I had a fight at the grocery store (doesn’t everyone?)

Eva wrote:

You say it was an older lady? I probably wouldn't have felt threatened. I would have just announced, "EXCUSE ME! Let me move this out of your way," then I'd have moved the cart myself. I wouldn't have wanted to alarm my child.

She had already moved it - when I turned I saw her just finishing pushing it. The look of terror on my daughter's face set me off on top of thought of some one touching my child. My child was alarmed before I even said a word.

She told me after "Mommy I was so scared when that lady pushed me."

Linkat wrote:

I walk up to this intruder and push her down screaming what the f*ck is wrong with you -

What would you have done to this person?

Are you saying that you assaulted this person?

Did she call the police about your attack on her person?

Linkat wrote:

Eva wrote:

You say it was an older lady? I probably wouldn't have felt threatened. I would have just announced, "EXCUSE ME! Let me move this out of your way," then I'd have moved the cart myself. I wouldn't have wanted to alarm my child.

She had already moved it - when I turned I saw her just finishing pushing it. The look of terror on my daughter's face set me off on top of thought of some one touching my child. My child was alarmed before I even said a word.

She told me after "Mommy I was so scared when that lady pushed me."

Did your little child then scream help, when the stranger started to move the cart, or did she remain quiet, while being abducted?

From now on when I go to the grocery store with my kids the first thing I'm doing is putting a coconut in one of the reusable burlap bags we have.

From now on when I go to the grocery store with my kids the first thing I'm doing is putting a coconut in one of the reusable burlap bags we have.

You mean conservationist. .....

Bloody hell Linkat.

You know, people just wont wait even a few seconds for anybody to move out of their way in the supermarket will they (or on the roads either) and this kind of behavior is indicative of that.

However I don't think I would have laid my hands on this person!



Perhaps I would've just had a stern word with her but who knows. The supermarket can bring out strange behavior in everybody.

My mother had her bottom smacked and was told "naughty naughty" by an elderley lady once (complete stranger) when she was looking at the cream cakes!!!

Yes I realise that now.



Please don't hit me.

Whenever I see a baby/kid in a cart blocking something I need, I just yell to everyone in the general area, "Hey, selfish f*ck, move your goddammed brat so I can get some f*cking acorn squash!"

I never touch the cart though. I'm sensitive like that.

But I hit her, some posts later, with brussel sprouts...

So here I am - a mild manner petite mom pushing her little pre-schooler in the grocery cart in the produce department. I "park" the cart aside so as not to block other shoppers. I step a few feet away to collect some fresh produce. After I gather the produce, I look up in alarm as this older woman starts to push the carriage with my little girl in it. My daughter has a look of terror on her face.

I walk up to this intruder and push her down screaming what the f*ck is wrong with you - don't you dare touch my child! I guess the protective mom got the better of me.

Well not really, but I did sort of yell at her. Then I calmed a bit and said, "You never push a carriage with some one else's child in it. If you wanted to get at something all you had to do was ask me to move the carriage." She pretty much wouldn't look at me - possibly frightened her half to death. I think she got the hint though. I told my daughter if it ever happened again to scream her bloody head off at the person.

What would you have done to this person?

ossobuco wrote:

But I hit her, some posts later, with brussel sprouts...

That wasn't me.