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I was waing in line for the self checkout today at the store. There was a gap between me and the person in front of me just because I was in that awkward place in line where I block all traffic coming through if I didn't. The man who came strolling up didn't quite get that concept and slipped into line in front of me. I don't think it was entitlement so much as just being oblivious.
Eventualy, he noticed me behind him and clearly thought I had just got there.
Man: When you watch people using these things sometimes you'd think they'd never touched an electronic device in their life.
Me: Yeah, I've talked to folks who've worked as self checkout attendants. They have some stories.
Man: Oh! I bet! I could never do that job!
We chattered about it watching people check out and one family in particular who was hanging all of their grocery bags off of the handlebars of their kid's stroller. To their credit, they had three children and none of them looked older than 5 and they were pretty well behaved. The two older ones were pulling stuff out of the hand basket and handing it to their parents to scan while the toddler was in the stroller. He wiggled and clearly wanted out, but he didn't scream or pitch a fit. Something else to note is that this was a very basic stroller - fabric stretched across bars on wheels, not the baby tank that carries all of the mother's worldly possessions.
All of a sudden, my conversation with the guy who was (now) in front of me trailed off as the parents loaded just one too many bags on the stroller and the whole thing tipped backwards, kid and all. The parents actually CAUGHT the handles about an inch before the thing hit the floor. Then loaded more grocery bags on the handes.
At least this time they held on to it to keep it from tipping.
Thankfully, the kid wasn't hurt. He even stopped wiggling to get out. It was probably fun for him.
Eventualy, he noticed me behind him and clearly thought I had just got there.
Man: When you watch people using these things sometimes you'd think they'd never touched an electronic device in their life.
Me: Yeah, I've talked to folks who've worked as self checkout attendants. They have some stories.
Man: Oh! I bet! I could never do that job!
We chattered about it watching people check out and one family in particular who was hanging all of their grocery bags off of the handlebars of their kid's stroller. To their credit, they had three children and none of them looked older than 5 and they were pretty well behaved. The two older ones were pulling stuff out of the hand basket and handing it to their parents to scan while the toddler was in the stroller. He wiggled and clearly wanted out, but he didn't scream or pitch a fit. Something else to note is that this was a very basic stroller - fabric stretched across bars on wheels, not the baby tank that carries all of the mother's worldly possessions.
All of a sudden, my conversation with the guy who was (now) in front of me trailed off as the parents loaded just one too many bags on the stroller and the whole thing tipped backwards, kid and all. The parents actually CAUGHT the handles about an inch before the thing hit the floor. Then loaded more grocery bags on the handes.
At least this time they held on to it to keep it from tipping.Thankfully, the kid wasn't hurt. He even stopped wiggling to get out. It was probably fun for him.
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