I haven’t lived there for years, but it’s a dense residential area that non-resident drivers would pass through to avoid heavy traffic on surrounding main roads.
Relatively short blocks, with literally no stop signs or yield signs in any direction and no idea if anyone will be coming, seems to be a pretty effective permanent deterrent to quick shortcuts. Last time I was there it wasn’t a busy time of day anyway, so I didn’t see anything, but I think people who don’t live there got frustrated and went back to the main road.
You know because of this thread I decided I wanted to get a peeve as a pet. I went to my local supermarket and asked what isle they were in and they looked at me like I was crazy. I also tried 3 Petco’s and no luck. Where do I go to get a peeve as a pet?
Let me add another peeve: I like that Shoprite will email me the detailed receipt and print a receipt for only the total, but that total is before tax! If the purpose of the printed receipt is to check against your credit card statement, it’s not very useful. Why not include the total amount?
I guess they disagree on the purpose of the receipt. It’s pretty clear that their impression of that purpose is a self-serving and unhelpful one. (I’m guessing it’s simply a trick to make you think you saved money at their store… but whatever, it’s a bad idea.)
While not germain to this thread, I have to call out our local Grocery Outlet (northwest San Francisco). Brilliantly managed and staffed, intuitively stocked, fresh and organic and cheap. I can think of no pet peeve pertinent to the market or its management.
Customers? Well, you have them everywhere.
I agree with you for the most part but when it comes to bacon, the front of the package can be quite deceiving. So I do tend to rifle, turning the packs over to see if there’s any meat in there instead of just fat. Sorry!
Sorry to say that I am a grocery picker. I generally inspect just about everything that goes in my cart. Pack of meat? Has to look fresh from all angles, and has to be the right size/weight. Cans or boxes? I look for the latest expiration dates, even if that means going for cans in the back. This is especially true for dairy items. Slightly crinkled box or package (I know it doesn’t mean the product inside is affected)? No can do…I like clean crisp packaging. I don’t pick it up just for the same of picking it up, but I do inspect with the intent to buy. That’s why I always use those clean wipes before I go into the store.
It’s not you it’s me .
Just bad timing.
I have just waited nine people deep in line .
Looking back over my shoulder there is no one behind me in line .
Amen. There’s nothing to be gained by politicizing everygoddamnthing, only trying to voice your opinion as fact. Keep it to an appropriate forum, please.
Aha! I have wondered why so many of the seasonal kosher foods were in a separate aisle along the back of the regular aisles. Makes sense now. Thank you.
My husband is a very good shopper, too. We went to Costco once when we were first dating. He took the cart and took off. I kinda watched him from a distance, obviously enjoying himself at Price Club, I remember thinking “Hmmm- this guy might just be the one”. We’ve been married 34 years. He retired before me and pretty much took over the shopping (to my dismay, because I like grocery shopping).
That’s why I don’t use the self checkout. I’m actually not clueless, but I haven’t used them enough to get accustomed to the process, so it goes slowly for me, and I don’t want to be that person who holds up the line. Kind of a vicious cycle, really.
Just for a second, I thought “Let’s move to Wyoming; I could certainly do without passive aggression”. But then I realized, people don’t name a pet peeve unless it’s something that happens fairly often. If this map is accurate, then it shows what you can expect to find if you go there.
After that, I also realized that while “be kind” is one way of eliminating passive aggression, “be actively aggressive” is another. Plus I hate moving.
I used to think there was a special place in hell for people who don’t return their carts to a corral. But yesterday I sat in the parking lot in 50+ wind gusts. The carts were literally being blown out of the corrals . . . And I saw people wrangling them. A manager was off the clock, but picked up 3 carts, a guy with two bad hands picked up 2 overturned carts, random people picked up carts. Maybe we have more good citizens than we thought?
Last time I was there it wasn’t a busy time of day anyway, so I didn’t see anything, but I think people who don’t live there got frustrated and went back to the main road.
