Open Letter to Grocery Stores
Dear Grocery Stores:
Why do you love to torture parents so? It’s bad enough that you line the checkout aisles with candy and toys, but then you put Sandy the One Penny Pony right by the door so that I have to hear about “riding the pony” the entire grocery trip. Adding insult to injury, you place the claw-grabby-toy-no-one-wins game right by the pony ride. (You try explaining to a 3 year old why mommy can’t win the Dora doll at the bottom. EVER.)
I thought the slurpie/soda machine just a few steps down from the game was the cherry on top…until you brought in the car carts. Have you ever tried to get groceries in those top-heavy carts that threaten to tip over as soon as you let go of the handle? Not only that, what is the purpose of having a basket the size of a crayon box for groceries while the rest of the cart is taken up by a car…WITH A TELEVISION. (You try explaining to your 3 year old why daddy lets her ride in the car cart but mommy doesn’t.)
But even worse is that you charge FIVE DOLLARS to “rent” that cart…that I can’t fit groceries in…and then guilt me by posting that the money goes to the children’s hospital. Now I not only have to feel bad for not letting my kid rent one, but for also not giving to sick kids.
Thanks for that.
Love,
Jackie
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I hate those carts! I always tell Brennen that they are broken. Not only do they not fit all my groceries that I need buy inside them, but you also can’t take them out of the store, so you have to unload everything into another cart and get the 3 year old out of it. Ugh!