Interesting Encounters

Isn't it funny the things that you experience when hanging out with people that are older than you? Today I traveled to the coast to spend some time with my grandmother and her friends and all I can say is that life is much less stressful when you have the ability to laugh at yourself.

Tonight we decided that it would be a good idea to make a trip to Fred Meyer; and well, if I thought I was awkward... my grandma completely blows me out of the water. She decided that she wanted to get one of those carts that you drive around with the shopping basket. Yes, i believe that she was the lucky winner of the TURBO charged version. This woman, bless her heart, is the one that has enough problems parking in her garage, let alone navigating the aisles of a grocery store!

Well after almost running me over as we entered the electronics department, yes I did say electronics, we found the poor worker who was willing to help us find what we needed. He went to walk over to this aisle and had to run past grandma as she was fumbling around with the controls to make the cart work. He handed us the modem and was able to escape unscathed! Grandma then decided that the was going to take a drive around the aisle since backing was not he strong suit. She zipped up this aisle whipping around the corner and knocking right into a stack of printers in the process. Don't worry Grandma I was there to catch them!

After flying past the printers she zoomed up to the register crashing into the counter... and well cutting off the customer in front of her, who was already checking out, from the card reader that he needed. So while this poor gentleman is leaning over the basket to run the card, Jan and I are telling Grandma that she needed to back-up. So she does....hitting the man in the process. That doesn't work so she moves back to the counter trapping the poor man in closer than before. After finalizing his purchase the man then has to tip-toe out past the cart and Grandma practically running for his life, never once looking to see who this crazy driver really is!

Now you might think that this story ends here but that isn't true. After buying the modem, she then finds this huge stuffed blue bunny that she has to buy, the only thing is she can't really remember where it was. So as we are all hanging out Grandma is zooming the aisles, back and forth, as we just watch. After finding the bunny she is ready... to check out ... again. This time she pulls in behind a woman and her son. The child had some sort of sense, because as I looked ahead all I saw was this little boy pushing past his mother as fast as he could to flee from the crazy driver.

So in the end what did I learn?
-Always be comfortable laughing at yourself and the situations that you are put in front of you.
-I know where women get their bad driving reputations.
-Awkward situations run in my family!