My Pet Peeve for the Letter G
G is for Grocery Aisle Hogs
There are a few chores I really don’t like doing and one is
grocery shopping. The cost of living has sky-rocketed over the last decade
including the cost of a basic necessity of life called “food”. I consider
myself a pretty thrifty shopper and since they brought it the “Price
Comparison” shopping it makes watching my money leave my hands and be placed in
a cash register a “wee” bit better, although the savings still don’t justify
the small amount that I did buy. Anyway I am getting off track here.
It doesn’t matter
what day or the time of the day I go I always seem to run into what I like to
call the grocery aisle hog. Those people that like to walk down the middle of
the aisle and then stop to look at something and block the whole aisle with
their cart. I always try to at least shimmy my cart over to the side in order
for people to pass me when I want to stop. One time I got so perturbed at a person
who did this that I turned my cart around and decided to go down a different
aisle. A few others followed my suit since this person had no intention on even
trying to move their cart to let others pass. As it turned out, a few aisles
across I saw this person coming and since I was already a bit pissy at them I
decided to show them what it was like, so I purposely hogged the aisle and
pretended to be looking for a certain item. I knew she was waiting to pass me
but I didn’t budge. I had to snicker when she did a huge huff, turned her cart
around and went the other way. I did hear her say “some people have no
consideration!
7 comments:
heh I really like the way you say how it is and I like the subject matter..I just hate grocery shopping period and dirty washes, bleh...Lovely blog btw
Hello from another A-z blogger
I feel your pain! Next to getting gas, groceries are my second worst task I'm forced to undertake! Why do they stand in one place for so long just staring? Do they think the items are going to magically hop off the shelf into their cart? I go in knowing what I want from the get-go and get out. Even when I do run across something new, I barely have to slow down to get it. But I'm still in there forever because of other people.
I had to laugh because I was just telling my husband a couple weeks ago that I was thinking about doing a post about my pet peeves. I didn't even think about people hogging the aisles, but when you mentioned it, I had to agree...lol. Hey, I've got one for you that was going to be at the top of my list... people that come to a complete stop at train tracks... gggrrr.
Stopping by from the Challenge. What a great theme, and yes, I hate grocery aisle hogs, too. Hope you'll visit back. www.widowsphere.blogspot.com This year I'm doing quirky quotes
So hilarious! yes, grocery shopping is unbearable, especially with a baby. I sometimes go late at night just before it closes as I know no one will be around.
Visiting from A/Z; I truly understand what you are saying about the grocery aisle hog. They drive me crazy! I too hate grocery shopping and when I run across one of these, it makes my blood boil more than it should.
Great theme for the challenge; good luck with the rest of it!
betty
I am loving this series. Cracking me up and I agree with so many of them. I'll be back to read more.
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