Plastic bags and children

[Luna]

This happened to me back in the Suncoast days. I believe it was about 1999-99.

I was learning something on the register with the SM. Customer walks in looks around. She didn't want any help and declined said help. She was pushing around a small child in a stroller.

Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Well, not until she was about to leave.

It's been a long time - I don't remember exactly word for word what the conversation was but I'll try to do the best I can recall...

SC: Can I have a plastic bag?
(Now, our DM who was an insane micromanager, had a policy against giving out plastic bags. Our store was right next to the food court - so we became the give a bag to the people who want their "to stay" food now to be "to go". In the words of the DM, "bags are free with a purchase." This may sound silly, but when a box of small bags is about $50, and you give away 100 "free" bags to non-paying customers a week - it does add up...anyway..)
SM: I'm sorry, we can only give bags out to customers.
SC: I am a customer! I want a plastic bag!
SM: Ma'am, you haven't bought anything, I'm not allowed to give out bags for free. If you have food that is leaking, I'm sure the place you bought your food at will give you a bag.
SC: I don't have food! I want a bag for my child to play with!!!

SM & Luna: :eek:

Now SM was a mother of two toddlers of her own:
SM: Bags aren't for children to PLAY with
SC: Just gimme the bag
SM: No, I'm not giving your CHILD a bag to play with.

and her parting gem, which I do recall exactly since it was two precious words:
SC: YOU IGNANT!

SM & Luna: :confused: :roll:

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What's an ignant?

[lordlundar]

What's an ignant?

An ignorant gnat. Basicaly calling you a moron and a waste of space in the same breath.

As for the issue, I would have told her that the police would be phoned for child endagerment.

[Luna]

"What's ignant?"

This I would love to know. I've received many variation on what this means over the years of retelling the story. SM & I though it meant "ignorant" but the woman didn't know how to say it properly or it was a slang word for ignorant. The woman really wasn't very bright at all and was pretty trashy looking.

Thoughts? :D

[Mr. Crow]

Maybe you should have given the mother the bag the play with herself...

[Becks]

This woman wanted her child to play with a plastic bag???

:wtf:


I won't even let my 28-year-old fiance play with plastic bags.

[Kogarashi]

Well, I know there's a joke that you might be from Utah if you think "ignernt" means "rude." Maybe this is related?

If I wasn't worried about my job, I would've probably told her to go find a different store to help her endanger her child.

[CanadaGirl]

I won't even let my 28-year-old fiance play with plastic bags.


:lol: that was hilarious

[Becks]

Why, thank you.

I think I should send myself to Reader's Digest. :D

[friendofjimmyk]

I think there is a hick, white trash word, that I can't think of how it would be spelled, I have been trying to guess at it for awhile on google now...it's something like idgent ....I think it's some variation of the word indigent...which doesn't quite make sense because indigent means:

"In a general sense, one who is needy and poor, or one who has insufficient property to furnish him a living nor anyone able to support him or to whom he is entitled to look for support."

There is a country insult that sounds similiar to indigent and that's probably what she was trying to say...I wish I could find it because I've heard it muttered before too!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

:eek: What's so funny and horrible about this is that most plastic bags say "THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY" right ON the bag!

[Becks]

I think there is a hick, white trash word, that I can't think of how it would be spelled, I have been trying to guess at it for awhile on google now...it's something like idgent ....<snip>
There is a country insult that sounds similiar to indigent and that's probably what she was trying to say...I wish I could find it because I've heard it muttered before too!

Idjit? Eejit? I'm out of guesses.

[Bella_Vixen]

I won't even let my 28-year-old fiance play with plastic bags.

Becks, even Mom laughed when I told her.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

She called you ignorant.

"Ignorant" is commonly used as an insult by people who are...well...ignorant.

[Becks]

Becks, even Mom laughed when I told her.


Glad to know I have the power to amuse from so far away. :D

[DesignFox]

yea...why would a mommy want a plastic bag for her kid to play with? :confused:
Good thing you didn't give it to her (not just for her child's sake which is #1) but that would be a lawsuit waiting to happen. Hate to be that cruel, but it's true. :(