On Labours’ Day
It was truly a ‘labour’ day for me. I had to follow my mom to the supermarket to get cheap groceries and store up some wheat base foodstuff. My role was to guard the loaded trolley and push it through the crowd. Not an easy labour though…
I like to observe others. Hence, whenever it was too difficult for me to push the big trolley down the rows of canned food or shampoos, I’d parked the trolley at a corner, stood there and started gazing…
I saw some aunties who were choosing grapes. As they were depositing the chosen ones into the plastic bag, they so conveniently placed one into their mouths. Well, if they only did that once, they could be excused for wanting to try before buying. BUT, some did that many times before they finally decided to weigh and get the price stickers.
As someone walked pass the stack of plastic bags meant for beans and grains, she took some and put it into her big handbag. I wonder what else is inside.
Next, I saw those as they were pushing their trolleys through the isles, suddenly decided that they didn’t want to buy one of the items that were already in their trolley, they took it out and placed it wherever the decision was made. So, that explains why a packet of biscuits could be found among the piles of oranges, or a bottle of A&W root beer could be seen among the bottles of detergents.
The next scene was the first I’ve ever seen.
A boy took a small packet of sweets which he wished that his mom would buy for him. When his mother realized that, she took it from his hand and directly placed it in a trolley nearby that belonged to someone who was busy choosing fresh prawns. She quickly held her son’s hand and walked up the escalator!! (I just had to end that sentence with an exclamation mark.) Ridiculous!
What are we teaching our next generation?! The granddaughter of that aunty would think that it’s right to taste grapes before buying. The grandson of that uncle would be putting the ice cream that he could not own among the shelves of flour. And the son of that lady would think that simply putting things that he doesn’t want into other’s trolley is alright!
I like to observe others. Hence, whenever it was too difficult for me to push the big trolley down the rows of canned food or shampoos, I’d parked the trolley at a corner, stood there and started gazing…
I saw some aunties who were choosing grapes. As they were depositing the chosen ones into the plastic bag, they so conveniently placed one into their mouths. Well, if they only did that once, they could be excused for wanting to try before buying. BUT, some did that many times before they finally decided to weigh and get the price stickers.
As someone walked pass the stack of plastic bags meant for beans and grains, she took some and put it into her big handbag. I wonder what else is inside.
Next, I saw those as they were pushing their trolleys through the isles, suddenly decided that they didn’t want to buy one of the items that were already in their trolley, they took it out and placed it wherever the decision was made. So, that explains why a packet of biscuits could be found among the piles of oranges, or a bottle of A&W root beer could be seen among the bottles of detergents.
The next scene was the first I’ve ever seen.
A boy took a small packet of sweets which he wished that his mom would buy for him. When his mother realized that, she took it from his hand and directly placed it in a trolley nearby that belonged to someone who was busy choosing fresh prawns. She quickly held her son’s hand and walked up the escalator!! (I just had to end that sentence with an exclamation mark.) Ridiculous!
What are we teaching our next generation?! The granddaughter of that aunty would think that it’s right to taste grapes before buying. The grandson of that uncle would be putting the ice cream that he could not own among the shelves of flour. And the son of that lady would think that simply putting things that he doesn’t want into other’s trolley is alright!
thoughts by Lee Xe Hui @ 11:35 PM
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