woman in the grocery store

so i'm in line at the checkout, my antibiotic-free-range-fed-chicken sausage and veggie booty on the conveyor belt thingy, and i'm looking at the shelves of gum and chocolate yumminess that sit at every register.

ooh! i see fruit leathers on the bottom shelf are on sale. (we love throwing these in our bags for snacks). i crouch down and start grabbing some good flavors and .... out of nowhere....

this woman comes flying up behind me and, almost stepping on me, declares that she needs to pay for her ice cream bar, waving the box at me with one hand, the other of which is holding the afore-mentioned ice cream bar, unwrapped and half eaten.

i straighten up slowly and looking at her with only the mildest expression of shock at being addressed in this way, politely point to my things on the belt and explain that i am actually next in line to check out. she looked shocked. as if i routinely shop for groceries in the check out line... so silly of me to get in the way! or as if i was holding up a line somehow...(the woman in front of me was still busy signing her credit card on the screen).... or if i had a cart full of groceries... but i only had 5-6 items, including the fruit leathers!

anyhow... i laughed about it all the way to my car.