JERKS IN SAFEWAY

I was shopping in Safeway today.  I was wandering along taking my sweet time, looking at everything.  About half way through the whole event, I was part way down an aisle when I decided to stop and check my list...which I had put into my phone.  So I pulled my buggy right over against the products and pulled out the phone and started to go through my list.

I became aware that someone had pulled right up behind me with his buggy and was just standing there staring.  So I looked at him, an OLD man (shovel list for this kind of old man) and his cowering OLD lady wife right behind him, just stood there staring and staring.  So I said, 'Oh excuse me, I'm sorry.'  I started to pull forward when he says, "Oh that's okay, just block the aisle.  Go ahead.'  I stopped and turned around and said, 'You could have just gone around, I AM pulled over."  'Well I need to see stuff right where you are stopped to go on that goddamned contraption you're on.'

Now I am pissed.  "Um, have you ever heard of the two words 'excuse me'?" I ask.  He starts to rant, ' you goddamned people, always on your phones, getting in everyone's way'...stupid old man.  So, I marched back to him, whipped up my phone, and shoved it in his face and said, " It's my shopping list you  technically ignorant old geezer."

I spun around and slowly started to go along the aisle looking at stuff.  Next thing I hear is him going after his wife.  It was awful.  He was giving her shit big time for the amount of coffee they had gone through and the amount she was trying to buy.  He was AWFUL to her!  It was actually kind of shocking.

  I barrelled back to them and got right in his face and told him if he didn't shut up and knock it off I was going to go get the authorities.  I didn't exactly specifically say which ones but if there is anything I have  learned over the years, old horrible men are deathly afraid of the 'authorities'.  And I was right!  He shut up and grumbled off to the next aisle.  His little wife kind of smiled at me, quietly said a thank you and scuttled after him.  What a dick.

I love that Safeway.  They had better not close it down.  Its so clean and organized and quiet.  I really like the staff too.  I used to shop there a hundred years ago when Kevin and Aryn were really little.  One time, when Kevin was about three, he had on a pair of really big, way too big for him but he wanted to wear them, brown leather shoes.  We were at the check out and he was standing just in front of me when he very violently sneezed...and he shot right out of those shoes and landed on his sock feet.  One shoe flew through the air and landed right behind the cashier's counter!  Jeez did we laugh!  And that cashier was Sandra, Cookie's husband Brian's sister.

And also, back then, as we pushed our buggies up and down the rows, with our babies in them, we would be smoking.  And when we were finished our cigarette we would drop the butt on the floor and grind it out with our foot.  Unbelievable!!

I am heading down to Vancouver on Sep. 28th to the 2nd of Oct.  Clare...I am going to give you a call and I was wondering if you would like to meet for lunch on the Tuesday at noon.  It has been far too long since I have seen you and Tish.  I think April is going to come as well.  Thats the only day I don't have any appointments...I so so hope that you can make it that day.  That would be Tuesday Sept. 29th.  I will give you a call next week to make sure its okay.  I can't wait to see you guys.

And my apologies for my salty language in this post.  Its just that I was so mad at that jerk.  I also don't have a pic today.  I will put two in tomorrow.  TTYL