A Good Shopper

I really need to stop doing this: accidentally putting my grocery items in other people's carts while shopping. Early onset alzheimer's?

I did it once at a Whole Foods and the guy was kind enough to take my pound of ground Turkey out of his cart and hand it back to me and ask, politely, as if talking to a mental patient at a hospital, "Is this yours?"

I don't do it on purpose. I just get into a zone while shopping and you have to admit, all those carts look the same.

I did it just two days ago at Trader Joe's. After I realized I put a box of cereal I planned to buy in someone else's cart, I didn't have the nerve to reach in and take it back out. So, I left it there, went back to the shelf and grabbed another. I waited for the man to return, and decided to let it play out and see what his reaction would be, or if he would even notice. He did. He looked down at his cart, puzzled, then grabbed the cereal. He must have wondered, Did I put this on here? Then, he looked around to maybe see if he could find the person who did this, and I casually pretend to browse the cheese rack near him. It really seemed to puzzle him.

He was a good shopper, an ethical shopper. He walked to the cereal section and put it back. Good man.