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Post by giramomma on Jun 24, 2015 23:19:29 GMT -5
We do the bulk of our shopping at Woodman's on the weekends. They often have about 20 lanes open. And they STILL have people 3-5 deep waiting to check out! You are fearless doing Woodman's on a weekend. I like it after midnight.
My DH goes by himself on the weekends. He's usually done in about 45 minutes. Last year, a Hyvee opened near Woodman's, and it's been far less busy during the weekends at our Woodman's.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 7:42:40 GMT -5
She actually admonished someone who she caught moving her cart to one side, telling them to "just go around" her cart, which was not possible as she had left no room for that.
I think I would have followed her directions and wedged my cart firmly between her cart and the shelves, hopefully tipping hers over in the process. Oops.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 25, 2015 9:05:34 GMT -5
I probably would have had an embarrassing outburst, and then changed grocery stores.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jun 25, 2015 10:36:17 GMT -5
I've never had an altercation at the grocery store. A few years back I was shopping & in the coffee aisle & there was a 30ish woman looking for something she obviously couldn't find. She pulls out her phone & calls someone to tell them she has looked everywhere & can't find the butter milk. She has checked all the aisles & simply can't find it. She hangs up & I asked her if she checked the dairy section. She said no & thanked me & I assume headed toward dairy. I just stood there shaking my head.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jun 25, 2015 11:58:32 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 25, 2015 12:05:49 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart! aren't the little kid carts shorter, like little kid height?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 25, 2015 12:14:30 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart! aren't the little kid carts shorter, like little kid height? I'm usually grateful there AREN'T kid carts. My son apparently thinks he's an Indy race car driven when he gets to push one. He takes off a run and I'm chasing him. Needless to say, we avoid places where they have those carts when we have him with us!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 25, 2015 12:26:45 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. that's downright creepy.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 25, 2015 12:29:05 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. Dayum. I've heard of the food police, but that sounds like a one-woman force, with guns blazing. You handled it better than I might have done. I would have picked up the nearest smushable food and planted it in her piehole.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jun 25, 2015 12:48:41 GMT -5
At first I thought maybe she works for the store as some sort of produce consultant. But she didn't have a name tag and was wearing street clothes. Plus, I didn't ask her for any advice.
By the cheese aisle, I was ready to smack her a good one.
Maybe that would be a good encore career for me. Freelance produce consultant.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 25, 2015 13:01:23 GMT -5
At first I thought maybe she works for the store as some sort of produce consultant. But she didn't have a name tag and was wearing street clothes. Plus, I didn't ask her for any advice.
By the cheese aisle, I was ready to smack her a good one.
Maybe that would be a good encore career for me. Freelance produce consultant. You'd do a better job than she did. I kinda like the idea of having someone there to explain all the different apples, for example, and which are good for what uses. But I want to be the one to initiate the conversation. And definitely not have that person follow me into the dairy aisle like some forlorn heifer looking for a mate. I'd be tempted to get on the store's PA system after I clonked her on the noggin with a gallon of chocolate milk and say, "Shopper down! Cleanup on Aisle 4!" and run.
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Post by grumpyhermit on Jun 25, 2015 13:21:55 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart! Okay at first I was picturing the carts that look like race cars, and found that odd enough. But to take a short cart?? That is odd. I can't stand the space invaders. The people that no matter how much room they have behind them, feel the need to crawl up your back when you are waiting in line to pay. I inch forward...they inch forward....drives me crazy.
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Post by jeep108 on Jun 25, 2015 13:34:29 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart! Okay at first I was picturing the carts that look like race cars, and found that odd enough. But to take a short cart?? That is odd. I can't stand the space invaders. The people that no matter how much room they have behind them, feel the need to crawl up your back when you are waiting in line to pay. I inch forward...they inch forward....drives me crazy. I can't stand them either.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jun 25, 2015 13:38:43 GMT -5
At first I thought maybe she works for the store as some sort of produce consultant. But she didn't have a name tag and was wearing street clothes. Plus, I didn't ask her for any advice.
By the cheese aisle, I was ready to smack her a good one.
Maybe that would be a good encore career for me. Freelance produce consultant. You'd do a better job than she did. I kinda like the idea of having someone there to explain all the different apples, for example, and which are good for what uses. But I want to be the one to initiate the conversation. And definitely not have that person follow me into the dairy aisle like some forlorn heifer looking for a mate. I'd be tempted to get on the store's PA system after I clonked her on the noggin with a gallon of chocolate milk and say, "Shopper down! Cleanup on Aisle 4!" and run. Tee hee.
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Post by dannylion on Jun 25, 2015 13:41:25 GMT -5
At first I thought maybe she works for the store as some sort of produce consultant. But she didn't have a name tag and was wearing street clothes. Plus, I didn't ask her for any advice.
By the cheese aisle, I was ready to smack her a good one.
Maybe that would be a good encore career for me. Freelance produce consultant. You'd do a better job than she did. I kinda like the idea of having someone there to explain all the different apples, for example, and which are good for what uses. But I want to be the one to initiate the conversation. And definitely not have that person follow me into the dairy aisle like some forlorn heifer looking for a mate. I'd be tempted to get on the store's PA system after I clonked her on the noggin with a gallon of chocolate milk and say, "Shopper down! Cleanup on Aisle 4!" and run.
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Post by dannylion on Jun 25, 2015 13:43:45 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. This is very weird. I wonder if she does that to other people.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 25, 2015 14:48:52 GMT -5
I think Carl needs to write a book on this subject. I'll bet the stories he has make some of the stuff in the old National Enquirer look tame. I want him to tell tales about old people duking it out over cat food, arguing about which one tastes best. Maybe a kerfuffle in the frozen food aisle; a stay-at-home mom versus an outside-the-home mom winging frozen pizzas at each other, arguing over who has less quality time with the kids and "really" deserves more credit - and pizza. And a bruising bakery showdown: a softball-coaching dad who slides in and snags the last box of glazed donuts for his team, right out from under the grab of the up-all-night new dad who needs that fried snack fix to stay awake at work.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 25, 2015 16:30:11 GMT -5
I reported to Krogers store management two ladies who had emptied out two large plastic containers of fresh strawberries onto paper towels. They then went through about 50 other plastic containers of fresh strawberries and picked out only the finest from each container and put the best berry into one of the two emptied containers. When they took out one or two of the best strawberries and placed them into their emptied container, they put one or two of the strawberries sitting on the paper towel back into the container from where they had taken out the best berry(s).
They were physically handling all the strawberries from about 50 containers of strawberries. Yuck.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 16:54:57 GMT -5
MarleyKeezy78, when you were talking about the kiddie's cart, you weren't talking about the ones that are about standard height and not as long as a regular cart, were you? I don't think the ones I am describing are kiddie carts. I use them all the time because I only want to pick up a few things.
Kiddie carts are race cars and small carts too short for most adults. You have actually seen adults humped over with those?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 17:20:08 GMT -5
Trader Joe's kiddie carts are definitely 1/2 height of the normal ones. MarleyKeezy78 has some strange neighbors!
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 25, 2015 17:21:14 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart! aren't the little kid carts shorter, like little kid height? Yep Annoying as shit!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 17:25:38 GMT -5
Speaking of TJ's, that was my first stop for groceries today. Uneventful in the store except for the older couples stopped to gab, blocking the aisle with their carts.
The parking lot however was not fun. Parked with open spaces on both sides, with about 6" to the lines on either side. Someone parks on the line on my driver's side (SP for stupid parker) and a car is pulling in on the other side. As I shimmy down the drivers side of my car sideways, 2 little dogs launch themselves through the window barking their heads off. Startled me and I banged my arm into my car. They didn't bite or anything, were just waiting for barking prey. Squeezed into my car cursing SP the whole time.
I still have to go to Costco, but need to get a whole lot less grumbly before I face that . . . maybe tomorrow morning . . .
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 25, 2015 17:29:37 GMT -5
MarleyKeezy78, when you were talking about the kiddie's cart, you weren't talking about the ones that are about standard height and not as long as a regular cart, were you? I don't think the ones I am describing are kiddie carts. I use them all the time because I only want to pick up a few things.
Kiddie carts are race cars and small carts too short for most adults. You have actually seen adults humped over with those? Yes, both smaller sizes. All I know is there are two size child carts and they are specificly in an area for the kids to grab. Their regular carts are not very big either so I don't understand the need to take the small ones from the kids.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 17:38:30 GMT -5
Speaking of TJ's, that was my first stop for groceries today. Uneventful in the store except for the older couples stopped to gab, blocking the aisle with their carts. The parking lot however was not fun. Parked with open spaces on both sides, with about 6" to the lines on either side. Someone parks on the line on my driver's side (SP for stupid parker) and a car is pulling in on the other side. As I shimmy down the drivers side of my car sideways, 2 little dogs launch themselves through the window barking their heads off. Startled me and I banged my arm into my car. They didn't bite or anything, were just waiting for barking prey. Squeezed into my car cursing SP the whole time. I still have to go to Costco, but need to get a whole lot less grumbly before I face that . . . maybe tomorrow morning . . . My husband recently had to get handicapped plates for his car because of his back. The nicest thing about them is not their location. Several aren't even the closest location; they are near curbs that are "ramped" or whatever so that you walk up instead of stepping up. These are big parking places because they are made for vans.
Why aren't most parking spots made for vans and trucks? Then my little Corolla wouldn't get squeezed like Rockit is describing.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 25, 2015 17:38:42 GMT -5
I was in line the other day and it was the 15 items or less and a woman with three kids got in line behind me with a fully loaded cart. The cashier politely told her it was 15 items or less and the woman completely ignored her, so I turned around and loudly explained it was the 15 items or less line. She was all oh, uh, thank you... and went to another line. I felt kinda bad, but who wants to be stuck in the express line behind that
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 25, 2015 22:30:08 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. You know she lost a bet with her brother, and this was what he came up with. That is the best possible conclusion.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jun 25, 2015 22:31:59 GMT -5
I was in line the other day and it was the 15 items or less and a woman with three kids got in line behind me with a fully loaded cart. The cashier politely told her it was 15 items or less and the woman completely ignored her, so I turned around and loudly explained it was the 15 items or less line. She was all oh, uh, thank you... and went to another line. I felt kinda bad, but who wants to be stuck in the express line behind that Carl stands up and start clapping "Thank you" "thank you" "thank you"
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 26, 2015 4:31:31 GMT -5
Carl, I don't know how you do it every day. I worked in a grocery store part time when I was in high school and I have some interesting stories. I can't imagine the ones you have! I still remember one customer who bought the Sunday paper and decided to pay in unwrapped pennies.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 26, 2015 4:46:00 GMT -5
I must be the luckiest person on earth. I'm in and out. Even when I go to Walmart, I never see ugly. Oops, I did once and it wasn't ugly, just plain odd. Perfectly normal shaped woman with a rear end that looked like a ledge-sideways. When I'm in the south, I shop at Publix and it is always an pleasure.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 26, 2015 6:44:56 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. This is very weird. I wonder if she does that to other people.
Maybe it was her pick up line for you! Some guys do it in the produce department! The pick up scenerio, that is.....
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