Kyra and I went to the grocery store last night. I know.....BAD night to go. Yes, people were stocking up on all the Super Bowl goodies. It was a madhouse. You know, I'd really like to work the checkout counter for a day to see what the heck people buy. Yesterday would have been really fun because I bet over 50% of the people walking out the door had alcohol in their possession. I'm very nosey at the grocery store. I look in people's carts just out of curiosity. I know that's mean, but to me it's interesting. I laugh at the mommies because they are in the same boat I am. Their kid is BEGGING them to buy something and in order to avoid a full blown temper tantrum, the mommy buys the kid what they want and opens it in the store so the kid can have it immediately. Welcome to my world! :)
This one lady was checking out ahead of us and she nudged past us to go back into the store. I thought that she had forgotten to get something. Nope. She and her 10 year old kid come back to the checkout line and as she nudges past me she says, "I'm sorry, but I thought I lost my kid again." Niiiiiice.
Then there's the 300+ lb. man behind us who is trying to make Kyra laugh and he's making comments about EVERYTHING that I take out of the basket to put on the belt. He told Kyra, "Yeah hon, I bet you'll be eating good tonight!" Dude must have been hungry. I was waiting for him to be like a kid and take something from my basket and open it right then and there and start eating away. SHEESH! One can't get a moment's peace at the grocery store anymore!
Honestly though, the drama cracks me up. I could see the horrid looks on faces last night as there were too many baskets in an aisle and people had to zig-zag around others to get through. It was tense!
Now everytime you go to the grocery store, you'll start looking in others' baskets, right? hehe!
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Hey! I never thought of looking in other people's baskets! I should start doing that! It might remind me of something I was going to forget to stock up on! When I shop, I try to go in and out as fast as I can and I'm avoiding clogged aisles and dodging slow people and cursing people that are deliberately in my way and refusing to move!
Sometimes, I go and shop leisurely, though, if I need to take some time to unwind.
My favorite grocery store episode is when my mom was in the checkout behind a colored family and the toddler kept climbing out of the cart and onto the conveyer belt. The mom kept fussing at the oldest kid to do something about it. Well big sis grabbed little sis off the conveyer and said "Do you WANT to get PAID FOR?" like that was some kind of big, scary terrible thing. What a threat!
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