Supermarket rant (short one, sort of)

[flvegan]

Yeah, I know, 8 hours before the big ball drops is a stupid time to be at the grocery store, but beer is beer.

Everyone knows that this is a hectic shopping day. Everyone.

That being said, why would management not staff the place so that there would be more than, oh, say 3 friggin lanes open (out of 12)? To top that off, I can't help but wonder what it is about crowds that turns otherwise (probably) very nice folks into complete idiots. "Whaddya mean I can't write a check in the Cash/ATM Express Lane?" or "I forgot ice. Let me go run over there and get some." (who then comes back with 3 things). Lastly, and here's where I was looking to set my phaser from stun to kill, why...WHY...WHYYYYY put the slowest of your train-mf'ing-ees on the ONLY Express Lane you have open? I swear, when she went to get a carton of cigs from lockdown station 12, or wherever the hell they keep them, I thought I was going over the conveyer at her. She couldn't break a window with a hammer.

Ahhhh. Thanks. Now I can unscrew the scope, break down the stock and barrel, pack up, and climb off the bell tower...

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. Set the rage down and

back away from the grocery store sir! :)

[warrior1]

4. yea

Happy fucking New year.


I love mankind, it's people I hate.

[Left Is Write]

2. Drink the beer.

You'll feel better. ;)

I went to the grocery store this morning. It's my habit to go weekly on Saturday, but for holiday reasons went today. My husband and kids came along too. We got there early, though - 8:30ish. It was way busier than it usually is at that time of the morning, but fortunately we didn't run into any cranks. At one point there were several carts going around the meat department and bearing off in to the cereal aisle. I felt like I was in the "synchronized carting" event in the Olympics.

What's even more amazing is that we had an efficient, fast checker and a bagger who actually knew how to bag! I'm still shocked about that last bit.

[Spinzonner]

3. I don't thnk that many of the young'ins will get the

allusion in that last paragraph.

[Cuban_Liberal]

6. Charles whatshisname, the UT sniper?

'Rainy Days and Mondays', right? Do I win a prize? ;)

[Spinzonner]

7. Are you a young'in ?

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial/whitman/

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. I'm 27.

Does that make me one?

:hi:

[Cuban_Liberal]

5. LOL!

"What do you mean I have more than 10 items? All 497 cans in my cart are dog food!"

BANG!

:evilgrin:

[EstimatedProphet]

9. Agree wholeheartedly

I was at the store today with the idiots from the Black Lagoon too. The one that gets me no end:
WHY, do people who have to stop, ALWAYS pick the narrowest part of the aisle to stop in? What the hell is wrong with them anyway? If you don't believe me, the next time you go into a store, look for a place in an aisle where the store manager has put out a display or stacked up boxes, or some kind of constriction is occurring, and see how long it takes before people park a cart next to it. Pisses me off no end.

[flvegan]

10. No, no, no...wait, I got one

I LOVE the folks that stand in the freezer aisles, with the door open, staring at the multitude of choices. You know, the GLASS doors, that you can see through? Oh, yeah. Jeez, just grab your damn fishsticks and move along.

[BlueJazz]

11. Something I did years ago (might make you feel better)

I was in a large grocery store (publix) and was looking at some fruit. A Man and wife were letting their 3 children "sample" the grapes, apples and peaches...gross..little bites out of the fruit.
I gave them a "WTF" look and the Dad tells me to Mind my own F*cking business. Fine....
..THEN I see them in the cookie aisle "sampling" the cookies...as I walk by the Dad says.."I guess you don't like this either..ha..ha.

That did it.

I waited until they were in the Pizza aisle and had a full shopping cart. When they all left the cart (and went down the aisle),I got the cart, hauled ass to the other side of the store and stuck it in the back of the store in the Lettuce area (thru those hanging plastic things), and left the store quickly. I know the fuckers never found it.

I went home told and my friends how sweet revenge is..sometimes. :)