Did I wait 30 min for my grocery pickup today? Yes.
Did the Walmart worker drop the cooking spray and break it’s lid? Yes.
Did he then come to my drivers side window and spray it into the air to prove it still works. Yes.
Did the wind blow the cooking spray into my car and all over my face and glasses? Yes.
Did I still keep the cooking spray with no lid when he asked if I still wanted it? Yes- yes I did.
I found this little gem in my Facebook history. It was something I wrote about a year ago and it still makes me laugh! I remember this day all too well! Let me give you a little back story; this day had already been horrible! I was in a bad mood (no, I’m not perfect!) While waiting for our groceries, my kids had escalated to full on screaming fits. I was desperate to get my groceries and go home.
Then the Walmart associate sprayed me in the face.
I LAUGHED.
I could have gotten angry. I could have yelled. I could have even cried. My personalty is more of the type to stay silent and let my anger simmer. However, none of these things happened. I don’t know why, but the exact opposite came to be. This event actually cheered me up! I was able to find the humor despite all the negative leading up to this moment.
It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
I hope we can all find the humor in life. Especially when we are in a bad mood!
Oh, and for the record… There ain’t no way I was giving that cooking spray back. I had already paid for it! I wasn’t about to send the worker back into the depths of Walmart to fetch a new one while my children assaulted my ears with their war cries. Nope, I took that sucker home and it still worked just as well without a lid.
Would you have kept the cooking spray? No judgement! I’m just curious, I’ve had several people tell me they were shocked that I kept it. Comment below and tell me if you would or wouldn’t have kept it.
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This really hit my funny bone! I have never heard this story! I cannot believe this actually happened to you – it sounds like a movie scene. If I really needed the cooking spray I for sure would have taken it. If I still had some left at home I would have driven off without it and then picked some up on the next trip.
Haha! I love that you said it felt like a movie scene, so funny! You have a very practical approach on keeping it or not, love it.
I would’ve kept it. It still works no need for a different one, just because there is no lid!
That makes sense. Waste not want not, right?