My husband and I went to shop at COSTCO yesterday afternoon. I left my cart a few steps away while I was picking up some ground beef for my new experiment of food “火烧” – a type of baking and broiling cake with stuffing inside and yeasted paste wrapping outside. By the time I came back to the cart with a big package of beef and put it into the cart, I heard a male voice from behind, “Hey! That’s our cart!” I replied immedietely, “This is MY cart!” I left it here before I got the BEEF!” He followed up, “The flier in it is the proof that this is my cart.” I exclaimed, “I’ve got the same thing, this is my cart!” I was so sure that was my cart and I was about to go with it without thinking further.
“She is an absolutely liar!” A woman, most probably the man’s wife said so to her husband to get me.
“No, I am not. But you are using bad language and you are not well-nurtured.” I replied. “And my husband will proof this cart is ours.”
My husband was not with me at the moment - he was at the CD section, trying to get one for the weekend.
The woman attacked me again in the same way of speaking to her husband on the surface, but to attack me, “She is ugly.”
I replied in the same way as I did last time, “I am not, but you are ugly, from inside to the outside.” I didn’t give in or give up until my husband showed up. I explained the situation to him in a sec. He went directly to the man, face to face, and said, “that’s our cart, the flier is the proof ” with calmness and bravery. The man said to my husband to go away from him. My husband replied with wit and firmness, “who do you think you are to tell me to go away? I am not yelling, I am not using bad language. It’s your wife who is using bad language and yelling. She is not helping to solve the problem.”
The wife said that my husband was ugly, too and if my husband didn’t walk away, she would tell somebody that my husband assalted her. (What? Is it a good lie?)
Right away, the wife was so beside herself. She shouted: “I am going to call the manager!” (Why manager?) I followed up immediately, “DO IT, JUST DO IT. Call whomever you are able to call!”
Both the husband and wife finally realized that their matches were not easily to be conquered or beaten, they walked away.
On our way to the airport to pick up my sister in law and her husband, we talked about the whole dispute. It was a great experience of fighting, an advanture, a lot of fun! We won it, for sure, but the whole thing was sort of unnecessary: the couple should think reasonable with their brain – I would not lie for a cart, and I would not shop at costco without a cart; or they could take it easy and said it was OK that they could get another cart, instead of using bad language to attack me which shows they are not bright. They might have had a bad time before shopping. They must feel very upset about their loss if they are smart enough (or maybe not). People vary. There was another choice: I gave up the cart to them, even though I was sure I left the cart there. I don’t doubt that they got their cart and someone else may take one of our carts!
What was great last night was — everybody loved my food of “火烧”! One of my step son did, my sister in law did, my husband said so (I am not sure he really liked it, but he always says great words about my cooking).
