[patfla06]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

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.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

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.

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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by joldnol

Danny Murphy in There's Something About Mary - YouTube

[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 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."

[joldnol]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

I just say "Pardon Me" and move on, however, when possible I employ the crop duster 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

on all counts.

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

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

on all counts.

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

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

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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

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

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

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

But at least it IS right twice a day!!!!