I was at Walmart this evening walking at the parking lot when I noticed a woman who left a shopping cart (after unloading), behind another vehicle parked beside her car. A couple walking by have also noticed what she did. It made them angry and they thought it was a good idea to remove the cart, he then placed it behind her vehicle. I was not sure if she noticed, but she kept backing up untill she hit it. She was frustrated as she got out of her car and found out it was scratched by the same shopping cart she left behind on someone else's car.
pyhiG: I was at Walmart this evening walking at the parking lot when I noticed a woman who left a shopping cart (after unloading), behind another vehicle parked beside her car. A couple walking by have also noticed what she did. It made them angry and they thought it was a good idea to remove the cart, he then placed it behind her vehicle. I was not sure if she noticed, but she kept backing up untill she hit it. She was frustrated as she got out of her car and found out it was scratched by the same shopping cart she left behind on someone else's car.
To me that is just an imature way to handle things.
How would you handle it?
I HATE it when people don't take the extra 30 seconds to walk their carts to the cart thingie. I would have likely frowned at the woman who parked hers rudely behind another car, sighed loudly, figured it would do no good to confront her about the cart, and just taken it with me into the store, OR if I was on my way out, stopped and taken the cart to the thingie myself.
I'm gonna give the woman the benefit of the doubt. You never know what she had been going through that day and for all that couple knew, she could have been in a very big hurry (although it still would have only taken a minute to put the cart up). What if she was taking an hour to run a few errands while a neighbor sat with her sick child? Who knows if maybe she has a family member that is in bad shape in the hospital. There are so many different scenerios, but hopefully you get the idea. We are not commanded to love when those around us are doing the right thing, are we? I could be totally off base here and she could just be lazy or rude, but who knows if this was the proverbial 'straw that broke the camel's back' in her already challenging day?
I'll give the woman the benefit of the doubt also.
Today I stopped at the grocery store on my way back from the doc. At the moment I happen to have a stress injury (almost a stress fracture) in one foot, a badly trashed knee on the other leg. Frankly, walking is darned painful at the moment, but I don't qualify for a handicapped parking spot - wouldn't want to take it from someone that *needs* it anyway. If someone didn't happen to notice how I was walking, they might think I was just being lazy when I didn't properly park my cart in the thingie.
Some people are lazy - *should* take the time to properly park their carts. Others have valid reasons for not doing so - reasons that may not be readily visible. Honestly - life is stressful and crappy for a lot of people these days. A little extra patience would benefit everyone.
beachwife:True, but why visit your bad day upon another person. What if the owner of that car came out, in a hurry with one item - say headache medicine for his/her spouse waiting at home - jumped into the car, backed out and now THEIR car was scratched.
I look at it differently. What right did that couple have to step into the situation? Who are they to decide to teach her a lesson? IMO they were intentionally mean. One bad deed does not deserve another.
" IMO they were intentionally mean. One bad deed does not deserve another. "
What will you do and what would you say to the couple?
I was thinking about this situation today as I was driving about town...and decided that I wasn't all the way honest about what I would do if I saw this situation happening. Today, I am tired and a bit grumpy..so my answer was true for today, but the more honest answer would have been to say that it depends on the day.
One day, I might just smile as I walk by, not think a thing about it, and offer to take the cart from her on my way into the store, and the next I might do like I said earlier.
Gabby, sorry to hear about your owies! That sounds very uncomfortable. Hope you feel better soon!
Gabby50:Thanks, P&G...I have a terrific sports medicine doc now. He told me to wear my *hiking boots* while my foot heals! It beats wearing one of those medical boots! Now, if he'd just let me wear them hiking...oh, well. That day will come again.
Oh man! It would be so hard for me to give up my flip flops this time of the year...but if I HAD to, I would chose the hiking boots over the medical boot too! ;)
How long does he think you will be hobbling around?
