loyalty card sharing, or, I suck at no
Nothing much going on today. BP is stabilizing. I wish the woozies would go away.
I took Zor to her class and then hit the Kroger on the south side, which is closer to the school. It's been so long since I shopped down there, I had culture shock. I didn't much like that about myself, either. But that is not the main thing that made me not like myself today.
What I also didn't care for was the clerk asking me for my Kroger Plus Card to swipe for the person in front of me. That wouldn't have been a problem, except I wore out my Kroger Plus Card some time ago, and the manager at a different store switched me (us) to the Alternative ID system, which uses my (our) unlisted phone number. So I replied, "I don't have a card, I have an alternative ID." And the clerk said, "Just tell it to me and I'll key it in."
Mind you, I'm two cart lengths away, so I can't just quietly tell him my unlisted phone number. I would have to like, shout it across the store. So I said, "But it's my phone number." To which he gestured exasperatedly and said, "Yes, yes, just tell it to me so I can key it in."
Whereupon I couldn't think of what to say next, so I caved like an ancient mine, and shouted my unlisted phone number across the store. And the clerk went on and on about how I got extra points for free, blah blah blah.
But I didn't want extra points. I wanted--want--people to hear me when I'm saying no, even if I'm not very good at it.
And that is the main reason I don't like myself much today.
Grrr.
So for next time, "NO THANK YOU. IT'S UNLISTED."
I need to learn to do "NO" like Nancy did no at 20 minutes and 50 seconds into this clip:
I took Zor to her class and then hit the Kroger on the south side, which is closer to the school. It's been so long since I shopped down there, I had culture shock. I didn't much like that about myself, either. But that is not the main thing that made me not like myself today.
What I also didn't care for was the clerk asking me for my Kroger Plus Card to swipe for the person in front of me. That wouldn't have been a problem, except I wore out my Kroger Plus Card some time ago, and the manager at a different store switched me (us) to the Alternative ID system, which uses my (our) unlisted phone number. So I replied, "I don't have a card, I have an alternative ID." And the clerk said, "Just tell it to me and I'll key it in."
Mind you, I'm two cart lengths away, so I can't just quietly tell him my unlisted phone number. I would have to like, shout it across the store. So I said, "But it's my phone number." To which he gestured exasperatedly and said, "Yes, yes, just tell it to me so I can key it in."
Whereupon I couldn't think of what to say next, so I caved like an ancient mine, and shouted my unlisted phone number across the store. And the clerk went on and on about how I got extra points for free, blah blah blah.
But I didn't want extra points. I wanted--want--people to hear me when I'm saying no, even if I'm not very good at it.
And that is the main reason I don't like myself much today.
Grrr.
So for next time, "NO THANK YOU. IT'S UNLISTED."
I need to learn to do "NO" like Nancy did no at 20 minutes and 50 seconds into this clip:
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