Sammys attitude toward the conformities are a bit imaginative and comical. For instance, when he describes the moment he is ringing up the herring snacks he comments, "... and after you do it often enough, it begins to make a little song, that you hear words to, in my case "Hello (bing) there, you (gung) hap-py pee-pul (splat)..."(Updike). Routinely working the same functions at the register, it seems hes figured out how to use his imagination to amuse himself in the dull and boring A&P. He also goes on to describe the shoppers as "sheep pushing their carts down the aisle"(Updike) or imagining "The whole store was like a pinball machine"(Updike). Its as if he uses analogies or his imagination to cope with the boring routine he has found him
