Source: Reddit
Trying to buy something as mundane as mayo or cheese at the grocery store right now is a mission. I waited in line for 20 minutes and I was finally next in line, thank f**king god. I knew the old lady in front of me wasn’t going to be quick but whatever, I was next. Now, this was my first time going to the store since this whole quarantine situation started and I was not prepared. The kid at the register was done. I mean can barely function, running on no sleep, dealing with the dregs of humanity all day kind of done. I felt so bad for him through all of this. On top of it all, it was his first day.
The old lady was 70+ wearing a hand knitted hat and a cat hair covered sweater with no teeth. She seemed sweet and helpless. She handed the kid a coin purse and said “this is all the money I have and I dont think it’s going to be enough” He asked her if she could start counting her change and she said “no, you do it”
Ok. Rude but whatever, I offered to help count it out. It came out to only $8 and she had about $50 worth of groceries. I asked if she had food stamps to which she replied she had run out. I didn’t have much money, maybe $100 to pay for my stuff so I offered to help pay if she removed the 3 cases of Pepsi she had. She agreed. I went ahead and paid and helped her bag her stuff. I hear the kid say “Sh*t. I didn’t remove the soda”
It was his first day and it was hell. I wasn’t upset with him, the poor guy made a mistake. BUT THEN, the lady says “yay I get to keep my soda”
Me: wait. How did you expect to pay for all of this if you knew you didn’t have enough?
OL: someone always pays for me because they feel bad.
Me: seriously? People are out of work right now and you are ok with taking advantage of people so you can have your f**king pepesi?
Now, the people behind me are screaming at her to give me her soda since I paid for it so I can get a refund. She went from timid old lady to raging hag in 2 seconds. She starts screaming that we are trying to steal from her. I tell them I dont want the f**king soda and she can’t keep it. She neeeeds her soooooda.
Me: lady, you are a f**king scumbag. I am struggling to purchase my own groceries and so is everyone else here and you have no shame? You just took from my children.
The old lady then reaches for her Walker and swings it at me saying she knows how to defend herself while the cashier kid is almost in tears apologizing. Another cashier grabbed her walker and escorted her out as I told her to f**k off. I’ve never yelled at an old lady before. I tried to comfort the cashier and told him it’s not his fault, he’s doing his best.
I feel like such a tool and I want to run that lady over with her scooter.
