I don't know why but this feels like a sad story to me. Maybe grocery store jobs just give off that vibe to me because I worked in one as well when I was younger. Frozen hands of the dairy department - bad memories... lol
I never really thought of that but yeah, tattoos in the 80s would have been super rare. They definitely existed but way less accepted and much more rare.
It was truly a terrible place to work, but we did have a few laughs. For some of my tenure I was the only one filling the shelves. If someone left, often they would not get replaced for weeks. Not fun.
That does not sound good lol