Monday, September 30, 2013

Sunday afternoon

So, as hunter-gatherer tribes have done for the past several million years, Craig and I went on our weekly hunting & gathering expedition to Costco yesterday.

One of the items I needed for our cave was a chair mat. I'm notoriously rough on these things, and 6-12 months is about average for me. So I grabbed one off the pile, and was carrying it by the handles

When I got to check-out, the guy took it from me and set it upright in the cart, saying this would make it easier to transport. So it looked like this:

Side view

Front view

Seemed like a good idea. This way, if I was attacked by stone-throwing members of the rival Samsclub tribe, I'd have a shield.

Until I tried to push the cart. When I discovered I had this view:


Yes, that's Craig in front of the cart, trying to help me navigate my way out without killing anyone or denting another family's dinomobile.

After a few minutes of struggling with this, some 10 year-old walked by and said, "Mister, why don't you just pull the cart instead?"

Craig still hasn't stopped making fun of me (though it's not like he thought of it, either).
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19 comments:

  1. Sara L. UckelmanSeptember 30, 2013 at 4:22 AM

    Thanks for a Monday morning laugh!

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  2. MalSeptember 30, 2013 at 6:44 AM

    Or stop, and move the chairmat to be along the side of the trolley instead of accross it.

    Or roll it up tightly and wrap something around it to hold it - eg an extra shopping bag.

    Or make Craig carry it.

    It's easy to think up solutions from outside the problem. Much more difficult when you're in the middle of it.

    Glad to have you back, Grumpy. Hope you and the family are doing well.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 7:38 AM

    Sounds like the neurologist could benefit from a neuro exam. Just sayin'. :)

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  4. Medic2RNSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:38 AM

    Don't worry Dr Grumpy, sometimes it's difficult to see the bigger picture when looking through the opaque chair mat!

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  5. Lisa September 30, 2013 at 9:03 AM

    How in the world do you manage to wear those things out? I have the same one that was issued to me 13 years ago when I first started working at my job. Come to think about it, it's nasty. Maybe I should throw it away.

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  6. bunkywiseSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    Cripes, we did it exactly the same way when we bought one not long ago. I feel pretty stupid!

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  7. PackerSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    @LISA 903. You are probably a slip of a person, what, maybe 130 pounds, yours can last 15 years, me I am 74 inches tall and 240* pounds , mine last 5 years, (BMI class is how much) Grumpy is using his up every three years , so he is_____

    * on best day.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Do kids really say "mister" any more?!?

    By the way, Packer's comment cracked me up.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:45 AM

    OfficerCynical, Naked is a brand of juice similar to Odwalla

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 1:37 PM

    bet the observant kid was a boyscout, too

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    too bad you werent wearing scrubs, and could ve been mistaken for a neurosurgeon !

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  12. bobbieSeptember 30, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    As long as Craig's hair was unharmed...

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  13. Frantic PharmacistSeptember 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    Analytical 10-year olds at Costco are THE WORST.
    (P.S. Welcome back!)

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  14. OMDGSeptember 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM

    Dork.

    ;-)

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  15. a.generic docSeptember 30, 2013 at 3:41 PM

    The question the kid didn't ask, "How did you get out of Costco with so few items in your cart?"

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM

    Can I have a Pollyanna moment here and say it gives me some hope for the youth of America - they're able to innovate, find easy solutions through observation, and most importantly, take care of struggling old people!

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:14 PM

    Why not put it sideways in the cart?

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  18. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    so what was your response to the 10 year old? :p

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  19. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    And so begins the opening scene of the sci-fi thriller-
    "Rise of the Ten-Year Olds"

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So wadda you think?