Target Trip

Today at Target I had a return to make. Zack & I were the only ones in line. We (meaning I) waited patiently while the lady in front of us made her return...

Target Employee: Well, you've got a lot of money to spend with this store credit, find yourself something big that you like.

Customer: How about tall, dark, handsome & employed?

TE: Sorry, we don't sell those here!

C: Really? What kind of store is this? Oh well, I'm really not in the market for those a anymore anyway. Nothing but trouble.

As she is now walking away from the counter...

C: Besides when you have one of those you end up with one of these (as she looks at Zack)! And those rugrats are just 25 years worth of more work!

I literally had to bite my tongue & hold my breath in an effort to keep my big ol' mouth shut. Serious? What I really wanted to say is, "Lady, you're an idiot." To some degree, I get that she probably thought she was funny, but it really fell flat...as it usually does if your joke is at his expense.

On the bright side, I witnessed the sweetest thing when I was checking out. My tellar was a bit older & had a few mix-ups ringing things up. I initially was looking to get in another line as Zack was standing in his seat & it was becoming apparent he was ready go. But I stayed. The girl in front of me was probably about 14 & it seemed she had some sort of special needs both physically & mentally...although she was definitely high-functioning (that is for all you elementary ed majors out there). Anyway, she was buying a mad-libs & 2 things of sour straws (or whatever those are called) as her things were being rung up, her mom & little sister had finished in their line & came to wait for her. Her total was $5.02...after digging in her wallet for a period of time she handed the tellar $2.02. The tellar explained the problem & the whole time her mom just watched & waited patiently...which I was willing to do as well, as it was obvious that it was important she do this on her own. After some more digging...at this point her mom mouthed a "thank you" to me...she produced a $20 bill & handed it to the tellar. She then received her change and was on her way. For some reason this whole event was just tender to me. It was so sweet to see this girl succeed & even sweeter to see the patience of her mother. I am sure if it were me, I would have butted in to make the transaction go faster. It was a good example to me of how sometimes the best way to mother is to stay on the sidelines...allowing your child to fail or succeed.