Whole Foods Riot!

Not really (obviously). The computer system went down at a packed P Street Whole Foods tonight and, despite lines reaching the ends of long aisles, the well-groomed, pram-pushing, yoga mat-toting customers just sighed, avoided eye contact with anyone and paged through Body + Soul. Except for the lady in front of me, of course, who had to baby-talk to her infant son for twenty solid minutes. The system was only down for ten minutes - the extra ten was for the lady in front of her, who chose to pay with a check. I felt really bad for the poor kid ringing us up, who was a trainee and clearly having a minor breakdown by the time I got to him.