So you're pregnant. Boo hoo
I live in the outskirts of Lille. I believe it's the part of the city where the population is the oldest. Banyak sungguh orang-orang tua berkeliaran in my area. I'm not an agist (obviously that word does not exist since when I'm writing this the word was underlined in red). I don't mind having to walk slowly behind an elderly person when the pavement is too narrow to overtake him/her. I wouldn't mind to let them go before me when I queue up at the post office or while boarding a bus. What I can't stand is the fact that they seem to be in a conspiracy against younger people when it comes to grocery shopping.
I mean, they are in their retirement. Retired people have all day to do everything they want to do. But why do they have to go to the supermarket all at once during the only hours where the young people are not busy to go for grocery shopping (ie. lunch breaks and between 6 and 8 in the evening).
Good luck if you're buying you groceries during those hours. The whole place is packed with old people. Dah la tu, you know how old people like to spend "wisely" and "not to waste anything". So instead of paying by card which takes a minute at most or by cash which takes 2, they have to pay by cheque (why people still use them in the supermarket - I have no idea) or even worse by coins - 1, 2 and 5 cents (Once a lady paid the 82 cents with 1 and 2 cents coins). And knowing how they don't trust younger people, THEY have to count the coins themselves. Oyy.
Now, I was not angry because of an old person when I went to the supermarket just now (maybe because it was raining they were all happily sitting in front of the fire having soup), but by a pregnant woman.
I am not inhumane. It's just that, I had a tiring day and it had been raining all day. The queue at the cashier was long and only after about 30 minutes, I arrived at the conveyor belt (oyy I took 3 minutes to find that word. I kept translating it as the 'rolling carpet' from the French word tapis roulant). Then, a woman had the nerves to ask me if I could let her go first. I had a basket with 3 items (coffee, Koko Krunch, and Lay's) while she had a trolley full of stuff (as if there was a war coming). She made it look obvious that she was pregnant. But her belly was too small for me to have a sympathy. Not after queuing for 30 minutes after having a bad rainy day. If I had it my way I'd say to her 'Yeah so you have a big belly. At least you're going to lose it after 9 months. I'm stuck with mine until God knows when'. Alas, I turned to her and smiled and said 'I don't mean to be unthoughtful, but I think you'd better ask the person behind me. It wouldn't be fair to her.' And she did just that.
Too bad we're not having this conversation in the garden. The plants would have loved the fertilizer.
Fran Fine - The Nanny
I mean, they are in their retirement. Retired people have all day to do everything they want to do. But why do they have to go to the supermarket all at once during the only hours where the young people are not busy to go for grocery shopping (ie. lunch breaks and between 6 and 8 in the evening).
Good luck if you're buying you groceries during those hours. The whole place is packed with old people. Dah la tu, you know how old people like to spend "wisely" and "not to waste anything". So instead of paying by card which takes a minute at most or by cash which takes 2, they have to pay by cheque (why people still use them in the supermarket - I have no idea) or even worse by coins - 1, 2 and 5 cents (Once a lady paid the 82 cents with 1 and 2 cents coins). And knowing how they don't trust younger people, THEY have to count the coins themselves. Oyy.
Now, I was not angry because of an old person when I went to the supermarket just now (maybe because it was raining they were all happily sitting in front of the fire having soup), but by a pregnant woman.
I am not inhumane. It's just that, I had a tiring day and it had been raining all day. The queue at the cashier was long and only after about 30 minutes, I arrived at the conveyor belt (oyy I took 3 minutes to find that word. I kept translating it as the 'rolling carpet' from the French word tapis roulant). Then, a woman had the nerves to ask me if I could let her go first. I had a basket with 3 items (coffee, Koko Krunch, and Lay's) while she had a trolley full of stuff (as if there was a war coming). She made it look obvious that she was pregnant. But her belly was too small for me to have a sympathy. Not after queuing for 30 minutes after having a bad rainy day. If I had it my way I'd say to her 'Yeah so you have a big belly. At least you're going to lose it after 9 months. I'm stuck with mine until God knows when'. Alas, I turned to her and smiled and said 'I don't mean to be unthoughtful, but I think you'd better ask the person behind me. It wouldn't be fair to her.' And she did just that.
Too bad we're not having this conversation in the garden. The plants would have loved the fertilizer.
Fran Fine - The Nanny
3 Comments:
satu lagi, bagi aku sangat menyakitkan hati bile aku beratur dengan cuma 2 sos spagetti ngan sepeket spagetti di kaunter express, tapi di depan aku ade sorang makcik yang tak tua sangat, kuat lagi dengan sebakul barang melebihi 10 items.
pregnant women have constricted bladder...dia tak tahan nak g toilet kot...hehehe
tu la...best jd perempuan ni... ;p
k riey
aku takleh nak kata apa sebab kadang² aku pun buat cam tu
cik mos
women. they want equality of rights and treatment and yet they still insist that men should always hold the door and get the check on a date
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