Safeway...maybe not so safe!

while leaving the checkout at Safeway at PanAm shopping center, ozzy catches sight of a train movie "The Little Engine That Could" and begged, please, please, please, can i have it?  it was on sale for $9 and i had a lot to do this day...$9 for a 90 min babysitter is a bargain.  so i took it to the checkout, the guys chatted with ozzy about trains and there was a moment of quiet confusion btwn the two guys behind the counter, a few presses on some keys, and the purchase went thru.  ozzy held the dvd out the store, saying, "I think i can!  I think i can!  mommy, where's the funny clown from the book?"  i put him in the car and he's still holding the dvd and wants to open it while i drive home.

i get home, unload the groceries, and ozzy says, "mommy, this movie has scary people in it."

"what?  it does?!?  lemme see it."  thinking to myself, i shouldnt just trust the title and preschool images on the cover and should have checked to make sure it had a G rating cuz maybe it was PG and had some harrowing moments.

ozzy hands me this:

 someone had pulled the Little Engine movie out of the dust sleeve and slid this one in instead.  probably b/c it's rated R and they figured that swapping it out could allow a certain underage someone to buy it.  i told ozzy that someone must have swapped the movies and he says, "mommy!  THAT's.  NOT.  NICE!" 

i immediately got ozzy back in the car and raced back to Safeway in a huff.  the guys at the check out said they remembered me and when i showed them the dvd, it was like a light went off and the younger guy says, Ooooohhhhh that's why it kept ringing up as an R rated movie!

the older man with a moustache, went to find the correct movie, but of course they were all out.  Ozzy was crushed, so the man, offered to refund us our money and gave Ozzy another dvd for free (Kung Fu Panda).  the man asked him if he wanted it, and ozzy said, "we dont have that movie at home.  it's very funny when he dances." 

So we took the movie home and he's watching it now.  glad the people at Safeway came thru and were so helpful.  i was worried they would make us keep the dvd b/c Ozzy had already opened the package, but they were totally empathetic and helpful.  in the end, Safeway saved the day. and i learned to now add one more thing to my list of things i must do whenever i buy something... check inside the sleeves (if there is one) to make sure we are getting what we think we are!