The strangest thing happened to me at East Ave Wegmans last night.  I was standing at the front of the store near the service desk when I saw a man approaching with a cart.  In the cart was a 2 year old little girl.  She was cute. She had a cookie.  He went past me, and got to the door to the restroom.  He paused for a second and turned to look at me…

Imagine that I’m just standing there, not really looking like I was doing much.  I didn’t have any groceries, I wasn’t in line for anything, and I was wearing my winter coat and Carhart knit hat.  For some reason, he chose me as the perfect candidate to be responsible for his child.  “Can you watch her for a minute? She has a cookie and I dont want to bring her in the bathroom.”

In my head I went “WHAT?!?” but out of my mouth came “Sure.”

Really?

Did he think I worked there or something?  I sure as hell wasn’t wearing anything that would indicate that I work for Wegmans.  Actually, because of my coat and hat, I was pretty incognito.  It would be nearly impossible to give a description of me to police had I happened to be the type of person that would sell a two year old girl on the black market.  That happens right?

I’m still thinking about it today.  It boggles my mind.  Not in a million years would I ever ask a total stranger to watch my 2 year old defenseless child in a store.  Especially someone that looked like he could dip out the front door at any second without anyone ever noticing.  I’d rather pee in the parking lot next to my truck and risk getting the ticket. I’m not risking my kid.

The best part was when Heather (the front end manager) walked by me and mentioned that she heard me talking about bringing my kids to Wegmans on the radio.  She gave me a puzzled look when I simply said “That’s not my kid.”

When the guy was done in the restroom, he simply came out, grabbed the cart….and walked away. He didn’t say a word. I think maybe a “Thank you” would have been in order?

Next time, I’m selling the kid.

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