After I scream, I try to be polite, but they often berate me.
After I have screamed in surprise, I usually turn to them, smile and say, “Please let me know if am in your way. I will happily move.”
Others look at me and say they didn’t hit me with the cart. One time I was jostled hard enough that I had to grab the shelf in front of me, knocking boxes off. A box hit the customer on the shoulder and she told me I needed to be more careful. My three children are grown with children of their own. However, my one daughter seems to think that I should give her a card, whereas I think her own children should have that filial duty when they are old enough to understand. It was Miss Manners’ own dear mother who declared Mother’s Day to be a mistaken notion. “It implies that there are 364 days on which children do not have to show their love and appreciation for their mothers,” she would say.
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