Practice what you preach

Woah! It's been ages since I've been on this thing. I hope my vast readership is having an excellent time in the new year. Now it is time for me to spout off on a few items.

It seems like every time I walk into a Target, I'm met with more and more people who don't give a rat's ass about anything but themselves. I don't know what it is that brings this out in people that go to Target, but I experience it more there than at any other store. Some of it may have to do with the fact that I only go to Target nowadays........

Anyway, here's my spiel. First off, the carts being left anywhere in the parking lot besides the cart corral makes absolutely no sense to me. Are you that lazy that you can't walk the extra 20 feet and put the cart where it belongs? I mean, come on! I'm sure you've all seen it. When I see that happening right in front of me, I always make sure to give the offender a glare of disappointment in their general direction.

Secondly, I encountered a little act of snobbery at the local Target today that spurred the topic of today's post. I was standing in line at the checkout lane, and a gal was in front of me with her 2 kids. Everything was rung up, and she passed over a stack of coupons to the checkout person. The checkout person returns a 25 cent coupon for paper towels to her, stating that the coupon was only good for a single roll, and she had a 10-pack in her cart. The lady with the kids gets pissy over 25 cents, saying "I don't see what the big deal is with what size I'm buying", and hands the coupon back to the checkout person.

25 cents
paper towels
paper towels
25 cents

Big whoop, right? As this is going on, the gal's son is asking the checkout lady for a sucker. Here's the conversation.

Kid: Do you have any suckers?
Checkout person: We don't have suckers here.
Kid: Do you have any stickers?
Checkout person: (Looks through drawer, pulls out roll of Target stickers and hands him one)
Kid: I need one for my sister too.
Checkout person: (Forks over another sticker)
Parent flipping out over 25 cents: That's not the right way to ask for something.

That's about when I was ready to flip my top. You just got done arguing about a 25 cent coupon that you were wrong on, and then you tell your son that he's asking for free things in the wrong way. Jeez.....practice what you preach, lady!

OK, OK. I'm off my soapbox. But it really made me realize that kids probably mirror their parents in more ways than we realize, and I should really make it a goal of mine to be a better example to my child. Something we can all probably think about.......

On a lighter note, Surly Bender is now on tap at Floyd's! Go get some and make sure that Lois doesn't regret her decision to listen to me and take a chance on this fine local brewery!