It's Those Little Things...

     Those funny little things. Things like today. I was in line at the grocery store, the express lane. You know, 10 Items Or Less. I had 2 items.

     This nice lady in line in front of me had 2 kids in the cart and looked like 10 items. She starts putting her items on the conveyor. Well okay, she actually had 11 items, but that's not that big a deal. I'm still standing there holding my 2 items in my hand. Then she says excuse me, and walks past me to get a couple of bottles of water from the cooler. The one she had walked past to get into line. Now she is at 13 items. Hmmmmm.

     I'm looking at her items:

Frozen Lasagna, vegetarian, gluten free. Umm, okay, not exactly the kind of thing I go for, but to each their own.

Gluten Free chocolate flavored cake? Definitely not something I want to try, but it's not my groceries.

2 packages of Gluten free cookies sweetened with Cane Sugar. Somebody in the house must have a gluten allergy.

3 containers of Soy Milk. 

Environmentally Friendly fabric softener sheets.

Environmentally Friendly laundry detergent, dye free and phosphate free.

2 organic yogurts.

And 2 bottles of water in minimal plastic bottles.

     Definitely a person who is trying to live a good lifestyle.

She gets all her items rung up and is paying for her items with a debit card.

     I look up and her little girl is standing up in the cart. Not in the basket, the top part right in front of the handle. 

     I said 'Ma'am, your daughter is standing up in the cart'

     She never even looks up from her paying and says "Oh yeah, she does that all the time, it's fine"

.    The clerk looks up and tells her "She really needs to sit down, Ma'am"

     Again the lady says that it is okay, if she falls out it won't hurt her. She has a mind of her own and she'll sit down when shes ready to.

     She puts her groceries in the cart and starts off with her daughter still standing up.

     Lady, if you're reading this, you may be making some wonderful choices for your children, I just hope they live long enough to appreciate the things you're doing for them.

     Yeah, it's those little things like that that tick me off.