It’s fun to watch other people work isn’t it? Especially when you could pitch in and help them, but you choose not to for nothing more than lack of thoughtfulness. Or brains.

I shop at Trader Joe’s often for groceries. For any of you who’ve never been there, it’s a small chain so there isn’t always a lot of staff to help bag groceries when checking out. Meaning, the gal or guy who runs all your items through the scanner, sometimes has to then bag all those items. When only one person is doing both of those tasks, it can take awhile. Espeicially if you have a big order.

I find it super easy to open a bag and throw some of my groceries in it while the cashier scans items. I think it’s a nice thing to do, if nothing else. It makes them happy, gives me something to do, lightens their work load and I get out of there faster and so does the person in line behind me.

So it’s amazing to me when I see people with tons of groceries just stand there and stare at the cashier, watching them do all the work. Literally just standing there. DOING NOTHING. Just standing there! Watching. Last week I saw a middle-aged couple do this and they must have stood there for 20 minutes. Watching. Not moving. Doing nothing.

I wanted to say “Hey, guys. Open a bag and throw some of your shit in it, would ya? You’re taking forever AND making the cashier do ALL the work. Hello? Anyone home? Why are you just standing there?”

But I didn’t.

Can anyone explain this human phenomenon to me? I just don’t get it. Are they lazy? Stupid? Think they are above helping? Thoughtless? I seriously want to know WHAT if anything is going on in their head. Maybe I’ll ask them next time. I’ll let you know what they say.