On 4/12/2019 7:38 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:58:32 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/12/2019 5:30 PM, Gary wrote:
>>> 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. 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"? I guess I've been lucky; I have rarely (if
>>>> ever) encountered someone who wouldn't move their cart if asked.
>>>
>>> All just fake stories, imo.
>>>
>> Oh I don't know about that; there are plenty of rude and/or oblivious
>> people in the world. Just saying I've never encountered someone who
>> wouldn't move their cart and say, "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't realize."
>>
>> I've never had anyone run their cart into my ankles. I sure as hell
>> wouldn't do it to someone on purpose, not even if they steadfastly
>> refused to move after being asked. I can't imagine that scenario.
>> (Watch; next time I go shopping it will happen! LOL )
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'm so pleased for you. I've had my ankles rammed a couple of times
> in the last 2,3 months. But, of course, Gary says I'm making it up.
> With the one rude *******, he was so busy talking while we were all
> crammed up waiting to exit Costco during Christmas rush -- people were
> exiting checkout lanes, grabbing food from the food court and having
> their receipts read. He rammed my ankle, tore skin off and pretty
> much wrecked the back of a sling back shoe. The impact was pretty
> harsh and all he said was a casual oh, sorry, moved on, leaving me
> hopping on an injured foot while he carried on his convo.
>
>
>
I'm very sorry that happened! I wasn't accusing you of making it up.
Just said I've never run into it. Then again, I haven't shopped at
Costco and certainly not during a Christmas rush. I was referring to
every day shopping at a typical supermarket. Thought that's what we
were discussing, not holiday madness.

Jill