What would you do?

Let's say you are shopping at the local grocery store late one Sunday morning. Whilst contemplating the tea selection you reach into your cart to take a sip from your travel mug. It's not there! First you think: "Who the hell would take my nasty old cup?" Then you realize ITS NOT YOUR CART! For some unknown period of time you've been strolling the aisles adding items to somebody else's cart. What to do? Do you back away slowly and break into a run at the end of the aisle abandoning the cart? Do you retrace your steps cart in tow until you locate your cart?

Well, just let me say that if you are the person who returns from the line at the deli counter to find your cart missing and someone else's shabby cup containing cart in its place, you would appreciate it if the spacey shopper would retrace her/his steps with the damn cart. You will slink back to where you last knew you had your cart and find it sitting there right where you left it. Call me a great big meany but if I find you (remember I know you by your nasty cup) before I find my cart I am not going to put a whole lotta effort into not making you feel stupid.

If it hadn't been the last bag of kiwis I wouldn't have gone looking for it at all.