It is an unwritten rule that you are not supposed to grocery shop when you are hungry, but unfortunately when your schedule is limited you sometimes just don't have a choice.
So as I was pushing my overstuffed cart, in high heels mind you and while eating White Cheddar crackers, I told myself it was OK that I was buying too much because very little of it was junk food.
But this gave little comfort when my grocery bill was $150. After I grumbled to myself and gave the lady her money, I carefully put my receipt into my wallet and stuffed all the bags back into the cart.
Of course the front left wheel on my cart kept pulling it the other way and as I fought with it to the door it took everything in my power not to kick the darn thing.
As if spending too much and fighting a broken cart in heels wasn't frustrating enough the receipt woman stops me at the door. She didn't stop the old couple in front of me or the lady with four kids behind me, but me - the one who is obviously not having a good shopping experience considering I had to pull all my weight to stop the cart from hitting her as she stepped in front of me.
Tell me; are these receipt people purely there to make shopping that much more difficult?
Despite the terrible shape our economy is in, people still have to eat. Therefore people are still spending money at the grocery store. So is it too much to ask to have the annoying receipt checkers lay off?
I understand their purpose. They are checking to make sure no one is stealing. But do they really think the woman with grocery bags falling out of her cart is stealing that much food?
No they don't. What they are really checking for is to make sure their cashiers have not forgotten to ring anything up. So actually they are slowing my day down to make sure their employees aren't being lazy.
OK so maybe I'm just having a bad day and taking it out on the poor receipt lady who is just doing her job. But I do believe the company could be paying her to do something more useful -like passing out snacks as shoppers enter so they don't shop hungry.
Mallory Medved is an assistant managing editor of weekly publications for
the Sun-Times News Group. She helps cover the Lincoln-Way area and towns
southwest of Joliet. Being naturally nosy has led her to a career in
journalism and fulfilled her dream of getting paid to read. Being a new
homeowner and a future bride, she's also perpetually broke, but enjoys
hearing about other people in the same situation. She lives in Plainfield
but is a native of New Lenox.
Christina Chapman is a Will County resident who desperately wants to live in Grundy County. But since she lost that battle with her boyfriend when they bought a house, she makes due covering Grundy County news for The Herald News in Joliet. When not covering municipal meetings, school events and finding the truth behind the latest coffee talk, she is trying to balance life as a young home owner who is fighting the stereotype that she is living in sin because she is not yet married. She hopes to share with you her perspective on life and the news in hopes that you’ll share yours.
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