Saturday, July 2, 2011

Unbelieveable!

I just ran a quick errand to pick up some essentials for the baby and as I was pulling into the parking lot, I see a woman in a wheel chair, a young man behind her, and another woman in front of the wheel chair slamming a 40 pound bag of dog food into the woman in the wheel chair's lap. Not just slamming it, but angrily shoving it onto her narrow lap. In addition to this bag of dog food was a large water melon, and sacks of groceries. You couldn't see this woman's body except her head sticking out of the top of the various items they had clearly just purchased. The woman slinging items into this woman's lap was yelling and having some kind of tantrum while picking up the items that fell onto the pavement around them.
This angry woman's face was contorting with each livid syllable she uttered to the poor woman in the wheel chair. As I pulled into my parking space, I wrestled with myself as to whether or not I was going to intervene in the situation that was 100% none of my business. Shamefully, I did not. I watched as they repositioned the lady in the wheel chair and went on their way. The palpable discomfort this display created was nothing short of frustrating.
It was only dissipated by what I found on my way home. Just around the corner of the grocery store I saw a police car pulled off to the side of the street. I looked closer to see the officer put the angry woman in the back of his squad car and left the young man and the lady in the wheel chair to continue their walk home. I actually said aloud to myself, "Good!" I just shutter to think of what was happening to draw the attention of the police officer or if someone more brave than myself called the police station. Whatever the case. That woman should be hit in the knees with a bat and left to rely on those with the ability to walk to care for her. That would be a phenomenal act of karma. People will never cease to amaze me and their total selfishness.

Mom

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