So, there's a power transformer behind the supermarket we frequent that decided to end its participation in the pageantry that is shopping and the preservation of certain foods.
Blew up with a nice sort of 'thump,' they say. Pretty sparks, one would presume.
Lights out. Fridges down. All cash registers down. Employees of many departments frantically moving things from the kinda-refrigerated sections to the big insulated fridges in back.
Wife leaves her cart and goes out in the parking lot. At that point, she wasn't sure if this was a permanent problem or blown fuse sort of false alarm. Until the third fire truck showed up... At that point, she was kinda parked in, so had to wait it out and people-watch.
So three emergency vehicles, with lights flashing, parked in front of a store with NO LIGHTS on inside. Firemen going in and out, crowds in the lot...
And people are driving up to park and walk into the store.
And they GET UPSET that they're not allowed to go inside the building that might be on fire, and is dark, and has no checkout lanes open.
She counted SEVEN people who insisted that they be allowed inside, starting their objection with 'I only need...'
Who CARES what you need, idiot? Or how short the list is? The store lacks the facilities to sell you a pack of gum right now. It's not something they chose to do to inconvenience YOU. That's just a happy coincidence.
People are scum...
