Grocery Shopping/Road Rage

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  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    I also enjoy grocery shopping. And it takes a lot for me to get ragey. People being their slow, oblivious selves doesn't get me there.

    I hate grocery shopping, but not because of dummies. I hate it because it takes as much time as other shopping, but when I get home I can't try on the pork chops or paint my nails with the bananas.

    Yuh huh! 201009131847.jpg

    I dont get ragey very often either. But walmart with all 3 kids can sometimes do it to me.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    juliecat - Walmart will do that to anyone. I won't shop there unless I absolutely have to. I will go out of my way to hit different stores just to avoid being there. I'll even pay extra. The people there are more than slow and oblivious.
    I am apparently the only non-agaraphobic to respond here. I like the grocery store. I see new things I can eat or cook for myself/girlfriend, and I get to do people watching at it's best. Also--I like it way more if it's publix.

    Shopping really IS a pleasure there!

    Shopping at Publix actually is a pleasure. I'd go there just to wander around if I didn't have 4 million other things to do. They cater to the population living around them. So Publix in a Cuban neighborhood actually has Cuban food, even a cafe in the front of the store. Caribbean neighborhood Publix puts refrigerated coconut water in the front cooler. Simple, smart stuff. Since they're a little pricier, you don't get as many of the crazies. Bargains seem to bring out the crazies in people. That brings this conversation back to a full circle to Walmart again. :smile:
  • clareeast
    clareeast Posts: 64
    Sounds the same the world over! There are "nice" supermarkets and not-so-nice ones!! It's definitely true here in the UK - lol!

    Have been and done a "big" shop this morning - which actually involved three supermarkets: one I like, one I hate and one I'm indifferent to! I hate the aisle-blockers and the screaming kids, too! I really hate loading it into the car, and unloading it and putting it away when I get home - but I think of it all as extra lifting, bending and stretching, that helps me through!!
  • JanetLM73
    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I have a 24 hour grocery store, I go at strange times because I also get irritated.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    My fiance pushes the cart and picks everything out because the people irritate me so bad. They make the carts too big! Everyone is ALWAYS in the way.
  • Fridaydalek
    Fridaydalek Posts: 28 Member
    ...so you just pretend to look at something else until they move....but they take forever, sometimes even talking on their phones.

    Why don't you ask them to move?
  • stevewynjones
    stevewynjones Posts: 1,052 Member
    Internet shopping is the future.....
  • BAB23
    BAB23 Posts: 1
    My fiance pushes the cart and picks everything out because the people irritate me so bad. They make the carts too big! Everyone is ALWAYS in the way.


    in the grocery store, down the road from me, they make the aisles too small! only one cart can through them at any time!!
  • stevewynjones
    stevewynjones Posts: 1,052 Member
    Sounds the same the world over! There are "nice" supermarkets and not-so-nice ones!! It's definitely true here in the UK - lol!

    Have been and done a "big" shop this morning - which actually involved three supermarkets: one I like, one I hate and one I'm indifferent to! I hate the aisle-blockers and the screaming kids, too! I really hate loading it into the car, and unloading it and putting it away when I get home - but I think of it all as extra lifting, bending and stretching, that helps me through!!

    OH yes....they wouldn't start with S,A & T in that order byany chance? :laugh:
  • Nerple
    Nerple Posts: 1,291 Member
    One of the things I have to do for my job is grocery shop. I hate it. I save up all my house shopping needs and work shopping needs and just get it done all at once.

    I pretend it's a game. I race through the aisles, dodge other shoppers, and try to fit all the stuff in my cart like Tetris as fast as possible.

    That helps.
    See, I'm REALLY socially awkward. I'm also goofy looking and I dress like a goth-hobo-hippie. When people get in my way, I just stop and stare at them

    just stare

    they move pretty fast.

    Ah, the perks of being a weirdo

    That's a little scary, I am the exact same way, sans fashion choice. At the supermarket I used to frequent I had weekly shopping, including check out down to 10 minutes every week.
  • RDalton84
    RDalton84 Posts: 207
    I also enjoy grocery shopping. And it takes a lot for me to get ragey. People being their slow, oblivious selves doesn't get me there.

    I hate grocery shopping, but not because of dummies. I hate it because it takes as much time as other shopping, but when I get home I can't try on the pork chops or paint my nails with the bananas.

    Yuh huh! 201009131847.jpg

    I dont get ragey very often either. But walmart with all 3 kids can sometimes do it to me.

    LMAO @ Lady Gaga's meat dress....I also hate going to wal mart with my children. If I have to go to Wal mart, it is an ALONE trip, no children lol
  • beccyleigh
    beccyleigh Posts: 846 Member
    Am I the only one who will lean over someone if they don't respond to my polite "excuse me" if faffing in front of a display I need or push their trolley out of the way of where I need to be or will move someone elses trolley out of the way if they have parked it across the whole isle?. If someone is just hanging out infront of where you need to be, chatting on their phone then ask them to move & if they don't then get up in their face, lean over them or stand about 2mm away mouth breathing very heavily. If they have left their trolly in the way, move it, they don't own it. If you are feeling naughty then add some extra items to their load.

    You are stressing about something that is completely in your control. Don't give in to the idiots & you can be sure to feel alot happier about your next shopping trip.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    I go on Friday nights when it is deserted. You must be going on Saturday morning when everyone and their old mothers on scooters are trying to shop.

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