21.   But a lot of consumers obviously think that talking to a sales clerk is an indispensable part of the hassle.

22.   But for Porter, the Republican sales clerk who categorized herself as New South, the issue is more complicated than forgive and let live.

23.   But Mrs. Ice, who is a sales clerk and also moderates an online discussion group, had insisted on packing the portable computer.

24.   But the labor negotiations distracted sales clerks from their jobs, the company said.

25.   But the severest shortages are in the lower pay ranges, for sales clerks, short-order cooks, food-store workers and data-entry clerks.

26.   But they are there, said Sandy Castro, a sales clerk at the Cuba Cuba Art and gifts shop on Duval Street.

27.   Calls to a randomly selected group of stores there recently found that three out of seven sales clerks did not know the name.

28.   Chinese executives will still buy caffe latte from young British sales clerks, and American lawyers will still linger over Cantonese dim sum alongside old men with bird cages.

29.   Cobb is a sales clerk at The Gap in Southcenter Mall on weekends and works when needed during the week.

30.   Customers select the shoes off the racks rather than relying on sales clerks to get shoes from storage.