I was a Huge Sam’s Club fan. But the last several times I’ve tried to place an order online I got the error message “No pickup times available”. I finally called the store and was told to try to place my order right at midnight when they make new pickup times available. I got the impression that the problem is that Sam’s only permits pickups for about two hours every day, very early in the morning. Dumb IMHO. They’re losing a lot of business. I’ve found WalMart’s pickup service terrific. Very well organized. Got everything on our shopping list, even high quality toilet paper!! We were in and out in about ten minutes.

It's like when people call a leash a lease.:boom:

So those are scammers. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about not noticing a sign on the floor when you're naturally looking over at a shelf or up at the sign designating the items on that aisle.


I worked at a doughnut shop in high school. I was a waitress in college. I hated working with the public and couldn't wait to get out of that. I feel/know your pain and aggravation, but what I'm talking about is completely different. The people I'm talking about are not arrogant; they just don't have much situational awareness.


Somebody needs to stand at the entrance with a bull horn (metaphorically) or just bag the whole idea and let people distance themselves.


I can stay 6 feet away from people by myself without any help from Publix. Wear a mask and gloves. Take your groceries home, unload them and wash your hands.

:faint: :faint::faint: Just totally oblivious people!! I did not see the huge sign in the middle of the aisle like a big a__ snake! How about pay attention, the signs are everywhere, open your eyes and pay attention!!! Is this the same excuse used when you run a stop sign and kill people?

Where did you see a biga$$ sign in the middle of the aisle? What signs are everywhere except on the floor at Publix? As of last week when we were there, the only signs were on the floor, period.

I have been doing most of the shopping the last few months due to my wife's health. She used to do all the shopping and knows where everything is. I don't, so most of the time I'm looking at the overhead signs that list what items are in that aisle and have a few times forgot to look at the floor for the sign. All those times when I discovered that I was going the wrong way I turned around and went in the correct direction.
Where do some of you people get off getting nasty with someone over something this trivial? I guarantee that if I could look into your life you probably do some things that really annoy others. I'm a polite and courteous person when I'm treated in that manner but don't get all arrogant and superior with me if I absently mindedly go the wrong way. I can guarantee that I will invade you 6' of space and get nose to nose with you and show how haughty and arrogant I can be.

Several signs on the front door, before you even get inside the building. Sign at the deli. A couple of signs at customer service. A couple of signs on in the back on the tables that hold sales items.

The signs are EVERYWHERE reminding people to keep a 6' distance, and to honor the one-way aisle setup.

And there are announcements every hour - and if they remember and aren't busy, every half-hour, reminding them verbally.

And I ran into two customers going the wrong way - I reminded them that we're trying to do the one-way aisles now...they turned around, and then went the wrong way down the next aisle too.

These aren't scammers. They just are in their own world, and reject any reality that doesn't fit their narrative.

They don't read signs. They don't listen when someone reminds them of something they don't want to hear. They don't follow instructions that they don't like. They're not trying to scam anyone. They're just oblivious.

The same as the people who insist there weren't any "ONLY ONE PACKAGE OF PAPER" signs all over every shelf in the paper aisle. They didn't notice the signs because they weren't looking for signs. They were looking for packages of toilet paper, found them, and grabbed a few.

And they're the same people who go the wrong way on the one-way aisles. People are creatures of habit. They aren't used to change, they don't welcome change. When change happens, their minds resist - and sometimes - their minds will reject the change and deny it.

We just have to be patient with people, and explain politely that this is how it is. Eventually people will create new habits that fit with the new reality.

It's not trivial. The fact that you think it is, is part of why we have the rules in the first place. Because there are some people who will deny there's even a problem that needs to be solved, while people are dying from the non-existent problem.

And - if you "get nose to nose" with someone during a pandemic while there are actual rules requiring you to keep your distance, don't be surprised some day, if someone calls the police to complain about being physically harassed and threatened. You can get nose to nose with an officer.

Where do you work, if you don't mind saying? There were no signs like that at the Publix at Lake Deaton as of last week. Maybe they've beefed it up since then. There were just one-way signs on the floor and marks at the checkout.


I always notice the little signs that say did you remember your reusable bags. There is only one sign, and it's at the front. I think I would have seen the signs you are talking about at Lake Deaton.


I think the best thing some stores have done are the sneeze guards and six-feet "wait here" at the checkouts. I don't think the one-way aisles do much good. You still have to pass people who are loitering while trying to make their choices. It could take hours to shop if you had to stop and wait for each person in front of you to make a choice. Wear a mask and push on around them. Otherwise, I can figure out on my own how to keep six feet away.


I'm sorry you have to deal with idiots and arrogant people.

As long as you recognize your error and turn around tht's great, but if you continue you will pass within the 6' and that's your bad. So nose to nose goes both ways, a bit like Russian Roulette, you don't know what's in their nose and it it's coming at you.

What happens when these people arrive at the register with multiple items that have restrictions of the amount of purchase? Do the cashiers make the customer aware that "There is a limit on how many packages of toilet paper can be purchased?" Then, does the cashier remove the excess packages from the order of what ever the customer was attempting to purchase such as toilet paper? Is this what happens? I surely hope so.

Signs, signs, everywhere's a sign
Blockin out the the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?

I love Publix as a store but frankly I think these arrows and signs are ridiculous and don’t achieve anything. If four people are going down the aisle the same direction and two of them stopped to look at things, and the other two people walk by them going the same direction, how is that different than if you passed them going in the opposite direction? So many people have bought into the media generated paranoia and follow ridiculous guidelines regardless of how ineffective they are.

you are correct on the 'doing more walking' (which isn't a bad thing in itself)....however, you're not going to 'pass by more shoppers' unless you are impatient and 'passing' others as you bull your way down the aisle to get to the next aisle over

We were in Wal-Mart and didn't notice the one way signs at first. Hubby went the wrong way and some lady very nicely pointed to the sign on the floor and said.....just letting you know in case some one were to call the traffic police on you. Hahaha After that...we followed the rules