Last Saturday, I decide to go and do some REAL grocery shopping.  This means going to only one place.  WEGMANS. My goal was to do some shopping and snap a few pictures in order to share with you good folks here on TMP.com.  I snap ONE picture and within 30 seconds some lady approaches me and kindly suggests that I refrain from taking any more photos.  I ask her why and she tells me that they don’t allow the taking of photographs in order to protect company secrets. 

I told her that I found it rather odd that I’d be taking company secrets from a public place but told her that I put away my camera and refrain from taking more pictures. 

This is where the fun began… I kept my shopping list on my phone/PDA.  I took it out of my pocket and started to shop.  That same lady starts following me and then makes a call.  Another manager shows up and they start to talk.  I knew they were talking about me because one of them pointed in my direction.  This was getting fun.  As I wondered around the store I would see a manager type person somewhere in the distance.  I wasn’t hard too spot because I was wearing a bright red hockey jersey.  Maybe they thought I was taking picture with my phone.. Maybe they wanted to tackle me for squeezing the Charmin?? 

The whole way around the store I was thinking how stupid this was.  What company secrets was I going to steal?  It’s a public store.  Am I going to steal how they lay out their candy bars??  Or how they stack the toilet paper? 

Do I still love Wegmans?  Yes.  Do I think they need to take the stick out of their butt?  Abso-friggen-lutely…