Fruitloops

There are crazy people in the world and a couple of them work at WHSmiths. There is a girl of about 16 who you can just tell isn't 'all there.' I'm not one to comment on how people present themselves, but she just looks slightly neglected. The customers appreciated the withering look of bewilderment I gave her (and them) as she rang her bell only to tell me it was 'all right now' and then continued asking the man at her counter: 'howareyoutodaysirwouldyoulikesomehalfpricefoxeees? in one slightly American, entirely monotonous drawl... mouth open, eyes unfocused slack jawed, hand waiting for change. We* don't even sell Foxes Glacier Mints anymore, sold out last week some time.

Then at the other end of the scale is this tiny ginger girl who is in charge of Books. she is the most terrifying person I have ever had to work with. Although she is 'with it' she is also unbelievably highly strung and gets incredibly worked up over the smallest things. I am so scared of her, she is beastly and I am a large wuss. She will just tell you you're moronic and slow and be just generally spiteful for no reason! Total attention seeking hypochondriac too, she tried to get one of her colleges fired for pointing a bar code scanner at her. In a fight I could probably clobber her, being about twice her hight and, well, body weight probably but my GOD she'd bite, kick and scratch.

How do people become crazy though? I know some people are just born that way- lack of oxygen or wonky brains but then there are the slightly more subtlety nuts people. Is it the environment they are brought up in? Poor diets? Lack of mental stimulation? Traumatic experiences? or are some people just plain loony?





* This being the Royal We of WHSmiths, and I