Shopgirl

As you all know, I love shopping. I even like grocery shopping. I know from the title of this post, you probably think someone with a cart full of things got in front of me in the express checkout, but that is not the case. Honestly I have had that happen to me many times, and it really doesn’t bother me. Today a very rude lady ruined my quick shopping trip. I stopped in the grocery store on the way home from work this evening with my 3 year old daughter. We grabbed the few items we needed and headed for the checkout.

There were a lot of long lines, but the express checkout didn’t look too bad. I quickly counted the items in my cart. I had 11 items and the little piece of paper I needed to purchase a package of razors for my husband (I hate that they don’t keep them out in the store anymore, it really is a pain to have to get them upfront). With the razors I would have 12 items, so I jumped in the express checkout lane, that was clearly marked 12 items or less.

As the person in front of me is paying, I start adding my items to the counter. I can hear someone behind me mumbling about not being able to read. At this point I didn’t have a clue what she was talking about. Then I hear her start talking loudly about how it is an express lane, I thought she might be talking about the cashier being slow. When I heard her implying I had too many items I started counting my items out loud. Soda-1, apples-2, milk-3, ect.

Either the woman didn’t hear me, or she thinks 12 items is breaking the rules. She turned to my 3 year old daughter and said, “Your mommy is teaching you horrible manners, and she can’t read a sign that says express”. Even if I had 13 items (which I did not), she should not have spoken to my daughter that way. I calmly turned around, pointed at the sign that said 12 and reminded her I only had 12 items. She still insisted I was rude, apparently if I have 12 items and someone behind me has 3, I should let them have my place in line. Honestly I have done that before, but I had my daughter with me and was just concerned with getting her home. It really bothered me that someone would speak to another person like that, and that not even the cashier would speak up about it.

So that quick shopping trip was ruined for me, I guess I will have to shop some more to get the bad taste out of my mouth. Now I just need to decide what I can shop for tonight.