At the supermarket yesterday and the trolleys in the trolley park by the entrance were few and far between. Just the one sitting there, so I popped the token in and prepared to ransack the store.
Nope, it was the bastard trolley from hell - one wheel locked, the other three unable to decide which direction to go in.Had a devil of a job getting it back to where I could get the chain back on and get the token back.
Off I schlep to one of the other trolley parks, where there were plenty.
When I came back, a woman was going for the knackered trolley. I called out to her not to bother with it as.....
She held her hand up to stop me and, facing away from me said "I have a token!"
At which point, the chain came off and the trolley and she turned towards the entrance..... Except the trolley got 90 degrees into the turn and jammed. Wouldn't go back either.
I said "that's what I was trying to tell you." Nope, wasn't asking you for change, was trying to spare you the bother of fighting to get your token back.
Reminded me of those stories where someone interrupts a person speaking to them with "I have a boyfriend/girlfriend" and the person just wants to get past/tell them they've left their umbrella behind.
Anyone else had the equivalent of the "I have a boyfriend" comment?