The story A&P was very meaningful to me, due to the industry I work in, and also because I am a female. The story is important to me because I work in a grocery store, in a managerial position. If one of my employees decided to quit because of an incident that happened with a customer, their actions would not be taken seriously. I have never had an employee react as severely as Sammy …showed first 75 words of 184 total…

…showed last 75 words of 184 total…the actions so severe. John Updike writes the story not so that the readers can view Sammy as a hero, but as the immature grocery clerk who quit his job for a pretty girl. Sammy will now have a very hard time finding a job, because he lives in a small town where everybody knows everyone else’s business. This will show the other people that he may not be as dependable as everyone thinks.