Remember me saying that when Andy goes shopping, more often than not a woman will come up and ask if she can help him? He said it’s because he’s so slow and they want him out of the way. Well, yesterday it didn’t happen in the store, it was when he had put the groceries in the car. A woman came over and asked him if he would like her to put the cart back for him. When he came home he said, “Women keep wanting to help me!” He wasn’t upset, just surprised.
I told him it was a lot better than the poor Dalai Lama. He’s the same age as Andy, and in a recent article The Economist wrote,
At 88 years old, the Dalai Lama is frail enough that three monks assist him — one on each arm, one girding his waist — as he shuffles across the grounds of his monastery in Dharamsala.
As usual, do the best we can with what we have left, appreciate what we have while we still have it, and keep a sense of humor and spirit of adventure. It’s all good.
August 17, 2023
oh that’s a super gesture – to have people wanting to help – especially the “carts” which don’t always wheel how one expects.
Andy happily accepted the offer. 🙂
Yes, he’s definitely way better off that the Dalai Lama. I’ve had people come up to me after I’ve unloaded a cart and offer to take the cart back to the store.
That’s always friendly. 🙂
I don’t think the cart thing was because of him, but that the woman wanted the basket. I have done this often, if someone is closing their trunk, ask to take the basket back. maybe it is because he is handsome and they are LOOKING??? ha ha…
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Women keep wanting to help him because he’s a man and there is a man shortage in his age bracket. I see that all the time where I live.
You may very well be right.
Sweet! One of my pet peeves are those who leave their carts to roll this way and that in a parking lot. My car’s nothing to look at, but have seen newer, nicer models get dinged.
Andy always takes his back to the cart rack in the parking lot, I think. I usually don’t need a cart but did today. I took it all the way back into the store.
Whenever I go in a store with Phil, the clerks always come up to HIM and ask if they can help. I am usually totally ignored. Must be a lot of desperate women out there, I thought. But it also happens with male employees.
That’s rude! But I’m guessing it’s not unusual. 🙁
I should think he’d be pleased by the attention.
He was happy not to have to take the cart back to the rack.