Just to preface:
Since I have been to Kansas I am learning how to take Cade on errands with me. Up until this point I never had to because I was either working, Cole was home, or it was summer and I had no car because Cole was at work.
One of my pet peeves is when people do not return their shopping cart to the designated place in the parking lot. SO annoying. They always get in the way and they typically are right in the middle of the best parking places. I really don't think it is that hard to take an extra 15 seconds to take the cart to its designate parking slot. I always make sure I do. I think it is plain common courtesy for others to do the same. (and lots do!)
With that said, yesterday I didn't for the first time. I feel really guilty. I am confessing. But what is a mother to do?! Yesterday I ran to Walmart to get a couple of things. I put Cade in the car then transfer the bag into the car. Then I look around and all the shopping cart slots are like forever away! I don't like leaving Cade in the car (either on or off) but now I have this cart to deal with. A couple parking slots away there were several carts pulled together by either lazy people (or distressed mothers) so that was very tempting. But feeling guilty for even being tempted I headed to a far away designated spot. But as I began walking I realized it was going to take forever to get there and back-or at least longer than I wanted Cade in the car by himself. So as I was passing other bestrewn carts I quickly shoved mine next to another one. I felt really guilty. Like walking fast back to the car with my eyes on the ground guilty. Then as I was getting into my car a guy in the car in front of me had just gotten back from returning his cart and made some witty comment about returning carts. Great. My first time not returning the cart and I was watched. So Walmart-you want us to return the carts, make more cart returning spots!!
(ok-so next time I guess I would take Cade to the cart returning spot and then carry him back. Or maybe worries about leaving him in the car for a few seconds is just a new mother anxiety thing...)
A redeeming quality for Walmart is that they are the only store around here that carries Blue Bell Ice Cream. We very much enjoy that.
8 comments:
one time i was at walmart and thought i'd be nice and put a few of the stray karts back in the designated slot. a worker got mad at me and told me i was making his job harder!
You're so lucky you have access to Blue Bell! When will Utah learn...
I was so laughing reading this! I'm the same way. I remember the first time I did that too. I kept thinking -I can't believe I'm doing this. And I felt SOO bad. lol, oh well. Now I just try to park near one of the cart stalls. Of coarse that's much easier here- not many people live here!
Oh, I was laughing out loud when I read this. Because I could have written this post 8 years ago. So here's where I've come in those 8 years.
1. I always try to park near a cart return when I have my kids with me.
2. If I cannot park near a cart return (and I have my kids with me) then I do not return the cart. I push it to the side so it's not in the middle of a parking spot and I leave it. Because the safety of my kids is more important. It's not just a nervous first time mom thing. I have heard some awful stories.
3. If I am alone, I ALWAYS put my cart away. And sometimes will put an extra away to make up for when I have my kids with me and have to leave it. :)
hmm.. keep the kid safe, or please the mean wal-mart man... tough choice... :)
so true! What are you suppose to do?? Well I guess the best solution would be to park near a cart drop-off. But I agree, that is one of my pet peeves as well!
I've had the same thing happen to me. Well not the guy watching and then say something... but I read my sisters comment and that's like excatly what I was going to say! Isn't it fun staying at home or are you bored!?! Cooper isn't mobile yet, so my job hasn't gotten too difficult yet.
Isn't that weird? Apparently this is a pretty normal feeling, because I totally went through it too. Now, if I can't park close to a cart corral, I just don't stress about it. It's just not safe to leave the baby unattended in the car, and she's getting too heavy to carry long distances and too fast to let her run free in the parking lot.
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