• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    So many of these are “Don’t create obstacles or bottlenecks”.

    Return your cart, zipper merge, wait for people to get off before you get on, don’t block doorways.

    Clearly, the truest unspoken rule is “Get out of the way!”

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      If you need to have a conversation with someone, don’t block the entire hallway to do it.

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        This gets so bad at groceries certain times of the day.

        But I get really annoyed at them at places like Costco. The aisle is like 15’ wide: how are you even managing to get this much in the way

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        One day I’m going to get the cops called on me for screaming like a maniac at the people hosting an impromptu reunion in front of the item I’m trying to get at the store.

        We all know that Suzanne doesn’t care how little Timmy is doing, and you’re really not going out for coffee sometime or getting all the kids together for a playdate.

        You get a polite “excuse me”, a less polite one, a “I’m trying to get to the [whatever]”, a 3 second soul-piercing glare, then the hamster falls off the wheel and the demons get released.

        • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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          I like to enthusiastically join the conversation. “Oh how IS little Timmy? I hear he shows a lot of promise on that baritone accordion of his! Were they able to reattach his foot after the incident?” Then everyone gets weirded out and confused enough that you can reach through and grab the grocery you want.