Feeling silly

I have just done something that I have never done before and I’m feeling a bit silly.  I went shopping this morning and found a lovely joint of meat, free range and on offer for a brilliant price.  I got home and was unloading my groceries and when I’ve put everything away I realise I am missing the joint of meat!  I go back and look in the car but was sure there was nothing else in the boot.  Nope, not there.  Back into the house and take another look in the obviously empty bags.  No meat to be found!  So, I have to admit to myself that I must have left it at the checkout.  I dig the receipt out and yes, the first item on the list is my lovely, great priced joint.  How embarrassing!  Now that I have admitted that I left it at the shop I have one other issue.  I bought it while in Oakham this morning so I’m 20 miles away.  I pluck up the courage to call the shop and see if they can hold it for me.  When I ring it is an 0845 number so I know I’m going to have to talk to the call centre not just the shop.  Oh this is going to be fun.  I keep thinking how stupid I was and how could I have done it.  When the call centre answers and their recorded message starts to give the menu options,  much to my surprise Option 2 is for people who have left groceries in the shop!  Are there really that many people who do this that it gets its own option on the phone menu?  When the Customer Service lady answers the phone and I tell her about my missing joint of meat she says “oh I do it all the time, I have even left cash back before”.  I have to admit that made me feel a bit better.  She contacts the shop and they say they have my wayward joint and will hold it for me.  So now I have to plan another trip 20 miles back to Oakham.  So much for me buying local meat with a low-carbon footprint…I just blew that away driving 40 miles to go back and pick it up.