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DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Jun 2020
4:41pm, 24 Jun 2020
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People who can't follow LARGE directional arrows on the floor of a supermarket!
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jun 2020
4:43pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[That'll be me, DQ. I can't retain the knowledge that the floor will tell me which way I'm allowed to go and I can't just swoop on the aisles I want to visit in the order I want to visit them.]
macca 53
macca 53
Jun 2020
5:37pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[sorry DQ, me too 😪]
DoricQuine
DoricQuine
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5:54pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[But why? It causes so much extra stress for those of us in the vulnerable but not quite shielding category that have to shop for food!]
Rosehip
Rosehip
Jun 2020
6:02pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[because they put the arrows to make you go down and up all the aisles that you wouldn't normally and spend money on things you wouldn't normally buy instead of just where you want to go and are used to going]
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
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6:04pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[We're being instructed to perform a routine and embedded task in an unfamiliar way. Some people will adapt more easily than others. I can't imagine anyone WANTS to do it wrong and get under the feet of those who are like, "Why can't everyone just get it right like me?"]
Rosehip
Rosehip
Jun 2020
6:18pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[that's what I meant - but I added the cynicism of why they're laid out how they are ;) ]
DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Jun 2020
6:22pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[Up the first aisle and down the next, it seems perfectly logical to me and not a ruse to get me to buy more more than I need. Food shopping is far the most stressful thing I & hubby HAVE to do at the moment and we take turns to do it, otherwise we are keeping well away from other people ]
Rosehip
Rosehip
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6:25pm, 24 Jun 2020
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[but I never go up and down all the aisles, so that's unnatural ]
DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Jun 2020
6:29pm, 24 Jun 2020
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DoricQuine
[Is anything natural in this crazy time?]

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