December 3, 2006
This evening, when my wife and I were in line at the Wal-Mart checkout, the woman ahead of us created a delay. My wife, Wendy, and I placed the items from our cart on the conveyor, and we proceeded to joke around while we waited. The woman behind us, however, grew impatient. She actually picked up our stuff, item by item, and moved it forward so she could make room to cram her own items on the conveyor! I didn’t see what she was doing at first, and when I did, I couldn’t believe it. It’s one thing for the cashier to touch my items, or even a bagger…but not some woman dragging around two grubby kids in Wal-Mart. It was like something you’d see on Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm. In fact, my whole day was full of moments like that. Remind me to rant about “side-standers” one of these days…maybe tomorrow. I hate side-standers!
