Supermarket Rage!

[Raven]

I came very close to committing a violent act today at my local Shaw's Supermarket. I started in produce and made my way up the aisles, keeping to my right and observing all of the laws of the supermarket. As I was making my way up the canned goods aisle, a woman cut me off and passed me. She was highly perfumed, wearing a leather jacket, designer jeans and very high heeled boots (unusual for this area). She looked angry and I hoped it was not directed at me. I thought nothing of it...just someone in a hurry.

I continued to the end of the canned goods aisle, always keeping to my lane and made the wide left hand turn onto the juice and bottled water aisle. At the end of this aisle, I was about to make my right hand turn (keeping always to my right, mind you) and around the corner this woman came...out of her aisle... a near collision. She glared at me but I ignored her and waited for her to pass and continued on my way.

I was left in peace until I tried to make the turn from the beer and peanut aisle into the cleaning and paper goods aisle and there she was, doing it again. This time I gave her a look of immense patience and let her pass in front of me (she being in the wrong lane, mind you).

When I ran into her again (literally) turning into the petfood aisle, I had had it and felt that I had to make a statement for all the law abiding shoppers who follow the rules of the supermarket aisle. I waited until the time was right and then cut in front of her in the bread aisle and then I stopped short and pretended to study the english muffins. She passed me and stopped at the pumpernickle bread. I passed her and stopped at the hot dog rolls. She passed me and, now behind her, I eyed her achilles' tendons. I was very tempted.

I ended up behind her in the check-out line. God, the perfume! She was leafing through an issue of "Simple" or "Keep it Simple" or something like that.

AH, life, even in the supermarket, is never "simple". :-)

[mmm]

1. WOW! A play by play!

How did the bananas look, they were a little brown last
week. Also, was the bread two for a dollar?
(ALWAYS bring the coupon; Free Half Gallon of Ice Milk
with purchase of twenty dollars or more)

Please tell us what you DID buy (the ground beef looked a
little on the fatty side :)

[mmm]

3. And did you buy the Orv's Pizzas:

I got five for ten dollars!
Such a bargain I never saw!

[Raven]

5. I bought ground beef but

I don't know what the hell it was!

[loftycity]

2. Know what you've been through--Are they all nuts today?

Is it Spring or what? Geez Driving and doing the weekly shopping today felt like you were in some kind of pinball machine...

The edit:
The Simple magazine had to just put the topping on the cake for you..
Mind scream...

[Raven]

6. Up here, I think everybody came out of their caves today.

And this "Simple" magazine...I don't get it, why buy it if you're mad at the world and running people down with your shopping cart!!!

[loftycity]

7. "Totally Self Centered" that was the magazine she was really looking

For.

[revree]

4. I hate over-perfumed women

there should be a law...

[izzie]

8. My mother said just enough so a man wishes to get near.

I always think that is a big joke but do it like that still.Funny it still works and I will be 70 this year. How could that women have known that?It is a shock at this age to have a young man say, as he leans over to you, what perfume are you wearing, I would like that for my wife or girl friend.

[Skittles]

9. supermarket aisles have lanes???

gawd - maybe I'm one of those supermarket scofflaws!!! :o

on edit - did you say hi to William in the beer and nuts aisle??? :7

[gyopsy]

10. As a student

I'm fortunate that I don't have to shop for large amounts of groceries at once. I only have to carry the basket around as opposed to the big cart.

I do have a hard time steering the cart and moving along myself though. And there are a lot of rude people in there.