I Don’t Work Here, Does Not Work Here, Part 52

Bad Behavior, England, Grocery Store, Physical, Pregnancy, UK | Right | August 11, 2024

I am pushing a trolley with my toddler in the seat, my four-year-old son is running around grabbing things that are low down because I am heavily pregnant, a couple of days overdue actually, and I can’t bend too well.

An older woman comes up to me:

Customer: “Where’s the deli?”

I am very distracted at this time. The toddler is whining, the four-year-old is asking questions, and the baby in my belly is trying out for Olympic gymnastics so I may be a bit short. I just point in the general direction and say:

Me: “Over there, somewhere.”

Of course, she is having none of that. She grabs my arm and starts yelling:

Customer: “That is no way to talk to a customer! Take me there and do your job!”

My pregnant brain has trouble computing this incident so I just stand there until my four-year-old pipes up:

My Kid: “Mummy, why is that lady yelling at you?”

That seems to get through to this crazy lady, causing her to stalk off while muttering:

Customer: “Ugh! Nobody wants to work these days…”