LATE NIGHT SHOPPER

It was late in the evening and I was sitting on the couch watching a rerun on television when a commercial came on.

“You know what I just remembered we could use?” I said to myself as I picked up my phone that was laying next to me. I opened my Amazon account and began typing in the search bar.

I typed in “bath towels” and hit the search icon. Within seconds I had dozens of choices popping up on my screen. I began scrolling through and finally found the ones I liked. I had the choice of putting them in the cart or hitting the buy now button. I hit the buy now.

Feeling like I’d accomplished a major shopping trip without leaving the couch I decided to continue.

“I could use some new fall decorations for the porch.” I said to myself as I typed away. There were so many choices that popped up it was overwhelming.

By now the commercial had finished and my program was back on. I glanced up at the television and back to my phone.

“It’s a rerun.” I said as I shrugged my shoulders. “I’ve got more shopping to do.”

After purchasing several other items I’d been needing I put my phone down and was reaching for the remote when my husband Steven came into the room holding up his phone.

“Are you kidding me!” He cried. “Do we really need a half dozen glass food storage containers?”

“Absolutely! I’m trying to get away from the plastic containers because they can release chemicals into the food.” I grabbed the remote and muted the television. “How do you know I just ordered those?” I was confused. “What are you? A mind reader?”

“You know you’re on my Amazon Prime account, right?”

“Well, actually it’s our account.” I corrected him.

“Sure.” He began shaking his head. “But the account is in my name.”

“Okay…and?”

“Every time you order something I get an e-mail from Amazon thanking me for the purchase!”

“Oh…” I gave him a scared smile. “I didn’t know that.” Then I thought about it and was confused again. “But I order stuff all the time and you’ve never said anything.”

“You order one or two things at a time.” He held the phone up again. “I’ve got over a dozen e-mails tonight of things you purchased!”

“It’s all stuff we’ve been needing.” I reasoned. “I just kept forgetting to order it.” I shrugged my shoulders. “But everything popped into my head tonight so I took care of it.”

Steven sighed again.

“Hey, I can’t help it if Amazon’s been snitching on me!” I looked over at Steven and raised my eyebrows. “If I knew they were e-mailing you every time I bought something I would have gotten my own account!”

Steven shook his head again. “We don’t need to pay for two prime accounts.”

“Okay, so how are we going to fix this?”

“I guess if you say we needed everything I’m okay with it.” He put his phone back in his pocket.

“That sounds fair.” I picked up the remote again but before I unmuted the television I looked back at him and smiled. “Just a quick warning…Christmas shopping’s right around the corner!”