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Stuart G

(38,428 posts) Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:45 PM Mar 2013

Like to share what happened today ..in a large food store today..Your opinion..

This is about a woman with 3 kids..and husband..I was walking with my cart full of food.. In the middle of the isle stood the woman, 3 kids oh two girls.. 7.. 10 and a teenage boy..Mom is there with dad ..they are obviously in the way I very quietly said "excuse me. and mom turned to the 10 year old said .."You can run her down if you like...I veryl quietly said......," Sundays are the days I runn em down. not Saturdys."....(and quietly wated till an aile opened up.....What kind of mom says those thngs to her kids/..

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Like to share what happened today ..in a large food store today..Your opinion.. (Original Post) Stuart G Mar 2013 OP

an exasperated one with a sense of humor? Kali Mar 2013 #1

Used to joke about cooking mine in a fricassee.. Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #3

Perhaps the real question is what kind of person Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #2

That's usually when I start throwing out profanities in languages other than English. talkingmime Mar 2013 #4

Kali

(55,012 posts)

1. an exasperated one with a sense of humor?

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:52 PM

Mar 2013

hard to say without being there, but I know my jokes about eating my offspring never went over well with the humor-impaired. Nevermind how I have to really watch my personal interactions when I am in the big city. I forget that you aren't actually supposed to chat up the cashiers or other folks in line. Unlike in small towns where you are seen as some kind of snob if you don't do it.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

3. Used to joke about cooking mine in a fricassee..

Reply to Kali (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 10:02 PM

Mar 2013

had 3 within 40 months...you do have to know your audience!

One of the hardest things for me to get used to when moving from NJ to FL were the conversations at the checkout...Now I feel like the cashiers are old friends!

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

2. Perhaps the real question is what kind of person

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:58 PM

Mar 2013

goes into a grocery store, 5 strong, and then saunters down the middle of an aisle? Answer that question and you know about the type of mom she is. (A very inconsiderate one)

talkingmime

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4. That's usually when I start throwing out profanities in languages other than English.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 10:23 PM

Mar 2013

The first rule of learning foreign languages is to learn the profanity and slang first. It comes in handy with telemarketers in particular.

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