The grocery store seems to bring out the worst in kids. If they aren’t begging for all the items that are no good for them, then they’re getting into some other mischief. And then there is the added fun of everyone hearing everything they say.

She Man. My son and I were in the grocery checkout line while he kept looking suspiciously at the person behind us. Aware that his little mind was ticking away and worried about what might come out, I tried to distract him. I thought he might say, “Mommy, why does that man have long hair?” but it was too late. Instead he asked, ever so loudly, “Mommy, why does that lady have man fur on her face?” My reply, “Oh, sweetie do you want M&Ms or a candy bar?”
–Middletown, PA

Broken Record. When my oldest daughter was learning how to talk, my sister’s boyfriend decided to teach her how to say “i’m retarded” and “heifer”. So one day we are in the line at the grocery store and my daughter says “I wetarded heifer” (her version over and over and over as loud as she could. I couldn’t get out of that store fast enough!
–Rockmart, GA

The Skinny. I was grocery shopping with my seven year old who was sitting in the back of the grocery cart. I was busy comparing prices and was oblivious to those around me. My child kept asking me, “Do you want to look as thin as that lady over there?” Slightly embarrassed but without looking up I tried to quiet her saying, “Uh huh, uh huh.” A moment later I made my grocery decision so we could leave the aisle and her pestering question. When I looked around, to my horror, the lady she was talking about was either ill or anorexic. I quickly pushed the cart down the aisle and just as we got directly behind the woman, my daughter blurted out, “You don’t want to look that thin, that’s ugly!”

–Harrisburg, PA

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