Continued: Co-op, "Thank you again today!"

As expected, I received a phone call that night.
It's from my mother.
The voice that said, "Thank you again today," was trembling.

My mother always orders huge quantities of food from the co-op.
I've written about this before.

I was racking my brain trying to think of a good solution.
I can't change my habit of ordering from the consumer cooperative, which I've had for over 50 years.
I can no longer remember the phrase, "There are plenty of ⚪︎ and △, so please don't buy them."
Even if you look at the completed order form and cross out the items you don't need,
It seems they filled it out again after I left, as it arrived the following week.

Today I decided to boldly write the item name on the order form.
I crossed it out with a black pen.
I advised against buying that.

When I inquired with the consumer cooperative,
If it's not a designated field,
It was said that drawing a line was acceptable.

I thought it was a great idea.

However, when I actually explained it to my mother,
My mother can't understand it.
"Why would they do something like this on an order form?"
I'm furious.

I explain it each time.
Each time, they seem to accept it, at least to some extent.

A minute later, he looked at the order form and got angry again.

Since it would never end, I said, "Let's have a snack today♪"
For now, please forget about the co-op.
I went home.


The voice on the other end of the phone sounds trembling.
"I explained it at home earlier, right? 😊"
Mom said she understood, right? 😊
I speak as calmly as possible,
My mother wouldn't understand.
"I haven't heard anything about that."
I'm seeing the purchase order for the first time now.
Why would you do something like this?! 💢
"This is unusable."
He rattles off on and on.

I am neither Buddha nor the Virgin Mary.
"Just quit the co-op already!!!" I said.
"That's enough! I get it!" my mother said.
"See ya!" I said as I hung up.

What should I do now?



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