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I think maybe this should have been my first rant, since it's a thousand times better! Here goes...
Last week while I was at work, I was just at my register, waiting for a customer (it was getting late, 9:30-ish) and a lady and her two little kids pull up in their cart. One kid was maybe 1 year old and the other was about 4-ish. I greeted them and proceeded to unlock my register (after a few minutes, it automatically secures itself). I heard the mom say, "Honey, why don't you help put our groceries up there!" Nothing out of the ordinary, moms usually want their kids to help out. But you would have thought this woman would know a little better. Because when I looked over at them, I saw that the 4-year-old girl was COVERED in her own vomit!
When I say "covered", I mean she had it in her hair, all over her face, on her clothes, and even on her arms and hands! And this woman was ENCOURAGING her to touch the groceries, which in turn had to be scanned by me. Oh gross.
ME - guess who!
SL - Stupid lady
ME: Excuse me, ma'am, did you know your little girl is covered in vomit? (I didn't know what else to say!)
SL: Yeah, I know. She did it out in the car.
ME: Well, do you realize that she's spreading germs and sickness through the store, and other people could get sick as well?
SL: *gives me a shocked look* What did you want me to do, leave her in the car? I can't just leave my child out in the car all alone!
ME: (ok, I didn't say ANYTHING about leaving her in the car) I understand that you can't leave her out there, but... *looks at the groceries, which have little splatters of puke on them) ...I might end up getting sick because of this.
SL: Oh, deal with it, it's not THAT bad!
Whoa. Excuse me? First of all, is it that much of an inconvenience to you to at least clean her off? The bathrooms are right by the doors, and there's plenty of paper towels in there for you to use. Maybe if you were smart and you KNEW your kid was sick, you would have maybe left her at home with her dad (if she had one) or maybe not even come at all? Surely you cant be in that much of a hurry to buy... marshmallows and bottled water? Not only is your poor kid suffering because she has to stew in her own vomit, but I do too! I have to dodge my fingers around the little puke splatters and hope to God I don't end up getting whatever she has! YUCK!
I checked her groceries anyways, although I should have maybe found some rubber gloves first. After I gave her the reciept and everything, she just said, very insincerely, "Sorry." Yup, apology accepted. NOT!
Afterwards, I washed my hands and wiped off my entire register before helping anyone else. The customer behind her didn't mind waiting for that. She also agreed that hey, it's not that friggin' hard to clean off your kid.
Last week while I was at work, I was just at my register, waiting for a customer (it was getting late, 9:30-ish) and a lady and her two little kids pull up in their cart. One kid was maybe 1 year old and the other was about 4-ish. I greeted them and proceeded to unlock my register (after a few minutes, it automatically secures itself). I heard the mom say, "Honey, why don't you help put our groceries up there!" Nothing out of the ordinary, moms usually want their kids to help out. But you would have thought this woman would know a little better. Because when I looked over at them, I saw that the 4-year-old girl was COVERED in her own vomit!
When I say "covered", I mean she had it in her hair, all over her face, on her clothes, and even on her arms and hands! And this woman was ENCOURAGING her to touch the groceries, which in turn had to be scanned by me. Oh gross.
ME - guess who!
SL - Stupid lady
ME: Excuse me, ma'am, did you know your little girl is covered in vomit? (I didn't know what else to say!)
SL: Yeah, I know. She did it out in the car.
ME: Well, do you realize that she's spreading germs and sickness through the store, and other people could get sick as well?
SL: *gives me a shocked look* What did you want me to do, leave her in the car? I can't just leave my child out in the car all alone!
ME: (ok, I didn't say ANYTHING about leaving her in the car) I understand that you can't leave her out there, but... *looks at the groceries, which have little splatters of puke on them) ...I might end up getting sick because of this.
SL: Oh, deal with it, it's not THAT bad!
Whoa. Excuse me? First of all, is it that much of an inconvenience to you to at least clean her off? The bathrooms are right by the doors, and there's plenty of paper towels in there for you to use. Maybe if you were smart and you KNEW your kid was sick, you would have maybe left her at home with her dad (if she had one) or maybe not even come at all? Surely you cant be in that much of a hurry to buy... marshmallows and bottled water? Not only is your poor kid suffering because she has to stew in her own vomit, but I do too! I have to dodge my fingers around the little puke splatters and hope to God I don't end up getting whatever she has! YUCK!
I checked her groceries anyways, although I should have maybe found some rubber gloves first. After I gave her the reciept and everything, she just said, very insincerely, "Sorry." Yup, apology accepted. NOT!
Afterwards, I washed my hands and wiped off my entire register before helping anyone else. The customer behind her didn't mind waiting for that. She also agreed that hey, it's not that friggin' hard to clean off your kid.
(x1000)
now.........
If my kid had chundered all over himself in the car, I would've turned that car right around, gone home, given him a bath and put him in bed (giving him small servings of bland foods after he got a good rest). I then would've called hubby, informed him of the situation and asked him to bring home the groceries I needed. (Then, of course, cleaned up the car while kiddo was sleeping.)
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