‘Tis The Season To Watch Your Trolley.
I do sometimes think that I am ill-fated and suffer from being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
On this occasion, for once, I have not got the trolley with the wonky wheel or the broken handle.
A simple trip to the supermarket to pick up the odd little Christmas gifts-you know – a bottle of wine for the computer repairman, a box of biscuits for a kind friend and a big tin of chocolates as a thank you for the hairdressers. (I only have one hairdresser but there are six in the salon and I don’t like to leave anyone out)
Do it every year and know the ones they like, the assorted ones with all the crinkly shiny wrappers.
Horror of horrors! –there is a space in the chocolate aisle where the huge tins of hairdresser chocolates should be!
Never mind, I’ll just have to find something else for them to munch between the perms and the blow dries. I don’t want them to think I have forgotten them and end up with the haircut from hell.
But…..yes…..there at the end of the aisle is a trolley laden to overflowing with at least 40 or more of tins of those chocolates, just the right brand.
Ah ha …… they are restocking the shelves.
As I pass I pick one up and slip it into my trolley with all my other Christmas goodies.
Happy with the thoughts of mission accomplished, I wander on.
Until…
My shoulder is tapped rather sharply.
“Put that back!” A woman screams in my face.
Why is it in a situation like this you always feel guilty, even when you have no idea what you have done?
“Just put that back!!!”
Now I am confused and apologize profusely, still ignorant of some crime I have committed?
“You stole those chocolates from my trolley” She is yelling even louder now and people are beginning to look.
Things become clearer as she reaches into my trolley and clutches the hairdresser chocolates to her bosom.
“These are mine!” The tin is being brandished menacingly under my nose.
Another bout of stammering and sorrying from me as she throws the tin into her over laden chocolate filled trolley and marches away not entirely in a straight line as she is the one with the wonky wheel.
Road Rage, I’ve heard of, but Trolley Tantrums are another case entirely.
Thinking about it now-
She either had a shop and those prized chocolates were for resale, or she has no imagination of what to buy her 40 odd friends, or she is going to eat them herself.
Whichever one of these reasons, I wish her a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year and I expect my hair will have recovered by Easter.
“God Bless Us Everyone!”
I missed out a very important sentence…senior moment there…..I thought the trolley laden trolley was for re-stocking …tried to edit but think I have failed……and by the way would never ever take anything from anyone’s trolley.
I’m not a bad person…honest.
Not to worry Gypsy it was understood!
Watergypsy. I guess the moral here is beware there is all kinds of craziness out there. I don’t know what you could apologize for. Regarding editing,it is easy and you can do it. Just hover over blog, then hover over read, and cross to my latest blogs and click, and you will see “edit blogs” and you can click and edit. Make sure you click “submit” at the end of your blog. Remember “submit” because that enters your editing. Blogs are fun and I hope you do more; I enjoyed this one.
Thanks for your tips on editing folks…I think I got it right in the end…..still loads to learn …even still do big whoopsies on my photies and I have even deleted an administrators comments by accident…oh dear.
watergypsy, Now deleting comments of admins is something that I did not know was possible. I wonder how I can do that. I don’t want to delete comments, but I would like to edit mine.
not your fault gypsy and she could have been nicer in asking you to put it back. Tell the hairdresser the story ,I’m sure they will have a good laugh and give you a nice hairdo. In the meantime have a merry xmas and a happy new year
Oh sorry gypsy ,it gave me a good laugh,I could see it all unwinding right before my eyes .Merry Christmas to her hope she has a good one lolol Maybe you will find some chocolates next time you look still time .xxxx
Sorry Gypsy, i,m pleased she had a wonky wheel Karma , I would say for her crankiness, she could have been more gracious ha ha ha ha i can see it all now …
Thanks for this cautionary tale of trolley tantrums, Gyps!! Witty blog as always and now I’m on full alert for these tantrums!
You have made me smile ty gypsy. Pat
Good blog Gyps……..yes I have encountered that also………people loading up with special offers etc……….just doesent seem fair….and your right, could have been stocking their own business up……..happens all the time in Ikea….just don’t get stuck behind those trollies……..nooooooo…xx