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I went grocery shopping with my younger brother this morning. After realizing that we had a lot of things to buy and needed a trolley instead of the basket that we brought along, he decided to get a trolley. I left him to go get it and I continued shopping. A few minutes later, he came back, still basket in hand and smirking.
"Did you hear what happened?" he asked, still grinning. I raised my eyebrow. He went to tell what happened:
He was holding on to the basket of things we had already put in and went to get a trolley which was only available outside the store. As he stepped out (still holding on to the unpaid groceries), the security guard immediately roared for him to get in line to pay for the groceries. My brother (who was quite far from the guard), calmly mouthed and gestured that he only wanted to get a trolley. The guard however vehemently insisted that he get into line. He gave up his endeavor for the trolley and walked back to where I was.
When asked why he didn't just leave the basket of groceries inside, my brother explained that the basket had been taken away once before during a previous episode and he didn't want that happening again.
In the car, I told him that if I was in his place, I wouldn't have been so calm and might have been quite freaked out if someone were to scream at me. I told him that I've had to face certain scary people and it just gets me traumatized. He smiled and said to me:
"People aren't actually scary. They're normal human beings. It's just that in some point of their life, they have something that they wanted or needed to do. And they ended up realizing that being scary works for them. But they're ordinary people and they too have their own fears. Once you analyze people, you'll realize that there's nothing to be afraid of."
As always, he taught me one of life's lessons. He amazes me.
"Did you hear what happened?" he asked, still grinning. I raised my eyebrow. He went to tell what happened:
He was holding on to the basket of things we had already put in and went to get a trolley which was only available outside the store. As he stepped out (still holding on to the unpaid groceries), the security guard immediately roared for him to get in line to pay for the groceries. My brother (who was quite far from the guard), calmly mouthed and gestured that he only wanted to get a trolley. The guard however vehemently insisted that he get into line. He gave up his endeavor for the trolley and walked back to where I was.
When asked why he didn't just leave the basket of groceries inside, my brother explained that the basket had been taken away once before during a previous episode and he didn't want that happening again.
In the car, I told him that if I was in his place, I wouldn't have been so calm and might have been quite freaked out if someone were to scream at me. I told him that I've had to face certain scary people and it just gets me traumatized. He smiled and said to me:
"People aren't actually scary. They're normal human beings. It's just that in some point of their life, they have something that they wanted or needed to do. And they ended up realizing that being scary works for them. But they're ordinary people and they too have their own fears. Once you analyze people, you'll realize that there's nothing to be afraid of."
As always, he taught me one of life's lessons. He amazes me.
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