Raising lazy kids? Arrogance? Or act of kindness?

Raising lazy kids? Arrogance? Or act of kindness?

by Matt | Published on November 25th, 2007, 6:21 pm | Life

So I'm in Food Lion picking up some meats for the week. I get to the checkout and there's a lady in front of me just finishing getting checked out. She's bought a LOT of stuff.

With her is her son who looks to be about 12, lean, coherent, dressed well. He asked if he could get a soda while they were in check out. Mom, who is dressed quite stylishly and looks to be part of a family with plenty of money, obliges. Son gets his soda, and is dancing around drinking his drink like a normal preteen-teen kid. Lots of energy. My point is he looks to be a great health, mentally fit.

Their total comes to $190 or something in that neighborhood. Yea I was nosey about the total because they had a LOT of stuff. She pays, turns to the bagger who looks to be a high-schooler, and asks if he can help her load her car. Bagger looks at her, looks at her son, stutters a bit. Lady turns to the check out guy who wears the "assistant manager" badge and is dressed the part, and asks if the bagger can help her. The assistant manager says it's cool and sends the bagger out with the lady.

Now I'm thinking, "No freakin way".

I check out my few items and head outside. I look over the next row and there is the lady with her late model, gold trimmed Dodge SUV with son sitting in the front seat drinking his soda while the bagger, looking pathetically confused, hands the bags out of the cart and to the lady while she packs the car.

I shake my head and drive off. On the way home, I'm trying to figure this out. The lady seemed nice enough. She obviously was a regular at the store because she talked to some another clerk/manager and asked about night classes were going. The kid was obviously able to help.

Is this lady that lazy? Is her son useless? Or did she know the bagger and wanted him to earn an easy tip?

I'm surprised you got that kind of service. Normally I bag my own groceries at Food Lion. If you've got your receipt you can go to http://www.tellfoodlion.com and complain about being too service oriented.

As for the customer.... er... that's Greensboro.

Technically, that's America.

The American Dream is no longer a house with a white picket fence.... it's being Paris Hilton, and living like a Rock star. It's a delusion, and quite sad.

I like nice stuff, but some out there think the SUV, the HDTV, Iphone, Laptop, & Internet are a guarantee of normalcy in life. Here's my prediction... The Baby Boomers are going to suck us all dry before we're dead, and those who came after will be so inept, and so poor and over debted, homelessness will shoot through the roof, and all those dreams will be a flutter of the past.

I don't know... the lady seemed to be very familiar with the employees. I'm starting to wonder if it was an "inside job".

Back in the day, quite a few stores would let you drive up and the baggers would load your car for you. I think a few stores around Raleigh still have the strip that dings when you drive over it at the front of the store. I think you have to ask if you want your stuff put in your car.

"The kid was obviously able to help."

We'll we wouldn't want lil' prescious to break a sweat, now would we? :roll:

Mom would always have my brother and me load and unload the car when we were kids. My Dad would always say "That's what we had boys for!"

"Raising lazy kids? Arrogance? Or act of kindness?"

I'd say arrogance on this one. Everyone has become so demanding these days that they cannot do even the simplest tasks. What a great job setting an example for Junior.

even if that kid was a retard , I would've had him carry the groceries cause you know when they get home he have his paws all over the goodies.both the "Mom" and sonnyboy need someone to jerk a couple of knots in their asses.