Oct 26 2007
Shopping Cart Etiquette
While out doing some grocery shopping today, something occurred to me..
Some people don’t seem to have shopping cart etiquette.. Seriously, I was watching these two people in a space wide enough for 3-4 people with shopping carts to get through, and yet, they blocked the entire aisle.
And here’s the annoying part.. They didn’t care! I was trying to get through, even saying “excuse me”, and they were so wrapped up in what they were talking about, they didn’t move. Eventually, one of them clued in, gave me a dirty look (presumably because I was interrupting their conversation), and moved out of the way..
After this, I began to think.. this is probably how they drive! They probably sit in their big pick-up trucks (sorry Mark!), and drive around like they own the road and do what they want. They park where they want and do what they want..
We have a guy like that at work. One day, I was trying to get into the parking lot, and he was pulling in front of me.. Part way through the aisle, he stopped to lean out the window and start a conversation with someone that he saw.. so I had to wait for him to continue before I could get to where I had to park.
Well.. that’s my little vent of the day.. 
You’re having trouble filling your spare time, aren’t you?
That aside, this irks me to no end as well. On a few occasions I’ve run out of patience waiting for people to move their carts and I simply grab them and do it myself.
I had one lady freak out on me one day about it (”Hey, my purse is in there!”) and I just informed her that I had patiently (and obviously) waited for about 30 seconds for her to move her cart and that if she can’t be bothered, I felt obliged to assist her, as she was clearly disabled in some fashion.