Grocery Shopping Law

Am I the only one who enters a grocery store with certain expectations of how shoppers should conduct themselves?

Like how when I turn down an aisle I expect them to put their individual carts on the side of the aisle rather than dead center. Come on people! You’re slowing down traffic. 🙄

Grocery shopping is like driving a car on the roadways.

Pedestrians always have the right of way, each person should stay in their own lane and obey the rules of right-of-way.

Don’t get me wrong in a shopping mall it’s every adult-baby for themselves. Those places are ruthless but when shopping for food certain standards should be upheld! 😤

You can’t even escape the ever present road-hogs. You see them on the road and you see them getting food. Everyone knows that slight paranoid feeling that you get of turning down the wrong aisle and discovering a road-hog waiting for you. They stand completely unaware dead-center in the aisle. They wait as you creep your way forward hoping that you can stall long enough for them to move on.

But they don’t.

Clinging to your cart you barely manage to slip by when voila! They suddenly turn and walk off. Just your luck!

Passing other individuals inside the store can be even worse. You’re in a hurry to get that last ingredient that you forgot for dinner (again). You’re on the move. Nothing can stop you. Suddenly an older gentleman turns out of aisle seven and meanders around with absolutely no sense of urgency. Flicking on that blinker you approach. Steps quickening. Closer… Closer… wait a second?! 😲

As you catch up you notice he is doing the same. Yielding to oncoming traffic you retreat, beaten back behind him. Only to discover they have slowed back down considerably.

Oh, and the traffic jams! 😱

It feels like when you put three people or more in the same area they have a hard time deciding how they should handle it. Rather than move to a side or go around they converge at one spot and wait. A confused pile of cart wheels, wine bottles and pickle jars. Hold on! A new contender enters the fray! Here comes granny on a scooter and she means business! 😂