Naughty Jester
Innuendo’ed musings on life, the universe and nothing in particular
Super Teeters
Has anyone ever challenge your authority? Or have you possibly met a person who defied gender?
Yesterday I ventured to the local Piggly Wiggly. Which is the best name I’ve heard for a grocery store since Harris Teeter (which, when I say out loud, conjures up images of man with nipple rings.)
“I hope you found everything you were looking for and had a marvelous shopping experience,” said the smiling bagboy as we laid out our sundry items on the belt to be rung up.
“The best I’ve ever had,” I replied.
“This bottle is empty,” interrupted the checkout person having real trouble scanning it.
“My partner swallowed that bottle of Squirt cola so please just charge us for it (which my partner always does),” I explained, trying hard to identify our checker-outer’s gender. The nametag read “Nancy” and “she” had huge brillowy hair. However, “she” had the distinct mannerisms and voice of man.
“Just switch to manual mode and punch in the code,” chimed-in the ebullient bagsacker.
“I know how to do this. Maybe you should just do your own job,” Nance shot back, fumbling with the register. Later they practically came to fisticuffs while sacking my remaining groceries.
Got me thinking about the times in my life when someone had questioned my competence in public. Many times I reacted emotionally. My expansive view of the world shrank. I found myself bitter and resentful. And small thinking is hard to let go of.
Funny how little incidents, which mean nothing in the grand scheme of life, can so bleed us of our compassion.
Have you ever had your competence challenged in public?
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5 Responses to “Super Teeters”
I am sure in my life I have had either my authority or competence challenged in this life, publicly. I probably hated it most when it was a relative – brother, spouse, etc. I am also pretty certain it bothered me and I agree that it was petty to be so bothered.
You know, I have lived in the South for 4 years plus, now, and have yet to venture into a Piggly Wiggly. We do business with someone who sells to them and he calls them The Pig (not pejoratively). Kroger, Publix, Wally World, the extent of my shopping pleasure, except for my morning Mapco Coffees (better than Starbucks and cheaper too).
Fun blog. Thanks.
Dan
Daniel Wilson | June 8th, 2009, 9:27 amLet’s see if I can make this short… I have had my competence challenged.
pam | June 8th, 2009, 5:31 pmI left a co management position and took a service desk coordinator position with another company. One night a lady asked me to check a mark down to see if it was marked down more. I politely told her that was impossible, we didn’t have a file open to check mark downs on mark downs. She got really upset and said she knew I was wrong, etc, call the manager. Which I did. The manager came up, took the item and went to the mark down machine… The whole time I’m thinking why, I know she can’t do that.. As the manager is doing this the customer looked me, pointed to the manager and said, ‘That’s why SHE is the manager!’
I managed to bite my tongue, but this incident will never sit well with me. Basically my manager tricked the woman and let me look like an ass.
Even writing this is making me mad…
i have several similar experiences ….
sucks …
and old resents burn like a hot coal
Naughty Jester | June 8th, 2009, 8:20 pmDaniel,
thx fer stoppin by
need to find me a mapco …
Naughty Jester | June 8th, 2009, 8:21 pmcheers darling…
fun blog….i see
how you take such
liberties with
life….hehe
miss partner~
miss partner.... | June 8th, 2009, 8:46 pmAdd A Comment