Surviving the Domestic Jungle

I have gone to the grocery store twice in the past couple of days and those two trips were very different. The first was a difficult one for me because Hailey had fallen asleep in the car so I was forced to carry her and push the cart which is always a workout! I got my 5 or 6 items and headed to the checkout. I have grocery shopped and carried Hailey a thousand times so I have no problem doing it and can do it all alone. I got in line and stood there waiting my turn to put my groceries on the little conveyor belt thing. I didnt have to wait very long and the woman in front of me offered to unload my entire basket (which was only a few things but still!) and as much as I didn’t need her help, I accepted it happily. Not many people have ever offered to help me and it kind of caught me off guard. Whenever people are helpful and kind it always kind of shocks me because the average person is usually not that way. I make a conscience effort to be like that but sometimes I am a grouch or the kids are distracting me and I am not as helpful as I wish I was. Thanks to that sweet woman for reassuring me there are kind people! The next experience was the exact opposite. I went in again for a couple things (because I can never ever remember everything in one trip) and again got in line and waited. The store seemed to be under staffed and the cashier didn’t have a bagger helping him. Well, he was an older gentleman and he was checking out this woman and bagging at the same time and he was not exactly swift about it. She just stood there. Never once did she offer to help or even just start helping. I was just standing there in awe of this woman watching an elderly man bagging her groceries and instead of helping and realizing she is not too good to bag her groceries, she stood there and the only word that I could think of was lazy. Was she required to help? No. But is it the right thing to do? In my opinion, yes. She didn’t have any casts on her limbs and she was a younger woman and looked physically capable. It just bugged me that she was so unwilling to help. I was thisclose to helping the elderly man but I thought that might be a tad over the top! I will say one thing about that woman, she had fantastic shoes! Great taste but lazy. Tragic combo. The grocery store is never a dull place and the best place for entertainment is the check out line! Makes people crazy for some reason!