So I went groceries shopping today. 250 grams of bacon, 1 kg of potatoes, a carton of milk and a sixpack (bottles) of Amstel Herfstbock.

There were no baskets left.

Even though I had a small list in terms of needed items, the total mass of my 4 acquisitions could still only be awkardly held in my two arms.

There was a long cue.

Putting the sixpack down to relieve some of the burden, I surveyed the crowd around me. I forgot most of them by this point. I noticed that 4 of the 8 female employees visible were officially "hot".

There was a tall blond haired guy in front of me.

He had a 24 bottle crate of Heineken, the only thing he was buying. I silently applauded the weekend alcoholism, yet at the same time resented his beer choice.

There were two fat ugly girls two places down in the next row leering at me.

Then the Arab appeared. I jokingly call him that since he's the only Arab working at this particular store at this particular time. He says another checkout will be opened.

I was chuffed.

The particular checkout, manned by said Arab, was right in front of me. Obviously the two people in front of me in the same queue quickly moved to the new checkout. I did the same.

There was a small, fat older lady.

With a pretty young daughter (I'd say about 10, maybe 12). In the line to me left. She moved with speed and grace that belied her circle-esque stature, the daughter, oblivious to the disgraceful deed her mother just commited, trailing in her wake.

I was left amazed...

if only for an instant, quickly gathering myself to move and not lose another place in the queue, I lined up behind the woman. I contemplated whether I should say something. I decided not to engage first. I looked around for possible support.

There was a woman two queues to my left.

She noticed. She saw. I looked at her, she shamefully grinned, almost apoligizing for her fellow human's rude behaviour. I turned my gaze at the offender. She had her back turned. I looked at the daughter. She had had no clue. I smiled, ad-libbed the Dutch for "goddamnit" and turned to look at the woman two queues down. She was laughing.


I feel like I contributed something special to society today.

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all this reading for nothing... you should be ashamed!

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But I'm a hip-hop baby, from the heart I never flip flop baby.

so basically you got que-jumped?


when there are no baskets left i get a trolly, or i go up to the checkouts and get a basket from there on my way round the supermarket, i love supermarket shopping

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Pride is an abomination. One must forego the self to obtain total spiritual creaminess, and avoid the chewy chunks of degradation.

i hate supermarket shopping

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But I'm a hip-hop baby, from the heart I never flip flop baby.

What a waste of bandwidth. Rukas should ban you for costing him money to write that shit. Stop smoking reefer and maybe you won't need to run to the grocery store that often. Didn't even read that shit, bitch.

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An Irishman, a German, and a Douche walk into a gay bar....

I'm sorry, I should've mentioned, it wasn't meant for your kind of people.

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Heterosexuals? Well, go call Beautiful Angel in here and you two can try and beat each other straight. Didn't realize orientation mattered so much at grocery stores.

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An Irishman, a German, and a Douche walk into a gay bar....

I hate when people do that.. Especially when the check-out person says it directly to you and then that cue becomes as long as the one you were already in! If I knew Dutch I woulda done the same.

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Second round and you're already down to gay jokes?

C'mon, rich boy, you can do better. You're smart, witty and full of sarcasm. Surely you can come up with something creative.

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A rather uneventful day, it seems?

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