We were in line to check-out at one of our local "everything" stores that will rename nameless. Will was returning something we didn't need to the proper aisle in the store. I was standing in front of the cart unloading our items onto the checkout belt. Sophie was sitting nicely into the child's seat in the back of the cart.
A pretty unsightly older man with a scruff McGruff grey/white beard and only 2 top teeth got in line behind us and walked right up to the cart as if he was going to start pushing it. He got right in her face and said, "BOO". She immediately started shrieking and crying. She was trying to jump into my arms as fast as she could, but couldn't get out of the seat. She was terrified. It all happened so suddenly I didn't know what to do. I quickly saved her from her close proximity to this "freak" but I couldn't calm her down at all. She was hysterical even when I had the cart between us and the man.
Will said he could hear her from the middle of the store. When he appeared she did lower the volume of her screams by one notch, but he had to take her out to the car while I finished up inside.
What a jerk this guy was. You know the type - the kind of creepy guy that invades your personal space and doesn't even realize he's doing it. I did kind of think he felt bad about scaring her, but he certainly didn't say he was sorry! Hrmph.......
How could anyone mean to scare this little peanut?
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