Excuse me ??

There are times when we make a fool of ourselves..and I have gotten into a habit of doing that quite often after coming here. The other day I was at CVS (its a pharmacy store here, and works out to be quite expensive for students). But thats the only reliable store for purchasing medicines & related items. So I was @ CVS to buy a dental cleaner which was available only with them. The only good thing about visiting the malls here is that you get to see so many different varieties of a single product. Be it staples like curd, milk, bread, eggs, the chocolates, the fancy cosmetics or for that matter even the medicines. You will find plethora of things to choose from. And all these things are displayed so beautifully that you can't just help but be tempted to try each one of the available things. Anyways, thats a different topic of consumerism in US, which i might touch upon at a later time. Coming back to my story, I was there to buy only the dental solution. But as I said, these stores are attractive and the next thing I found was that I was wandering in the store. I picked up a few things with an intention to buy, but looked at the price tags and kept them back on the shelf. I was looking like a total idiot and "ganwaar" who was just gaping and strolling aimlessly in awe of these new things. After 45 mins of futile walk in the store, I realized that it was an endless maneuver and I should go to the check out counter. Though I was standing in the line, my eyes still kept going back to the beautifully displayed items. In order to deviate my mind, I started observing people who were in the line, infront of me. There was an old lady who was concerned about the rising prices of medicines, another woman was busy talking on cell phone, there was a couple, discussing about some party and just before me was a middle aged woman waiting impatiently to get outta this line. I guess, I was the only one with way too much time at hand. Not only did I wander around for 45 mins without any reason, but also had enough time to notice people. So I was standing behind this middle aged lady, trying to understand that what was the hurry all about. Soon she was on the counter and I was staring at her, simply looking at her. Suddenly she turns back and said - "Excuse me? Do you mind not looking at the screen when I key in the pin of my ATM card." Oh boy !! I was stunned and shocked. I was completely unaware of the fact that she noticed my staring. I had no intentions to look into her mode of payment or atm pin..All I could say was - Oh, I am sorry and excused myself to about 3 arm lengths behind her in the line. Felt terribly bad because of her accusation, because I had no such intentions. Anyways, so I learnt yet another lesson about this foreign land..Gurl, learn to mind your business !