On 4/12/2019 11:09 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:54:15 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> I did say that there was more than one occurrence. Only one occurred
> at Costco.
>
I'm not doubting you, Janet! All I said was no one has ever rammed
their shopping cart into my ankles. I'm pretty sure I'd remember that.
I'm sorry it happened to you multiple times. I can't explain downright
rude behaviour.

Jill