I haven't written in this thing in years. I thought about it the other day but decided not to. But now I just need to get my feelings out. I was at the store a few minutes ago. In the past I have been ignored, huffed at and all around had bad service there. Today two women were working there, one greeted me when I came in. Cutely a little boy at the counter with his mother and sibling repeated said greeting.

I shop, taking my time collecting what I needed. I could hear one clerk talk about getting her hair done. I quite frankly like chatty people, just not when their chatting to me. I'm very introverted. Anyway, time comes for me to check out. I walk to the front of the store where the checkout is and no one is there. I look around and see the two clerks outside smoking, again I have no problem with this. 

They both see me and one gets up. The other one says they didn't know anyone else was in the store. Just so she wouldn't feel bad I did something I try never to do, talk to strangers. I made a joke that I'm very quiet, and she laughs. About this time the woman and her children that had checked out when I arrived came back in returned to the store. 

The mother seemed to forgot to pick something up and she quickly grabbed it and got into line behind me. The clerk, who I had made the joke with and had not even paid any attention to the returned woman, looked at me and said she was sorry about that. I was about to open my mouth and say it was okay when the mother who was looking elsewhere STOLE MY APOLOGY. She waved the woman off saying it was okay. 

Now here's my whine, it was my apology, not yours.  I know this has got to be the stupidest thing to ever hear but I needed that. She had done nothing to you to warrant an apology, she didn't make you forget something. I get the mother was just preoccupied and didn't even notice but it was mine. And anyone who knows me knows I have a problem with sharing, but this wasn't sharing. YOU STOLE IT. Okay, whine over.