Runaway shopping cart

I went into Food Lion today for a quick trip to get milk and some bread. I ended up seeing a coupon for a certain amount off of milk if you purchased a certain kind of bread. So I thought that would be a great deal. The milk was much more expensive there than at Martins where I usually go. But oh well. So I ended up with more things than I was intending but doesn't that always happen? I got in line and the check out guy kept looking over at everyone that was leaving and saying "Thanks for shopping at Food Lion". He did this everytime the sliding doors opened and someone exited. So he is ringing up my items and I handed him my coupon. As he is ringing items up he is still acknowledging those leaving the store with his "thanks for shopping at Food Lion." He finished and told me the total and I finish by sliding my card through and paying (all while trying to keep Ethan and Mayah happy and in the cart). At this store you bag your own items. As I finished bagging and loading I looked at the register and saw the coupon. Then I asked him if he used the coupon and he said, "OH, I have so much on my mind. I am very sorry". Yeah like trying to talk to everyone leaving the store instead of paying attention to me? Didn't say it, but thought it. Then he gave me the coupon back and said it would be good even the next time I came to the store. Well the only reason I bought that more expensive bread was so I could get the milk cheaper. And he also tried to smooth it over by giving me a coupon for buying 6 milk and getting the 7th free.

SO I was kind of irritated. We went out to the car to load the groceries. I started putting a few things in the car. I turned around to get some more things but the cart wasn't there. I looked up and heard laughing. Ethan was pushing Mayah in the cart in the parking lot. I took off running and once he knew I was chasing him he went even faster and laughed even harder. I was SO glad he wasn't too far away. It wasn't a super close call but I know if he had gone further he would have ran into a parked car. When I grabbed his arm to keep him from running he was laughing so hard. It was actually really funny and I couldn't get mad at him. As we were walking back to the car he said to Mayah, "baby was that fun"? That only made me laugh harder. We noticed an older lady coming toward us and she was laughing and said, "they give us a heart attack sometimes don't they". SOMETIMES? Take that sometimes and multiply it by 5 and you pretty much get always. :)

That made the whole coupon thing not such a big deal. I was still laughing on the way home and Ethan kept asking me what was so funny. I couldn't tell him why I was laughing otherwise he might think it was OK to do it again.