First Impressions are usually wrong

Yesterday as I was doing my shopping at Walmart (you may think that I spend all my days at Walmart, but i really try to go there only once a month) there were no shopping carts with the extra seats on them so we just used a regular one. Matthew was in the front buckled and Jacob was sitting in the back. He had been carrying around a backpack on his back all day long filled with his treasures. A truck, Nemo, a really obnoxious King Julian whatever he is that sings, "I like to move it, move it" anytime you touch it, and his batman pajamas. He asked me repeatedly throughout the store if he could please put them on. I kept telling him as soon as we got home he could. At one point I was looking for some mascara and I heard a lady behind me laughing. I turned around and found out why. Jacob was standing in the back of the basket in his underwear trying to get his pajamas out of his backpack. To top it off he even had on batman underwear!
Later as we got to the checkout lane, he asked me what the guys name was who was checking us out. (he is very big into asking people their names and then grabbing their hands and saying "nice to meet you") I chose this particular line because it was the shortest and I was in a hurry. Had I looked at who was checking people out, I might not have chosen that one. The guy had tattoos up and down both arms and on his neck, long black hair parted down the middle, and silver hoops in both ears. Not that I think he is a lesser person than me, but to be quite honest he was a little scary looking. If I know you, then good luck shutting me up, but if not, I can be somewhat shy. So Jacob asks me what the guys name is and I look and tell him it is Blake. He says, "Hi Blake, nice to meet you!" Blake looks at us and just starts talking away. He asks me how old everybody is and tells us all about his son that just turned one. He was the nicest guy! It made me think for the rest of the day how I judge people and how I want to do so much of a better job befriending people.

Kind of makes me wonder what people think of me when my kids are at the store in just their underwear!