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You just slowly but firmly push your cart into that whole situation while saying “sorry! Scuse me! Sorry!”
Wednesday is Senior Discount Day at my local grocery store and it’s unbridled chaos. I do my best to avoid Wednesdays.
Yup, gotta stop just a notch shy of “I’m the Juggernaut, bitch!” in these situations.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets overstimulated at the grocery store.
Costco drives me insane. I like Costco but not being in Costco.
I put off going to such places as long as I can. Sometimes I’ll think, “I could go to Costco after work,” but once work is over I’m like, “Bruh, no, I do not have the energy to put up with that crowded place.”
I’ve been seeking out small, more specific stores lately. I already don’t want to go to Walmart or Target for a number of reasons. Despite knowing they’ll have what I need and it’s not far away, I’ll go farther just to visit the smaller hardware store, or smaller grocery store, or smaller housing goods store, etc. Even without the ethical issues, dealing with the sheer size of those places is too much.
I really hope our generation of collective anxiety could bring about at least one benefit - the downfall of massive stores like Walmart and Target.* Granted, it won’t happen for a while (if at all, especially in rural places), but I highly doubt we’re as rare as we feel we are. Big box stores had their moment, for a generation that wanted that. But times change, people’s preferences change, and just as those stores once drove out local competition, someday the tides can turn again.
*Costco can stay, though. They treat their employees well.
My costco hack is to stay out of the two main aisles.
Enter, go right. Approach any right side aisles from the right.
Hit meat and produce section
Go wide for the exit aisle.
Park… Next door. Idk. Their parking lots are the worst part.
Similar strategy works for parking, at least with mine. The parking layout is bad and there is consistently a line of cars trying to handle it … as they all go straight or left to get to the front half of the lot. I turn right and get out of the traffic for a quick parking spot.
Yeah it’s a huge lot and I’m parked pretty far away, but the mess in the front half means I do save time by going for the first available spot rather than a “good” spot
My costco has a gas station and the entire parking area is a god damn zoo.
It’s utter chaos. You can choose left which includes the front or right which includes gas station and auto bays for tire stuff.
Left is the right call, but if you get halfway down any aisle of parking without finding a spot, you are forced to cross the front of the store in your vehicle. This is never advisable.
Going right is chaos. You might get lucky, but if you don’t, you’re at least spared passing the entrance. You are however stuck with the gas line, the auto bays, and the access to the deliveries/etc.
That’s tough.
My Costco doesn’t have gas: back when I drove a car that ran on dead dinosaurs I wished it did. My town has been refusing to let them put gas pumps in unless they can figure something to do with traffic, but it’s a pretty congested area so they just don’t have any room or road access
You’re not alone. My preference is shopping at places like that “off hours” if possible. Sunday morning (while a lot of people are in church) is a must-do for me.
I miss 24hr and late-night grocery stores. 10PM shopping used to be incredible.
Only people who’ve never been inside a shop think it’s an age thing.
Unless you’re a child, for whom everyone is old to you. *Notes that it’s from Tiktok.* Oh, never mind.
children literally do this as well lol, but it’ll be with one of those small toy trolleys, and they’re smaller so you can probably still get around them
Hah, that’s why I just cropdust their aisle upon turning around.
I’ll just go down the next aisle and wait for the old person to be so grossed out that they move on.
Lots of old people can’t smell and are perpetually crop dusting.
Source: spend a lot of time with old people
It depends on the person and of course their age.
Older people shopping are probably in their 70s or less. You just don’t see many beyond that age shopping on their own very often.
Source: Am in my 50s.
My thing is why don’t people commit to one lane like driving rules? Why do they think it makes sense to have 2 people going the same direction right next to each other in the aisle?
The same people who rush onto the subway as soon as the doors open.
Why is it that they’re always exactly where you need to be too? Or, you try to hit an empty store aisle at 2:00 on a Tuesday and suddenly there’s 6 people all around you on opposite sides, trapping you in the middle.
This and why do you need to go to the store during rush hour? As pensioner why would you not go in the morning - you wake up a 6 anyways. Best part is that they complain how full everything is and no one is respecting the elderly, all while the rest of us are just trying to grab a few things after work and get home quickly.
Can’t push them, but you can sure as hell push their cart out of the way
Cartjack them, run off and they can’t catch you. Technically it’s legal because the cart and all its contents belong to the store. You just gotta dump the grandchild at the first corner or everyone’s phones will vibrate
I move people’s carts that block my way all the time
I meticulously read labels on everything. I kind of have to since I can’t just eat anything off the shelf - it’s complicated.
But one thing I do is to be aware of how much room the cart/trolley/whatever is taking up. I much prefer to use a hand-basket or smaller cart if available. I’ll also park the damn thing outside the aisle if there’s room nearby, or next to my person parallel to the flow of traffic. Why gack up the whole lane?
At the same time, I also appreciate that a typical supermarket is an assault on the senses where even the neuro-normative struggle. It’s not hard to find people that are clearly stuggling, doubling-back-and-forth through the whole market to complete their shopping list (just peek in the basket then consider where you are in the store). The frequency of this happening is kind of staggering.
Some one please explain what is this dude doing?
He parked his trolley on the opposite side of what he needed, thinking that he could look at the products from across the aisle while he chose, and people could go in front of him. Then he wanted a closer look at one of the products, so he leaned forward to pick it up, and stayed leaning forward and blocking the aisle once he had it because he forgot to be aware of his surroundings.
It also doesn’t help that they always play some random pop music you’d rather not hear loud enough to be annoying but still quiet enough for people to be confused on why the music is bothering you, and how the lights are always way too bright.
I especially don’t get why some people are rude enough to turn their carts sideways like this. That’s never acceptable and seems like it would be less concern them as well.
It does make it easier to block a wider aisle but that implies it’s intentional
