The elderly woman’s voice was loud as she walked into the store talking to her friend.
The security man at the door stopped her. He asked her to drop the nylon bag she was holding at the entrance.
“Why?” She asked.
“That’s the rule ma.” The security guard said.
“There is nothing inside the nylon that you are selling.” She said to him.
“It doesnt matter ma. You have to drop the nylon bag here.”
“Why are you stopping me?” The elderly woman asked as she raised her voice higher. This is not the first time I am coming here and no one has ever stopped me from carrying my nylon bag inside.”
The woman began to call the name of a staff of the store. The staff walked up to the elderly woman. “Good afternoon ma.” She said.
“Good afternoon. Is this your security new here? Because I dont understand why he is asking me to drop my nylon bag.”
The other staff of the store looked on as they all stopped what they were doing; wondering what the outcome of the altercation will be.
The friend who had walked in with the woman decided to save the day. She relieved her friend of her nylon bag and handed it over to the security guard.
“If anything misses in my nylon bag…..” The woman said as she allowed her words to hang in the air.
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I watched the whole scene from where I was shopping and wondered why dropping her nylon bag was so much of a problem.
I wondered if she had walked into a large departmental store, would her reaction be the same?
I also wondered if she was just being difficult because she knew a staff of store.
I concluded that some battles are not worth fighting.
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