I came out of 10Box on Saturday afternoon with five bags of groceries. Since Hick is a master of avoiding "carrying in" duties, I pre-emptively put them on the passenger seat of T-Hoe. It's closer, and I don't have to worry about closing the garage door, and T-Hoe's rear hatch, while having grocery bags draped over both arms.
I had a handicap parking space near the cart return garage door on the front of the building. After loading my groceries in T-Hoe, I turned to push the cart back up on the sidewalk.
"I'LL TAKE THAT FOR YOU!"
What in the Not-Heaven??? I almost jumped out of my skin! A guy had flung open the driver's door of a red sedan parked next to T-Hoe. I didn't even know anybody was in that car.
"OH! You SCARED me!"
"I thought you were looking right at me. I'll take your cart. I figured I needed to get out before you parked it back in front of the building."
"Thank you so much. I was just startled."
Helpful Guy was probably late 20s. He was still talking on his phone to somebody, telling them that he was at one of his favorite stores, and going in to shop.
It's nice to help out the elderlies by taking their cart from them. It's problematic to terrorize them with stealth tactics...
A quiet and polite "ahem" might be helpful next time, though of course he isn't reading this.
ReplyDeleteThe quiet and polite "ahem" would have come too late, after exploding out of the car like that!
DeleteI heard footsteps gaining on me as I was riding the electric cart to the car in a huge parking lot. The scared me so I tried to see who was behind me. I could see no one but I could hear steps getting closer. I had to stop to twist more. A guy was following me so closely and never said a word. He wanted the cart when I was through with it. I told him he frightened me following so closely. Why did he not sort of step aside so I could see him and say something?
ReplyDeleteUnless that was just his excuse, and he had other motives before you "caught" him stalking you!
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