Editor’s note: Say hello to Jenn, a prototypical Floridian for the most part except for a somewhat unnatural affinity for pocket-protectors, designing jet-engine turbine blades and adventure-travel. Jenn writes primarily at her friends-only Myspace blog so to get her insightful ramblings on life out to everyone, we’ll be syndicating some of her content. She begins at the grocery store …
So I see a pattern developing during my grocery store visits … specifically at the checkout portion. Maybe it’s because I live in octogenarian-ville and they’re just trying to be friendly and lack boundaries. Most of the time I find it comical but sometimes it’s just annoying.
A month or so ago, a guy behind me in the checkout line said,
“Oh, so you drink that soy imitation milk.”
I said, “Yes, it’s good and I like it.”
He said, “Well it’s not real milk.”
I replied, “Yes, I know, but not any stranger or worse than you drinking that cow’s milk that’s been processed. Us female humans don’t go around pasteurizing and giving our breast milk to other animals.”
Turns out, my neighbors don’t like it when you confuse them with logic. I also like it when people behind you in the grocery store line do these things:
~ Comment on the items as you place them on the conveyor belt … like “Hmm, free-range eggs.“
“Yep, and these are my tampons, my yeast infection suppositories, and my fleet enema: ’cause my grandma said everyone should always have one in the house!”
~ And I especially like it when I’m unloading my cart items onto the conveyor belt, still have half a cart full, and the person behind me starts putting her stuff up. I didn’t realize it soon enough to tell her to wait, and ended up having to physically push all of her items back down the belt. Got a dirty look, but come on.
What gives with the sense of entitlement some folks have? Or are they just oblivious?
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I had to look up fleet enemas. Previously, I thought it was what the US Navy did to Iraq during the Persian conflict, geddit, geddit??
Myself, I never minded casual conversation in line. It keeps me from reading that Hillary Clinton has adopted an alien baby, or whatever the tabloid story of the week is. Coming from a place of 1 billion people, I find it weird people will even avoid eye contact in line, on public transit, etc.
I also think soy milk is a bit weird, but like you said, no weirder than any number of drinkable liquids out there.
Finally, I make judicious use of the little divider they provide on the conveyor belt. They should change the shape to a mini baseball bat, that would get people’s respect!
Haha. Where do you find these pics?
Most interesting to me is that GE not only makes gas turbine engines and appliances, but also human milking machines.
Actually…. GE doesn’t make appliances anymore. They just lease out their name to other companies who make them. One of the things GE actually does do (or used to as of a few years ago) is write the software that controls all the railroad tracks scattered around the country (for example, Union Pacific and what not).
@ Sir Reverend Gonzo: As far as I know GE still makes turbines and all manner of energy sources. They may, as Reverend Gonzo says, “lease” their name out to subcontractors for productions. To me it’s the same deal; One umbrella corporation manufacturing products through subsidiaries.
@Jenn: Finding the right pictures is hard work, but it pays off. A GE human milking machine is simply too good to pass up.