As I was driving through Lynn the other day, and talking on the phone to a friend, and way too tired to be doing either of these things (let alone simaltaneously), I noticed a creature that I saw far too often in Lynn and one that I always had unanswered questions about. I call her:
"Takes the stroller to the grocery store and uses it as a cart to bring the groceries home Lady"
I have so many questions about this behavior.
Is there a baby in the stroller?
If yes: YOU ARE SMOTHERING THE BABY!!!!! THE BABY CAN'T BREATHE!!!!!
If no: Did you walk the empty stroller to the grocery store to use it as a cart?
Where is the baby?
Is it your stroller or did you borrow it from someone?
Why don't you just steal a cart?
Did you use a cart at the grocery store, or use the stroller as your cart the whole time?
I would, when I lived in Lynn for two years, occasionally see people walking empty strollers around, and would feel a surge of panic, and wonder if I should try to communicate to them that there was indeed NO BABY in the stroller. "They probably know that" I would think to myself to forgive myself for not trying to attempt the language barrier. But where was the baby? And why walk around an empty stroller?
I guess they were all just on their way to Stop and Shop.
And weirdly, I will miss this about Massachusetts.
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