See's Candies

I love See's Candies. When Collin and I lived in downtown Salt Lake City, I would take the trolley from downtown to The University Campus for school every day. Across the street from the trolley station was a See's Candies. I would walk in periodically to get a sample of a new flavor. One day I tried white chocolate lime truffle. It instantly became my favorite flavor of all. When we moved to Las Vegas, I was on cloud nine when I found out there was a See's at a mall on the other side of town. Because of my work schedule, I was unable to drive the thirty miles and back as frequently as I wished, so when I did have the opportunity to go to that mall, it was a treat.
One day, my friend Heather and I went to the mall and decided we would stop at Burlington Coat Factory on the way home. As a special treat to me, she bought me four truffles from See's. I was waiting for the perfect time to eat my candies because Las Vegas can get pretty warm. I decided to wait until we were in Burlington so my candy wouldn't melt while I ate it outside. We make our purchases at the store, and as I walk up to the cashier counter with my See's Candy bag in hand, I realize I can't pull out my wallet to pay while the candy is in my hand. I carefully set down my precious bag and what do you know???? The cashier proceeds to ask me if she can have some of my candy while she is digging through my bag with her bare hands! Now, I am not a germ freak, but she has been handling money all day long and she has been touching the cash register all day long. Her hands are probably loaded with germs and bacteria. Moving on, I couldn't tell her she was not allowed to have some of my candy because her hands were already in the bag. I watched her lick her fingers as she ate two of my four candies. I was dumbstruck. Who has the balls to ask someone they don't know form atom for their food while they are practically eating it? I walked out of the store thinking to myself that I only had two choices form this point on: I could give her the rest of the filthy little candies left in my bag or I could go home and enjoy what was left of my treat. While driving home, I tried to figure out how someone could do such a thing. What I realized at that moment made me understand how so many people can do things like this. It all boils down to one thing: They have no "home training". At home we realize that it is not polite to ask people for their food. We wait for them to offer. We also do not grab people's food with our bare hands. We wait for them to give it to us, or we grab a napkin. Somewhere along the line, this woman's parents decided it was not important for her to learn some basic home training. What a bummer for people like me because I see the fruits of their labor (or lack).
What did I do with my candy? I am ashamed to say that I went home and enjoyed every bite of my two pieces of rich white chocolate truffle.