Is the grocery store a 'manners free' zone...

Posted by HeartofGlass, July 17, 2008 at 7:18 AM

..or does being at the grocery store deduct points from certain individual's IQ? I have to confess that, much as I enjoyed the 'grocery violations' thread, my pet peeves at the grocery store are as follows:
1. Dear, sweet old ladies, have a grape or cherry from the bag (or a bag or two) to test for sweetness. Please, please, don't stand there, eating several bunches from EACH bag. I know you've been on this earth for a long time, perhaps are on a fixed income, and I feel like a bad person getting annoyed, but at least let me pass to get my bag.
2. Mothers and fathers and others with extra-large shopping carts: if you are in an empty aisle, why must you park right next to one another, rather than going ahead or behind the other person and pulling to the side, so no one can get through? This perplexes me to no end!
3. Woman at Wegman's brownie tasting: the clerk is cutting little slivers of the pastry to taste by request, rather than leaving them out so we are forming a line. Do not hold up the line getting in an argument with the man about how you are a great baker and can make it better at home at a cheaper cost--you are probably right, but haven't you noticed that the line is moving slow enough in the first place? And people in general who complain to the checkout clerks about prices--they didn't set them and are just as much if not more affected by them than you are!
4. Clerks at Foodtown: don't ask me about why I am buying a certain product, squeeze and smell my pumpkin bread, tell me about your dietary problems and cholesterol. It is 5am and I only stop at your store when I am out of a product for breakfast and am very tired and am in a rush!
5. Woman with a full order in the 7 items or less line: no matter how much you smile and simper about your 'mistake,' I will continue to glare at my magazine. Especially after you request a price check and try to use an expired coupon.
6.Keep loud cell phone conversations with spouses re: your order to a minimum, please!

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