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What really grinds your gears?

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ChrisHB Feb 2022 11:01pm, 10 Feb 2022 21,509 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I am the clueless old person who drives you lot mad in supermarkets.
Lip Gloss Feb 2022 2:20am, 11 Feb 2022 58,789 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss To be fair I go up and down (not all) top half aisles then back up and down (not all) bottom half aisles and that does land me back at the till. Well it does in my Asda.
Diogenes Feb 2022 6:48am, 11 Feb 2022 67,134 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I just go where I need to go. Sometimes I will retrace my steps if I’ve forgotten something or am avoiding a crowded area. Which reminds me - large families shopping en masse in supermarkets, usually unsuitable parents with delinquent kids.
GordonG Feb 2022 6:59am, 11 Feb 2022 8,979 posts	Quote Pin GordonG I've mentioned it before but it's worth moaning about again: people who shop like they're wandering around a museum, perusing the items like they're evaluating the merits of a Monet. And they usually do this while standing in the middle of the isle.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Feb 2022 8:16am, 11 Feb 2022 17,405 posts	Quote Pin 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) We have people like that on the Sustrans cycle routes locally! They're fist cousins to the by to the clumps of dog walkers who stop to chat on the same routes, usually in a triangular formation so there's always one in the middle, whilst their mutts are either roaming free or on leads investigating the dog across the path.
um Feb 2022 8:39am, 11 Feb 2022 5,749 posts	Quote Pin um When I used to go shopping, pre switching to delivery, I used to go in a particular order to get the heavy items first (juice, beer, wine, tins, washing gels, fabric conditioner etc) first, then meat & fish and fruit and veg last.
Velociraptor Feb 2022 8:47am, 11 Feb 2022 56,354 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I never got to grips with following the arrows on the floor of the supermarket. The order in which I visit the supermarket aisles is embedded in my brain and is nothing like what the arrows wanted me to do.
Fields Feb 2022 9:31am, 11 Feb 2022 2,653 posts	Quote Pin Fields I sometimes need to stand back from a shelf at the supermarket in order to read stuff properly. I also have to check my phone every minute for my shopping list - if I don’t check it, I won’t remember it.
Joopsy Feb 2022 9:45am, 11 Feb 2022 11,303 posts	Quote Pin Joopsy Multiple threads of negativity.
Fields Feb 2022 11:26am, 11 Feb 2022 2,661 posts	Quote Pin Fields Giving the profits, not the proceeds, to charity.