Mrs. HM likes to consider herself a reasonably polite member of society. Even though people piss her off on a regular basis, she strives to treat others as she would like to be treated. Like Thursday, in Country Mart...
I was on the soda aisle. The deal this week was to buy two bottled six-packs of Coca Cola products, and get a third one free. Famer H likes Diet Coke. He brings one home a couple times a week, having bought it at Casey's (I'm sure accompanied by a donut), and finishing it before supper is ready. Then he gets a Diet Mountain Dew from FRIG II.
I got two of the Diet Coke, and then a regular Coke six-pack for when The Pony comes out to the Mansion.
Anyhoo... I heard a cart coming up behind me. The aisles are okay there, but I lifted the wheels of my cart to set it parallel to the soda side. It had been at an angle while I was loading my six-packs. I glanced over my shoulder and saw a lady about my age. I waited for her to proceed past me. She stopped.
"Um. I'm sorry. But that's RIGHT WHERE I need to get something."
"Ha ha ha! You're kidding! And I was SO careful to move over out of your way! Here I am congratulating myself, and I've actually put myself IN your way!"
"Yes, you did!" The lady chuckled as I moved forward to allow her access.
"Oh, well. It's the thought that counts."
Mrs. HM. The well-meaning gal who disrupts your shopping trip!
2 comments:
I have those awkward moments too, usually I am the one wanting to get something from where someone else is parked.
River,
All my efforts to help put me more in the way! Like I was deliberately blocking her access to the soda!
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