Mr. B: How was King Soopers? Did you go to the manager who's super efficient at checking people out? I love that checkout line.
Me: Nooo. I went to the self checkout. You know I hate making small talk in grocery stores.
B: Did you get the 10 cent discount then for using our reusable bags? I love that!
Me: Yeah. But...They kept stopping my checkout process to take the 10 cents off. I scanned an item, then the computer said "An attendant has been notified to assist you". That happened three times. Finally I turned around and said "Is this a joke?" and the woman said "Sorry, I was just trying to give you a discount for your bags." I mean, come on, can't they do that without stopping the checkout process. The whole reason people go to those is to get out fast without having to talk to anyone.
B: Tommy, this is why we don't let your mama do the grocery shopping very often.
Opening Day at our new grocery store. Back when I was friendly towards the idea of grocery shopping.
And it's true...he loves the checkers and the discount for reusing bags, I try not to talk to anyone and get out of there as fast as possible. He's probably the right man for the grocery shopping job around here.
As long as he doesn't overspend! I'd take some grumpiness in exchange for sticking to the budget. But I suspect that you guys are both pretty stellar at sticking to your budget at this point.
ReplyDeleteHA! I fly through the grocery store like a bat out of hell. I just pray I won't see anyone I know and can get out of there in less than 30 minutes for a big trip!
ReplyDeleteUgh-- I'm totally with you on the grocery grumps. My husband and I usually employ a divide-and-conquer technique. :)
ReplyDeleteThe grocery store and I get along pretty well. Unless I'm hungry then all bets are off!
ReplyDeleteI seriously love the fact that he loves grocery shopping, and checkers and the bag discount. Cracking me up. =)
ReplyDeleteAdorable story. That's why Bill does our grocery shopping too!
ReplyDeletehaha when i saw the title of this i though - hey, doesn't she refuse to go to the grocery store usually??
ReplyDelete:) yeah i don't blame you - we always try to do self-checkout because we're impatient - and then it always ends up taking double the time (errors, won't scan, etc). oh well.
i'm glad someone else is as antisocial as me :) (in certain settings!)
I just want to note that awesome International Harvester Scout II in the photo. Hotness
ReplyDeleteBwahahahaha!! I totally use the self checkout purely for the purpose of avoiding small talk! You're a girl after my own heart.
ReplyDeleteAlso, once when I was on Pearl St & one of those environmental people holding clipboards started to approach me guess what I did......I pretended like I didn't know English. Shameful but effective.
I enjoying grocery shopping, but a bad check out experience can kill it.
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