An Adventure in Shopping
Going to the dollar tree store is always an adventure. You just never know who you are going to meet and what you are going to really get when you go shopping for one item and come out with ten. That happens to me quite a bit. I go in for stickers and come out with stickers, paper plates, party cups, (just in case you know I might have a party this week real or pretend depending if my little cousin come over who I have pretend tea parties with), blank cards for any occasion, candy and of course toys for my son. By the time I get to the check out counter my little hand basket is full of everything.
So, yesterday I decided to go in and get some paper plates since everyone it seems needs a break from washing dishes. Meaning they sit in the sink until I wash them. The only pair of hands in the house that can seem to wash dishes lately. So, my dish pan hands need a break and my son suggested paper plates, cups, and forks. I decided that he was indeed right we needed some and plus it was an excuse to get to his favorite store, as if he needed one. My sister, son and I got out of the car and headed in. My sister works there so of course everyone knew her and by this time they knew us too. Her manager greeted her with a sarcastic, " Long time no see stranger." and we all laughed. Five seconds after walking in I had put a bag of candy in the hand basket. I do have a sweet tooth so that was no surprise to anybody. How fast I spotted it and put it in the basket might have been a surprise though. Walking around down the party aisle where the paper plates I like were located this man wearing pajamas and a slippers pushing a cart was coming in the opposite direction so I moved over to let him pass. Now, since everyone has a blue tooth these days and it looks like they are talking to themselves it is hard to tell or hard for me to tell if they are talking to themselves or talking to you. So, when the guy in pajamas said hello I didn't know if he was on the phone, talking to himself or talking to me. So, I just nodded and smiled. Well, apparently he wasn't talking to me because his next sentence was, "Are you still on the phone?" I felt embarrassed but not so much since I only nodded and smiled and wasn't foolish enough to say anything like I had done many times before. So, I proceeded to fill up my little hand basket with stuff that I probably wouldn't use for a while when I got home. I told my son it was time to go because the hand basket was getting pretty heavy and pretty full and with a groan he agreed on the condition that we come back soon. Well, I just smiled and nodded again.
The line at the check out counter was longer then I had seen since Christmas time. Of course there was only one person open so I gritted my teeth, looked around for any good stuff at the register that I might look at while waiting for the 4 people in front of me to check out. I was almost to the front when the woman two people in front of me started screaming. Just all of a sudden she started yelling to the top of her lungs in a primal scream or yell. No words just yelling. She caught everyone off guard and the manager came running out from the back of the store and everyone just froze in their tracks. Nobody said anything or did anything. Nobody knew what to do. After a couple of minutes of everyone just standing and staring the woman ran out of the store. She took off like she was in a 5k race. After she left the cashier tried to crack a joke and it was business as usual.
My sister told me that they get a lot of folks like that there in the store and they just usually ignore them. It makes me a little sad. I don't know anything about the woman but she looked sad to me. There was just something in her eyes that looked a little sad. She brought a few food items before she yelled and ran out. My sister said she sees her sometimes and sometimes she will stand outside asking for change. My sister usually gives her a couple of dollars and she gets what she wants and leaves.
On the way out a dog was coming in. I guess the dog was looking for its owner who probably was like me thinking that they would be in and out. Just grab a few things and go. And probably filled up a hand basket too. The dog probably got tired of waiting and said he was going to find his person and he did. His person came running to the door as soon as he noticed his dog and apologized to everyone. I told him no apology needed for me. It is always a fun place to shop.
So, yesterday I decided to go in and get some paper plates since everyone it seems needs a break from washing dishes. Meaning they sit in the sink until I wash them. The only pair of hands in the house that can seem to wash dishes lately. So, my dish pan hands need a break and my son suggested paper plates, cups, and forks. I decided that he was indeed right we needed some and plus it was an excuse to get to his favorite store, as if he needed one. My sister, son and I got out of the car and headed in. My sister works there so of course everyone knew her and by this time they knew us too. Her manager greeted her with a sarcastic, " Long time no see stranger." and we all laughed. Five seconds after walking in I had put a bag of candy in the hand basket. I do have a sweet tooth so that was no surprise to anybody. How fast I spotted it and put it in the basket might have been a surprise though. Walking around down the party aisle where the paper plates I like were located this man wearing pajamas and a slippers pushing a cart was coming in the opposite direction so I moved over to let him pass. Now, since everyone has a blue tooth these days and it looks like they are talking to themselves it is hard to tell or hard for me to tell if they are talking to themselves or talking to you. So, when the guy in pajamas said hello I didn't know if he was on the phone, talking to himself or talking to me. So, I just nodded and smiled. Well, apparently he wasn't talking to me because his next sentence was, "Are you still on the phone?" I felt embarrassed but not so much since I only nodded and smiled and wasn't foolish enough to say anything like I had done many times before. So, I proceeded to fill up my little hand basket with stuff that I probably wouldn't use for a while when I got home. I told my son it was time to go because the hand basket was getting pretty heavy and pretty full and with a groan he agreed on the condition that we come back soon. Well, I just smiled and nodded again.
The line at the check out counter was longer then I had seen since Christmas time. Of course there was only one person open so I gritted my teeth, looked around for any good stuff at the register that I might look at while waiting for the 4 people in front of me to check out. I was almost to the front when the woman two people in front of me started screaming. Just all of a sudden she started yelling to the top of her lungs in a primal scream or yell. No words just yelling. She caught everyone off guard and the manager came running out from the back of the store and everyone just froze in their tracks. Nobody said anything or did anything. Nobody knew what to do. After a couple of minutes of everyone just standing and staring the woman ran out of the store. She took off like she was in a 5k race. After she left the cashier tried to crack a joke and it was business as usual.
My sister told me that they get a lot of folks like that there in the store and they just usually ignore them. It makes me a little sad. I don't know anything about the woman but she looked sad to me. There was just something in her eyes that looked a little sad. She brought a few food items before she yelled and ran out. My sister said she sees her sometimes and sometimes she will stand outside asking for change. My sister usually gives her a couple of dollars and she gets what she wants and leaves.
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