Sammy the Social Climber in A&P Men will resort to extreme measures to impress women. This is the case of the story "A&P" written by John Updike. Sammy, who is a cashier in a supermarket, shows a classic example of a man trying to impress a woman. His rash decision to quit his job was a bad decision and will definitely have a negative effect on him in the future. Sammy seems doomed from the first sentence when he says, “Three girls come in wearing only bathing suits” (Updike 1026 ). Notice every little detail of the girls, from the color of their swimsuits to their tans. At this moment he is checking "one of these cash register watchers" and is scolded for ringing his item twice (Updike 1026). This distraction from his work shows his interest in girls, especially the one he calls "Queenie". To Sammy's delight, Queenie and her two friends take his cash register to purchase "Fancy Herring Snacks in Pure Sour Cream" (Updike 1027). When he puts the snacks on the counter, Sammy notices that his hands are free. As he wonders where the money will come from, she proceeds to pull dollar bills “out of the hollow in the center of her knotty pink top” (Updike 1027). This gesture puts Sammy in total awe of the girl, and this is the turning point, this is where he decides to try to impress her. His big break comes when the store manager, Lengel, visits Sammy's line. “Girls, this is not the beach,” is the first thing Lengel says to the girls when he sees them (Updike 1028). Queenie explains that her mother sent her to get some herring snacks, implying that since her mother sent her, it's perfectly normal for her to be in the store in just a bathing suit. While Lengel and Queenie argue, Sammy visualizes himself at Queenie's house during a party. In her imagination she sees: "her father and the other men were standing around in ice cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking herring snacks with toothpicks from a large glass dish and they were all holding drinks of the color of water with olives and mint sprigs inside" (Updike 1028).