Yesterday I did a quick stop to the store to pick up a couple things for dinner. I happened to have my two oldest daughters with me and just figured all would be well. They are 9 and 7 after all, there shouldn’t be any public humiliation.
Boy howdy, was I ever so very wrong!
Now I was only there for a few minutes-10 tops-and in the short amount of time they fought over pushing the stupid cart (that we didn’t even need), kept crashing into to me, yelling at each other and at one point they were playing tug-o-war with the cart right in the middle of the very busy aisle with people waiting for them to move coming both ways.
I was so flustered that I didn’t even get my ginormous Rice Krispie treat I was hoping for! I just wanted out and out fast!
I know that as the parent it is my responsibility to teach my children how to act in public so I should give plenty of opportunities for them to practice good behavior but that teeny tiny moment made me think of an even better idea.
Years ago, before I had kids and was an expert on everything from marriage to raising children, I had noticed a gas station with a drive thru and I thought, “That’s so pathetic that people can’t walk in to buy their cigarettes/snacks/Big Gulps! What is our society coming to??” Now I am singing a very different tune.
When I have my children, I pick restaurants with a drive thru. If I have to get a prescription filled, I go to the Walmart with a drive thru pharmacy-there is no way in Hades I’m walking to the far end of the store with 3 kids! Do you know how many impulse buy aisles there are between the front door and the pharmacy?? I got so tired of saying ‘no’ 75 times within a shopping trip, I almost never take children with me to the store.
Yes, I want every store I might actually go to to have a drive thru.
Can you imagine the beauty and ease of going to pick up milk and bread or that emergency pack of diapers?
Checker over drive thru intercom: Hi, welcome to Walmart! Can I take your order?
Me in my van: Yes, I would like 4 gallons of your 1%, 3 loaves of bread, a package of pull-ups, medium, and a jumbo tub of Metamucil.
C: Sure, would you like an order of tampons or hemorrhoid cream to go with that?
M: No, but could I also get one of your $8 bras, size “Holy Moly” in a classy leopard print?
C: Do you need any impulse buy items like cheap useless toys or candy that shouldn’t be ingested?
M: No, thanks. But I would like a jumbo Diet Coke and a pretzel.
C: No problem! That’ll be $30. Please pull up to the next window.
Oh, to dream the impossible dream…
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5 comments:
LOL! Yes your dream is impossible- all of that for $30 :). There are some grocery stores where you can place your orders online and even have them deliver! Now we are talking.
get your milk and bread and es from winder ...it's more expensive but they deliver ... I laughed and laughed!! Or should I say rotfl!
that es should say eggs
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the world isn't very "kid friendly"
i also would like to petition for a drive thru window to pick up my holds at the library. since they already have drive thrus for dropping books off my idea wouldn't be THAT much of a stretch, would it?
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