Hello everyone! I went to Home Goods today and I wasn’t planning to but I’m 6 months pregnant and I’m planning our nursery so I’m like “why not?”. I really wasn’t planning on going, let alone BUY something but I was in the area.

Anyways 😅

I went by the section where they have all their kids/nursery stuff and I find THE cutest basket. It’s animals but watercolor with variations of fabric over them and like little strings coming off the animals and it’s ugh, the cutest thing. It so happens to match the nursery theme so I grab it. When I do, I noticed there’s 3 others inside. Now I start debating what size I need and so I decided on the medium and small (one for toys). I put the large back where it was and head to the register with my toddler holding my hand. As it’s almost my turn to go to the register, I hesitate and think “ehhh this medium won’t do it for a hamper. I’ll go get the biggest one instead.”

I go back and see it in the same aisle it was but moved. No one was in the aisle nor around. So I’m happy to see it and I grab and it start walking back. As I’m almost out of the aisle, this couple yells at me “hey that’s mine!” Again, no one was in the aisle nor around the basket better yet. The aisle was alone and the basket itself wasn’t in a cart or anything, it was just slightly moved from where I left it.

I’m seriously confused so I say “what?”

The husband “That’s our basket. We’re coming from the kitchen section but left it there with our other stuff we’re taking. And that basket is part of it.”

Me: “Im sorry, there was no one around. How would I know what’s yours and what isn’t when there was no one in the aisle? It also isn’t in a cart so I really wouldn’t know.”

Him “I don’t think you understand. This basket is mine. I left it here for a few minutes with my other stack of things and my cart is over there” (points to his cart in the aisle vertical from the one we’re in. In OTHER WORDS NOT EVEN WITH HIM BUT IN AN ENTIRE OTHER AISLE)

Me: I understand you separated your things, but it’s not in a cart, it’s not paid for, it looks like it’s just placed with all the other things in this aisle. I came to it with no physical human being here beside it. I grabbed it and so therefore, I’m taking it to buy it.”

Him: “You’re not understanding me, that’s my stuff collected here.”

Me: “So what would you expect me to do?”

Him (very angry at this point and coming close to me trying to intimidate me with his wife) THE RIGHT THING TO DO, would be to give it back to me.”

Me: (at this point I feel annoyed he tries to intimidate me over a basket while I’m holding my sons hand, 6 months belly pregnant) .. “uhm.. no. I came to it. No one is here. I got it and so it’s mine.”

Him: (screaming) ah well whatever enjoy it!

I walk away with my son and head to buy it, these people literally follow me to see if I put it down. This ain’t that serious but I don’t have any drama in my life lol so this is as good as it gets. I almost gave it to him out of guilt. Not bc he’s intimidating me but bc I felt bad. His mile away cart also had childrens stuff. So now I feel bad and think, they must also have kids and want something cute for them. So now I feel guilty but am also conflicted bc I know that especially in a store like Home Goods everything looks like it’s everywhere and if I KNEW it was in a cart, I would definitely not touch it, but it wasn’t. It was placed almost right where it was when I originally was browsing. Is he right ? Am I right ? OR was the right thing to do just give it to him bc I really do feel bad, they’re also planning their kids rooms but at the same time, I like it too, I was there and they were not and well.. finders keepers hehe.

This is my unnecessary story :)