Groceries or Gabbing?

If I see someone I know, I may speak to them, and that is all. Or if they may want to continue the conversation, I will. When I am talking I do have a tendency to be holding up traffic. But when I notice someone trying to get by, I will quickly and nicely move out of their way. I know some people that will not move at all. Being polite like I am , I will move... Friday, I was trying to get by and these ladies at my son's school was on the sidewalk holding up traffic, busy talking... I had to get by them, but they would not move. They were steady talking... So I had to lead my son's hand and go the other way around them. They all were busy talking. One of the ladies noticed that I was trying to get by, and she made a gesture to the other woman. Still they did not move out of my way.. I thought that this was very rude! I started to say something, but I held my tongue...

That is also one of my pet peeves. For one thing, I'm not overly fond of grocery shopping so I just want to get the heck out of there quickly. I know quite a lot of people so if I run into someone I haven't seen in a bit, I will say hi and possibly jot down my phone # but I assume that they maybe have other things to do as well so try to make it very quick as well as watching for others that might want to pass. I don't want to hold up people nor do I want to be held up.

This really gets on my last nerve. Sometimes a lot of those stores are crowded enough when you get into them, so when these people stand there long enough to entirely block off the entire isle when hundreds of people are trying to do their shopping is downright rude. I've gotten to the point I push right past these people. I love how they get annoyed at how rude I am being like they aren't doing anything wrong.

I like to get and out of the grocery store quick. But, when someone does stop me and want to talk, we move over so we are out of the way. It is very annoying to me when people are blocking an aisle and I need to get down it. I've never had anybody say anything mean when they were blocking the ailse.

I really hate it when people do their "reunions" in the middle of the aisle! fair enough catch up on a years worth of gossip if you must but move yourself to some distant corner first! I will only ask politley once for some one to move then just walk right through if I can be polite then they should do the same and move!!

I hate that too. And there's always a couple of cretins doing this right at the exit, so you have to try to get round them. It doesn't matter what time of day it is, they're always there. They must work in shifts or something. ;-)

I would rather run into a clogged isle than hear some kid scream on the other side of the store while there mom and or dad shop. Clogged isle i just say excuse me i need to get through or if they aren't paying attention I move the cart myself and haven't had any probs either way they say sorry and even move the carts closer to the shelves out of the way.

This is one of the things that really bugs me when I am out shopping. I just want to get into the store, get my shopping and get out again as quickly as possible and inevitably there is a *mothers meeting* blocking the aisles and the checkout. I try to be polite and ask them to move but there is always one that wants to be mouthy. For goodness sake, take your gossip outside, please.

grr i hate when people do that! i've run into people i know and stood there and talked, but i always move off to the side so that i'm not in the way of other people trying to shop. the one day at walmart i was about to rip my hair out trying to get my groceries. i kept hitting isles with people talking. or then i hit an isle where a couple and their son were picking out stuff, but they had their cart parked on the opposite side and then they were standing on the side that they were shopping, so they were blocking the whole path. and you are right, as if it weren't bad enough that they do that, they have no desire to move when you need through. its sad people are so rude.

When I go to the supermarket I do go to shop and get out of there. But if I run into a friend that I havent't seen in a while I will stop and gab with her for awhile. I make it a point of making sure that my cart is not in anyones way. And as I am talking to my friend and I am keeping a eye out for others so that I don't hamper their shopping. One time I did suggest to my friend that we meet at a coffee shop that is right there in the store. I do get annoyed when a person is gabbing with someone and blocks the aisle. Since I know it bothers me when I do run into someone that I haven't seen in awhile I do move my cart so that it isn't blocking anyone from getting by me. I don't think there is anything wrong with two people gabbing in the supermarket as long as they are not interfering with someone elses shopping.

Reading some of the replies, seems that you should be the only one in the store. While I think they should make sure that they are not blocking the aisles a lot of the older people, don't get out much and going to the grocery store is an outing for them, and when they see people they know they like to stop and chat. I am not old but I love to chat with people I haven't seen in a while. That is the problem now a days everyone in such a hurry and they don't want anyone in their way. So did you have someone special to come in and take care of your kids while you went to get groceries, I had 3 they all went to the store with me. It does bother me that a person has a kid in a cart and it screaming it's head off,mine knew better than to pull a tantrum in the store. Maybe if you just said excuse me please they would move so you could get through, old people don't even think about blocking an aisle, they are just happy to see someone they know. I used to take my aunt shopping and she was old old, she would stand and chat and I waited for her or picked up somethings I could use. Give the old people a break, or just politely ask them to let you through. It appears to me anything that would get in your way would annoy you. Not being mean just the way you wrote the post makes me believe you get annoyed easily.

I haven't seen this too much in the city where I live, but in the town where I grew up, it seems all too often. I think that is because everybody knows everybody there. I myself like to get in and get out. Even if I have time to browse a little, I don't like to be blocked by people chatting or by the people who brought all 6 of their kids...LOL (ok maybe a little exaggeration there.)

It really bothers me when people stop in the middle fo an aisle to talk and get in my way. Not only is it hard to get around them it is also hard to find things on the shelf, and the ailses getting smaller and smaller is not making things any better.

That annoys me too! While I would stop and talk to someone I know in the grocery store, I would make sure I was not in anyone's way as we chatted and, I would be vigilant the entire time, looking around me to make sure, at all times, that there wasn't someone trying to get around us. I wouldn't pull my cart up right next to my friend's. I would likely put it behind or in front of my friend's cart and, stand there ready to move it if it needed to be moved for someone else. But, then again, I am always careful in the grocery store, to acknowledge other shoppers around me. I stop my cart to the side when I am searching for something on a shelf. I get annoyed when someone else stops and leaves their cart in the middle of the aisle while searching for something on the shelves. I never do that. I know how annoying it is for me when someone else does it so, I make sure not to be annoying to others. And, I keep an eye peeled for people trying to get at something behind my cart and I will move it as soon as I see that someone might be looking at the area my cart is temporarily parked. I never just stand in the middle of an aisle. I basically try to keep myself and my cart using as little space as a cart and a human being can use. LOL! But, there are people who think that they are the only people who matter and they take up as much space as possible and never mind other people around them.