BOOKS FROM FRANCECheckout : A Life on the Tills
by Anna Sam
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Set in France
Female author
Description:
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 on a supermarket checkout could be just the job for you. Anna Sam spent eight years as a checkout girl. She poured out her frustrations about the job in a blog that soon developed a massive following. Checkout A Life on the Tills is a witty look at what it's really like to work in a hypermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with the people watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude. Sam story has won her fans all over Europe, turning Checkout A Life on the Tills into a huge international best-seller: published in ten languages. Praise for Anna Sam: 'The checkout girls of Europe have found a figurehead. Her name is Anna Sam' The Times 'Compelling reading' Daily Telegraph 'Ignored, abused and underpaid, the unsung heroines of the food chain are suddenly in the spotlight thanks to French till tapper Anna Sam.' The Sun REVIEWS: 'The checkout girls of Europe have found a figurehead. Her name is Anna Sam' The Times 'Compelling reading' Daily Telegraph 'Ignored, abused and underpaid, the unsung heroines of the food chain are suddenly in the spotlight thanks to French till tapper Anna Sam' The Sun
