I would like to apologize to everyone I have ever politely
asked for assistance in reaching things in a store which, due to my obvious vertical
challenges, I was unable to acquire on my own.
In my defense I’d like to point out that I was entirely
unaware that some delusional person witnessed your act of kindness and
compassion, and in her mind that meant you were some pion who had to accede to
her demands, no matter what.
I have since come across some stories on YouTube about these
misguided individuals who seem to feel they have every right to whatever
service or property they want and everyone else in their universe is rude to deny
them, no matter how inconsiderate and condescending they are.
I’d particularly like to apologize to the gentleman who was
shopping in Walmart with his significant other and I politely asked him if he would
mind getting down a bag of cat food I needed for my dear Patches. At the time,
I could see no other people around other than the three of us, and I greatly
appreciated his kindness. I am however vexed to think to some women that the
internet is calling a Karen witnessed this kindness and insisted he serve her
as well.
Since my husband’s death, I have frequently found myself in
a position where I can not reach something I need, and knowing it is such an imposition,
I have always said, “Excuse me, but could you help me?” And when you have done so I’ve
thanked you profusely for being so kind. I have no idea why any other
person witnessing this exchange would decide you were some sort of slave.
It is totally beyond my comprehension.
Of course, it is totally beyond my comprehension that there
are people in this world who think people working in the service industry are
their personal slaves! How delusional can you get? I mean, in what universe are
service industry workers mere slaves there to accede to every demand anyone
else makes?
Service industry workers are human beings just as much as
the next person and therefore deserve just as much respect and consideration.
However, I find whenever I politely ask such service personnel,
who clearly work at the establishment I am shopping in by their accouterments
with their name and or the store logo somewhere on their person, for
assistance. They are always so pleasantly surprised that I would address them
with respect. And even more surprised when I thank them for their assistance.
I might add that I am intelligent enough to recognize when I
am addressing a fellow customer that happens to be nearby and when I am
approaching someone who does work at the store.
And for the life of me, I can not understand how some people
can’t tell the difference between staff uniforms and regular everyday wear of
your average individual. It boggles my mind that some people are so unaware that they cannot tell the difference between a vest festooned with patches and
medals and a vest adorned with the company logo.
But clearly, such a person exists because I heard a story on
YouTube where a woman assaulted a handicapped man and stole his walker so her
daughter who had a walking cast on could use his supposed wheelchair. And her
reason for her to assume he was an employee was he was wearing a blue vest. A
blue vest festooned with his medals and military patches from his service days,
rather than a blue vest with the word Walmart on it!
I mean this woman was so delusional as to think that an
elderly man depending on a walker to get into the store was an employee with a
wheelchair that she absolutely had to have for her daughter.
In the story, I heard this woman went so far as to complain to
store management about how hard it was to steer what she thought was a wheelchair since the handles were not on the back of the thing. No Duh! It’s a walker, not
a wheelchair.
She also refused to believe she was guilty of assault and theft
for attacking this poor man and taking his walker, his walker with his wallet
in the bag under the seat.
Admittedly, she didn’t know about that little bag, but she
did take the gentleman’s personal property by force. What did she expect? Oh, I
forgot, she expected him to be fired from a job he didn’t have!
But at least delusional people like this make great fodder
for all of us writers to entertain the rest of the world with!
Happy writing everyone!
And again, I am sorry for accidentally subjecting you to
this kind of person!
