Grocery Store Insanity

I know better than to go to the grocery store on Sunday afternoon ... but there was stuff we needed and I bit the bullet and went ... by the time I left I was so frazzled I think my hair might have been standing on end ...

I was amazed at the numerous people who had their cart stationed in the middle of the aisle and looked at me like I was a bitch when I politely said, "Excuse me" ... and for those that couldn't seem to comprehend, "Excuse Me" I then moved the cart out of my way ... one woman actually snapped "Don't touch my cart!" ... as politely as I could muster I said, "My plan wasn't to shop with you today, so in order to proceed I must move your cart." ... she seemed a bit perplexed ...

As I stood in line to check out I felt myself shaking with frustration ... an older [than me] woman actually pushed my cart out of the way and got in front of me in line ... I explained to her the items on the belt were mine and that I was actually in line waiting to check out ... she wouldn't move ... so I wedged myself between her cart and mine and just pushed forward ... it was like being in a Twilight Zone ...

I unfortunately chose a checker that felt it was his mission to chat up the woman in front of me ... I checked my watch because I know time can be skewed in the grocery when I think I have actually entered the depths of hell ... 9 minutes they chatted ... 6 of those he wasn't even checking anything out ... just flipping through a notebook to look up items ... but would stop flipping while they chatting ...

When I could finally see the light and all her items were scanned out came the coupon book ... holy shit how can you not have these out ahead of time ... or during the chat fest ... now I was totally locked into line ... even if I had a breakdown I couldn't escape ... after perusing her coupon book I was ready for my turn ... she just had to pay ...

Lo and behold out comes a checkbook ... all I could think was ... "what the FUCK ... checks ... who the fuck uses checks anymore ... are you kidding me ... you are writing a check and you didn't take it out of your God damn purse until this moment" ... how could she not have filled it out while he was checking her out ... not only am I stunned that people are still using checks ... but to wait until everything is complete to fill it out ... and better yet after he gave her the receipt she stood there and entered it into her registry and did the math ...

I will seriously ... in the future ... try never to go to the grocery on Sunday afternoon ... it was almost worse than going when the mass public freak out cause there is going to be snow and I unfortunately need regular groceries ... not 87 rolls of toilet paper ... carts filled with loaves of bread and enough milk to nourish an army of preschoolers ...