Men are different to women
By p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
March 7, 2008 11:58am CST
I went to the supermarket today (the one with the rude checkout assistant). This store has one of the worst laid out car parks. The exit leads out to a very busy main highway and vehicles are frequently there trying to exit for ages. As I turned in I realised that it was going to take me an age to get out again. Half an hour later I am sitting in the queue to get out of the car park, waiting endlessly and so I started to look at the faces of the people that were driving in. I noticed over a 20 minute period that virtually all the male drivers, as they turned into the car park and realised that they were going to have queue to get out looked absolutely horrified. Most of the women didn't seem to notice the queue to leave and looked quite "normal". So my question is: If confronted with such a queue, would you take it in your stride, like the women seemed to do, or be hugely irritated even before you got to the store like the men? and what does this say about us.
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@FaerieAne2003 (679)
• United States
7 Mar 08
It says that women are used to getting in line, I suppose. With the kids for ice cream, for a parking spot closer to the door, in the grocery to pay, to go pee if our kids/husbands get to the toilet first, for the slide at the kids' park, for the changing room at the mall. Not to mention the historical figurative "waiting in line" that women have had to do through the ages. It bothers my husband to be made to wait, also. He says that his time is too valuable to waste with standing in line. While this may be true, my time is also valuable, but it doesn't bother me to wait as badly as it does him. Patience is a virtue, my friend, and most men have none. Sorry!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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7 Mar 08
You are most probably right. Women do seem to handle these sorts of situation better than men. I am quite a patient person, but I hate traffic jams, they make me seethe, it just seems such waste of time. But put me behind a fishing rod, and I'll sit there all day.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
8 Mar 08
I hate lines, but I have to say, when I'm sitting down at least I'm not hurting to be in line.
I hate lines because I can't tell if it really is the traffic or someone is being stupid. I've been told that one timid driver can make a line much longer. I'm a pretty bold driver, I used to be more aggresive, but I guess age has mellowed me some.
I don't take it in stride if I don't have to.
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
8 Mar 08
I guess we have enough stores around here that I have a pretty good choice on which one I will go to. The closest one to me, I won't go to, I call it "the 3rd world country at war." The clientel is so bad, the parking lot is so bad, the streets are so busy, I'll just drive those extra miles to go to a store where things aren't so bad.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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7 Mar 08
Ow. Cut me do I not bleed. Even the supermarket themselves think that it is a stupid design, but they had to fit in with the planning regulations. You're probably right though. A masculine had has been at work. Like the environmental response though. Catch the bus. Not where I live. Too expensive and never go where you want to go, unless it's the hospital.
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@novataylor (6570)
• United States
9 Mar 08
I think that most women associate shopping with queues and queues with shopping. I know I do. I know there's going to be a line at the checkout, no doubt, so I try to gather all my powers of intuition to decide which line I want to get into. And I'm usually pretty good at choosing the right one, thank goodness. And as to the cars, if I'm with my bf, I don't worry about it, she's a whiz, and can find another way out. But, so often, I'm on my bicycle, and I can just slide on by, no fuss at all. Although I get pissed off for little or no reason often enough, I try not to do so at the thought of standing in a line, when it's such a challenge anyway, just in and of itself. Starting pissed off is sooooo self-defeating. So I plant a smile on my face, arrange my groceries, chat up people in line with me, and try to make it all as painless as possible.
As to what that says about men, I don't really know. I could espouse a few theories, though. Maybe you buy trouble. You decide to go ahead and get pissed off at what hasn't happened yet, and by doing so, you're going to be miserable company from there on out, if your other half has the misfortune to be with you at the time. And the whole time, you could have been having a perfectly lovely time together, enjoying who knows what merriment. Yes, even shopping, there can be merriment. That's a rather dour attitude, maybe, sorry, but I've seen it happen time and time again, and I'm sure that I'll keep seeing it happen too. Hmmm, maybe that's why they do it. Be grumpy from the get-go, so the wife will practically beg to do all the shopping from now on. Hey, you guys are sly, aren't you? Cheeky devils!
@novataylor (6570)
• United States
9 Mar 08
lol, like I said before, cheeky devil! But I'll kiss that cheek, I will.
@my_january (967)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
I guess this is where the "need" part will come in. When we are in need, we will do anything to have it, because we need it. It's like going to the supermarket and shopping, women classifies it more as a need rather than men. for women its actually urgent to buy all stuff on their list, even if they will be confronted with queue like that. while men, they always want an easy way- i guess they never really like going to supermarkets or shopping centers at all- they see it as a burden LOL!
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
8 Mar 08
Heh, I tend to be impatient. I wouldn't be in that exact situation, since I don't drive, but I would be very impatient if faced with a line when doing an important chore like grocery shopping.
If, on the other hand, I have to wait in line for something fun, it doesn't bother me as much because I know the experience will make up for it. But if it's a chore like shopping, I just want to get it over with. So it would drive me kinda nuts.
Somehow I doubt anyone is really surprised anymore by me giving the "guy" answer.
@marspotato (8)
• China
8 Mar 08
Men are supossed to be gentlemen, but who cares about what the gentlemen are thinking about? There are too many responsibilities on men's shoulders, and they don't have so much time as women to waste. and besides, store is a place where women enjoy but men suffer.