After last year's Black Friday incident (I posted about it here: http://dizzymslizzy.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-friday-incident-and-other-stuff.html, I have sworn off day after Thanksgiving shopping. Forever. I don't care how much something is on sale for - - I don't care how badly I may want it - - I don't care if they are GIVING IT AWAY - - you couldn't pay me enough to put myself through that again.
Besides, why go there, freeze my ass off waiting for a store to open, get pushed and shoved and practically beaten black and blue by rude, inconsiderate people on Black Friday, when I can get that any day in the week?
Yes, it's true, unfortunately....the closer it gets to the Holiday season, and all during said season, people get more rude, more inconsiderate, and just plain, downright mean.
Case in point: Yesterday evening Dear Mr. Dizzy and I decided to get our grocery shopping done before the crazy holiday sales madness hit the following day. It was good timing - - Walmart was almost deserted. We happened to see someone I work with, and pulled over to the side of the wide main aisle to chat for a minute. As we are standing there, a young lady walked by, and as she passed us, she rammed into my friend's cart, actually pushing it, and just kept on walking without saying a word. My friend was shocked, and I said to the girl's back (she was about an aisle away by that point), "You could at least say excuse me." Well, she turned around and gave us a "look" (and not a nice one at that), and then just tossed an "Excuse me" over her shoulder at us, and kept walking.
Gee, we were all the way over at the side of the aisle, to make sure we were out of people's way. And then you come along and decide that is the EXACT SPOT in that whole, wide aisle you wanted - - you NEEDED - - to be. What a sense of entitlement.
Amazing.
A bit later, as Mr. Dizzy and I are checking out, I'm paying the cashier, and happen to look over at the checkout lane next to us. There is the same young lady, who just finished checking out and is gathering her bags, standing there just GLARING at me. I ignored her. She continued to stand there, glaring at me. I finally looked over and gave her "the look" (if you know me, you know exactly what I'm talking about!). She faltered a bit, but continued to stare....but finally looked away and walked off.
Lucky for her. I don't put up with people who feel they are entitled to treat people as rudely as they wish and just get away with it. Push me too far and find out what happens next. Bring it, bitch.
*sigh*
It's going to be a LONG Holiday season.....
4 comments:
It's a good thing this state doesn't have a concealed carry law.
The "Dizzies" Hubby
I absolutely hate Black Friday. I've been shopping online today. Decent deals, and I can do it safely at home in my jammies!
I'll never forget the time when a woman ran over my foot with her cart in one of the retail stores and just kept going as if her cart hadn't jumped up in the air as it humped over my foot. I yelled after her, "It's common courtesy to apologize when you run over someone's foot with your cart!" She turned around and said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I had run over your foot." Apparently the jumping cart wasn't clue enough. Sheesh.
Gee Kris, maybe it's because your foot is so small and delicate? :)
Unbelievable.....
Well, nary a week goes by that you won't find me in Wal-mart so I can say with some expertise that you don't find the best people in Wal-mart.
I mean that would have never happend in Target! lol!
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