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what's the point in having an alarm, then? i mean honestly. - 2002-02-15 12:01 p.m.
woo, second entry for the day. NOTE:THIS ENTRY IS NOT REALLY WORTH READING. i just remembered the wierdness last night that i wanted to remind myself about so i could write about it here. i was at the grocery store last night, after work, picking up stuff to make jnet a valentine's day dinner. on my way in, the shoplifting sensor thing beeped. i looked back, and assume it wa someone else who had set it off. (i now know it takes a 2 second delay for it to sound off(as you will soon see). so i did my shopping etc., paid for everything, and walked out. walked throught the sensor. two seconds pass. BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEP!!! so i walk back into the store. two seconds later, BEEEEEP BEEEEEEP!! noone has done anything except glance over. being the attention hog i am, and because i'm on the inside of the store, i walk through again. two seconds later, BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEP! this time, i try to suprise it, and hop through. two seconds later, BEEEEEP BEEEP!!!! i walk slowly through... BEEEEEP BEEEEPP! and not a single employee has even made the slightest move towards me. despite the fact that i've set it off 6 times, including the one when i first entered. so i decide to do the right thing. i walk back in (BEEEEEP BEEEEP!!!!) and go to the courtesy desk, where i wait in line to be helped. i say, "hi, i keep setting off the alarm." the lady looks me up and down quizzically, and says, "oh.... okay." she goes back to helping customers. i stand there for a full two minutes, digesting the situation, not saying anything. i figured at VERY least they'd have a peek through my overstuffed messenger bag. but no. i get fed up with waiting.a bit louder than i mean to, i say "well, i'm uh, going now? the alarm is going to go off again, so please, don't be suprised. uh. bye?" *falter kick thump*, my heart goes into embarassment mode, as it often does, when i find myself inadvertantly addressing an entire supermarket.fifty pairs of customer and employee eyes train on me at once, and then as quickly, look away, already glazed with disinterest. and i get two or three waves, and mumbled goodbyes. so i left. two seconds later, BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEP! which masked the strangled laugh/choking noise i made as i walked away. it wasn't even like it was entertaining. it was just plain WIERD. NOTE: I TRIED TO WARN YOU UP AT THE START. DON'T SAY I DIDN'T. |
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