Suddenly I Don't Want Any Anymore

[Aramika]

I went grocery shopping with my parents and while we were looking around, I decided to get some sugary sweetness from one of the bulk candy bins. For those of you not familiar with this term, they look like this.



As I walked towards the candy section (well, I hobbled since I am still on crutches ) a kid darted in front of me right when I got close to the candy bins. I think he must have been about 5 years old.

He stared at the candy, then suddenly opened one of the bins, grabbed a handful of gummie bears and walked away eating them. I was so surprised that I didn't have a chance to say anything to the brat.

I noticed that an employee was watching and was giving me an evil look. I was thinking until I realized that he must think that the kid was mine! (Apparently, I look older than I think to the employee because if that boy was mine, I would have had to have had him when I was 13 years old!)

Me: Erm..... that's not my kid. I have no clue who he is.

Employee: Oh! Sorry, I thought he was yours and was going to ask you to pay for it. *Looks at the bin* Crap, I just refilled that bin. Now I have to throw it all out because that kid couldn't keep his grubby paws away.

Me: That sucks.

Emp: It really does.

Me: And of course, the little brat is running around without any supervision at all.

Emp: Of course.

Me: Well, I was planning on getting some gummie bears and chocolate covered cashews, but I don't want any since that kid got to them first.

Emp: I'm going to throw out the gummie bears and get some more. Do you mind waiting for just a minute?

Me: That's ok. I think I lost my appetite for gummie bears for a while.

Emp: I really don't blame you.

I paid for my cashews and left. As I was hobbling out to the car where my parents were waiting, I saw the little kid with his mother. Unfortunately, they were on the other side of the parking lot so there was no way I could get over there in time to talk to her before they got in their car and left.

On the plus side, the chocolate covered cashews are delicious! I'm snacking on them right now.

[thehippie777]

Yeah...I woulda said something to the devil child... I think because of this site, if I go somewhere & a kid or otherwise does something, well dumb, I am going to say something to relieve the stress from the employees.

[powerboy]

I hate that. Little kid puts his/her hands all over the food.

[rerant]

I know it would probably be SUCH an SC move, but I love gummi bears so much I'd beg for the ones they were going to throw away (if they would give them away for free, of course ).
I'd just skim the germy ones off the top.

[Becks]

Too bad there isn't a way to stick a divider in there, so they can throw out the contaminated ones and leave the untouched ones for sale.

[sarahj]

A few years ago, heaps of stores around here had those mix-n-match type candy dispensers. Safeway, Coles, Kmart... Now, nothing. Only small, expensive candy stores & movie theatres have them, in plain view of watchful employees.

[Seenoevil]

Yay for the employee doing the proper thing with the contaminated candy

[tropicsgoddess]

I know it would probably be SUCH an SC move, but I love gummi bears so much I'd beg for the ones they were going to throw away (if they would give them away for free, of course ).
I'd just skim the germy ones off the top.

Same here...but that's because I'm such a big sugar fiend.

[Misanthropical]

That right there is why I stopped like going to buffets. We were waiting to pay to get in when I saw a little girl step out of line and put both hands in the jello and start eating away. Her parents just laughed about it. I was beyond grossed out!

I spent most of the time steering my children away from the jello, since the employees just left it instead of throwing it out and replacing it.