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More Looks That Haunt (lol)
It is raining here now, pretty steadily, but for most of the day it was bright, warm, and very, very breezy. We may get some t'storms tonight, and as warm as it is, I guess we may have to watch for tornados. I let Eler Beth spend the afternoon in the yard playing with the dogs. They needed the attention, and she needed the sunshine and exercise.
I piddled around on the computer and did a little housework and made a really tasty dinner.
I had to run out for something I was out of, so Eler Beth and I went to a local small grocery. We were in line behind a gentleman who wore very dark glasses and spoke of his granddaughter, although he really didn't look that old. I figured he was probably on social security and possibly some time of disability or pension program. He paid with a debit card and when it didn't cover the amount of his purchase he seemed surprised and said he'd called the bank just before he'd left home and was told his balance was $184.00.
His purchases rung up to about $150.00, so he told the cashier what to take off to bring his total down to the $129.00 the computer was telling her was in his account. I didn't mind waiting. He was very apologetic and obviously embarrassed, and he kept saying to me and Eler Beth, "I'm so sorry, ladies." We assured him it was okay. A manager had to be called to take the items off, and there were problems with that so it did take several minutes.
There was an elderly gentleman behind me with his cart of groceries. Just as the cashier and the man in front of me had finished getting his purchases sorted out, the old man behind me said, "Yes, if we could hurry it along a little bit! I'd like to get out of here!"
Eler Beth actually gasped, and she and I both looked at him. I gave him a very level, frowning look, and he looked away first. Then after I gave my attention back to the cashier, and while the man in front of me was apologising once again and putting his bags in his cart, the old man behind me growled, "Some of us have g..d.... places we need to go and don't have all g..d.... day!"
So I gave him another look and frown and said, "Please don't use that language in front of my daughter, sir." And again he looked away first, but he never apologised. I assured the man in front of me that we were fine, and not to worry about it.
Eler Beth was livid. She talked about it all the way home. "I'm glad you said something, Mom, and gave him a look!"
I asked her, "Did I give him a look that would haunt him forever?"
I think I did!
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You did well, telling off that impatient customer.
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Good for you for speaking up. Why do people have to be so...surly? The guy felt bad enough already, and you tried to reassure him that it was okay, but the butthead behind you had to be mean. Is Eler Beth your daughter? (I'm fairly new to your journal.) Even at her young age, she knew that the guy was being rude, so good for her, too.
Beth
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Well done you for saying something to him. You are to be comended for your patience as I wouldn't have had it ;-)
Jenny
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Oh my! That is horrendous language! And especially in front of a young lady! Patience is truly a virtue.
God bless-
Amanda
3/6/08 10:17 AM
Lisa