Move outta the way!

[greensinestro]

It's getting annoying at grocery stores, or any store with aisles. Why do people feel the need to stroll down them with their carts, in the dead center, then stop to look at something, not moving over so others can pass, treating it like a Sunday afternoon picnic?

Or, this one that happened to me yesterday at Western Beef. I was heading to the check out when dark haired woman decided to stop at the end of the aisle, with her cart, met up with other family members, with the member's cart parked perpendicular to hers,and began transferring her groceries to their cart. Then, when DHW completed her transfer, she just left her cart there, blocking the aisle! And, on top of that, they all were chatting rapidly in Spanish while not moving out of the way. My "excuse me!" barely jolted him.

Move outta the way!

[LoTech]

I wonder if there is a market for one of those aerosol air horns, but equipped with hooks to hang it from the hand bar of a shopping cart?

[MoonCat]

I wonder if there is a market for one of those aerosol air horns, but equipped with hooks to hang it from the hand bar of a shopping cart?

I would pay for one of those!!

[notalwaysright]

It's getting annoying at grocery stores, or any store with aisles. Why do people feel the need to stroll down them with their carts, in the dead center, then stop to look at something, not moving over so others can pass, treating it like a Sunday afternoon picnic?

It's like the opposite of the stores here in town. The shopping style is "impending zombie apocalypse." Except on some fun Senior Days. On a regular shopping trip, one part I dread is the dairy section. Elbowing my way in, and extracting that milk feels like a huge accomplishment. If you hesitate, some soccer mom with those stupid race-car carts barrels her way in front of you! Then she continues in a straight line directly in front of the doors. Or on Senior Days an elderly man will check the expiration dates of everything in sight, meanwhile others are reaching over and under him like some horrible game of Twister.

As for the people blocking, they aren't normally bad at the store I frequent. If I go to the national hippie chain that this town adores (I just think it's okay) then I find the chatters. Pradder Toe's is apparently THE place to be seen, so how dare I interrupt them by shopping? Yet, when I want to stop and look at a product, while holding a hand basket and taking up as little space as possible, some tall jerk has to reach over my shoulder, instead of saying excuse me.

[raudf]

I'm in the loosely termed South (Arkansas) and our aisles are the family reunion hot spots. Two family members run into each other and stop right there, taking up the whole blasted aisle! Nothing short of a flash-bang grenade will get their attention. I feel like I should have my buggy equipped with a cattle guard/brush guard in front, so I can just barrel through without making a huge mess for the poor sots that work there!

[MoonCat]

OK, wait, lemme make a list:

Flash-bangs: check
Air horn: check
Cattle prod: check
Cow catcher grill: check

I think that's it. Ready to go shopping now!

[BearLeeBadenaugh]

My father used to have one of these attached to his electric wheelchair. http://deltacycle.com/airzound-horn



Surprisingly loud and I liked that it was refillable with a bike pump.

[WishfulSpirit]

When I was a lifeguard there was an older lady with a walker who had one of those "haahaa haahaa" bike horns on her walker. She said it was useful for getting down the aisle after church.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

When I was a lifeguard there was an older lady with a walker who had one of those "haahaa haahaa" bike horns on her walker. She said it was useful for getting down the aisle after church.

I bet that would be mighty handy trying to get down the aisles at Wallyworld as well.

I'm sorely tempted to get one for Mom's chair.

[Pagan]

And what is it with people pulling their carts by one corner lately? I've seen so many people not able to negotiate corners and knock things off of end caps.

And, on top of that, they all were chatting rapidly in Spanish

What does that have to do with anything?

[Catwoman2965]

I bet that would be mighty handy trying to get down the aisles at Wallyworld as well.

I'm sorely tempted to get one for Mom's chair.

Me too, for my mom. hahahahahaha LOVE the idea.