I started out in the express lane today (got bounced to a regular lane later, but the reason is irrelevant to this story).
Father comes through with young son in the cart. Only a few items. I scan them.
Then father needs to get the plastic container of banana bread slices. Which son has jammed down beside him in the seat of the cart. Son has jammed one hand down on top of the container and is whining "NOOOOOO" angrily. Dad tries to explain it's only for a minute and then I'll give it right back. Whining continues.
Dad finally pries it loose and whining escalates into obviously temper-fuelled wailing and screaming. I scan it quickly and hand it back. Dad tries to give it back to sonny ... who slaps the container away. Not once, but two or three times.
Now, were that me, I would ask to pay for the one or two slices sonny has already eaten and leave the remainder of the box behind, saying pointedly "If you're going to behave like that, you get NONE."
Or, as my mom used to say, if you're gonna cry, I'll give you something to cry about.
Dad, it should be noted, was patient and calm throughout all this.
Unlike the shit I saw later on, when I was at the regular register, who screamed at his teenage daughter because his toddler son opened a carton of blueberries and scattered them everywhere.
"YOU SHOULDA BEEN WATCHING HIM!!!"
Okay, perhaps she should've paid more attention to the kid and less to her phone. But you do NOT humiliate your kid in public like that. She took several steps away and was almost in tears.
They were at the next register and I didn't hear it all, but it sounded as if dad kept needling her, as the cashier tried to pick up the berries -- oh, and the toddler kept grabbing at the container. She turned away but I could see her wiping at her face. I hope she remembers this when daddy is old and doesn't behave properly in public.
Seriously, buddy, these are YOUR kids. How 'bout YOU keep an eye on them.
I told the cashier later that this is yet another reason I always put those blueberry containers into a produce bag. I swear, you just look at them and they pop open.
Different coworker: "But they're taped shut now!"
Haha, yes, I've seen those tiny bits of tape. They are just slightly less than totally useless.
Father comes through with young son in the cart. Only a few items. I scan them.
Then father needs to get the plastic container of banana bread slices. Which son has jammed down beside him in the seat of the cart. Son has jammed one hand down on top of the container and is whining "NOOOOOO" angrily. Dad tries to explain it's only for a minute and then I'll give it right back. Whining continues.
Dad finally pries it loose and whining escalates into obviously temper-fuelled wailing and screaming. I scan it quickly and hand it back. Dad tries to give it back to sonny ... who slaps the container away. Not once, but two or three times.
Now, were that me, I would ask to pay for the one or two slices sonny has already eaten and leave the remainder of the box behind, saying pointedly "If you're going to behave like that, you get NONE."
Or, as my mom used to say, if you're gonna cry, I'll give you something to cry about.
Dad, it should be noted, was patient and calm throughout all this.
Unlike the shit I saw later on, when I was at the regular register, who screamed at his teenage daughter because his toddler son opened a carton of blueberries and scattered them everywhere.
"YOU SHOULDA BEEN WATCHING HIM!!!"
Okay, perhaps she should've paid more attention to the kid and less to her phone. But you do NOT humiliate your kid in public like that. She took several steps away and was almost in tears.
They were at the next register and I didn't hear it all, but it sounded as if dad kept needling her, as the cashier tried to pick up the berries -- oh, and the toddler kept grabbing at the container. She turned away but I could see her wiping at her face. I hope she remembers this when daddy is old and doesn't behave properly in public.
Seriously, buddy, these are YOUR kids. How 'bout YOU keep an eye on them.
I told the cashier later that this is yet another reason I always put those blueberry containers into a produce bag. I swear, you just look at them and they pop open.
Different coworker: "But they're taped shut now!"
Haha, yes, I've seen those tiny bits of tape. They are just slightly less than totally useless.
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