Shopping Cart Crime

Deb and I stopped at Sam's yesterday. We didn't need much, but they have this really good aged Canadian white cheddar that we always keep around the house. Anyway, we'd picked up the cheese and had one or two other items in the basket. We then started looking for a block of Mozzarella cheese to use in an eggplant Parmesan we were planning to make. We left our cart behind while we strolled down a couple of aisles looking for the Mozzarella. When we came back for our cart, it was gone! Where could it be?? We were only gone for a minute. We asked a nearby employee if she'd seen the thief. No luck. "They do that all the time." she said. It was a minor mystery at first and then Deb noticed our cheddar cheese and other items on a shelf. Someone had emptied our cart and took it! That's when I got pissed. I mean, it's one thing to accidentally take off with someone else's cart and then get embarrassed when you realize it's not yours and just leave it wherever. This, however, was obvious, deliberate hijacking of another shopper's cart. Inexcusable! We started staring down every customer that passed near us, all the while holding our items awkwardly in our hands so everyone could see we were cartless, hoping against hope to detect some sign of guilt in the lowlife who stole ours. I actually felt violated. What kind of shopper would do such a thing. I bet this wouldn't have happened at Costco. Oh, I wonder where our poor cart is now!