I always thought my child would be the well behaved one. And for the most part, he is. But every child has his or her moments? Mine always occur when going to the grocery store. This is a recent thing where Lucas screams because he hates sitting in the cart. Now I literally dread going to the grocery store because of it. Until recently I discovered that if I let him sit in the back part of the cart with a snack he will sit for hours. Ashley and I would like to design a grocery cart where the openings for the child's legs are on the opposite side, because once a child is 1 they want to see what is going on around them.. they don't want to look at mom.
Anyway... this new "trick" of mine has been working wonders until today. Today we walked in to the market, I put Lucas in the cart, and proceeded to enter. That's when this lady stopped me and said,
" You are going to let your child sit there with his dirty shoes touching where everyone else puts their food!"
I literally did not know what to say. So I looked her in the eyes and said, "Uh-huh".
She then stopped in front of me, making it impossible to pass, walked back and got three disinfecting wipes and made me sit and watch her clean the entire cart. I should have said, "We didn't use that cart, so it's probably clean" But I bit my tongue.
I mean really? Am I in the wrong here? Yes, it is probably not sanitary. BUT are grocery carts sanitary? Raw meat sits in the cart and not everyone puts it in a bag. I know there are germs everywhere... I just try and not think about them.
Ok I am off my soap box. Just wondered if I am the crazy one here...
