As I mature and age like a fine wine, with a little sediment here or there, but still to reach perfection, I find myself becoming less patient, less willing to be inconvenienced unless it is my own choice or fault. Let's take shopping. I do as little as possible. I shop for clothes at one place, Macy's in Boulder, CO. It is five minutes away from where I stay. It is never crowded. The same people work there all the time. It is convenient.
Other than that I don't shop unless forced to. Sometimes I am forced to go to a grocery store. Like when my wife, who does not have this aversion of grocery stores, is out of town. Now going to a fancy store like Whole Foods Market or Central Market I can stomach. But your basic grocery store is someplace I will spend as little time in as possible.
So today was one of those days I had to stop as I wanted to make myself some spaghetti and needed some pasta. I get my stuff and go to the express line for 15 items or less. The guy in front of me promptly tries my patience in not one, not two, but three ways.
1) He has at least 30 items. Hey, I've been known to go over the limit, but not double the guide. OK, like Hyman Roth in Godfather II, I let it go.
2) He pays by check and hence it took extra time for the clerk to figure that out. He had to check id, call his manager over and so on. Who pays by check anyways when you can get cash or stuff back with a free credit card? Just pay it on time. OK, second strike, I let it go.
3) He picks up his stuff and goes. He leaves his empty large shopping cart in the middle of the checkout aisle right in front of me. So I play Randall's employee and push it the six feet it took to get it out of everyone's way. In spite of my check-out rage, I let it go. Maybe his wife left him today, or he is terminally ill.......but somehow I just think he is one of those mindless, inconsiderate types.
Things would be more convenient for me if there was no one else around, that way no one would bug me.
Hmm, somehow that won't work, I hate to be alone.
OK, we will keep people in the universe who are pre-approved by me. Don't worry, if you are reading this, you are automatically pre-approved and do not have to relocate to an alternative universe.
2 comments:
Do not forget, there are entire industries built around the fact that there are stupid people.
I think that guy's twin sister was shopping in my Kroger this weekend!
She actually walked around the cart that she left in the check-out lane and I politely pushed it out for her... no I didn't hit her with it.
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