Between visits from my many delivery men, these are my observations from my day out running errands in the real world.
Took the beagle basset for a ride to the vets to pick up medication for the old lab. I figured the bb could benefit from a visit that didn't involve holding him down and torturing him. He had a blast.
Which brings me to the woman who wasn't having a blast. She had a beautiful big dog of some breed that impresses me but's name escapes me. Very well behaved, healthy, happy dog. This woman clearly hated life. She wore it on her face. She just didn't hate life, she hated everyone and everything. She had a scowl on her face and looked like she was holding in going postal on the world.
Why is this worthy of mention here today? The entire time I spent standing near her, I couldn't help thinking, "I'll bet this is what no excuses is like in real life."
After dropping the dog off at the house (it was too sunny to take him with me all day), going to the dentist and running more errands, I ended up at the grocery store. It was clearly welfare day. The percentage of crack and pill addicts was way too high.
I encountered one couple in an isle where a soy sauce bottle was broken. The woman, wearing flip flops (it was 60 degrees out), dressed like she got out of bed, and hadn't bathed in a while, was being dramatic acting like she had hurt herself slipping on the sauce. Come on, it was BROWN. It's not like it was water and she couldn't have seen it. I wouldn't bet she broke soy bottle herself.
Later, I encounter another lovely couple on the other side of the store. The middle aged woman is wearing swishy pants (those loose nylon athletic pants) that are too tight and a loose cut off dirty t-shirt showing her rolls of fat. She's in my way. I politely say "excuse me" and she responds to the air in general about how she CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THE STORE. As I pass by with my cart, I sweetly say, "What a coincidence, I can't wait either."
At the checkout, I'm behind two groups. The soy sauce couple (who look very unhealthy and disgusting) and a lovely pregnant lady. The soy sauce couple is first. Their cart is filled with junk food and pop. Total bill is $102, they pull out their "access" card which is the modern version of food stamps. The pregnant lady had a cart filled with fresh fruits and vegetables and beautiful meats. She was a delightful, sweet person. We talked about how her chicken looked much fresher than mine. Hers was from the bargain area and mine was full price. This lady sure new how to shop. Total bill $96, and she pulls out her "access" card.
I couldn't help but be disgusted by the drug addicts in the store. Here's this lovely pregnant woman who is an absolute delight to talk about the weather with and she's buying healthy food for the same price as the garbage the rest of them are buying. It just seems like such a waste of tax payer dollars to support these drug addicts. And I don't have one problem with tax paying dollars helping the health conscious mother. I'd never really given it a thought before, but this was my first time I've been grocery shopping on what was clearly welfare day.
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