I was talking to my daughter, Tiffany the other day. She mentioned how she took 3 year old, KC to her My Gym class (which KC calls YOUR Gym) and then went to the Jewel supermarket to do some quick grocery shopping. Tiffany is her father's daughter so she always uses reusable bags. When she got home, she realized that she only had two instead of the three bags of groceries she bought.She returned the following day and went to the Customer Service counter and saw her distinctive Froggy bag on the counter.
"I could tell them exactly what was in it," said Tif. "Besides, they probably saw the bandage on my head and figured I must have had brain trauma. We had a nice laugh over it."
I told Tif not to worry about her slight forgetfulness in her rush to get things done before having to pick KC up from her class. The mishap still doesn't come close to matching the one where a woman forgot her child in the Trader Joes parking lot.
It happened this past spring in Illinois when we were coming back to our car in the parking lot and saw a lone toddler sitting in a shopping cart. We asked where his mommy was and he didn't know. We asked everybody around if they knew who the child belonged to. Somebody said they recognized the child and knew somebody who might have that person's phone number. The call was made and the mother came back in a few minutes. She took her son and barely said anything to us. I imagine she was horribly embarrassed and we did feel sorry for her.
So forgetting a bag of groceries... pfft! Nothing!
Pretty glasses on that pretty face!
ReplyDeleteIs that the injury that happened on your trip together?
So glad that you and Art were paying attention and saved that forgotten child.
It happens in my hot country that a parent (usually the father) "forgets" (or not) the little one who is strapped in the safety seat in the back of the car. They come back to the car and find the poor child dead from the heat.
It is always better to forget the grocery bag than forgetting your kid !Just the thought of it scares me .
ReplyDeleteTiff looks pretty and her glares are so stylish .
hope her groceries weren't perishables...it's hard with so many pressures and stresses on modern day moms-really everyone. we all need to slow down and breathe...
ReplyDeleteTif is such a lovely young woman! I guess we all forget things from time to time! Really sad about the child left behind, thankfully, you and Art are the kind of people that wouldn't just shrug and walk away. We all do indeed need to take time to slow down and not just to smell the roses. Hope you have a wonderful day, Kay!
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Dina: Yes, that is the wound from the Maui trip this past summer. I told her to put a silicon strip over it to minimize scarring. The silicon strip really helped my long incision not scar after my thyroid operation in 2008.
ReplyDeleteEverybody: Thank you very much. I do think Tif is pretty, too, but I'm biased.
I, myself, have never forgotten a bag of groceries at the store. HOWEVER, the bagger once forgot to put a bag into my cart. He had placed it on the opposite side of the aisle for some reason. I noticed the loss when I got home.
ReplyDeleteI called the store, gave them the number of the cashier station (which was printed on the receipt), and confirmed that a bag had been left behind.
When I returned to the store, I found that my frozen goods had thawed. Grrr. Didn't think to ask for a new box of Scrambers!!!
So now, before I leave the store, I always check the opposite aisle to make sure none of my bags are there.
I remember being the mother if yound children, always checking the time, in a hurry, trying to do it all. I didn't forget my kids, thankfully, but I did lock myself out of my car with my toddler strapped inside. Fortunately it wasn't a hot day and I got help. That poor woman who left her child in the cart must be having nightmares even now.
ReplyDeleteI do always check the counter to make sure I have all of my items before leaving the grocery store. What I have done it forget to check the rack under the cart, where I have left a case of soda. Fortunately the store where I shop is only four blocks away.
I'm worse in clothing stores than supermarkets. I have been known to pay for an item with a credit card, take the bag, and leave the card, or, conversely, take the card and leave the item. At times I wonder if growing old is worth it but, as they say, it sure beats the alternative.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is right: Tif is very pretty, and you and Art are pretty special. Some people would have walked right past the child in the cart... obviously, everyone around you did, but not you two. Yay, Art and Kay!!
-- the other Kay,
the one in Alberta
How can you forget your child..
ReplyDeletedon't sweat the small stuff-
ReplyDeleteunless it's a child! Good for you and Art
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Tell Tiffany we all forget but forgetting your young child, I don't know about that one. Good thing he was not kidnapped, that would of been awful. Have a nice weekend.
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