I'm not sure if it's the fact that we're in Alabama, or that I was a pregnant lady shopping on my own, but my first trip to the grocery store without Derek was a bit of an experience.
As I wandered the store today, every employee smiled and said hello. I assumed this was just part of the great "southern hospitality" that everyone has heard of. But when I got to the checkout lines, each checker that was free was standing in front of his or her aisle welcoming shoppers to choose their checkout line. New experience number one.
Then when I got to unloading my groceries, a nice store clerk came over and insisted that he unload my cart for me. That's not something I've ever been offered before. New experience number two.
Once my cart was full of grocery bags (I asked and people do bring their own bags to the stores, so it wasn't too odd of me to come in with my own), the clerk who had bagged all my groceries took my cart and started to wheel it out of the store for me. I was really surprised and a little uncertain about what he was doing, but when I asked he said that he was more than happy to help me to my car. Being as I've never asked for assistance with my groceries before, I told him I could handle it. I think I might have screwed up on that one though, since he was really surprised and seemed a little uncomfortable letting me walk out of the store with my cart by myself. New experience number three.
And I thought I was getting the hang of things around here...
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