And… depriving your husband? Jesus, I had hoped that one would be dead by now. What, do people not realize how easy it is to dump your spouse if you’re not happy? What do they suppose is keeping him tied to you, if he’s that miserable about not becoming a father?

I loved the post on introverted people, because I’m one.

I don’t know about you, but I call that outright BRIBERY.

Here’s just a sample of what I’ve seen customers getting away with:

-Leaving trash in shopping carts, ranging from rotten food to…well, I won’t go into detail. But seriously…carts are NOT trash cans on wheels. Why aren’t these people being told to throw out their OWN garbage?

-Taking carts from a store and leaving them in ANOTHER store’s parking lot. Never mind that it just means more stress on the cart attendants, who are often juggling other tasks as well.

-Being favored by managers whenever they complain about employees…never mind whatever THEY did to upset the employee in the first place. That’s never even considered.

-Flagging down random employees when they’re right in the middle of a strenuous task, without even bothering to say: “I’m sorry to bother you, sir/ma’am.”

-Displaying poor hygiene in public restrooms.

-Taking merchandise from some aisle and leaving it in a completely un-related section.

-Assuming that because an employee wears a uniform, they’re supposed to know every single thing about the whole store, including any deals and sales that might’ve been made by the corporation.

-Blowing simple little goofs–like a cart-pusher accidentally nudging against THEIR cart–WAY out of proportion.

I know all of these incidents, because I suffered them. They turned my job into a nightmare. And, eventually, the unfair customer favoritism by my managers ended up in me losing my job, after four faithful years of service. How is that justice?

Something has to be done. Someone’s got to stand up and say, “enough.” Because this is nothing more than the 21st-century form of bigotry…the general public assumes that we retail workers are nothing but mindless drones, meant to smile and do every little thing we want. And that’s got to change.

I believe that being able to choose where to shop based on principles rather than budget and convenience is very much a privilege. While I’m sure a lot of people would like to buy organic food, or locally made products, the price increases that accompany those things make it an impossibility. While there certainly is a large section of the population that shops at WalMart and the like out of ignorance and laziness, I think it is important not to overlook the people who shop there because it is what they can afford.

That said, I’d generally go along with the original thesis that extroversion is privileged relative to introversion. Part of this is personal bias along the lines of the grass being greener on the other side. But in a market economy you have to market yourself. If extroverts are more likely to toot their own horns, sooner or later extroversion itself will be thought of as a skill set.