So, I have issues with errands in general…I just really don’t like doing them, but out of all the errands I need to do, I think grocery shopping is the one I really hate. You would think given the fact that I like food so much that I would really like grocery shopping, but I don’t. Why? Read on:

10.)The guy who works in the produce or meat department who always stares at me…really stares at me. Ok, yes I know, I have two kids who might or might not be acting like banshees, I probably do have formula stains or dried graham cracker all over me, and yes I am wearing the same pants I wore yesterday…and the day before, but really that doesn’t make me an alien or someone worthy of “the stare”.  STOP IT.

9.) Those child size carts. This may make me a bad mommy but oh well…those little carts are annoying. Not only does Ellie want to push it, but her driving skills stink, which means she pushes it into a display thus causing it to come crashing down…and earning me a death glare from the manager.  HELLO!  If you didn’t put these nuisances in your store I wouldn’t have to choose between royally t-ing off my daughter and your pretty displays.

8.) The cashier who acts like she has never seen someone buy 6 cases of Coke Zero. Did you look at the guy who bought 6 cases of beer like that?

7.) The women with two or more kids who decide that they haveto use two carts…one to put the kids in and one to shop. Ok, if you could do that without running me or my kids over in the process that would be fine, but according to the back of my legs YOU CAN’T so buy a sling like the rest of us and use it.

6.) The candy isle. Do I really need to explain why I hate this part of grocery shopping?

5.)The carts with the car attached at the front. These things would be ok if they didn’t drive like a Mac Truck…and they really need seat belts so I can keep the kids from diving out to grab something when my back is turned.  Ellie has a chipped front tooth…need I say more?

4.) The produce section. Not because I hate produce…but because I always seem to go when they are down to their last half rotten apple and yellow-brown banana.

3.)The cashier who acts like I have killing her by asking her to ring up my stuff instead of doing it myself in the self-checkout. Ummmm yeah, if I didn’t have two kids, a giant amount of grocery and if I had maybe two extra hands I would do it myself…but right now I feel like torturing you.

2.) I can never find enough Coke Zero. Why do stores not order MORE when they see they are consistently selling out? It really really bugs me when I can only buy one or two cases at a time…that means I have to drag myself and the kids back again about 2 days later.

And the NUMBER ONE thing I hate about grocery shopping?

1.) Other grocery shoppers. Don’t get me wrong I appreciate the friendly chitchat or “you’re kids are adorable”, but what I don’t appreciate are: “are you really going to let your children eat that?”, “You don’t look old enough to have kids…where are their parents…no really where are their parents?”, “Oh, buy this kind…it’s much better…really here you go”, and all the other rude and obnoxious things people say. And please watch where you are driving your cart…I don’t think the back of my legs can take another one of your “opps…sorry” moments.

And since this doesn’t actually happen while I am grocery shopping I can’t add it to the list…but it REALLY annoys me when I get home and hubby says: “why didn’t you get ________”.  And it really really annoys me when he says “do you know how bad this stuff is for you?”  Yes I do, now get your grubby hands off of it so I can shove it in my face as a reward for dealing with going grocery shopping.