Top 5 Most Infuriating Things That Happen While Grocery Shopping
I’m not going to pretend that I’m a big grocery shopper. My wife does the yeoman’s work in that department. However, I do occasionally stroll into a grocery store. Sam’s Club is my new go-to. You can draw me into any building with the promise of a $1 pretzel with cheese.
My last visit had some frustrating experiences which inspired this list. Here’s is a list of the top 5 most infuriating things that happen while grocery shopping.
5. One lane open - This one is new to me. Like you, I enjoy a self-checkout. However, I work for a tax exempt organization now. So when I shop for work I have to use a checkout lane. The problem? Due to self-checkouts, rarely is more than one lane open. And who goes to that one lane rather than checkout on their own? Very slow people. My most recent experience involved me waiting 25 minutes to buy a case of water. As my soul left my body, I realized the importance the human workforce still has.
4. Bad Fruit - This one is near and dear to my heart. When I go grocery shopping I get the easy things: fruit and meat. One of the most aggravating things I have to do is comb through 47 strawberry containers to find one without dying or dead strawberries. Also, how in the world do you tell if a watermelon is ripe? I didn’t go grocery shopping to get a degree in botany.
3. Walking through the bakery while on a diet - The grocery store bakery is the equivalent to the apple in the Garden of Eden. You know you shouldn’t, but it looks so good. Having to walk past it while evaluating what it would do to my love handles is the hardest decision I make in my day.
2. People who leave a cart in the middle of an aisle while looking for food - Here’s the deal everyone, your cart is an extension of you. It goes where you go. You wouldn’t leave your arm in the middle of an aisle. When I approach these situations, my move is a slight brushing of my cart against theirs to make just enough noise that they notice it but not enough that it’s rude.
1. Carts left randomly in the parking lot - If we held out tryouts for human decency, the first test would be plopping someone in a parking lot with no one in view and seeing what they do with the cart. If you can’t manage the twelve steps to the cart station you need therapy. As a matter of fact, if aliens came to Earth and demanding hostages I’d say “take everyone who leaves a cart in the middle of the parking lot”.
