Is Walmart Solving One of my Pet Peeves?

[Cow Poke]

Walmart Is Developing A Self-Driving Shopping Cart

Maybe this will solve the problem of those !@$#!@^!^ people who park their shopping cart SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLE while they mindlessly block traffic just staring at stuff on the shelves, totally oblivious to anybody around them, or leave their cart in "roadblock" formation in the middle of the isle, or drive while staring at their iphone, running into stuff....

[Adrift]

Don't forget those people who decide to have a conversation at the entrance/exit of the store making everyone awkwardly squeeze around/between them. I swear, you can tell a lot about a person by how they shop at a grocery store. I'm in, and I'm out. I know exactly what I want, and I don't dilly dally. I am ALWAYS blocked or behind some self-centered person who has no idea that there's anyone else in the world but them.

Same with the gas station. I'm there to get my gas, get a soda, and get out. Last thing I want to do is hang out at a grimy 7/11-BP-Speedway, but without fail, the less time I have to spare, the more time I have to wait in lines...usually behind the guy or gal with a couple tall boys at 8 in the morning, getting their pack of smokes and holding up the entire line while they pay their poor man's tax figuring out their lottery numbers or cashing in their scratch-offs. Makes me want to go mental sometimes.

[Sparko]

But I LOVE blocking the aisles at walmart! It's what I do for fun.

I guess now we will just have to put up with shopping carts running over old ladies and banging themselves into your car. Progress. bah.


I wonder if they will get themselves tickets?

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[Cow Poke]

Don't forget those people who decide to have a conversation at the entrance/exit of the store making everyone awkwardly squeeze around/between them. I swear, you can tell a lot about a person by how they shop at a grocery store. I'm in, and I'm out. I know exactly what I want, and I don't dilly dally. I am ALWAYS blocked or behind some self-centered person who has no idea that there's anyone else in the world but them.

Same with the gas station. I'm there to get my gas, get a soda, and get out. Last thing I want to do is hang out at a grimy 7/11-BP-Speedway, but without fail, the less time I have to spare, the more time I have to wait in lines...usually behind the guy or gal with a couple tall boys at 8 in the morning, getting their pack of smokes and holding up the entire line while they pay their poor man's tax figuring out their lottery numbers or cashing in their scratch-offs. Makes me want to go mental sometimes.

You know we're sharing, temporarily, our Church building with a Lutheran congregation, yes? The ONLY thing that really gripes me is that their Church service is over first, so when they exit the sanctuary, they stand SMACK IN THE MIDDLE of the entry way just talking, while our people are trying to squeeze by to enter.

They have one very nice older lady who is their "greeter", standing at the main glass double doors, and she opens the door from INSIDE as you come up the sidewalk, so she's blocking HALF of the doorway with her body, and you have to squeeze by her to get in. If she wants to open the door, she can just step outside for a second, and hold it open from OUTSIDE, leaving the entire entryway free.

Lutherans!

(Otherwise, we get along quite famously)

[Sparko]

You know we're sharing, temporarily, our Church building with a Lutheran congregation, yes? The ONLY thing that really gripes me is that their Church service is over first, so when they exit the sanctuary, they stand SMACK IN THE MIDDLE of the entry way just talking, while our people are trying to squeeze by to enter.

They have one very nice older lady who is their "greeter", standing at the main glass double doors, and she opens the door from INSIDE as you come up the sidewalk, so she's blocking HALF of the doorway with her body, and you have to squeeze by her to get in. If she wants to open the door, she can just step outside for a second, and hold it open from OUTSIDE, leaving the entire entryway free.

Lutherans!

(Otherwise, we get along quite famously)

You think that they are bad, you should try dealing with Lex Lutherans. They would take over your entire church!

[The Melody Maker]

...or leave their cart in "roadblock" formation in the middle of the isle...

Or in the middle of the parking lot, which is even worse.

[mossrose]

Or in the middle of the parking lot, which is even worse.

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[Cow Poke]

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That certainly gives new meaning to a "Cart Corral".

[DesertBerean]

Lol. We have a saying here in Barstow that we meet everybody at either Del Taco or WalMart. (Used to be just Del Taco). But I don't see this problem here. It's a problem in my church to the extent that Daughter or Son just has to talk to Mom and all the siblings and cousins and friends around Mom too. I have had to ask people to please clear the (double!) Doorway a few times.

However I do have an elderly friend who has a habit of stopping suddenly just feet inside a door. A few times she nearly got run over by people in the back.

[mossrose]

That certainly gives new meaning to a "Cart Corral".

I keep telling MelMak he needs to quit doing that.

[Cow Poke]

Lol. We have a saying here in Barstow that we meet everybody at either Del Taco or WalMart. (Used to be just Del Taco). But I don't see this problem here. It's a problem in my church to the extent that Daughter or Son just has to talk to Mom and all the siblings and cousins and friends around Mom too. I have had to ask people to please clear the (double!) Doorway a few times.

However I do have an elderly friend who has a habit of stopping suddenly just feet inside a door. A few times she nearly got run over by people in the back.

Yeah, when I'm "on a mission", and there's a group clogging the way, I'm often heard calling "make a hole!" The Lutherans realize they're guests here, and they have repeatedly made it clear they don't want to be a burden to us, so that's my little way of reminding them.... That often works for a couple weeks, then the clogging up resumes.... rinse, repeat....

They have officially voted to build their new building, so there's light at the end of the tunnel. Plus, we're growing, we're going to need the room we've allowed them to utilize.

[Adrift]

I keep telling MelMak he needs to quit doing that.

Melmak is the planet Alf is from. Just thought you should know that. I don't know why I know that, but I do.

[Adrift]

Yeah, when I'm "on a mission", and there's a group clogging the way, I'm often heard calling "make a hole!" The Lutherans realize they're guests here, and they have repeatedly made it clear they don't want to be a burden to us, so that's my little way of reminding them.... That often works for a couple weeks, then the clogging up resumes.... rinse, repeat....

They have officially voted to build their new building, so there's light at the end of the tunnel. Plus, we're growing, we're going to need the room we've allowed them to utilize.

What's with Lutherans sharing buildings? One of our local Lutheran churches shares a building with the local UFO club.

[Cerebrum123]

Melmak is the planet Alf is from. Just thought you should know that. I don't know why I know that, but I do.

His real name isn't even Alf either.

[Adrift]

His real name isn't even Alf either.

Yeah, but she's not going to know Gordon...uh...I forget his last name... Everyone knows A(lien) L(ife) F(orm) though.