M needed to go to Asda today, so I could buy things to stock up for her birthday party next weekend. For a start, it was very busy, with parking hard to find. If you were the person that dipped into that space in front of me, be aware that I followed you home.
Why is it that old people find it acceptable to leave their trolleys in the middle of the narrow places, thus blocking passage in either direction? And then when they see you trying to get past, ignore you? And object when you try to move their trolley? It isnt a problem with young people we have these days, it's the old ones. Just like with technology, they can't do supermarkets. They need the man at the shop to fetch things from the shelves for them, just like they did when I was little.
And that's another thing. "This is a Colleague Announcement. Would a Colleague from Fruit and veg please go to Customer Services, Customer Waiting". Why do they think it clever to upset their customers by mangling english like that? No one talks like that in real life, so why do they do it? They arent your "colleague". They are your Nemesis, and will be waiting around the corner when you leave your loudspeaker for your journey home to your Asda pizza and reduced coca cola. Go! Leave us!
And. Some inaudible rubbish over the tannoy about "Hallowe'en" in a stupid patronising voice, presumably aimed at the parents of stupid children who can't hear it anyway
And. Why can't slow shoppers have rear view mirrors so they can see there is a huge queue behind them? It wont make any difference, but at least they can see me muttering and M shushing me.
Every time I go to a supermarket, I realise again why I hate supermarkets. I must be like a supermarket goldfish, I forget every time
Anyway, of all the places on earth, M suddenly squealed (really) in the middle of the car park. Who would think she would see an old skool friend from Aylesbury in the car park in Asda Newton Abbot, lapsed friendship going back 40 years, and after this weekend, with mutual birthdays, a combined age of ahem, well it has 3 digits. We now have new chums and they have been round ours already.
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Two things about supermarkets that really bug me :
The catch up chit chat held at the end of the aisle, involving at least 4 people & 2 trolleys spread out over as much space as possible
and
The careless, lazy abandonment of trolleys AT THE EDGE of the trolley park
A party? Next weekend?
Neddy if you are down here on Sunday 4th, you are more than welcome;-)
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