Yesterday Taylor & I headed out early to get some much needed food shopping done. We started our journey in the beater (my temp car till we get the truck) praying the whole way to Matamoras that we did not over heat. I had a plan in place so that I could get all my shopping done & allow the car some breaks to "cool down". First we got to shop rite as fast as we could racing the temp gauge in the car before it got too close to the H. Got a great spot which was lovely seeing as how it was rainy & miserable out yesterday, took the baby out of the car & proceeded to walk toward the covered carts since the ones on the lot were wet.
Optional Manner Scenario # 1: I see someone who is finished with their cart & is starting to walk it back to return it & ask if I can have it because it is dry, therefore saving them the trip to return it. This woman just looks at me, after I used my please & thank yous & shot her a smile of appreciation along with an "enjoy your holiday" comment, I received no return smile, no sure, no your welcome or same to you... Nothing but a look & a shove of her cart in my direction.
Rude....
Optional Manner Scenario # 2: In shop rite, older woman struggling to get a box off the shelf, I stop what I am doing, being a grandmas girl with a soft spot for the elderly, & ask her which box she is trying to get, then I get the box for her. Again I smiled at this woman, & received nothing but her back as she put the box in her cart & walked away.
Now I am starting to mentally count how many rude people I encounter today.
Optional Manner Scenario 3 - 10 maybe: Still in shop rite, every time I was in someones way I would apologize & smile, receiving nothing in return... Checkout girl... Miserable & I even bagged everything myself, because I don't want them using plastic bags... Not even a thank you for bagging.
Now I am annoyed. On to dollar tree....
Optional Manners take 11 -12: Now it is not hard to see I have a baby in tow, the damn infant seat is almost as big as the little cart it is on in the dollar tree as well as as wide as the isles. So I would try to move over to the sides to let people pass when I was looking at something, apologizing & again smiling, again receiving nothing but looks..... A simple your fine or that's OK would have been sufficient..
Losing all faith in society....Walmart.. do I even dare??
Optional Manners 13 -infinity: Mad house is not the word for this store... but the only one that comes to mind. This trip was a 2 tripper for me, yes one cart full - paid & bagged, out to the car to unload, & back in again... I had people bang into my cart with the baby on it, one person rammed me in the leg with there cart, looked at me & said nothing, employees who were no help & seemed annoyed that I asked them a question, a number of I'm sorrys when I was in someones way or so I felt I was, again with a little smile, & again I got not so much as a your fine or smile back......... again using my p & q's the whole time & smiling... with NOTHING & too many other countless experiences with the public
Where is the holiday cheer? God I was just happy to be out of the house... but these people were down right MISERABLE. Even the lady at the self checkout was like Hitler....
If this is how shopping is going to be for the rest of the holiday season I better just do it online, at least they say thank you when you are done...
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