kendal and i ran errands this morning, which started with voting, then to lowes... to petsmart... to target... to goodwill... and to foodlion. oh, then the bank.
while i was at target, kendal and i trolled around for quite some time. i mainly just had to get a few non-cold groceries there, plus kendal some athletic socks, so we just took our sweet time. i wanted also to check out their curtian selection since pretty soon here i'll be putting some in the baby2 room!
anyway, we checked out and made our way to the car. i unloaded the groceries and socks i bought, and was putting kendal in his carseat. the car beside me was parked pretty close... so it was a tight squeeze for me and my monster-belly. anyway, this skinny late-30s woman with a starbucks cup (and nothing else) stood at the back of her car (the one that parked next to me) and started tapping her foot. i glanced up and said "this will just take a minute" at which time she proceeded to make her way between the door and her car (squishing me in the process). when she made it by, i stood up and just looked at her - thinking... maybe she didn't notice that i have a monster-belly and i just can squeeze but so much. maybe she doesn't realize that you can't put a toddler in a carseat and expect him to sit still while someone else walks by... when you put him in it, you have to BUCKLE him in it too. well anyway, the door was hiding my belly... and she didn't have a carseat in her back seat (so i'm sure she had no idea).
anyway, she said, as she slinked into her driver seat, "sorry, but i'm late for work!"
ok. so maybe you are late. but, you had time to stop at target and get starbucks! maybe you should have thought about that before you decide to stop!
geez.
we did have a really good interaction today in the petsmart parking lot. i just finished unloading the mega-size bag of catfood in the backseat, plus a 40 pound dumptruck of kittylitter, and i was pulling up my pants before i got kendal out of the cart. this older gentleman (about 60 i'd say) said "you get him and i'll take your cart." he had just come out of the store. he had a petsmart bag. he took my cart to his car, put his bag in his car, then walked BACK into petsmart with my cart. wasn't that sweet? i wish i could tell his mama what a nice man she raised... and i hope his kids got his manners!
Friday, October 24, 2008
about my encounter with the late for work starbucks lady...
kendal and i ran errands this morning, which started with voting, then to lowes... to petsmart... to target... to goodwill... and to foodlion. oh, then the bank.
while i was at target, kendal and i trolled around for quite some time. i mainly just had to get a few non-cold groceries there, plus kendal some athletic socks, so we just took our sweet time. i wanted also to check out their curtian selection since pretty soon here i'll be putting some in the baby2 room!
anyway, we checked out and made our way to the car. i unloaded the groceries and socks i bought, and was putting kendal in his carseat. the car beside me was parked pretty close... so it was a tight squeeze for me and my monster-belly. anyway, this skinny late-30s woman with a starbucks cup (and nothing else) stood at the back of her car (the one that parked next to me) and started tapping her foot. i glanced up and said "this will just take a minute" at which time she proceeded to make her way between the door and her car (squishing me in the process). when she made it by, i stood up and just looked at her - thinking... maybe she didn't notice that i have a monster-belly and i just can squeeze but so much. maybe she doesn't realize that you can't put a toddler in a carseat and expect him to sit still while someone else walks by... when you put him in it, you have to BUCKLE him in it too. well anyway, the door was hiding my belly... and she didn't have a carseat in her back seat (so i'm sure she had no idea).
anyway, she said, as she slinked into her driver seat, "sorry, but i'm late for work!"
ok. so maybe you are late. but, you had time to stop at target and get starbucks! maybe you should have thought about that before you decide to stop!
geez.
we did have a really good interaction today in the petsmart parking lot. i just finished unloading the mega-size bag of catfood in the backseat, plus a 40 pound dumptruck of kittylitter, and i was pulling up my pants before i got kendal out of the cart. this older gentleman (about 60 i'd say) said "you get him and i'll take your cart." he had just come out of the store. he had a petsmart bag. he took my cart to his car, put his bag in his car, then walked BACK into petsmart with my cart. wasn't that sweet? i wish i could tell his mama what a nice man she raised... and i hope his kids got his manners!
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