Woman’s Mom Sent A Cashier To Get An Item She Forgot, Then Refused It, So Her Daughter Called Her Out
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Just because someone will do something for you doesn’t always mean you should ask.
That was the issue one woman ran into while shopping at the supermarket with her mom.
It all started when her mom realized she had forgotten an item. But rather than stepping out of line to grab it herself, she asked the bagger to go get it.
That already didn’t sit right with her daughter, especially since other people were waiting behind them.
But when the bagger came back, her mom decided she didn’t even want the item anymore. And that’s where her daughter drew the line.
Read on to see exactly what happened.
AITA for telling my mom to go and get the item she forgot instead of the cashier?
I was at the supermarket with my mom when she realized she forgot an item. If it were me in this situation, I would step out of line to go and get the item if it was important enough. But my mother decided to ask the bagger to go and get it for her.
I was just shocked. I told her that she should go get it herself or not get it at all since she is the one who forgot it.
There was a small line behind us, and we all had to wait for this poor bagger to run into the store and return with her item (which she was getting for free with a coupon, btw).
She tried to bring it up again in the car.
But this is the kicker: SHE DECIDED NOT TO GET THE ITEM!
Maybe this is just me, but if I made some dude go get something for me that I decided I didn’t want (and was getting for free), I would take it anyway.
I mentioned it again in the car, but she said that she can ask them to do that. I said I’m sure they would do it for you because the “customer is always right,” but I don’t think it’s customary or called for.
Now, her mom is pretty upset with her.
We got into this whole big argument. She said I should just crucify her already. I said I’m just not sure she should have done that and asked her not to be so upset with me.
She yelled back, “I’m the bad guy now? I wouldn’t have asked him to do that if I wasn’t able to!”
She was pretty upset by the end of it. Maybe this is just something you can do and I wasn’t aware.
AITA?
Wow! It’s easy to see both sides of this, but the daughter does have a point.
Let’s see if the fine folks over at Reddit agree.
This person thinks she was right for calling out the behavior.
According to this reader, it’s okay under certain circumstances.
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It does seem pretty unnecessary.
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Here’s someone who hates this behavior.
The daughter was right for calling this out.
If her mom forgot something, she should’ve went back and grabbed it herself.
But instead, she decided that it was okay to hold up a line of people who had no other option but to wait.
Ultimately, it was pretty selfish of her. And now that her daughter called it out, maybe she won’t do it again.
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