Healthy Markets

So I've been looking for a job for quite some time, which proved to be a very difficult endeavor in this city, even with my degree in sociology! Yes, I am being sarcastic, yes, I know, what did I expect to do with sociology? Anyway, finally, a light appeared at the end of this 22 week tunnel. I applied at a newly opened health food store, on the off chance that any positions opened up. It is not my usual store however. I prefer the natural foods co-op that is a 2 minute walk from my apartment, and seems to have lower prices and better sales. Though this new store is a 5/10 minute drive, it is bigger and cleaner and brighter, less crowded, and the staff seems far friendlier there. Anyway, when I dropped off my application, they told me there was, in fact, a cashier position, and asked if I would be interested. Most of the jobs I have applied at thus far have made a little more use of my degree, but this would at least be some customer service and cash-handling experience. And most importantly: income!!! (Though a bit meager.) So I went for a brief interview yesterday (another sociology major, now the front-end manager of this store interviewed me), and today, got a call back to cement the deal.
Which brings me to the awkward situation, though it is not too painful, merely ironic (coincidental?) and funny. I was at my co-op to pick up a few items for making sticky buns, and as I stood there, my phone rang. It was the front-end manager of the competition! I tried to find a quiet area in the store to talk, so that no one at the co-op would notice that I was being hired at the other store, and so that the woman on the phone wouldn't hear anything that would give away my betrayal of my new employer. Hahaha. I realize that this awkwardness was only apparent to me - - nothing either side could have heard would really have mattered - - but I was worried for a slight moment that if the manager heard a something like "organic Blue Sky soda" or "Kiss My Face lotion," she may have decided to go with an interviewee who was more dedicated to the store they were applying at.