The counterwoman is having difficulty totaling the order on her register.

There is also a Starbucks where a counterwoman called Nancy specializes in passion fruit lemonades because, her sign says, they remind her of "summer at the beach."

And several other women on the staff, including Debi Diaz, a counterwoman, grumbled in disbelief after hearing the verdict of the jurors, nine of whom are black.

There, the counterwoman gave him another look at the Horn of Plenty's employment record, and Danny copied down club and roadhouse addresses going back to Mad Marty's first gig in '36.

So it was that Ms. Smith found herself nibbling macaroons and biscotti in Veniero's on East 11th Street under the amused gaze of the counterwoman, and talking excitedly of what the future might smell like.

As you make your decisions, the counterwoman folds up the thin white cardboard box (printed in black with a cameo of a woman in ball gown and sash) and lines it with a blue-striped sheet of waxed paper that wraps around the contents.