-years-old with a degree in literature and a life story that is both completely ordinary and a little bit unusual. I've worked for eight years in a supermarket. I started out there to fund my studies and have some financial independence. But when I couldn't find any work using my degree, I stayed on and became that stalwart of modern life, a checkout girl. The till. Not a great conversationalist, unless you count the beeps it makes when you scan the produce. As a result of listening to that robotic noise I was becoming a little like a robot myself. The fleeting interaction with the customers was not enough to make me feel human. Happily though, contact with my colleagues did just that.
 Media BuzzMorning Edition - July 23, 2009
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