Life in a Chair
Top Shelf, Glass Jars, and Ask the Kid
You're in the grocery aisle and the thing you need is on the top shelf. What's the actual move in a chair?
Depends what store you're in. If you're in a Publix, there's usually someone close by who's willing to help. Publix people are the shit, man. I think they're happier because they own part of the store. They have a stake in the business. Winn-Dixie and the other stores, they're just employees.
Aldi's nice. The aisles are really wide and the doors open easy, so I shop there quite a bit. But it's not a helpful store for people in chairs. You've got to bag your own stuff in boxes, and if you want a cart, you've got to pay a quarter for it.
Anywhere other than Publix, I'll sit there and wait a little bit. If no one's coming down the aisle, I'll just grab a customer: "Hey, could you grab that for me?" They're usually pretty nice. Some people you can tell just don't want to be bothered, so you ignore them and go on to the next one. Last resort, I go find an employee.
And by the way, half the stuff on the top shelf is glass. Put the plastic up top and the glass on the bottom. People are going to hurt themselves.
What's one thing a stranger did, good or bad, when you asked for help that you still remember?
The kids always like to help. If you see a kid with his mom, it's "Hey, little man, can you help me get that?" Ask the kids for the stuff on the low shelf. It makes them happy, and it makes their mom proud. Then you tell her, "You've got such a nice kid, so polite," and you make their day.
Or some people are just nice. Tell them to have a blessed day. Maybe somebody needed that. Just a simple "Hey, have a great day" to whoever's grabbing me stuff off the shelf.
It always gives you an opportunity to bless someone. God bless, have a great day.
Pro tip: don't go shopping hungry.
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