A Miscalculation
As the checkout line pulled up, moving Kathy along with it, she examined the items in her cart again, making sure that she’d gotten everything. She was proud of the plump turkey she had managed to wrangle from underneath the heaving mass of people all looking for the same thing. She began to do the arithmetic in her head and thought she would just have enough cash to cover everything. But when she reached the teller, she fell short.