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| - Ok. So, the parking lot here, is full of crazies. I park away from doors/entrances for a reason.
1- I have to get a cart/stroller for my daughter.
2- I have to unfold the stroller or put the shopping cart cover in the cart.
3- I have to get my daughter out of her car seat
4- I have to get diaper bag, along with my belongings (purse, etc) and my daughter in the cart.
I know that these steps aren't quick. That's why I don't fight for close spots. Both in my entering and leaving this store, I was stared down by snoody drivers trying to get the spot right next to me, when there are other spots available... They are just too lazy to walk the extra twenty feet to the door.
The snoody-ness continued into the store, meaning the employees. I do not expect to be waited on hand and foot when I enter a grocery store, but geez! Even walmart has greeters that I get a "hello" from.
I was not acknowledged in the store,
walked by produce...... nothing.
walked by cosmetics/soaps.....nothing.
walked by essential oils and hair dye...... nothing.
I tried to find the baby isle. My daughter (8 months) has come down with a bit of a cold, and I know that a lot of medicines are for 2 years and up... No medications/help in the baby isle. Just food and diapers/wipes.
Thinking I could find something natural to help her, I finally found their "child" section of medication... with no help from the employees working in this section. A woman approached me about 10 minutes later, told me that they only had a few things that my daughter could take....Thanks, I could read the box's label that says 2 years and up.. I told her that I needed a cold remedy, and she pointed out vitamins................(? little late for that, I guess)
Continuing my walking around the store, no one asked me if I needed help. I was in the bakery, and there were two employees pushing around a cart with a fruit tart on it.... talking about how they couldn't wait to go on their smoke breaks.
The nicest one I encountered was the checkout cashier. She actually asked me how I was. I almost died of shock. She offered to put my chocolate bars on ice, I told her that was not necessary.
Cold tablets, buns, Pita pockets, 2 candy bars, and a $2 donation to their charity was $27.
It's expensive to be semi-ignored and stared down.
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