To shop or not

Today I dragged myself out of the gloom that was our winter and is now our spring to do a little shopping, though I didn't really need anything. Just thought I'd look around, so I went to a department store that was holding a seasonal sale, whatever that means. I brought my items to the check-out lane, which was in an area being re-designed "to better serve our customers." I entered as the sign directed, but a man also entered the same lane from the other direction, as also directed by a similar sign at the other end of the channel to the register. The cashier directed him to go the other way, and be behind me. I told the cashier that the sign really did tell customers to go that way also. She asked me if I wanted to go back into line. I said no, but just thought it would be easier for her and the custoners. She said she'd been putting up with the situation for the 2 months that the store was under construction, and she would have to tell a supervisor if she wanted the sign corrected. She didn't care about changing anything, even for the better. "I just want to go home," she said. So did I.