Just a TV observation.....

[joldnol]

Having lived here for 16 month's now, one thing I've consistently observed is that groups of TVer's have the knack of blocking access points. After trivia (pick a night) 6 to 8 people (not the same folks) congregate by the doors of the rec center and proceed to converse all while being oblivious to others trying to leave. Publix tends to be a nightmare due to people parking their carts on one side of an aisle and standing on the opposite site in front of whatever section they are perusing. Today at the Pinellas WD I was thinking how nice the wide aisles are and how this pet peeve was not a problem there. No sooner than I thought that I turned the corner and get stopped by a couple doing what I had just thought of as improbable. The woman had parked her cart in the middle of the aisle and was standing to the left of the cart, bent over looking at cans. Her husband was standing to the right of the cart watching her. I stood there for a few seconds when Mr Oblivious notices me and steps out of the way. As soon as I pass, Mrs Oblivious grabs her cart and passes me in a huff. Simple courteously in a store or on a sidewalk was instilled in me by my father at an early age but it is something that escapes some of our fellow citizens.

[Happinow]

Ya better get use to it....😒😒. I agree with you.

[RickeyD]

Having lived here for 16 month's now, one thing I've consistently observed is that groups of TVer's have the knack of blocking access points. After trivia (pick a night) 6 to 8 people (not the same folks) congregate by the doors of the rec center and proceed to converse all while being oblivious to others trying to leave. Publix tends to be a nightmare due to people parking their carts on one side of an aisle and standing on the opposite site in front of whatever section they are perusing. Today at the Pinellas WD I was thinking how nice the wide aisles are and how this pet peeve was not a problem there. No sooner than I thought that I turned the corner and get stopped by a couple doing what I had just thought of as improbable. The woman had parked her cart in the middle of the aisle and was standing to the left of the cart, bent over looking at cans. Her husband was standing to the right of the cart watching her. I stood there for a few seconds when Mr Oblivious notices me and steps out of the way. As soon as I pass, Mrs Oblivious grabs her cart and passes me in a huff. Simple courteously in a store or on a sidewalk was instilled in me by my father at an early age but it is something that escapes some of our fellow citizens.

Your father instilled in you what we call common sense. You're not born with it, needs to be taught.

[Phanatic Luvr]

Here's what I do in the Supermarket when someone blocks the aisle .... I'm very patient, I say nothing, I pull my cart up so close to their, they can't get to the handle area, and when they look at me, I smile and continue to say nothing. Most will say I'm sorry.

[Bosoxfan]

Your father instilled in you what we call common sense. You're not born with it, needs to be taught.

Common sense is a flower not grown in everyone's garden

[Bogie Shooter]

I have a friend who has cancer. Said, he would not give a damn if he had to wait for someone in a grocery aisle. He is just glad he gets the chance to wait.
Some "problems" can get really small, when compared to real problems.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Here's what I do in the Supermarket when someone blocks the aisle .... I'm very patient, I say nothing, I pull my cart up so close to their, they can't get to the handle area, and when they look at me, I smile and continue to say nothing. Most will say I'm sorry.

Thanks! New tactic for me to try next time at a grocery store; usually, I'll just back up and go around to the next aisle - NO MORE. :crap2:

I was at Walmart some time ago and was going down an aisle when I met an older couple that each needed a cart to support their walk through the store. A woman behind them was very agitated with their slow pace and started to go around them, thinking I would back up - WRONG! She glared at me and it really pi**ed her off when I just stopped and smiled at her. :boom:

[Retiring]

I have a friend who has cancer. Said, he would not give a damn if he had to wait for someone in a grocery aisle. He is just glad he gets the chance to wait.
Some "problems" can get really small, when compared to real problems.


Amen.

[bluedog103]

I have a friend who has cancer. Said, he would not give a damn if he had to wait for someone in a grocery aisle. He is just glad he gets the chance to wait.
Some "problems" can get really small, when compared to real problems.
Thanks you Bogie for injecting some reality into this thread. There a lot things more worthy of my worry.

[fred53]

Yawn.....I'm not as old as some of you and older than a few, but this sort of behavior has been going on since I was a kid. If the aisle is blocked as you say I just say "excuse me". If they ignore me I say it a bit louder. If it doesn't work I then say "please let me by". They'll sometimes respond with "what's your hurry?"...I respond with " it's actually none of your business" and if necessary use my cart to push their cart aside...gently.

Some people never will get "it" as some people with use a photo of themselves looking down their nose at you with an arrogant smirk on their face and a yellow shirt...they really don't get it either... :-)

[joldnol]

Danny Murphy in There's Something About Mary - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvaWArYDfzw)

[asianthree]

And that's why I shop at first open or half hour before close

[lanemb]

This is the sort of thing that rubs most all the wrong way. When I sit back pondering or fuming over the little issues in life it only does me more harm. I take it as a challenge to find a way where I can feel like a better person inside when I walk away from the challenge at hand. I usually learn something if I happen to handle it well and both parties are still smiling. I am disappointed in myself when I let them get the best of me. You are more the winner when you can grin and bear it. Oh so hard to do but it does get easier the more we try and are rewarded from within for doing so. I have to try harder since I am no angel.

[CFrance]

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[kcrazorbackfan]

This is the sort of thing that rubs most all the wrong way. When I sit back pondering or fuming over the little issues in life it only does me more harm. I take it as a challenge to find a way where I can feel like a better person inside when I walk away from the challenge at hand. I usually learn something if I happen to handle it well and both parties are still smiling. I am disappointed in myself when I let them get the best of me. You are more the winner when you can grin and bear it. Oh so hard to do but it does get easier the more we try and are rewarded from within for doing so. I have to try harder since I am no angel.

Who is, besides Mother Teresa and Catholic Nuns? As hard as we try to be nice and "turn the other cheek", there is always going to be someone out there to push our buttons, whether it's in The Villages, outside the bubble - wherever. There are LOTS & LOTS of good people in TV; then there are the turds that don't care who they push around, who they bully, who think they are owed everything and who think they are the privileged/entitled.

[patfla06]

Who is, besides Mother Teresa and Catholic Nuns? As hard as we try to be nice and "turn the other cheek", there is always going to be someone out there to push our buttons, whether it's in The Villages, outside the bubble - wherever. There are LOTS & LOTS of good people in TV; then there are the turds that don't care who they push around, who they bully, who think they are owed everything and who think they are the privileged/entitled.

:agree:

[golfing eagles]

Here's what I do in the Supermarket when someone blocks the aisle .... I'm very patient, I say nothing, I pull my cart up so close to their, they can't get to the handle area, and when they look at me, I smile and continue to say nothing. Most will say I'm sorry.

I like it. What I usually do is the same as if a car is stuck on the roadway:
"Excuse me, your cart seems to be stuck blocking the aisle, do you need help moving it?". It's a more polite "evolution" of my previous: "Move it or I'll move it for you". Very few things test my patience, but this is one of them, mainly because it is completely unnecessary. One of the others is people holding a conversation in a doorway and also those who are walking on a crowded sidewalk and then just stop dead in their tracks. Imagine what happens when a car in traffic does that.

[Taltarzac725]

Thanks! New tactic for me to try next time at a grocery store; usually, I'll just back up and go around to the next aisle - NO MORE. :crap2:

I was at Walmart some time ago and was going down an aisle when I met an older couple that each needed a cart to support their walk through the store. A woman behind them was very agitated with their slow pace and started to go around them, thinking I would back up - WRONG! She glared at me and it really pi**ed her off when I just stopped and smiled at her. :boom:

I just figure I do not need more stress in my life so I just back up in these situations too. And not just in the grocery store. And if you cannot back up, make some jokes and/or smile.

[rubicon]

Having lived here for 16 month's now, one thing I've consistently observed is that groups of TVer's have the knack of blocking access points. After trivia (pick a night) 6 to 8 people (not the same folks) congregate by the doors of the rec center and proceed to converse all while being oblivious to others trying to leave. Publix tends to be a nightmare due to people parking their carts on one side of an aisle and standing on the opposite site in front of whatever section they are perusing. Today at the Pinellas WD I was thinking how nice the wide aisles are and how this pet peeve was not a problem there. No sooner than I thought that I turned the corner and get stopped by a couple doing what I had just thought of as improbable. The woman had parked her cart in the middle of the aisle and was standing to the left of the cart, bent over looking at cans. Her husband was standing to the right of the cart watching her. I stood there for a few seconds when Mr Oblivious notices me and steps out of the way. As soon as I pass, Mrs Oblivious grabs her cart and passes me in a huff. Simple courteously in a store or on a sidewalk was instilled in me by my father at an early age but it is something that escapes some of our fellow citizens.

joldnol: Your observation has another name its in my observation referred to as overcrowding (oops) I mean fully utilized

[JohnN]

I say *excuse me* and move on through, they seem to get the hint.
I'm a big guy, 6'3" and strong, they move! LOL

[tomwed]

Danny Murphy in There's Something About Mary - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvaWArYDfzw)
[I changed my post.]

That's perfect. I thought the guy in the wheel chair was faking it. I got that character mixed up with another one.

As I remember there's a lot in that movie that strikes home. When it first came out my parents were around. So all the old people jokes were about them. I'm going to find it and see it for the first time as a villager.

It was funny, I laughed at all the same things I did the first time. Seventeen years later and I didn't notice any difference.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I just say "Pardon Me" and move on, however, when possible I employ the crop duster (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crop+Dust) tactic as I pass by.

[HoosierPa]

I know the feeling. We lived in SE Florida for almost 20 years and the "attitude" is why we moved back to the Midwest. Problem solved. Never have experienced that rude attitude in Indiana.

Eventually moving to "Florida's Friendliest home town."
:a20:

[joldnol]

I just say "Pardon Me" and move on, however, when possible I employ the crop duster (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crop+Dust) tactic as I pass by.

Lol....I looked it up

[graciegirl]

My mother taught me, when someone was standing in an area and I needed to pass, was to say politely, "Excuse me, may I go around you?".

[flyerguy]

Maybe I'm just lucky, but when someone is blocking the isle I just say "excuse me". I believe some people just get so involved in their shopping they don't notice that they may be blocking the isle. When I ask politely many of them say, " Gee, I'm sorry" I respond, " No problem"

I'll be honest, On occasion I'm guilty of blocking the isle too. I'm pushing the cart along and I notice an item on the shelve we need, I stop in the middle of the isle and start comparing products, forgetting about my cart. A friendly "excuse me" gets my attention and apology.

[Polar Bear]

Maybe I'm just lucky, but when someone is blocking the isle I just say "excuse me". I believe some people just get so involved in their shopping they don't notice that they may be blocking the isle. When I ask politely many of them say, " Gee, I'm sorry" I respond, " No problem"

I'll be honest, On occasion I'm guilty of blocking the isle too. I'm pushing the cart along and I notice an item on the shelve we need, I stop in the middle of the isle and start comparing products, forgetting about my cart. A friendly "excuse me" gets my attention and apology.
:agree: on all counts.

I've never had it get more complicated than that.

[golfing eagles]

:agree: on all counts.

I've never had it get more complicated than that.

Then you've never shopped at Waldbaum's on Long Island:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Polar Bear]

Then you've never shopped at Waldbaum's on Long Island:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

You're right. But don't get cocky...even a broken clock is right twice a day. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[golfing eagles]

You're right. But don't get cocky...even a broken clock is right twice a day. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

But at least it IS right twice a day!!!!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[DonH57]

I just say "Pardon Me" and move on, however, when possible I employ the crop duster (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crop+Dust) tactic as I pass by.

You too, huh?:a20:

[HimandMe]

Self absorption is an issue that is often seen in the aged and recognized in psychology (in some). Often they are only faintly aware of your presence and would not understand if you got angry or pointed out they were doing something amiss. Of course, most don't suffer this problem but, I'm always careful and forgiving with people since I'm never quite sure who they are or what they may be going through.....and what faux pas I may have or just be on the verge of committing.
That said....when there is a blatant event and someone may be harmed...I have a loud voice.

[HoosierPa]

Self absorption is an issue that is often seen in the aged and recognized in psychology (in some). Often they are only faintly aware of your presence and would not understand if you got angry or pointed out they were doing something amiss. Of course, most don't suffer this problem but, I'm always careful and forgiving with people since I'm never quite sure who they are or what they may be going through.....and what faux pas I may have or just be on the verge of committing.
That said....when there is a blatant event and someone may be harmed...I have a loud voice.

Hmmmm....either that or they are just plain Rude, Nasty people. Maybe this Self absorption issue is more prevalent in people from certain States.

[Miles42]

It is an on going thing here. I think those folks are a little self center in all aspects our their me first lives.

[Polar Bear]

I think most people who block isles at groceries are simply not aware of what they're doing. Most are good folks who are simply caught up in their shopping...oblivious to much of what goes on around them for a moment. They're not bad people. A courteous "nudge" will usually bring them around.

[Barefoot]

I think most people who block isles at groceries are simply not aware of what they're doing. Most are good folks who are simply caught in their shopping...oblivious to much of what goes on around them for a moment. They're not bad people. A courteous "nudge" will usually bring them around. :agree:

[rubicon]

Self absorption is an issue that is often seen in the aged and recognized in psychology (in some). Often they are only faintly aware of your presence and would not understand if you got angry or pointed out they were doing something amiss. Of course, most don't suffer this problem but, I'm always careful and forgiving with people since I'm never quite sure who they are or what they may be going through.....and what faux pas I may have or just be on the verge of committing.
That said....when there is a blatant event and someone may be harmed...I have a loud voice.

HimandMe: You are sterotyping. Self absorption is an issue that begins at a very young age and stays with a person until the end. "Can't help themselves because there is nobody else"...sugar pie honey.

Its like the self absorbed Talk show host "Ok guest enough about me now let's talk about you" Here's my first question "what do you think of me?"

[RickeyD]

HimandMe: You are sterotyping. Self absorption is an issue that begins at a very young age and stays with a person until the end. "Can't help themselves because there is nobody else"...sugar pie honey.



Its like the self absorbed Talk show host "Ok guest enough about me now let's talk about you" Here's my first question "what do you think of me?"


The entire entertainment industry is dedicated to a mutual understanding that they are all self absorbed and as outsiders we should all think and agree with them. Especially when it comes to their personal work on how to save the world from whatever.

[Jima64]

:agree:

Just say excuse me and do your shoppling. You aren't going to change the habits of others.