When Shopping Why Do People Block The Aisles

There are really a lot of people who seem to really think that they really do need to take up most of the aisle. And when you politely ask them to move, oh boy do you get the dirtiest looks. That is why I like to go grocery shopping early in the morning, before most really get out. There are going to be a lot fewer people who are really going to cause these problems. Still there are a lot of rude people out there. Then a lot of people either put their carts or rather, worse, two people, with carts, stand in the middle of the aisle to chat. Or someone talks in the middle of the aisle on their cell phone. I cannot really think of what exactly is worse but there are just a lot of people who will block the aisle.

Mostly people here are pretty polite. I move down the right side of the aisle because that is how we drive on the right side of the road. My pet peeve is when people see their long lost friends and stop and chat and you can hear all about everything and cannot shop around them. The grocery store is a social center, that is for sure.

Because people just don't care. They are selfish and into themselves. Being considerate and using manner is not in their cash of useable characteristics.

I have noticed a great lack of common courtesy lately. I remember when if you walked into a crowded waiting room and you were elderly or had a cane or was holding a baby someone would offer you their chair. I had occasion to walk into a waiting room and there were a lot of people there already. Some of the adults were sitting on the floor and others standing up while young, school age children were taking up most of the seats. There were not that many chairs to begin with and a family with 3 children were sitting in most of them. There were several older people standing and I was walking with a cane. It was going to be at least a half hour before any of us would be seen but we had to be there then to get on the list. Not one of those parents told there kids to get up and offer anyone a seat. My mother would have had me standing beside her so fast my head would have spun.

Right about here is a week of sales. Almost all the stores have some kind of sale that started the day after Christmas. This is when you see the worst in people. They think that they wouldn't be able to avail of the bargains so they could get rude and block people. If everybody just understood that buggys and aisles are just cars and roads then there wouldn't be a need for these instances.

and by doing so the whole situation becomes tensed for some time, however it come to noraml. but in that periods its seems like so much clutter here and their.

I know what you mean. I have always done the right side thing too..they will block you with their carts even if you say excuse me like the own the place or something! I have bumped a few that won't move or have moved their carts....rude!

I'm ok if they block the aisles as long as they move over when you say excuse me. Most people are nice about it not even realizing what they were doing and quickly move over and apologize. I am one of those people that happens to block the aisle and have to move it when people come through but I always apologize. The ones who dont apologize and glare at you for asking them to move their cart so they can get through are the ones who irritate me. I dont say can you please move your cart so I can get through lol I just say excuse me. I think thats the proper thing to say so I dont know why they react rudely some people when I say that. Do they not realize they are the ones being rude blocking the aisle then glaring at people who want to get through as if they own the whole aisle.

People are so rude when they do this! Some people think they own the place and that is why they act like that! They don't want to be disturbed you can say! I never do that! I always move over if I am in the way! I am curious! Not rude!

yes dear this is very common. they don't know how to give way and keep the center aisle blocked :x I don't know if they did not know it, or just pretend that they're not blocking the whole way.

On festive occasions,shoppers crowd the mall.I guess few people are considerate like you going down the right side of the aisle.They give their minds to so many items that they want to buy and make use of every bit of space,therefore the traffic is congested.The aisle is too narrow to set up a bar in the middle of it.

I totally agree. I hate to shop when it's really crowded & this is one of the reasons why. People are just so rude. I try to stay to one side of the aisle so as not to block anyone & if someone needs to look at something on the shelf that my cart is parked in front of then I quickly apologize & move my cart. It's sad that not everyone has the same respect for other shoppers. One day when my husband & I were shopping these two woman just about passed each other in the aisle & I guess they must have known each other because suddenly they were saying their hellos & started up a conversation. Well I didn't want to be rude & interrupted them(even though they were standing in the middle of the aisle), but after a minute or two of standing there waiting I finally decided to speak up. I said "excuse me" & asked to be allowed by. I didn't even say it in a nasty or rude way either & yet one of the woman still rolled her eyes at me & rudely shoved her cart over to the opposite side of the aisle to let me know that clearly she was annoyed. I was so mad I wanted to tell her exactly what I thought of her & her rude friend, but I bit my tongue & went on with my shopping.

I have noticed where people do block the isles, but they do move when I say excuse me. I’ve never had a problem with anyone not moving. I guess if I just stood there and looked at them they would stare back at me, looking like ‘what do you want?’ but I say excuse me and let them know I want to get by.

I know how you feel. People feel in title today because of how some parents have raised there kids to get what ever they want so thy feel others have to do as they want when they want. I always stick to one side of the aisle and I know some people will block because they want to get it so they will keep others from getting it especially after a holiday.

That is a pet hate of mine, some people seem to have little meeting in the middle of the ailes even in our main shopping strips this happens as well and you have to walk out on the road to get past..

hi MaryLynn I think Walmarts one of the worst for that .too people have habit of parking their cart against one of the shelves,and would you not know thats where the item I was looking for was located. But if you touched their cart, you got this scowl like what are you doing, stealing my stuff? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.Also theres always one in every grocery store who is impatient and shoves his or her cart up against my legs,I mean hard, Now where'does this moron think I can g o as the person ahead of me bought out the store? So I t urned around and glared. He'said " sorry" and five minutes wham right behind my knees.I looked and'it was now a five year old kid left to guard daddy's cart while dear old dad goes off to look for something.this time I had to say" Please do not hit my legs with that cart son". Now a woman joined the boy and she apologized for her son.Still most people really are polite, and its just a few who are morons.