Checkouts Crush Comparison

In the short story "Checkouts", a bag boy at a grocery store embarrassingly drops a jar of mayonnaise in front of his crush, splattering it everywhere.  She thinks nothing of it, but nonetheless he is grief stricken for the rest of his shift.  As human beings, none of us are perfect, and will come to embarrass ourselves over and over again throughout our lives, particularly in front of people we are attracted to.  I can think of numerous times where I've done just this.  One time, I was hanging out with a guy that I'd liked for a while, and we were just sitting around, getting to know each other.  He asked me a question about a previous relationship, and not thinking I replied with a very stupid remark, however it sounded perfectly normal to me at the time.  He then proceeded to make fun of me the rest of the night, and I honestly could have died of embarrassment because of it!  As you can see, this compares to the story through the fact that the boy embarrassed himself awkwardly in front of his crush, and I then did the same thing, unknowingly.