Fruitcakes, not just for Christmas

I used to think that fruitcake only showed up during Christmas from those relatives that live a thousand miles away from you (hopefully) and, having a lack of gift giving imagination, send you a dried, non-edible, permanently preserved lump of brown-gooed stuff. Always usefully cool when you need a doorstop. However, I'm extending the definition today to include crazy people at the grocery store.
Okay...to be fair I already hate shopping. I usually know specifically what I want and just want to grab it, pay for it, walk to my vehicle and leave. Arrgghhh, but then....dum dum da dummmmm.... we have to wait ... in..... line. No problem until...you get the fruitcake in front of you that has to pay for everything, one item at a time. Yesterday, this happened to me, an unwitting victim. I had 3 things to purchase, went to the 20 items or less line. This line is a con....set up to make you think that you, the conservative shopper can get in and out of the store easily. A woman in front of me, saw I only had 3 items and continued to cut in front of me with about....45 items. She explains that she indeed has 20 items or less..only in 5 different trips, and will pay seperately for each group of items. The register jams, the clerk looks about as interested as a cow in steaks, and there I stand....3 items away from freedom!!!!
Then the rude shopper starts to tell me how annoyed she is that she has to wait. MMmm hmm.. I know exactly HOW that can be. LOL.... The only thing to think here is WOW.
Patience is a virtue, it is one to practice at all times in many different kinds of situations!!! Forgive people for whatever nutty thing they do because sometimes, they don't realize that they are the fruitcake stopping the door from letting you pass!! :)

Here's to all those fruitcakes, may you all have good days and go quickly through those shopping lines!

The Magicians Owl