Saturday, July 5, 2008

Old Indian lady story

This happened a while ago, but since I have nothing else about work today...

So I was putting something back in HBC(Health and beauty care (aisle 7)) and this little old lady, she is tiny, like 4' 11', maybe 100lbs tiny little woman, with a pink head wrap walks up and she asks,

"Do you have any preservatives?"

So I'm thinking like canning supplies, like Sure-gel or Certo, but when we get there she says,

"No, like for my son."

And I think to myself, um you're in the wrong place for formaldehyde (spelled that right on my first try thank you), and so I tell her,

"Um, I don't believe we have embalming fluids available at the store."

To which she replies,

"No, no, like for sex."

It occurs to me and I say,

"Oh! Contraceptives, you want condoms?"

"Yes."

So I walk her to aisle 11 where we keep them, and she picks up like three or four boxes.

I don't want to think about why this woman is buying her son forty eight condoms, so i go to the registers, and I bag some groceries, but before long, I see a pink head wrap at the end of the line.

Oh, Bother.

So she gets up there, but while the customer before her(who has kids mind you) gets away, she says,

"Thank you for helping me find the preservatives, I mean, condoms like you say."

I sigh and say

"You're welcome ma'am"

As I bag up forty eight condoms for some embarrassed young Indian boy who has a way too involved midget mother.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

O_o I thought my mom was getting a little too involved when she made me go out and buy condoms...

- Cole