A & P

 The story is about a eighteen year old kid  who works as a cashier in a supermarket and notices three girls walk in wearing bikinis.  He was analyzing the girls, especially the girl he called “ Queenie.”  They get to the register and as they are about to pay , the manager comments on their bathing suits and how inappropriate it is to wear one in a supermarket. The girls leave and the young man quits his job.  I believe he was trying to be the hero to get their attention and realized once they were gone, that he did it for nothing.  Thinking before you leap is always useful.