and also to have grassed them up??
Popped to town with DS1, and needed bin bags from Wilkinsons, was just thinking that was all I needed in there when I heard a smash as we walked past the end of an aisle.
Turned round to see that a middle aged man and an elderly woman had managed to drop some light bulbs on the floor and remember I needed some of those too. As them accidentaly smashig the lighb ulbs had helped me to remember I said jokingl to them that they'd reminded me and thank you.
They said the box was open at the bottom (didn't care really lol) and that was the end of the conversation.
BUT it was the next bit that made me and a bit too.
As I was looking for the bulbs I needed they both used their foot to sort semi sweep the shattered glass towards the bottom of the shelves (they're solid to the ground so can't brush anything underneath) and then the man said
"oh just leave it the cleaning lady or someone will clean it up" - and wandered off to do the rest of their shopping.
So there were tiny shards of glass (very hard to see on the flooring they have in there - I could only spot them as I knew they were there) all over the floor and they just left it.
I dragged DS1 off to find an assistant and told her someone had smashed a lightbulb by accident and that it needed cleaning up (and repeated what they'd said about the "cleaning lady or someone").
She was lovely and thanked me for telling her - and said "cleaning lady - more like any old mug that finds it first". She came with me back to the aisle (I still hadn't got my bulbs) and she asked me if I knew which way they'd gone "ermmmmmmmmmm that way" and she went off to find them.
Then I spotted the rest of the broken bulb on the central shelf - just sat there - perfect child height, and even if not a danger to children would have been easy to grab to the boxes behind it without noticing it and cut yourself. I was .
They appeared further down the same line of aisles but nearer the front of the shop, and she went straight to them (interesting as they weren't the only couple that fitted the descriptioin in the shop).
At which point I grabbed my bulbs, went round the top end of the aisle and walked very quickly to the checkouts, and then panicked when the queue went slowly and I turned round and they were coming to the same checkout with their shopping.
I paid for my shopping and DS1 and I walked very quickly without turning round out of the shopping centre.
I guess I was worried about them causing a potential huge fuss in front of DS1 (as it would have been obvious it was me that said something as we were the only people in the aisle at the time) . If I'd have been on my own I would have stuck around I think, regardless of what their reaction would have been.
So was I BU to grass 'em up for leaving the glass on the floor without telling someone
and was I BU to leg it out of the shop as quick as I could get DS1 to walk without making him wonder WTF was going on?