Supermarket Pet Peeves - Page 3

Daniel3507 · 11-04-09, 03:11

the people who walk extremely slow and right in the middle of the aisle with their cart so that you cant get around them.

the people who cut through the parking spaces at high speeds without even looking. i actually almost got hit by a guy at home depot doing that. and when i say "I", i really mean me. i wasnt even in my truck. needless to say, i had some colorful words for him.

and the people who walk down the middle of the parking lot aisle and dont move when you are trying to drive down them. thats the big one for me. im that guy that gets as close as possible to them till they move the hell out of the way.

BigAl3 · 11-04-09, 04:49

i always seem to be behind the people who make a big deal and take the longest at checkout...

PrinzII · 11-08-09, 06:16

Yesterday at the local Wal-Mart, I saw several people who were too lazy to take their carts back to the corral even though it was less than 100 feet away. I guess a few seconds of walking or asking if someone else needed the cart would be out of the question.

Accumulator · 11-08-09, 08:11

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Originally Posted by PrinzII

Yesterday at the local Wal-Mart, I saw several people who were too lazy to take their carts back to the corral even though it was less than 100 feet away...

Yeah, Friday people left a bunch of carts in the vicinity of my Yukon (fortunately none touched it), so I gathered them up and took 'em all back to the corral along with mine. People looked at me like I was crazy

Hey, Moe! · 11-08-09, 10:32

I have to shop at Wal-Mart. It's the only game in town; Wal-Mart's coming forced everyone else out of business. All of the above Wal-Mart comments ring true.

I do have a Wegman's an hour away. I'm there fairly often when I have a refereeing job, so I try to stop. Everyone who works there is super polite. If I had a local Wegman's, I'd be in heaven.

One day, I could not stop at Wegman's, though. I made a crucial call in a Penn State-Northwestern tennis match, which Penn State narrowly won.

Afterwards, I noticed NW's team bus in the parking lot at Wegman's (they have a great cafe). Needless to say, I couldn't go in.

When I've been far enough south, I've been to Publix. Two thumbs up, too!

yakky · 11-08-09, 11:00

Best to date for me, some big fat woman was clipping her nails in the produce section.

BigAl3 · 11-08-09, 11:49

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Originally Posted by yakky

Best to date for me, some big fat woman was clipping her nails in the produce section.

some people have no shame, that's just rude & disgusting...

here's some more inappropriate behavior...
mannerisms in public

MichaelSpoots · 11-08-09, 12:08

I'm sure they have their perfectly legitimate reason(s) for doing so that aren't visible to us consumers.

I remember working in retail sales and being able to understand certain methodologies that a customer wouldn't understand. I know the supermarket has a great reason. I just don't know what it is

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smprince1 · 11-08-09, 01:57

I think there's just a change in attitudes .... the days of going out of the way for the customer or "the customer is always right" seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur.

I worked at a grocery store when I was in high school (OK, OK, Jimmy Carter was president, Asteroids was the most popular video game but you needed to go to an arcade to play itfor a quarter, and gas cost less than $1/gallon

) We wore neckties, were required to be well groomed with no facial hair, and we couldn't chew gum. We were required to greet and thank each and every customer, and no flirting with the cashiers or talking to each other while waiting on customers.

Today, it seems most store clerks seem annoyed to have to interact with customers, let alone put the customer first. I guess they forget without the pesky customers they wouldn't have those jobs.

BigAl3 · 11-08-09, 03:51

another thing.. as mentioned before... eating in a store before you have paid for an item (or even if you have) is just something i don't do. i remember trying to do that when i was little and my mom smacked me in the back of the head LOL...

Accumulator · 11-09-09, 09:39

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Originally Posted by MichaelSpoots

I'm sure they have their perfectly legitimate reason(s) for doing so that aren't visible to us consumers...

Heh heh, if *I* posted that it'd probably be in brackets

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I remember working in retail sales and being able to understand certain methodologies that a customer wouldn't understand. I know the supermarket has a great reason. I just don't know what it is

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IMO that's why people oughta educate themselves. Some of those not-so-apparent reasons aren't in the customers' best interest

Candor · 11-09-09, 09:43

I think everyone should work retail at least once in their life.