Why Martha Saved Five Hundred Paper Receipts From Her Weekly Grocery Trips

sat at the yellow table, tapping his phone screen with his thumb while his cup of black coffee sat untouched and growing cold between us.

“Gerald,” I said, leaning against the counter near the stove. “How does a store lose six thousand dollars in inventory if people are scanning their items?”

He did not look up from his screen, his thumb continuing its continue reading …