I had a run-in with a stranger yesterday that made me question why some people are the way they are. I was working from home, and decided to run to the grocery store during what would normally be my lunch hour. I just needed to pick up two items, so I decided to try Vons because it's really close to our house.
I've never been to Vons, but it's one of the higher-end grocery stores in our neighborhood that offers a lot of organic food. I thought it might be a nice change of pace and I could see what all the fuss is about.
I parked my car between a shiny black Lexus SUV and the cart corral; I pulled out a cart and set it next to my car while I ducked into the backseat to grab Isabelle. At that moment, the wind kicked up and my cart rolled about two inches before stopping against the bumper of the SUV. And when I say "stopped against" the bumper, I mean that it hit the SUV with about the same amount of force as me flicking my fingernail against it.
This uppity-looking blonde woman immediately scurries up to me exclaiming, "Excuse me! Excuse me! You just hit my car!" She pushed past me to inspect her bumper and started complaining that I'd scratched her vehicle. She was furiously rubbing at what I guess was a tiny scratch - one of many tiny nicks, I should add - and even though I wanted to roll my eyes I politely said, "I'm really sorry, the cart rolled when I was getting my daughter out of the car." She ignored me and continued talking into her cell phone, and said to the person on the other end: "Some woman just hit my car with her bag and now it's SCRATCHED!" Then she stood up and stormed away from me.
I felt like saying a couple of things to her:
1) "Actually, ma'am, I hit your car with a cart - not a bag."
2) "If you want to get technical, it was the wind's fault, not mine!"
3) "Would you like me to get down on my hands and knees and spit-shine the bumper for you?"
4) If you're that worried about your precious Lexus getting nicks and scratches in a parking lot, perhaps you shouldn't take it out of the garage."
Of course I said none of these things, because people like that don't bring out the best qualities in me and some things just aren't appropriate for childrens ears! Clearly there wasn't anything else I could do, so I shrugged and went inside the store. Where I paid $11 for three chicken breasts and a carton of eggs. Sigh.
3 comments:
Seriously! She's the type of person who will cause a car accident while putting mascara on. Guess you won't go back to Von's.
BTW, I had a dream I went shopping at ROSS a few nights ago. It was an odd dream.
I wish you would have said #3 to her, I would have loved to hear her reaction! Hahahaha. Actually her reaction to any of those would've been pretty entertaining. :) Wow, some people.
Can we go there when I am there next week?? I would love to run into someone like her. I would also have loved to see you take her and her uppity attitude down a notch or two. On the other hand, think how sad life like that must be.
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