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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 2, 2011 18:03:04 GMT -5
The other day I was annoyed at Publix (the best store on the earth BTW) when someone saw me unloading my full cart and putting the divider thing on the belt once I put 3 things on the belt. Don't they realize I need room for the 87 other things in the cart? ?? Or when they throw it down after you set a few items down and that is all you have. Like the 3 foot space between our items aren't a clue to the cashier.
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Post by Poppet on Jan 2, 2011 18:04:58 GMT -5
Suh-weet! it's Curmudgeonly Misanthrope Week? Why didn't someone tell me sooner? Phew, I almost missed it.
Yes, You may assume I hate your guts if you do anything that slows me down, gets in my way, inconveniences me for a nano-second or otherwise reminds me that the whole confounded world doesn't really revolve around me.
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Post by TD2K on Jan 2, 2011 18:05:36 GMT -5
Oh great, our troll is back.
<calls in a mod strike >
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 2, 2011 18:06:12 GMT -5
I guess they wouldn't want their steaks to breed with your pork chops.
Also, know pretty much what you want BEFORE it's your turn at the deli counter instead of asking the clerk what everything is and if could you have a sample to see if you like it or not....
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Post by swamp on Jan 2, 2011 18:06:12 GMT -5
Suh-weet! it's Curmudgeonly Misanthrope Week? Why didn't someone tell me sooner? Phew, I almost missed it. Yes, You may assume I hate your guts if you do anything that slows me down, gets in my way, inconveniences me for a nano-second or otherwise reminds me that the whole confounded world doesn't really revolve around me. You get me! You really get me!!!!
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steff
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:06:41 GMT -5
As a mom who never took my kid into a grocery store at all, ever, until he was 13...I'd love a grocery store that has a "NO kids" policy. If they look at me wrong for asking them to politely move, I then treat them like targets in a video game. You'd be surprised at how quickly the little brats will get outta your way when you tell them they are worth more points if you send them flying down the aisle on their butts as you start walking faster aiming for them with the basket.
Our local dollar store has a "no more than 2 kids" policy. I get the biggest kick outta watching the manager throw shoppers out that don't control their kids and let them run wild. She'll walk up, take the cart and say "Your kids aren't going to destroy my store or steal me blind because you can't watch them....if that's how you want to shop, go to Walmart, I don't need your business that bad". I think I love her. LoL
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Post by Apple on Jan 2, 2011 18:09:26 GMT -5
Suh-weet! it's Curmudgeonly Misanthrope Week? Why didn't someone tell me sooner? Phew, I almost missed it. Yes, You may assume I hate your guts if you do anything that slows me down, gets in my way, inconveniences me for a nano-second or otherwise reminds me that the whole confounded world doesn't really revolve around me. ;D Oh, and add "or rushes me" You're right, it doesn't really revolve around you because it revolves around me, dammit
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Post by TD2K on Jan 2, 2011 18:10:08 GMT -5
I like the kids who are running back and forth, you stop because you don't know where they are going and they still manage to run into your legs.
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:10:37 GMT -5
I also believe that kids shouldn't be taken to a nice place to eat unless they keep their butts in the seats and use their indoor voices. A screaming kid running around between the tables deserves to eat carpet IMO and I have no problem putting a foot out to help that happen. and yes, I'm fully aware that I am not "kid friendly".
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 2, 2011 18:10:55 GMT -5
As a mom who never took my kid into a grocery store at all, ever, until he was 13...I'd love a grocery store that has a "NO kids" policy.
When I was growing up, my dad was in the military and my mom did most of the grocery shopping at the commissary. At the time, the ONLY way a child was allowed in the commissary was if they either rode in the cart (< 2 years old) or had an ID card (which you get on your 12th birthday).
When mom went to the grocery store, she'd take my < 2 yo brother in and me and my sister (5-7 years) would wait in the car with our toys. Today that'd get the cops called on her, but it was the norm back in the 1960s.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 18:14:10 GMT -5
Apple I so totally agree with you!!
This one is probably area specific but.....
If your driving a $65,000 + 2 year old duelly truck that has never been over 35 mph & takes 10 minutes to go from 25 mph to 35 mph. I HATE those guys.
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:14:29 GMT -5
When mom went to the grocery store, she'd take my < 2 yo brother in and me and my sister (5-7 years) would wait in the car with our toys. Today that'd get the cops called on her, but it was the norm back in the 1960s.
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my mom never took us to the grocery store with her. I tried once when my kiddo was an infant, I ended up leaving my cart, taking him home and when daddy got home, THEN I went shopping. As a SAHM & housewife, the grocery store somedays is my escape, I don't want to play dodgekid while I'm there. Once my son was 13, he was old enough to know better, to not ask for everything under the sun, and understood more about costs. He goes with me now, he's 16, to learn life skills. How to shop, how to use coupons, how to compare prices, things he will need to know when he's on his own.
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 2, 2011 18:14:31 GMT -5
I keep to my side of the aisle, know what I'm looking for, keep my kids restrained and relatively quiet, and have my credit card and coupons out as soon as I unload the groceries from the cart AND i sort my groceries when i shop and group them on the belt- frozen and/or refrigerated/ non- food etc..
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Post by Apple on Jan 2, 2011 18:14:36 GMT -5
There was a couple in line with their kid several months ago and the kid started throwing a fit. The mom told him to get up and he wouldn't. She then told him he could walk with her to the car or she could drag him. He kept at it so she dragged him. People in the store were actually clapping when she did it. The husband got many "tell her thank-you"s before he made it out of the store. I've been a single mom since DS was 3, I'm pretty mean when I need to be so I never had a problem with him in the store, which is good, because until he was 10 and could legally stay home alone, I had to take him everywhere since I only had a babysitter during work hours.
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Post by suzwantstobefree on Jan 2, 2011 18:15:46 GMT -5
Where did they put the divider? Right at the end of the belt leaving a big 'demilitarized zone' between their groceries and yours Some people appear to be paranoid that you are going to steal their groceries if the two bunches get too close together. Or the two sets will have enough time to fool around without the benefit of marriageI put out three things and the divider was smacked down directly behind those 3 items. No complaints if they had left the big demilitarized zone!!!!!!! I never put out the divider until all items have been placed on the belt by the person in front of me. I think this should be a law (joking)
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Post by TD2K on Jan 2, 2011 18:16:36 GMT -5
Yeah, and why does the family with the bunch of kids always seem to get seated next to me when I'm out at dinner? I realize kids will be kids and some noise doesn't bother me but by that I mean excited chatter and not a little screecher. That sounds goes through through my ears to my brain.
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Post by kristi28 on Jan 2, 2011 18:17:37 GMT -5
... you are that guy in the left turn lane that just discovered that you actually want to go straight. And instead of going ahead and turning, you waited through the entire green arrow to go merge back in with the non-idiots going straight. In the process, you inconvenienced me and about 20 other drivers who really did want to turn. Because you are so important that it would be better to inconvenience tons of other people rather than be delayed in any way yourself. No, I didn't go out to the mall today.
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:18:29 GMT -5
AND i sort my groceries when i shop and group them on the belt- frozen and/or refrigerated/ non- food etc..
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I do the same, the basket is organized by how it will go on the belt, be bagged and put away at home. There is a bagboy that will literally run to another register when he sees me because he always puts the tomatoes and bread in with stupid things like a 2 liter of soda and I'm right there to say "excuse me dont do that and yes, I have 400 cloth bags, I want my milk in a bag". He's now scared of me. lol
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jan 2, 2011 18:21:24 GMT -5
One of our stores gives you a 5 cent discount for every cloth bag. I find them more convenient too. They hold more and are easier to carry.
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:24:52 GMT -5
I switched to the cloth bags when my son blew out his knee and I lost my "carry the groceries in" mule. I had a pinched nerve in my shoulder at the time and had problems with my hands & fingers going numb and couldn't carry in the plastic bags. I found the cloth bags were much easier for me to carry without having the numbness issues (along with finding a little wagon to help unload into). and I made sure to end up with enough bags that they could be loaded very light but still have enough for everything to make it into them.
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Post by Apple on Jan 2, 2011 18:25:09 GMT -5
One of our stores gives you a 5 cent discount for every cloth bag. I find them more convenient too. They hold more and are easier to carry. I think Oregon is trying to ban the plastic bags. I'll stock up since I use them as poop bags when we walk the dog (she has a nice big yard but I swear she holds it until DS takes her for her walk )
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 2, 2011 18:29:09 GMT -5
I use the plastic bags to scoop kitty litter in. I'll get a stash of plastic bags and then start carrying my cloth until my stash of bags get low. If they're banned, I'll still have to buy the plastic bags, one way or another!
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Post by TrixAre4Kids on Jan 2, 2011 18:32:21 GMT -5
Sometimes in life, little roadblocks are put in our way to see how we deal with stress and the compassion that we show towards others.
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Post by ummboutthat on Jan 2, 2011 18:34:08 GMT -5
well I'm a 4Star member so I can - pull my shopping cart right next to another shopping cart in the grocery store blocking the entire isle
- I can tailgate you and there are only the two of us on the highway and for some reason refuse to go around
- I will come to dam near a complete STOP when passing a car accident
- move the separation bar to include some of YOUR items when you're not looking
- push my cart blocking the isle when loading my groceries
- DON'T put the cart back and let it roll where eve-va it wants
- talk to my friend behind the movie counter to catch up-u should have gotten here earlier to see the movie
- will use profanity and slang at a restaurant not NOT on the hush
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 18:37:08 GMT -5
I hate grocery shopping and grocery shoppers. I used to always go after work-1:00 am and breeze right thru. Now it's to scary there late at night and I have to go when other people are there. I put it off as long as possible.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 2, 2011 18:47:57 GMT -5
Or you forget to turn off your turn signal ( when you DO actually use it that is) and it blinks for 10 blocks while you drive straight.
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Post by dmsm on Jan 2, 2011 18:50:53 GMT -5
The one thing I hate about grocery shopping is being ran over by kids or someone pushing a cart. I know I am a bit older but I was wondering when I became invisable.
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Post by dmsm on Jan 2, 2011 18:51:42 GMT -5
You know I am beginning to like this new site..
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Post by steff on Jan 2, 2011 18:53:13 GMT -5
Or if you are the newest neighbor to move in and decide that the way things have been done for years on the cul de sac isn't going to happen anymore....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 18:55:57 GMT -5
Or you forget to turn off your turn signal ( when you DO actually use it that is) and it blinks for 10 blocks while you drive straight.
We call them Blinker dinks!
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