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A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “No.” The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, “Now Ellen, we just have half of the aisles left to go through; don’t be upset. It won’t be that long.”
He passed the mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn’t have any, she began to cry. The mother said, “There, there, Ellen, don’t cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we’ll be checking out.”
The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible
tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased today.
The mother patiently said, “Ellen, we’ll be through this check-out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice nap.”
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her. “I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Ellen…”
The mother broke in, “My little girl’s name is Tammy…
“I’m Ellen.”
Ha! Good one!
This is great! Thanks Evan!
As a Mom of five, I had many grocery store experiences. One was memorable. After filling the cart full, standing in line, checking out , and pushing the cart rather far to our car, I noticed my three year old had a package of gum in his little hand. I, too, was ready for a nap. I thought , while loading the groceries into the car, I really don’t want to take the time to go back into all that for a tiny pack of gum. But, this is a learning opportunity. Honesty is more important. So I locked up, and walked my son back, and explained that he could have the gum, but we always had to pay the lady for it, and he could have a nickel to hand her. “The hireling fleeth”, but real moms don’t.
Oh, Evan, this is priceless.
hahaha!! that’s too funny!!! <3