On 4/12/2019 7:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 6:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I've never had anyone run their cart into my ankles.Â* I sure as hell
>> wouldn't do it to someone on purpose, not even if they steadfastly
>> refused to move after being asked.Â* I can't imagine that scenario.
>> (Watch; next time I go shopping it will happen! LOL )
>
> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.

Do you mean have I had it get mixed up with mine? Nope. There are
separaters that look like rulers and most people use them to mark where
their items starts. The cashier will often put one out ahead of my
items when I start putting items on the conveyor if she's just about
finished scanning items from the person ahead of me. The system works!

> In
> the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back, one time a little
> too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think you could wait until I
> get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty about it.

All I can say is, I have better stores than you do and nicer customers,
too. I don't remember anything or anyone that rude when I lived in
Tennessee, either.

> I decided that the
> next time it happens I will just wait for the cashier to deal with it,
> and if there is a bunch of their groceries on my bill they will just
> have to wait while our purchases get sorted out and rung through a
> second time.
>
Sounds like a really crappy store with equally crappy service. Any
alternatives?

Jill

On 4/12/2019 8:25 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 6:39:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
>> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.
>> In the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back, one time a little
>> too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think you could wait until I
>> get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty about it. I decided that the
>> next time it happens I will just wait for the cashier to deal with it,
>> and if there is a bunch of their groceries on my bill they will just
>> have to wait while our purchases get sorted out and rung through a
>> second time.
>>
> Your store doesn't have those checkout dividers that you lay on the
> conveyor belt? They denote the end of your items and beginning of the
> person behind you items??
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/K8xPQQCd/checkout-divider-1.jpg
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/QMnc8DV3/checkout-divider-2.jpg
>
Ditto. I've never been to a supermarket that didn't have those things.
Even ones that didn't have a conveyor belt. LOL

Jill

On 2019-04-12 8:25 p.m., wrote:
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 6:39:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
>> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.
>> In the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back, one time a little
>> too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think you could wait until I
>> get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty about it. I decided that the
>> next time it happens I will just wait for the cashier to deal with it,
>> and if there is a bunch of their groceries on my bill they will just
>> have to wait while our purchases get sorted out and rung through a
>> second time.
>>
> Your store doesn't have those checkout dividers that you lay on the
> conveyor belt? They denote the end of your items and beginning of the
> person behind you items??
>

Yes, they have them, but I don't put them on the belt until all my stiff
is on the belt. These people were loading their stuff on the moving
belt before I had emptied my cart, so their stuff was moving down the
belt and getting mixed up with mine. I don't think it is a terribly
radical idea to wait until the person ahead has unloaded their cart.
It's not like they are getting through any faster.

On 2019-04-12 8:54 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> I'm very sorry that happened!Â* I wasn't accusing you of making it up.
> Just said I've never run into it.Â* Then again, I haven't shopped at
> Costco and certainly not during a Christmas rush.Â* I was referring to
> every day shopping at a typical supermarket.Â* Thought that's what we
> were discussing, not holiday madness.
>

Costco is not the worst place, The incident with the lady who got rammed
for blocking the aisle was in a discount grocery store. The place where
the old lady repeated pushed her cart into my ankles was at a major
grocery store.

On 4/12/2019 9:20 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 8:54 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I'm very sorry that happened!Â* I wasn't accusing you of making it up.
>> Just said I've never run into it.Â* Then again, I haven't shopped at
>> Costco and certainly not during a Christmas rush.Â* I was referring to
>> every day shopping at a typical supermarket.Â* Thought that's what we
>> were discussing, not holiday madness.
>>
>
> Costco is not the worst place, The incident with the lady who got rammed
> for blocking the aisle was in a discount grocery store.Â* The place where
> the old lady repeated pushed her cart into my ankles was at a major
> grocery store.
>
Okay, did you turn around and tell her to stop doing that? I sure as
hell would have.

Jill

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:33:00 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/12/2019 9:20 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-04-12 8:54 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Costco is not the worst place, The incident with the lady who got rammed
>> for blocking the aisle was in a discount grocery store.* The place where
>> the old lady repeated pushed her cart into my ankles was at a major
>> grocery store.
>>
>Okay, did you turn around and tell her to stop doing that? I sure as
>hell would have.

I think someone should start a separate thread called Cart Gate, where
Dave and Jill can get to the bottom of this!

On 4/12/2019 7:39 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:30:49 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/11/2019 4:15 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 11:58:55 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 4/10/2019 10:45 PM, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you ever watch "The Pioneer Woman" on the cooking channel?? Yes, you can
>>>>> choose to leave it out if you don't like it, but I swear the woman puts
>>>>> cilantro in/on e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. Yuck.
>>>>>
>>>> Nope, I don't watch her show. Something about her annoys me.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> It took a while for her to grow on me. I was put off at first by all the
>>> grinning but she grew on me. But she's inspired me to cook only one or
>>> two of her dishes so I don't know why I keep watching her as it's not for
>>> the recipes.
>>>
>> The only recipe attributed to her that I've ever made was posted here.
>> 'Crashed Baked Potatoes'. Essentially small new potatoes, boiled,
>> drained, placed on a baking sheet drizzed with oil then smashed with a
>> fork or a potato masher. Drizzle with more oil, sprinkle with S&P and
>> the dried herb of your choice (I like dill weed) and roast in the oven.
>> Quite tasty! Crispy outside, tender inside. It's probably nothing new
>> to many people but I'd never thought of cooking them that way before.
>>
>> Jill
> that recipe came through here first from another poster, "Damsel."
> There was quite a bit of interest in it at the time.
>
Yes, Damsel posted it and attributed it to the Pioneer Woman (Ree
Drummond?). I tried it and loved it. I use it fairly often when I
have small potatoes (red or white skinned). Didn't have to watch the
show on PBS to get the recipe.

Jill

On 4/12/2019 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 8:25 p.m., wrote:
>> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 6:39:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
>>> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.
>>> In the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back, one time a little
>>> too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think you could wait until I
>>> get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty about it.Â* I decided that the
>>> next time it happens I will just wait for the cashier to deal with it,
>>> and if there is a bunch of their groceries on my bill they will just
>>> have to wait while our purchases get sorted out and rung through a
>>> second time.
>>>
>> Your store doesn't have those checkout dividers that you lay on the
>> conveyor belt?Â* They denote the end of your items and beginning of the
>> person behind you items??
>>
>
> Yes, they have them, but I don't put them on the belt until all my stiff
> is on the belt.Â* These people were loading their stuff on the moving
> belt before I had emptied my cart, so their stuff was moving down the
> belt and getting mixed up with mine.Â*Â* I don't think it is a terribly
> radical idea to wait until the person ahead has unloaded their cart.
> It's not like they are getting through any faster.
>
Just another situation I've never encountered. Thankfully.

Jill

On 4/12/2019 7:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 4:44 p.m., cshenk wrote:
>> wrote:
>
>>>> It's a crazy flavour, but I like it.
>>>>
>>> There is no "I kinda like it" or "it's ok" camp.Â* It's one of those
>>> things you either love it or you hate it.Â* I'm in the hate it camp.
>>
>> Cilantro is a genetic thing where it tastes like soap.
>
> Some people seem to acquire a taste for it despite initially disliking
> it. My wife is a good example of that. She did not like it at first, but
> now she loves it.
>
>
The thing with me is, I don't cook enough food that calls for cilantro
to warrant trying to like it. And in some instances, depending upon the
dish, you *can* substitute something like flat leaf parsley and get away
with it.

Jill

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.

In article >,
says...
> I have had it happen a number of times, but never hard enough to do
> damage. I did get pretty testy with the old girl who kept doing it. It
> wasn't very hard, but .... four times???? That was when I reacted like
> a horse who is being harassed from behind.
>

You shat on her?

Janet UK

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2019-04-12 6:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> > 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 )
>
> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.

Never.

Here, A) customers place a divider on the belt to demarcate our
purchases for the till operator and tell her when to stop the belt.

B) till staff are all trained to stop the belt while the customer
pays for goods and everything they bought is put into bags or back in
the trolley. Then the staff say goodbye to that customer before greeting
the next and turning the belt back on to begin scanning.

That's all part of standard customer service staff performance script.
Apart from courtesy, it's a security measure to give the first customer
privacy while entering their card PIN.


Janet UK

In article >,
says...
> You have never had anyone not move their cart when you asked. I have had
> plenty of people ignore my requests.
>

Seems like everyone you meet either ignores you or purposely tries to
upset antagonise and annoy you.

You must be trapped in a bad-luck bubble of perdition, like Bothell.

Janet UK

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:30:49 -0400, 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.
>
> FU, Gary. Why would anyone lie about experiences like that?

How's that ankle doing, Janet?

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> >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 )


> 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.

Don't be so defensive. I didn't single you out specifically. Just
that once this talk started, everyone started writing about how
it seems to happen all the time and everywhere...like epidemic
cart ramming and rude shoppers. Do all the cart-rammers also wear
turbans? I would be nice to those fellows. A turban might be a
clue, ya know.

Again. I've never had a cart rammed into me. Anyone blocking an
aisle will move immediately along with a "Sorry" if I ask them
to.

Moral of this story: If you say your prayers every night and go
to church every Sunday - when you die, you'll go to Virginia.

:-D

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> FU, Gary.

Wow. How un-ladylike of you. you go girl.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Yes, Damsel posted it and attributed it to the Pioneer Woman (Ree
> Drummond?). I tried it and loved it. I use it fairly often when I
> have small potatoes (red or white skinned). Didn't have to watch the
> show on PBS to get the recipe.

Just so you know...Pioneer Woman is shown on the Food Network,
not your beloved and mostly worthless PBS.

On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:39:14 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 6:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I've never had anyone run their cart into my ankles.Â* I sure as hell
> > wouldn't do it to someone on purpose, not even if they steadfastly
> > refused to move after being asked.Â* I can't imagine that scenario.
> > (Watch; next time I go shopping it will happen! LOL )
>
> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving conveyor
> belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up with theirs.
> In the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back, one time a little
> too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think you could wait until I
> get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty about it. I decided that the
> next time it happens I will just wait for the cashier to deal with it,
> and if there is a bunch of their groceries on my bill they will just
> have to wait while our purchases get sorted out and rung through a
> second time.

I had the same happen. I asked the cashier if we were on Candid Camera.
I had half a cart still to empty and he was unloading willy nilly. I moved his paper plates and dishsoap into my pile and bought them. The cashier was smiling beyond belief. The divider thing did not matter because I had a way to go. Belt totally full of his stuff and I was just handing items to the cashier from my cart.

Gary wrote:

> "U.S. Janet B." wrote:
> >
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >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 )
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Don't be so defensive. I didn't single you out specifically. Just
> that once this talk started, everyone started writing about how
> it seems to happen all the time and everywhere...like epidemic
> cart ramming and rude shoppers. Do all the cart-rammers also wear
> turbans? I would be nice to those fellows. A turban might be a
> clue, ya know.
>
> Again. I've never had a cart rammed into me. Anyone blocking an
> aisle will move immediately along with a "Sorry" if I ask them
> to.
>
> Moral of this story: If you say your prayers every night and go
> to church every Sunday - when you die, you'll go to Virginia.
>
> :-D


If *I* saw Jill in a store, I'd undoubtedly "ram" her, too...I'd aim for the *mouth* instead of her ankles...!!!

LOL...

--
Best
Greg

On 2019-04-13 10:46 a.m., Thomas wrote:
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:39:14 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-04-12 6:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> 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 )
>>
>> Have you ever had anyone putting their groceries in a moving
>> conveyor belt at the checkout and their stuff is getting mixed up
>> with theirs. In the past I have repeatedly pushed their stuff back,
>> one time a little too hard. One time I said to a guy "Do you think
>> you could wait until I get my stuff on?" and he got all snotty
>> about it. I decided that the next time it happens I will just wait
>> for the cashier to deal with it, and if there is a bunch of their
>> groceries on my bill they will just have to wait while our
>> purchases get sorted out and rung through a second time.
>
> I had the same happen. I asked the cashier if we were on Candid
> Camera. I had half a cart still to empty and he was unloading willy
> nilly. I moved his paper plates and dishsoap into my pile and bought
> them. The cashier was smiling beyond belief. The divider thing did
> not matter because I had a way to go. Belt totally full of his stuff
> and I was just handing items to the cashier from my cart.
>


I don't know whether or not I should be happy that I was not the only
one. It is a pretty sad state of affairs when we have to share our
space with people who are so ignorant that they would be putting their
stuff on a moving conveyor while the person ahead is still emptying
their card. It's hard to imagine that they can be so out of touch with
the world around them that they would not see that you had not finished.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:28:09 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-04-13 10:46 a.m., Thomas wrote:
>>
>> I had the same happen. I asked the cashier if we were on Candid
>> Camera. I had half a cart still to empty and he was unloading willy
>> nilly. I moved his paper plates and dishsoap into my pile and bought
>> them. The cashier was smiling beyond belief. The divider thing did
>> not matter because I had a way to go. Belt totally full of his stuff
>> and I was just handing items to the cashier from my cart.
>>
>I don't know whether or not I should be happy that I was not the only
>one. It is a pretty sad state of affairs when we have to share our
>space with people who are so ignorant that they would be putting their
>stuff on a moving conveyor while the person ahead is still emptying
>their card. It's hard to imagine that they can be so out of touch with
>the world around them that they would not see that you had not finished.

You should be happy you're not the only one. There might be therapy
groups. They start with everybody introducing themselves:

"My name is Dave Smith.
I'm a Supermarket Survivor."

On 4/12/2019 6:55 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 8:56:12 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:52:06 -0700 (PDT), "
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Boy, howdy! Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste anything
>>>> like parsley. Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>> now, not ever."
>>>
>>> It's a crazy flavour, but I like it.
>>>
>> There is no "I kinda like it" or "it's ok" camp. It's one of those things
>> you either love it or you hate it. I'm in the hate it camp.
>>
>
> I hate it too, but it doesnt taste like soap to me, so maybe Im an
> anomaly.
>
Jinx, maybe you just don't like it. It happens. We can't all like
the same things, that would make for some very boring food discussions. LOL

Jill

On 4/13/2019 8:38 AM, Gary wrote:
> "U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> 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 )
>
>
>> 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.
>
> Don't be so defensive. I didn't single you out specifically. Just
> that once this talk started, everyone started writing about how
> it seems to happen all the time and everywhere...like epidemic
> cart ramming and rude shoppers. Do all the cart-rammers also wear
> turbans? I would be nice to those fellows. A turban might be a
> clue, ya know.
>
> Again. I've never had a cart rammed into me. Anyone blocking an
> aisle will move immediately along with a "Sorry" if I ask them
> to.
>
> Moral of this story: If you say your prayers every night and go
> to church every Sunday - when you die, you'll go to Virginia.
>
> :-D
>
LOL More than one person mentioned the cart ramming thing (I think it
started with Dave, actually) so no, you weren't singling anyone out.
Moral of the store story: when you die you'll wind up shopping at Publix
in Beaufort, SC.

Jill

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

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:12:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/12/2019 6:55 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> > wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 8:56:12 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:52:06 -0700 (PDT), "
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Boy, howdy! Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste anything
>>>>> like parsley. Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>>> now, not ever."
>>>>
>>>> It's a crazy flavour, but I like it.
>>>>
>>> There is no "I kinda like it" or "it's ok" camp. It's one of those things
>>> you either love it or you hate it. I'm in the hate it camp.
>>>
>>
>> I hate it too, but it doesn’t taste like soap to me, so maybe I’m an
>> anomaly.
>>
>Jinx, maybe you just don't like it. It happens. We can't all like
>the same things, that would make for some very boring food discussions. LOL
>
>Jill

I really think there is more to this idea that everyone has different
chemical reactions to food. Especially those foods with a heavier
influence of certain compounds.

On 4/13/2019 10:46 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Yes, Damsel posted it and attributed it to the Pioneer Woman (Ree
>> Drummond?). I tried it and loved it. I use it fairly often when I
>> have small potatoes (red or white skinned). Didn't have to watch the
>> show on PBS to get the recipe.
>
> Just so you know...Pioneer Woman is shown on the Food Network,
> not your beloved and mostly worthless PBS.
>
You missed my point. I didn't get the recipe for the 'Crashed Baked
Potatoes' from watching television. It was posted here on RFC but
properly attributed by Damsel. I've made those tasty roasted small
potatoes many times.

FYI, I don't watch (I'm not even sure I get the channel) the Food
Network. Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman) definitely shows up on one of
my local PBS stations lineup. All you're saying is she doesn't show up
on yours. Or the only way you can see the show is on the Food Network.

I don't avoid the Pioneer Woman show for any particular reason other
than maybe there is another, more interesting (to me) cooking show on
one of my other PBS channels at the same time. Or it could be there
is something not on PBS I might want to watch.

Jill

On 4/13/2019 6:22 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:12:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/12/2019 6:55 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 8:56:12 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:52:06 -0700 (PDT), "
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Boy, howdy! Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste anything
>>>>>> like parsley. Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>>>> now, not ever."
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a crazy flavour, but I like it.
>>>>>
>>>> There is no "I kinda like it" or "it's ok" camp. It's one of those things
>>>> you either love it or you hate it. I'm in the hate it camp.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hate it too, but it doesnt taste like soap to me, so maybe Im an
>>> anomaly.
>>>
>> Jinx, maybe you just don't like it. It happens. We can't all like
>> the same things, that would make for some very boring food discussions. LOL
>>
>> Jill
>
> I really think there is more to this idea that everyone has different
> chemical reactions to food. Especially those foods with a heavier
> influence of certain compounds.
>
I suppose so, but I'm not a food scientist (or any sort of scientist) so
breaking down into compounds means nothing to me. I just know what I
like and dislike and don't care much about the reasons why. It boils
down to does it taste good? I do try different foods and seasonings
from time to time. But I see no reason to keep trying something I've
disliked for decades.

Jill

On 4/12/2019 7:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-12 6:26 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/11/2019 5:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>> 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.Â* 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.Â* I had also been known to ask once politely, a
> second time a little louder and then bumping their cart out of the way.
>
No, I can honestly say I have not had anyone not move their cart when I
asked. Or get rude about the request. Or ram a cart into my ankles.

Jill

On 4/13/2019 8:22 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>> You have never had anyone not move their cart when you asked. I have had
>> plenty of people ignore my requests.
>>
>
> Seems like everyone you meet either ignores you or purposely tries to
> upset antagonise and annoy you.
>
> You must be trapped in a bad-luck bubble of perdition, like Bothell.
>
> Janet UK
>
It sounds to me like there are rude and inconsiderate shoppers all over
the planet. Some posters seem to encounter it more than others. It
must boil down to demographics.

Jill

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:07:43 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/13/2019 6:22 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:12:19 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/12/2019 6:55 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 8:56:12 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:52:06 -0700 (PDT), "
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Boy, howdy! Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste anything
>>>>>>> like parsley. Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>>>>> now, not ever."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a crazy flavour, but I like it.
>>>>>>
>>>>> There is no "I kinda like it" or "it's ok" camp. It's one of those things
>>>>> you either love it or you hate it. I'm in the hate it camp.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hate it too, but it doesn’t taste like soap to me, so maybe I’m an
>>>> anomaly.
>>>>
>>> Jinx, maybe you just don't like it. It happens. We can't all like
>>> the same things, that would make for some very boring food discussions. LOL
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I really think there is more to this idea that everyone has different
>> chemical reactions to food. Especially those foods with a heavier
>> influence of certain compounds.
>>
>I suppose so, but I'm not a food scientist (or any sort of scientist) so
>breaking down into compounds means nothing to me. I just know what I
>like and dislike and don't care much about the reasons why. It boils
>down to does it taste good? I do try different foods and seasonings
>from time to time. But I see no reason to keep trying something I've
>disliked for decades.
>
>Jill

I was just trying to account for all the different reactions we see
here about different flavors.

On 4/13/2019 7:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/13/2019 8:22 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>> You have never had anyone not move their cart when you asked. I have had
>>> plenty of people ignore my requests.
>>>
>>
>> Â*Â*Â* Seems like everyone you meet either ignores you or purposely tries to
>> upset antagonise and annoy you.
>>
>> Â*Â*Â* You must be trapped in a bad-luck bubble of perdition, like Bothell.
>>
>> Â*Â*Â* Janet UK
>>
> It sounds to me like there are rude and inconsiderate shoppers all over
> the planet.Â* Some posters seem to encounter it more than others.Â* It
> must boil down to demographics.
>
> Jill

Right, rude people exist everywhere but not are all rude. Some just
seem to zone out and don't realize they are blocking the aisle or that
there are other people in the store.

WalMart seems to attract more of the inconsiderate though. Just look at
the carts left all over the parking lot, by far more than other stores.

On 2019-04-13 8:31 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> It sounds to me like there are rude and inconsiderate shoppers all
>> over the planet.Â* Some posters seem to encounter it more than others.
>> It must boil down to demographics.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Right, rude people exist everywhere but not are all rude.Â* Some just
> seem to zone out and don't realize they are blocking the aisle or that
> there are other people in the store.
>
> WalMart seems to attract more of the inconsiderate though.Â* Just look at
> the carts left all over the parking lot, by far more than other stores.


I don't know if it is the store or the location. The times I had people
putting their stuff on the moving conveyor before I finished unloading
my cart was in a Zehrs store. That was also where the old lady kept
bumping into my heals. Similar things happened in a Food Basics, a
discount grocery. The fat lady blocking the choke point in an aisle was
in a different discount grocery in the same city. We have a Food Basics
in our town where the customers are quite civilized.

One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out. I
was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front guy
was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of me and
put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries. Excuse me! She
said that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well I had one
item and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and the people
behind each had only a few things. This was a nice looking, nicely
dressed women, not a Walmart shopper. That was simply rudeness and
entitlement.

On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out. I
> was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front guy
> was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of me and
> put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries.Â* Excuse me!Â* She
> said that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well I had one
> item and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and the people
> behind each had only a few things. This was a nice looking, nicely
> dressed women, not a Walmart shopper.Â* That was simply rudeness and
> entitlement.

Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that. Wow.

Jill

On 2019-04-14 12:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out.
>> I was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
>> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front
>> guy was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of
>> me and put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries.Â* Excuse
>> me!Â* She said that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well
>> I had one item and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and
>> the people behind each had only a few things. This was a nice looking,
>> nicely dressed women, not a Walmart shopper.Â* That was simply rudeness
>> and entitlement.
>
> Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that.Â* Wow.


I suppose you have never been at a food counter and had someone weasel
in ahead of you either. Maybe it is a cultural thing. There are a lot
of Italians in that city and old Italian women can be pretty pushy. We
get most of our meat from an Italian butcher these days. When we first
started going there it was pretty frustrating dealing with these little
old ladies because they would walk up to the counter ahead of me. The
counter people knew it was a problem and tried hard to deal with those
who were there first. Thank goodness they got a numbered ticket system.

On 4/14/2019 1:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-04-14 12:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone
>>> out. I was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
>>> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front
>>> guy was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of
>>> me and put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries.Â* Excuse
>>> me!Â* She said that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well
>>> I had one item and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and
>>> the people behind each had only a few things. This was a nice
>>> looking, nicely dressed women, not a Walmart shopper.Â* That was
>>> simply rudeness and entitlement.
>>
>> Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that.Â* Wow.
>
>
> I suppose you have never been at a food counter and had someone weasel
> in ahead of you either.

No, I haven't. Then again I'm not sure what you mean by a food counter.

>Â* Maybe it is a cultural thing. There are a lot
> of Italians in that city and old Italian women can be pretty pushy. We
> get most of our meat from an Italian butcher these days. When we first
> started going there it was pretty frustrating dealing with these little
> old ladies because they would walk up to the counter ahead of me. The
> counter people knew it was a problem and tried hard to deal with those
> who were there first. Thank goodness they got a numbered ticket system.
>
Absolutely no markets like that anywhere I've ever lived.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out. I
>> was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
>> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front guy
>> was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of me and
>> put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries. Excuse me! She said
>> that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well I had one item
>> and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and the people behind
>> each had only a few things. This was a nice looking, nicely dressed
>> women, not a Walmart shopper. That was simply rudeness and entitlement.
>
> Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that. Wow.

I've had similar.

At the Walmart food center, I had maybe 30 items. I was invited to go to
the next register that was just opening up. I told the guy behind me to go
in front of me as he only had two items and I had to unload his cart. Three
more people asked to go ahead, each with 1-2 items. Then another person
asked. I had almost finished unloading. I told her no as I wasn't going to
let everyone go in front of me!

And when we first moved back here, a horrible man buying beer, blasted past
Angela and I. He was quite angry, shouting something about being white and a
citizen. Made no sense. I told the checker to take him first. She didn't
want to.

I told her in a case like that, there is no telling what a person might do.
Could get violent so I just let them get out of my space!

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2019-04-14 12:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out. I
>>> was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
>>> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front guy
>>> was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of me and
>>> put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries. Excuse me! She said
>>> that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well I had one item
>>> and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and the people behind
>>> each had only a few things. This was a nice looking, nicely dressed
>>> women, not a Walmart shopper. That was simply rudeness and entitlement.
>>
>> Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that. Wow.
>
>
> I suppose you have never been at a food counter and had someone weasel in
> ahead of you either. Maybe it is a cultural thing. There are a lot of
> Italians in that city and old Italian women can be pretty pushy. We get
> most of our meat from an Italian butcher these days. When we first started
> going there it was pretty frustrating dealing with these little old ladies
> because they would walk up to the counter ahead of me. The counter people
> knew it was a problem and tried hard to deal with those who were there
> first. Thank goodness they got a numbered ticket system.

People do it all the time here!

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/14/2019 1:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-04-14 12:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One incident was definite rudeness and not a matter of being zone out.
>>>> I was third in line an an express checkout to pay for my box of
>>>> strawberries and there were several more line up behind me.The front
>>>> guy was paying so I am almost there, and a woman stepped in front of me
>>>> and put her item on the conveyor in front of my berries. Excuse me! She
>>>> said that she only had one item and she was in a hurry. Well I had one
>>>> item and I was in a hurry. It was the express checkout and the people
>>>> behind each had only a few things. This was a nice looking, nicely
>>>> dressed women, not a Walmart shopper. That was simply rudeness and
>>>> entitlement.
>>>
>>> Okay... once again, I've never encountered anything like that. Wow.
>>
>>
>> I suppose you have never been at a food counter and had someone weasel in
>> ahead of you either.
>
> No, I haven't. Then again I'm not sure what you mean by a food counter.
>
>> Maybe it is a cultural thing. There are a lot of Italians in that city
>> and old Italian women can be pretty pushy. We get most of our meat from
>> an Italian butcher these days. When we first started going there it was
>> pretty frustrating dealing with these little old ladies because they
>> would walk up to the counter ahead of me. The counter people knew it was
>> a problem and tried hard to deal with those who were there first. Thank
>> goodness they got a numbered ticket system.
>>
> Absolutely no markets like that anywhere I've ever lived.

Weird!

On 4/18/2019 1:37 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>

>
> And when we first moved back here, a horrible man buying beer, blasted
> past Angela and I. He was quite angry, shouting something about being
> white and a citizen. Made no sense. I told the checker to take him
> first. She didn't want to.
>
> I told her in a case like that, there is no telling what a person might
> do. Could get violent so I just let them get out of my space!

Not sure what I'd have done, but with all the nut jobs running around
you never know if he would have become physically violent. People have
been killed for less.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 4/18/2019 1:37 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > And when we first moved back here, a horrible man buying beer, blasted
> > past Angela and I. He was quite angry, shouting something about being
> > white and a citizen. Made no sense. I told the checker to take him
> > first. She didn't want to.
> >
> > I told her in a case like that, there is no telling what a person might
> > do. Could get violent so I just let them get out of my space!
>
> Not sure what I'd have done, but with all the nut jobs running around
> you never know if he would have become physically violent. People have
> been killed for less.

Seriously here....don't ever mess with strangers. ;o