I was in a hurry today. Ha! That's not all that unusual. I'm always buzzing about town. In and out of the car faster than a speeding bullet half the time.
Today I went into town to do a bunch of errands, meet with the gals for the last time, hug their necks and take one out to lunch. Then off to the laundromat to get that big quilt washed, off to get my corn chowder ingredients (for Saturday) then then to the Post Office and x-country practice and with picking up boxes at the local mom & pop store after getting gas I was ready to go home.
In all of this rush and hustle I did learn a valuable lesson. When I rushed into the store to pick up my four cans of corn chowder ingredients, two cans of evaporated milk and two cans of corn, I immediately went to the quick 10 items or less register.
There directly in front of me was a lady with much more than 10 items. Now, I'm not exactly a stickler about this.....11-12 items are ok but she had more than say..... double. Maybe 20-30 items or more were in her cart and I was in a hurry.
So as I stood there holding my four cans with cash already in hand, I'm sure I didn't look too happy. All I could think of is....don't people read signs? These two registers (only one was on) are actually at the end and out of the way of the other registers. So it's pretty obvious. But I didn't say anything...just stood there inwardly fuming because.....well....I was in a hurry.
I think the front end manager saw the look on my face and came over, seeing my small purchase to be with cash in hand and waved me over to the next register which was empty. As she opened up her register I explained my thoughts on people who have way more than they should on a quick check out and how I was in a rush. She apologized and said it was her fault. She actually was the one who directed that lady over there not seeing that she had more than she realized.
I said it was ok now knowing the rest of the story. Then I got mad at myself for making an asumption not knowing all the details. How often do we do that? I know I do more than I should and need to remember today as an example not to do this again.
*Sigh* so much to work on, so little time.......there's a saying I heard once and need to heed that went like this:
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.