A&P BY:JOHN UPDIKE

I thought that this story was kinda weird and I could not figure out what the point of the story was. It started off with the cashier, Sammy, describing these three girls that same into the store. They looked as if they came straight off the beach, sun burnt, no shoes, and bathing suits on. The one he thought that stood out the most was the girl in the pinkish bathing suit. He seemed to be very interested in this girl. Sammy watched the girls every move as they were looking for some herring snacks that the girl's mom told them to pick up. The girl in the pinkish bathing suit seemed to be the leader of the girls. Sammy called her the "queen". The two other girls followed her around as if she was their idol. Later on before the girls are about to leave Lengel goes up to the girls and tell them that "this isn't a beach" explaining to them that they need to be dressed appropriately when they come into the store. The girls start to blush and get embarrassed and the 'queen" tries to explain why they are dressed that way but Lengel could care less about their excuses. Sammy get mad at Lengel becaused he embarrasses the girls and yells I QUIT hoping that the girls would hear him and be their hero; but the girls keep on with their business. Now Sammy is left with nothing.... no job... no girls. Sammy new from that point on that things would only be harder from there on.