Thursday, November 12, 2009

Safeway

Sometimes I think that I am kinda rude at the grocery store. For instance this evening I am at Safeway buying the ingredients I need for a lemon meringue pie. It's my Dad's birthday and I said I would make one for his birthday dinner. So, I am walking through Safeway getting lemons and such and go to check out right behind a normal looking woman about my age maybe a little older. Now, I really don't mean to be rude but I am not there to make friends. In fact I probably won't talk to you unless you are a decent looking guy about my age, even then I may not talk to you. So this woman is looking at magazines and turns to me and says "I Can NOT believe that is Dakota Fanning!" and shows me the cover of the magazine and says " that's Dakota Fanning!" and I say "yep". Shockingly enough Dakota Fanning grew up and is no longer 5 years old. So, then it's this woman's turn to check out and she stops the man half way through her stuff and says "oh, I'm sorry I should have separated my stuff it need to be on two transactions." So, now we all have to wait while they go get someone who can authorize some voids. She looks at me and apologizes and then looks into my basket and says "Are you making a pie?" and I say "yep." and then she says "yum" and licks her lips. Not two seconds later she looks in my basket again and says "a cheesecake?" and I say "um, no". In my basket is a pie plate, 4 lemons, sugar, pie dough and a Odwalla C Monster, yep I would say I am making a cheesecake! At that point I turned to face somewhat away from her so that maybe she would stop talking to me.

4 comments:

Mel G. said...

Normally, i would talk to her, since i have engaged with people standing in the line. Although, they have to start the conversation. But on days like today i think anyone would be doing good to get a "yep" reply out of me. I think you were giving her all you could.
How is the pie turning out?

Nicole B. said...

Oh Mandy...I feel your annoyance! Depends on my mood...but geez...the simple "yep" was pretty harsh. I guess she should have gotten the clue at Dakota Fanning.

Jack G. said...

Mandy, Mandy, Mandy... What would Jesus have done? Well, OK, He probably wouldn't have been baking a lemon meringue pie for His dad, Joseph's birthday and His heavenly Father doesn't have a birthday. But you should've wrapped your arms around her and said, "I know, I can't believe Dakota's all grown up!" Well, maybe not. :)

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