price-check

The following may or may not have happened. It could be a purely hypothetical situation, yeap that's what I'm going with...
Ok so when you have to go to the store to buy something embarrassing like let's hypothetically say hemorrhoid cream, you totally look around for something else to buy too. You don't want all the focus to be on that one single item, so you pick up something else completely random like a loaf of bread. You don't even know if you need bread at home, and you're not going to buy just any loaf either. Nope, you're going to get the king size loaf because even though no one is actually paying you any attention, you want to make sure that the bread is the only thing anyone sees. To make matters worse, you may have a back injury so you already walk funny...
So you proceed to the checkout hoping you can find one without someone else in line and at the same time praying that no one else walks up behind you at said check out. Although the clerk is probably 16 so he more than likely has no idea what hemorrhoid cream is and even if he did he could care less about any issues you may have. Seriously, he just cares about what time his shift ends.
After nonchalantly stalking the check-out lanes, at least you think you're being nonchalant, in fact the security cameras have probably picked up the fear in your eyes so now management is watching you thinking you're about to steal a ginormous loaf of bread. You really don't want to be tackled to the ground for bread since you know what it's hiding. Headline News: Pain in the Ass Criminal Taken Down.
The coast is finally clear, you choose your lane and internally you breathe a sigh of relief because the clerk is indeed 16. The bread goes through without a hitch! Butt, um but of course the cream refuses to scan. Yes, you managed to pick out the only box with a scratched barcode. Attention to the one item you so desperately did not want to be seen has been thrust up front and center into the spotlight! You should have just went for all or nothing and picked up some feminine hygiene products, adult diapers, and anti-diarrheal medicine too.
 At first the 16yr old is determined to make it scan. You know it's futile, because this is your life. And while he's trying to get it to scan, a line undoubtedly forms behind you. You now have witnesses. Next, the inevitable occurs "I need a manager on 4 because I have some Preparation H that's not ringing up. It's the family size box with with the extra large applicator."  Thus the awkward silence begins while not only you, but the line behind you waits for a price too. At this point you just want to throw a $100 bill at the clerk and run, but then you realize you're poor and you don't have $100.
There are those moments in life when you want the world to open up and swallow you whole. This would qualify as one of those moments. Hypothetically of course.