A Truly Commercial Mouse

And no I'm talking about Micky or Minnie or any of the other mice characters created by animation moguls like Disney or Warner Brothers. I'm talking about a real mouse...in a commercial establishment. The CVS at the center of our town to be precise.

After picking up B this afternoon from school, we headed over to CVS to pick up a few things. As we walked to the back of the store towards the pharmacy, B who was trailing behind me says "Look mommy!" Now's the time to flip a coin because that phrase usually means there's something really neat to look at or something really bad has caught his eye. Strangely enough, this one falls in the middle. The middle of the cold medicine aisle to be exact. There stood a cute little mouse. The first thing out of my mouth was "Aww...he must have caught wind that there's an oversupply of halloween candy here these days." Then the "screamer" walked by with her son. You know the type - those ultra prim and proper 50-year old women walking around in heels because they think they're 30 years younger than they are. The kind that you know would scream "Eeeek!!! A mouse!!!" at a decibel level that would make you think she was getting attacked by the damn thing. So thanks to that woman, the poor mouse went scurrying down the aisle as fast as it could.

By the time it stopped, I had a chance to grab a hand basket from the end of the aisle and managed to pin it down underneath the basket. Given the size of the holes though, I'm very surprised that mouse didn't try to escape as I'm sure he could have easily fit through. Luckily one of the pharmacists (who actually had a very strong resemblance to SJ's J - I literally had to do a double-take when I saw him) came by with a big container and was able to capture the poor mouse and put it outside. Then the "Eeek" woman came by and pretty much announced to the whole store that I was some sort of supermom and was so incredibly brave to get close enough to cover it with a basket. Umm..not really but if that's what you want to call it, ok! Little does she know, we deal with mice in our own home quite frequently especially in the fall and winter months. And considering the fact that we have 2 superb hunters in the family (the black beasts in the picture) and that I would rather not pick up mouse guts in the house if they managed to capture one, I have gotten pretty quick at the "cover and throw it outside" maneuver. But if that woman has her way, I think that pharmacist just might have earned himself the title of "Employee of the Month" today!