I made my Friday trip to the grocery store with Bear.

I got too much stuff as usual. I stood in line to load my stuff on the conveyor belt. A man was in front of me, buying all sorts of things. I knew he had a baby since he had baby food on the belt. He talked to me about Tommy, found out he had 2 small children who were in preschool and daycare. He was a really nice guy.

The cashier must have known him, she was all smiles and chatter with him. He finished checking out, and then it was my turn. He turned around, said Good bye to me, and Good luck. The cashier turned to me and it was like Jeckel and Hyde. She was not all smiles and chatter with me. She irritatingly asked me How I was and proceeded to check my groceries out. Asked me if I had a Safeway card, kind of threw it back at me. She proceeded to talk to another cashier who was just coming on, all smiles and chatter. WTF?!

She told me my total, I had the money already out and waiting, I always know how much everything is going to be. She was still turned around talking to the other cashier. Tommy was starting to get fussy. I stood there with my hand out for like 3 minutes waiting for her to take my money. I said nothing. But I turned my head to tend to my son.

When I felt her finally take the money, I turned around and she just had the change out in her hand as if she was waiting for me, for a long time. She had this look of disgust on her face, like I was wasting her time. Again I said nothing.

All my groceries are loaded up in my cart and I am ready to leave. I am waiting for my receipt and coupons from her when she starts to check out the next person.

I ask her if I could get my receipt and coupons and she looks at me as if I was a brand new person. WTF is this lady's problem, she rips them off the thingiee and throws them at me. I just shake my head at her and say nothing.

What I should have said, is "Lady, you need to find another job or something, because obviously customer service doesn't agree with you. I am sorry I am not a man that you can flirt with, I'm sorry that I am taking up too much of your time to check out my groceries, hand me my receipt and coupons or even smile at me. I am sorry your life sucks so much that you find it necessary to be rude to me, when I am a paying customer."

Instead I said nothing. And next Friday she will probably be there. But I have decided that if she's the cashier in the line I choose, I will wait in a different line!