A&P Sammy saw a glimpse that happiness comes from within

In quitting his Job, Sammy acted impulsively triggered by his visual idée fixe with women. I don't believe his act of quitting was premeditated. An overabundance of individuals in the world do not like their job; work for most is still done out of necessity.  I believe that he idolizes women. He became completely fixated and enamored with the three young ladies. He instinctively reacted when the Manager of the A&P Supermarket scolded the Girls. Sammy had built them up in his mind as idols to be worshipped. He quit because he was mesmerized by everything about the Young Ladies. He was under the influence, drunk and in a stupor with a fixed idea that if he became friends with them that he would suddenly be happy. Afterwards, he realized that he was going to struggle reiteratively with the issue of seeking happiness from an object. He knew that if he reacted like this again; that he would face many more unfavorable predicaments. This is reinforced by Sammy’s final thought about "how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter." He realized then, that by quitting, he might have made a mistake. That the happiness he seeks might be better found from within.

Ellington