Supermarkets can be weird. We pass by strangers in the aisles, navigating our carts, trying not to bump into one another, trying to avoid too much eye contact, and trying not to be too judgmental when we stand in the checkout line and see some horrifically unhealtful products moving along the conveyor belt.
I had a very weird experience the other day in the supermarket. I’m sharing this for two reasons: It was weird and I wonder if this has happened to others.
I was grocery shopping Saturday afternoon for my father at the Meijer at Haggerty near 15 Mile Road in Commerce Township.
I’d been there 15 minutes when I pushed the cart to the side in the cereal aisle and walked about 15 feet away to check out some cereals. I grabbed a box and when I returned to my cart, most items were gone.
In place, there was a woman’s garment that may have been from the store, and an empty plastic container for a hot, prepared meal from the store. The meal looked as if it had been eaten.
I was puzzled. I quickly walked to the other aisles, both to the left and right, thinking someone must have taken my items in another cart. In other words, my food had been jacked.
No luck. Frankly, I figured: This would never have happened if Donald Trump were president.
I finally decided, I needed to start shopping all over again.
I grabbed a cart and started at the produce section. Then retraced my steps. When I got to the cereal section, my lowly cart was still there with the empty, hot-food container. I took some of the items out and placed them in my cart.
Then in the next isle, which I had checked out minutes before, to no avail, I spotted a cart with all my other items. I grabbed some, and returned others to the freezer since I now had duplicates of some things.
I was trying to figure out what the heck happened. Was it a prank? Was it a scam that involved someone eating a hot meal, ditching the empty container in one cart, then taking off with another?
I’ll never know.
