Wait your turn! No “sticking” in this line!

Heaven help me.  I went to the grocery store the other week and a bag boy said it best, “It’s like the day before Thanksgiving but these folks are rude.” It has taken me about two weeks to get over it.

I looked around and saw a “different type” of shopper.  The neophytes were here.  Their carts were piled high with "holiday" food and they were all sporting cases of beer, wine, and junk food.  I am going to guess that they were getting ready for the 4th of July.

Now, here I go out on the thin ice....most of these shoppers were......novices.  Not all the men were rude-- I saw some great shoppers-- but the "beginners" were totally out of their element.  Grocery shopping should be civil.  We are all spending lots of money and yelling at the check out girl that the milk is overpriced is tacky on a good day.

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For those of us who tithe to Kroger, grocery shopping is somewhat of a science.  We know where we are going.  We stay to the right.  We wait our turn at the meat counter.  We use coupons that are 1. not expired 2. for the product we actually bought and 3. we know the rules about double coupling, company brands, fuel points etc.

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Most of the people that I encountered last week had never read Emily Post’s Etiquette at the Grocery Store. They might need to explore the "Click It" app and have their groceries delivered to their car.

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I was angry when the blonde streaked bimbo (hard looking 40) tried to run over the older lady with her shopping cart.  The older woman had a bum foot and was moving slowly but steadily.  (No, it wasn't me.)  I saw that stank eye that you sent to the woman, Blondie.  I saw it.  So, I put the Irish hex on you.  Shazam!

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I had a VIM -- very important man --- try to cut in front of me at the meat counter.  “Whoa,”  I said in my sternest principal voice.  “We wait our turn at the meat counter.  I was here first.  You aren’t even next in line.  The lady behind me is."  I bet he was thanking God he was not married to me.  AND I bet I thought he was an a$$hole. Yes, the meat man was laughing.  That man hadn’t been told much no in his entire life.  The crowd at the meat counter didn’t applaud but I could have been elected to a public office by them.

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We had most of the immediate family here for the 4th with Erin Malloy (niece from Iowa) as an added bonus.  Yes, we went to Lanes, ate peach ice cream, swam, shopped and thoroughly had a delightful time.

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My mouth runs like a bubbling brook...it must be spring fed ‘cause it just doesn’t ever stop.

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Blast from the past recipe:

GORP

A jar of dry roasted, salted peanuts

A box of raisins

A big bag of M & M's

Put all of it in a big Tupperware container.  Mix.  Eat a handful after swimming.  Put it in a little Dixie Cup if you want a childhood memory to magically invade your mind.

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GORP can be eaten with your morning coffee.