Dear stranger at the grocery store,
Just wanted to write a quick note of thanks to the random stranger at the grocery store. As we passed in the isle you remarked, "Not as easy as it looks, huh?"
Wow, some assumption. Obviously a man shopping with two small kids would have no idea the challenges involved. Its obvious that a man would be overwhelmed with the responsibility of not only caring for kids but shopping as well! It must have been shocking that both the girls seemed happy and healthy. No doubt I must have just bribed them with promises of candy at the check-out counter. Thank you for reminding me to explain to my kids that someone's gender has very little with what they can do and be as an adult. Yes, only boys can grow up and be daddies and only girls can grow up to be mommies, but staying home with kids can be a job for either mommies or daddies.
And while I'm on the subject of grocery stores and on a rant- what is it with people stopping their cart in the very middle of the isle blocking everyone? Do all those colorful cereal boxes dumbfound you and make you forget some common courtesy? Are you too lost in thought deciding between Some Pulp, and No Pulp OJ to notice people trying to get by you? Maybe you're just an idiot. Whatever the reason, would you please just move your cart out of the way.
And on the subject of carts, our local market now has the nifty race car styled carts with room to buckle up two kids. What a phenomenal idea. It works out great for those of us hauling around two kids - or at least it would if you and your one kid didn't take the last one. Hope little Billy's invisible friend is comfortable sitting next to him because I know that bag of potatoes one of my kids is resigned to sit on feels like big ol' pillow.
Ah, I love grocery shopping during the holidays
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giggle giggle. I just got back from the market myself. I think all the idiots come out at holiday time--the rest of the year they must order take out.
There is absolutely no civility left on the planet. Of this I am sure. Driving. Shopping.
The one philosophy everyone should have: stay out of other peoples' way...
Thanks for the laugh as I pictured you muttering under your breath when you saw the kind soul who took the last double seating cart.
My favorite rude person moment is when trying to get out of the car, load up the diaper bag & the heavy kid, walk halfway through the crowded WalMart parking lot, only to see a lone MAN get into his car parked in the "Stork Parking space" (for pregnant women or those with small children)at the front of the store. Proof that male or female - some folks ought not be allowed out in public without a warning to others - "may display gross amounts of rudeness or idiocy at any given moment"!
Son, I remember carrying you on my hip ~ putting you in the cart seat and walking past the mirror in the meat department and realizing that you sitting were almost as tall as I standing and your feet were hanging below my knees. After that, the next time we went shopping, you walked to the cart.
Love Mom
“Do all those colorful cereal boxes dumbfound you and make you forget some common courtesy?”
Thank heaven… I was starting to think I was the only one left who is perpetually maddened by every nitwit who can’t seem to both shop and maneuver something as mind-numbingly complex as a cart.
In fact, it’s sort of like having to dodge the undead in a zombie movie. Only a really mundane zombie movie.
I was just grocery shopping last night and saw something that falls somewhere close to your last point.
I actually saw a woman using one of those 2 seat car shaped carts WITH NO CHILDREN AT ALL.
"Thanks lady.... my kid really is comfy riding on the lower shelf along with the 12 packs of Diet Coke."
And on the point of people stopping mid aisle, I've actually been yelled at for moving a cart that was blocking the way of myself and at least 3 others.
Some people just don't get it..... No, its not as easy as it looks.
Wow. I suppose I ought to go on a rant more often. Look for next weeks post of turn signals, you know they aren't optional equiptment for a reason.
My favorite comment is "Are you giving your wife a break today?" - - it is such a strange thing to say, but at the heart of it there is at least an assumption that you are doing something positive. Just how often do couples with old fashioned work arrangements do the 'swap' of having the full time mom take a day at the salon while dad takes a day away from the office to take the kids out grocery shopping?!
I have a hard time not dwelling on the things people do and say regarding my role as a full-time dad, I really hope to come to a set of positive reactions so that the situation doesn't detract from the joy of raising my daughter.
Anyone with suggestions or links about the matter - please send to southmountainhouse@earthlink. net (remove the space before 'net', a spam preventative measure).
Yep, been there.
No mention of the people that put the trolley (cart to you guys) on the left hand side of the isle while they shop on the right hand side of the isle? Sensible or what? TAKE IT WITH YOU, IT'S THE FRUIT COUNTER, NOT THE TROLLEY PARK. Or the shelf fillers. Do they really need to block both sides of the isle at the same time?
School reunion in the freezer isle?
Oh, 2 lbs of potatoes and a crowbar so I can get into my car when I get outside.
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