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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Adam on November 09, 2010, 04:50:56 AM
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Post all your shopping related observations here
Today i went to Asda and I saw a shopping trolley with a person in it. specifically designed for an adult person to sit in it like a baby does. how weird is that. I drew you all a picture to show what it is like.
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I have not seen anything like that before.
I can remember when I was small enough to sit in the small trolley seat, though. Now when I look at them I am amazed that I used to be able to fit in one.
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Whatever line you are in will move the slowest.
People with over 20 items will inevitably get in the 20 items or less line.
If you drop something in the checkout line it will be in a glass container.
The person ahead of you will forget something and go back for it, leaving their basket in line.
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Someone will read my standing silently and looking at no one to mean I might like to chat with them.
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The thing i always notice about shopping is that there are too many people :( Also, I sometimes like to collect other peoples shopping lists that I find in the cart. Ive only found a few. I hate shopping and generally try to do it in as little time possible.
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There can be 50 buggies lined up in front but I will always pick the one with the squeaky wheel. :zombiefuck:
Everytime you get behind the person with only 2 items thinking you'll escape from "shopping hell" faster...they will whip out a ziploc bag of change and proceed to count out the total in pennies & nickels.
You will forget at least one important thing that you needed and only remember it when you are pulling up to the house with the rest of the stuff.
Those thin little plastic bags will break when you least expect it (normally on the front porch), and be surprisingly tough to tear open when you tie a knot in the top that you can't get out.
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Whenever you go looking for your favourite drink or snack, they've always run out.
When you are just about to head out of the gate, it starts raining.
You get to the shop with something specific in mind, and when you go to buy it you say 'WTF did I come in here for?'
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There can be 50 buggies lined up in front but I will always pick the one with the squeaky wheel.
Good one. Always get that cart too, or the one with the wheel that goes bumpity bump.
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There's always at least 2-3 crying babies in the store. Damn NT's always ruin everything. :grrr:
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There's always at least 2-3 crying babies in the store. Damn NT's always ruin everything. :grrr:
And er... aspies don't cry?
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There's always at least 2-3 crying babies in the store. Damn NT's always ruin everything. :grrr:
And er... aspies don't cry?
Exactly. People of all neurotypes have babies. You never know, at least one of those crying babies might be a wee spectrum tot
struggling to cope with sensory overload on top of the usual frustrations that all babies suffer. I suspect crowded stores are a bit
overwhelming for all kinds of babies. Anyway, all of us on this site started this life as crying babies. :bigcry:
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MY pet shopping peeve is that people are too slow-moving and always in my way! :angrydance:
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Whatever line you are in will move the slowest.
People with over 20 items will inevitably get in the 20 items or less line.
If you drop something in the checkout line it will be in a glass container.
The person ahead of you will forget something and go back for it, leaving their basket in line.
>:D
Also, some store employee will ask if you need any help finding anything. its like yes, I'm shopping and i dont know what i want can you please help me find it? does everyone think that only tourists shop now and are unfamiliar with the stores product layout?!
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Go shopping at odd hours like when they open in the morning less crowds. Always check to see if they have reduced things but don't automatically buy the stuff check the regular prices first and judge if it's worth it
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If you are a short little shit (like myself :laugh:), the items you need the most will always be on the top shelf where you can't reach them.
An extra long box of aluminum foil works surprisingly well in helping you access those unbreakable items you can't reach.
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Maybe it was for an adult baby :zoinks:
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If you are a short little shit (like myself :laugh:), the items you need the most will always be on the top shelf where you can't reach them.
An extra long box of aluminum foil works surprisingly well in helping you access those unbreakable items you can't reach.
I carry a compact umbrella with a handle I can pull out full length to make a handy reaching tool! :2thumbsup:
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If you are a short little shit (like myself :laugh:), the items you need the most will always be on the top shelf where you can't reach them.
An extra long box of aluminum foil works surprisingly well in helping you access those unbreakable items you can't reach.
I carry a compact umbrella with a handle I can pull out full length to make a handy reaching tool! :2thumbsup:
I just look for the cutest guy around and ask him to get it. I particularly love it if I can drag him away from his young wife. Oh, the thrill of a man who performs on demand! :afterglow:
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If you are a short little shit (like myself :laugh:), the items you need the most will always be on the top shelf where you can't reach them.
An extra long box of aluminum foil works surprisingly well in helping you access those unbreakable items you can't reach.
I carry a compact umbrella with a handle I can pull out full length to make a handy reaching tool! :2thumbsup:
I just look for the cutest guy around and ask him to get it. I particularly love it if I can drag him away from his young wife. Oh, the thrill of a man who performs on demand! :afterglow:
Who could resist a 4'11" lady in royal robes? Do you point with your scepter to indicate the items you want? :laugh:
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Bulk buy specials on frozen stuff that I'd never have enough room in my freezer for anyway.
People and their trolleys who stop right in front of the item you want to get from the shelf.
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
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If you are a short little shit (like myself :laugh:), the items you need the most will always be on the top shelf where you can't reach them.
An extra long box of aluminum foil works surprisingly well in helping you access those unbreakable items you can't reach.
I carry a compact umbrella with a handle I can pull out full length to make a handy reaching tool! :2thumbsup:
I just look for the cutest guy around and ask him to get it. I particularly love it if I can drag him away from his young wife. Oh, the thrill of a man who performs on demand! :afterglow:
Who could resist a 4'11" lady in royal robes? Do you point with your scepter to indicate the items you want? :laugh:
Why, yes. I do.
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
Obviously you are a trend-setter! :viking:
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
Obviously you are a trend-setter! :viking:
It is a really annoying thing to have happen!
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
Obviously you are a trend-setter! :viking:
It is a really annoying thing to have happen!
It would be even more annoying if it escalated into a brawl, as it sometimes did in the days of the Cabbage Patch Kids! :boxers:
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The shopper who leaves the cart in the middle of the aisle and goes looking for sometning at the nether reaches of the world.
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People who feel the need to poke and prod loaves of bread and bread rolls to see if they're fresh. I wish for my bread to be untarnished by human fingers.
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
I've sussed that out. If I see something I like and there are people around, I give it a passing glance, then focus on something else. It's amazing how if you look focused on something, others swarm to it....whilst they do that, I go back to my original 'kill'.
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Hate shopping, but I always end up having to do it because everyone else would be happy to not go shopping, and live on takeaway :(
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Shoppping is boring but i go every week coz I enjoy the car drive listening to my music
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Looking at an item in an empty aisle, next thing you know four other people have come from nowhere and want the same thing you are looking at.
I've sussed that out. If I see something I like and there are people around, I give it a passing glance, then focus on something else. It's amazing how if you look focused on something, others swarm to it....whilst they do that, I go back to my original 'kill'.
This is sneaky. And also a good idea. :plus:
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Have had times that I loved my daily trip to the supermarket.
My outing.
Did not love the actual shopping, the walk in the dark to and from the shop was great though. :laugh:
Not too fond of supermarket shopping. I do like going to the bakery though. That shopkeeper is as socially talented as I am.
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I like going to the pharmacy inside my local supermarket. They have a mirror placed at an angle
above the counter for surveillance purposes. I check myself out and observe my misaligned eyes. :eh:
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
Maybe that's beacuse they want to park next to cars whose door radius is familiar to them,
to minimize the risk of getting scratched or dented by people opening doors on either side. :nerd!:
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
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When I go in stores like Home Depot about half the time they have either pallets of merchandise, a display or one of those rolling ladders right in front of what I am looking for
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When I go in stores like Home Depot about half the time they have either pallets of merchandise, a display or one of those rolling ladders right in front of what I am looking for
They monitor your behaviour and replace the pallets or rolling ladders by remote control, to irk you again in another isle.
:zoinks:
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
Jaguar owners only nod at each other, very discretely. :P
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
Don't have the Jeep anymore; drive a mini now. New club of wavers.
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
Don't have the Jeep anymore; drive a mini now. New club of wavers.
How do you greet each other?
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
Don't have the Jeep anymore; drive a mini now. New club of wavers.
How do you greet each other?
They wave; I wonder why they wave.
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So they think of you as that impolite mini owner. :laugh:
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Probably. :laugh:
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Road rage has happened for lesser reasons.
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Most of the time it's okay not to wave, as they're passing by. Have waved back before if they're right next to me at a stoplight. One time was on the freeway, and a car exactly like mine pulled up alongside with a couple of teens hanging out the window and yelling and whooping like loons; couldn't resist and had to smile and wave. :laugh:
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Like attracts like.
Watch how other people with the same model cars will always try to park next to each other when they have the choice.
People with similar cars wave; it's awkward.
Apparently Jeep owners in particular have a culture of recognizing each other on the road. :laugh:
Jaguar owners only nod at each other, very discretely. :P
Before daytime running lights it was customary for SAAB owners in the 70's - 80's to flash their headlights at each other.
I like watching people when shopping.
I like watching people period.
They are fascinating...and scary many times too. :autism:
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My favourite car that I would like to own is a Mini. Way out of my price range though. I have even been in a new Mini once and it was awesome.
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Was apprehensive about a stick being a hassle in city traffic, but have gotten used to it.
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Was apprehensive about a stick being a hassle in city traffic, but have gotten used to it.
I would get an automatic since I am not licenced to drive a manual. It would cost more though.
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Was apprehensive about a stick being a hassle in city traffic, but have gotten used to it.
I would get an automatic since I am not licenced to drive a manual. It would cost more though.
I need one of those new smart cars to do basically everything for me. :autism:
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The discount/member card thing has gotten out of hand almost every place wants you to have one and bug you if you don't. I don't want to carry a whole heap of cards or have to give them my phone number every time I buy a Coke like they want me to at Kmart. Speaking of which WTF is up with the receipts this one is for just a six pack of half liter bottles :zombiefuck:
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I remember the old receipts from the simpler days, when they didn't have to tell you the
store manager's and cashier's names and offer you extra points toward this and that if you
filled out a survey online and whatnot. :soapbox: Such a waste of paper, so unnecessary!
Old-fashioned receipt:
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Just like the labels in clothes you buy.
Bought underwear a few weeks ago. The labels were like the collected works of Shakespeare. :zombiefuck: I tell you, it is not a comfortable way to carry the collected works of Shakespeare in your underpants.
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Kmart is also pushing that you donate to a charity and making you hit the no thanks button on the card reader if you don't want to while the cashier does their best to make you feel guilty about it. If the place wasn't so convenient I would not go there at all but it's across the street from my daughters high school and I pick her up in the parking lot there to avoid the traffic in the school lot
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I remember the old receipts from the simpler days, when they didn't have to tell you the
store manager's and cashier's names and offer you extra points toward this and that if you
filled out a survey online and whatnot. :soapbox: Such a waste of paper, so unnecessary!
Old-fashioned receipt:
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Look at the date. :zoinks:
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In the future, everything old will be new again. :2thumbsup: