• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    People who decide to stop with their grocery cart in the middle of a choke point at the grocery store and are completely unaware of their soundings.

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      Don’t get me started. Guy and wife block entrance to aile. I say excuse me and squeeze threw. Guy says “you in hurry?” I turned and said “you don’t own the aile.” Go get my item and left took 20 seconds. His wife oblivious to what going on around her was standing in front of the rows of two liter Coke products going “should I get Coke or Diet Coke.” And by time I got my items and left she was still deciding. So if I did it her husband way he expected me stand there for over who knows how long for wife to decide get the item and then move? Fuck you and that.

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        “Are you in a hurry?”

        The proper response is “Yes. Move.”

        The less of my free time I waste at the grocery store the better.

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          I’m actually not in a hurry. But I also 100% am not going to let some oblivious self centered assholes keep me from moving about freely.

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      Look I’m just an idot that can’t find something but if I notice I’m blocking the way I move. Also lately I noticed that I got so used to living with anxiety that I basically have tunnel vision constantly when I’m outside and get 90% dumber and less aware of my surrounding ironically both hyper focuse on if someone stares at me but oblivious to anything else.

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      There was a whole fight at the store near me with someone used bear spray and sent all sorts of people to the hospital over that

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        I think if a bear stopped their cart in a choke point in front of me, I would probably just find a different aisle

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      I just roll my cart at them at sustained speed and utter a strong yet non-aggressive “EXCUSE ME”. It works. It helps that I’m a man with a strong voice.

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        A total stranger in NYC decided to help us out when I was pushing my husband’s wheelchair across the street towards the ubiquitous clump of ramp-standers on the sidewalk. They were ignoring my polite “Excuse me” but when he bellowed “WATCH YER BACK!” they parted like the sea before Moses. It wasn’t just his volume or accent, suddenly it was about THEM and their safety! I’ve used it ever since, and it never fails. I make no visible attempt to stop or slow (while of course being alert for helpless old people or small children) and use plenty of volume and urgency because, after all, I’m warning them of danger.

        And I do the accent. It’s part of the magic.

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      “Hi Betty, how are yooou?! Lets stand here and blab for five minutes, while everyone has to scoot akwardly around us.”

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      That’s not even too bad, the amount of times I have rolled up to 2 stoped cars going opposite directions in a neighborhood that stopped for a chat blocking up the whole road is insane. Stop behind for 10 seconds to be kind, then start laying on the horn. Now I’m getting 2 middle fingers like I’m the dickhead 🤬

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    I feel like there will be a line drawn after which a certain age group will not understand this meme.

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    just say “sorry” instead “excuse me”, so when you bump into them 1s later, you can just walk on with out stopping to apologizing since you already did.