On 2019-04-12 6:26 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/11/2019 5:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> The best I ever saw was the very fat woman who decided to park her
>> cart in the choke point of an aisle and making a point of reading the
>> labels on every product in reach while cart traffic build up in both
>> directions. The lady behind her had less patience than I had and
>> rammed her cart into the woman's ankles, which got a very vocal
>> response from the blocker who whined about how it hurt.Â* I smiled at
>> the woman and give her a thumbs up.
>>
> Did it ever occur to you or that other woman to say "excuse me, your
> cart is blocking the aisle"?Â* I guess I've been lucky; I have rarely (if
> ever) encountered someone who wouldn't move their cart if asked.


One should not have to say "excuse me" in a case like that because the
woman was clearly being an ass. There was one spot in the entire aisle
where there was a skid of stock, and that was precisely where that woman
decided to stop and examine everything within reach. I was more patient
than the woman behind here, and I am pretty sure that she had come to
the same conclusion that I had and them used her cart to express her
thoughts.

You have never had anyone not move their cart when you asked. I have had
plenty of people ignore my requests. They seem to be selectively deaf,
and I tend to see that as being closely related to parking their carts
for maximum blockage. I had also been known to ask once politely, a
second time a little louder and then bumping their cart out of the way.