Goat Day #6: Not so sweet home Alabama

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I’m not normally one to interfere with peoples decisions, however I find myself calling people out on their bullshit more and more. Earlier today while at Costco, I notice that while unloading my kids from the car, a shiny new cart appears beside the car. Is this a gift from somebody that knows that I will need a cart, so they left it for me? I doubt it. Normally, I let it slide… not this time.

I stroll up the the car beside me, already in the process of backing out, and knock on the window. I asked the driver (lady, probably upper 40’s) politely if she would mind taking her cart back to where she got it from, as it’s probably about a foot from my car, and the area is particularly windy and also don’t be a lazy bitch.

Her reasoning was that she looked, and didn’t see one of the many cart return places that was nearby. My rebuttal was of course that she was parked in the 2nd closest spot to the store (I was in the 1st), and it was a mere 20 foot walk to put it back where it came from. She continued to spew off excuses, so I just let her have it. I did everything except move the cart behind her car so she’d have to get out and move it.

Her final response was “Well, I was going to move it, but you had to be a smart ass about it” as she drives away. No lady, I gave you several chances to be an adult, and only after it was clear you give 0 shits about anybody but yourself, did I start becoming an asshole. It was at that point I noticed her plate read “God Bless America”.

Not sure if I should have let it go, but it seems like common decency is not all that common any more.

So, you ever get into it with a stranger? Who was the asshole in the situation?

Loo hooo hooo hoooooser