So last evening after work I needed to go pick up some things at my favorite super store in Anderson South Carolina. I normally would not have taken both the kids, but due to some of my husbands new job description I am going to have to get used to having the kids by myself more often. ANY who, I took the kids to this store alone. If you have met my son you know he is a HANDFUL, very active, very funny, very cute, but nonetheless a HANDFUL. So all through the store people were laughing at him, playing with him, and pretty much encouraging the behavior that was making me pull my hair out. So all the while my sweet Maddie was just rolling her eyes and on more than one occasion asked why we had Willie. It was pretty funny actually, but she was being GREAT and he was being good too just all over the place. Short story long, we get to the register put our stuff on the conveyor belt, Willie is still entertaining the masses and getting a very positive response. Then all of the sudden he FLIPS out of the cart and falls right on his head onto the concrete floor. He is no longer laughing, but instead is screaming. Here is the part that bothers me the most, NO ONE helps me. The manager or whom I perceived as the manager only asked me if Willie was okay. Did NOT offer to help with my bags or anything! She did NOTHING to make it easier for me to console my son who at this point was screaming and crying. I didn't expect anything but the chance to be a mom, consoling mom to my baby, but instead felt rushed and hurried to get out of every one's way. Seriously, what have we all become. I can honestly say that if Andrew or myself had been in line behind someone in the same scenario we would have paid for their stuff and helped her to the car, not that I was expecting that, I merely wanted someone to tear the check out of my checkbook, so hold my wallet so I could pull my license out with my one free hand, to offer to push the cart out to my car while I consoled my son. NOTHING, is this really what it has become?
