Rachel Marcy previously shared Seven Hospital Vignettes.

A group of college students asked for the student price. I’d previously gotten in trouble for failing to thoroughly check student IDs, so I figured I should follow through. They didn’t have them.

I was on my own and I ordinarily wouldn’t care, but one of the guys annoyed me, so I told them they would have to pay full price.

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"Pretty soon I learned some lingerie truths: older women only buy black pants and the "returns" counter was a perfect place to experience the ­British middle class attempting to get in touch with their anger."