irisMA you are too funny ^_^ I intentionally drive and park my cart willynilly cuz I can and there are no cart police YET.
edit: O also don't you just luv the carts with one wonky wheel?
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Coffee Break #23 - Counting down to Turkey!
I'm guessing if you have a wonky wheel AND block the aisle, Bill's month is shot. ^_^
Update on my dna thing - it's been analyzed and is just awaiting quality check and the results will then will be posted!
This time of year our grocery has all these displays in the aisle and 2 carts can't get down the aisle at the same time, so annoying!!! Then my kids always want to ride in those "car" carts which are longer than a normal cart and don't steer as well, I try not bring my kids so I can zip thru the store. There was one day must have looked like I knew what I was doing because people kept asking me where certain items were located.
You should shop with Bill, Jen...
you'd hate shopping with me...I read labels!
Me too phoebes ^_^ I even got DH doing now.
Vic, your dishwasher is 22 years old?
DGD can not hold down the Tamiflu and DD is now sick and running a high temp too.
I brought a care-bag over to them with soups and juices and some Motrin....put the bag down outside the door and knocked. Then I backed away from the door, it really hurts to see your daughter and Gkids so sick and not be able to hug them. I cried all the way home. :(
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We had to sell our lovely 10 room old farm house with a Hundred acres because my husband needed to be in a wheelchair. We had a washer and dryer, a Speed Queen, new owners still use it it was bought in 1955, the dish washer was bought about the same time, it is still in use, a few times the belts wore but my husband replaced them also had the racks in the dish washer recovered they wore off down to the metal. In those days every thing was made to last.
Maria, I so mourn the loss of the days where things were made to last. Its a real shame this "throw away" society has become.
(((((Celeste))))) Awwww! You're making me teary. I pray everyone recovers quickly!
O that is so sad Pixie.
So sorry Pixie, what a shame to be sick like that. Hope they will feel better soon.
Oh, how terrible, Celeste.
Awww...you did the best you could! You took good care of them, and they will feel your hugs with every sip of soup!
No Harp - I'm looking for a 22 year old dishwasher. Named Inga?
Gives new meaning to fun down under...
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/who-are-the-clocktower-lovers-do-you-know-them/story-e6frewz0-1225803452318
Thanks guys.
I'm glad Bill doesn't shop in our town---1 dinky little store, that should have aisles marked as one way only! Pixie, so sorry about your family---prayers headed their way!
Thank you Robin, how's Doug doing OK??
YIKES!!!
OH MY! I'm a bit shocked by the photo, but why am I not shocked that Victor found it???
Yeah but do you know why Victor knew about the picture?
Oh my!!!
One way aisles, that is a great idea! I'm always reading labels too, looking for no HFCS.
Let's avoid 'summer in Australia.'
Victor, you're a lot of fun.
Jen, what are HFCS?
High Fructose Corn Syrup
if everyone parked their carts to the side as they should there would be no issues - i think after reading the responses here that there should be grocery cart edicate classes.
hope the family is well soon celeste!
My daughter and I have been talking about a trend we've noticed lately. I really don't know how to put it, but women (mainly), of a certain age, around 30-45 seem to have a 'sense of entitlement' (and I'm not really saying this right), but they will be shopping and just walk and push their cart without looking where they are going, or to see if anyone is in front of them, just push straight ahead. Expecting people to look out and make way for them. And not just with carts, but walking in front of people. For example they will be coming down an aisle, into the main aisle, and just push their cart without looking to see if anyone is coming down the main aisle. No stopping, just head up and straight ahead. Almost like their time is more important than anyone else.
The other day a woman about 40 came out of an aisle, into the main aisle, didn't stop, and an elderly woman saw her coming and stopped quick, and started to fall over. I kind of grabbed on to the elderly woman so she wouldn't fall. She was shaky. And the younger woman never even looked at her, just kept on going. Had that elderly woman fallen she could have broken a hip, or worse. What ever happened to manners and caring about others?
But here's a funny one. I was driving a distance of about 7 miles and stopping at a store near my home. This man in a truck was tailgating me all the way to the store. Just before the store he passed me in a hurry. then he pulled into the store ahead of me. We both got out of the car about the same time, and he just about ran to get to the store. Then he stopped and held the store door open for me.
hope everyone feels better soon PIxie!
HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE
Polli, you are saying it right about women who think their rights are above all others, once I was very irritated with one , I asked the young woman if her mother neglected to teach her manners, she said, yes she did but you are in my way, so move. In general shoppers are very kind and helpful if I tell them I cannot find this or read that.
Pixie, I also hope your family is feeling better today
Interesting, I was talking to DW Monday evening about how I found that people had lost any semblance of patience. Everyone is in a rush to do everything, almost maniacal, like ‘everyone’ rushes so therefore ‘they’ have to rush too, - you know, like ‘sheep’. I notice that in driving a lot, rushing to the next red light etc. I also notice women have become more aggressive & reckless drivers than men!
Luckily I have more supermarkets than normal around of every type, add to that a slew of 'culturally- specific' markets, (Chinese, Mexican, Indian, etc.) that are pretty well stocked, so none are never very crowded, even on the weekends, I have 5 big name supermarkets within 1mile. The most 'crowded' one, (if you can call it that), is Pathmark, of which there are 2 within 10 minutes of here. I don't usually go there because they are so big that I find them impractical. Fortunately, I haven’t had the problem of rudeness in the supermarkets here; in fact having grown up in the NYC I’m surprised at their manners in just about every store I've been to. (but driving of course is a different story, lol!)
I think it’s easier to be conscientious of others when there are less people around.
– Although I don’t think that’s a rule, just a broad generalization based on my personal experience.
I'm glad you understood what I was trying to say.
I guess it really irritated me that the woman must have seen the elderly woman start to fall, and never tried to help. I keep thinking if the older woman had fallen and broken her hip, and then it never turns out well, and all because someone thinks they are better than everyone else, and their time is more important.
I'm glad to hear most shoppers are helpful, Maria. It just seems to me to be a certain age group, those in their 30s and 40s. And of course, not all of them, some are very polite at that age.
And it does seem like everyone is in a rush.
It not just in grocery stores--An AV friend of mine witnessed this...Every Feb., there is a major flower show in CT.--one of the first of the season. There is a major, highly regarded AV vendor that comes every year, sells and gives lectures--it is a thrill for us AV-er's to see him and his wife, his plants, talk and buy his goodies. Right after the doors opened that morning, and people dispersed to their interests, 2 women from Maine, one retired, the other 30 years old, in their rush to get to the front of the crowd around this AV vendor's display, knocked over an 80 year old lady. They turned around, saw this poor lady on the floor, then turned back and continued shopping. My friend (who is a major AV grower with > 1000 plants and she sells on ebay) came to this lady's aid and helped her up--thank goodness she wasn't seriously hurt!
I can't imagine someone falling and me not helping them up. I just can't imagine.
Phoebe, do you sell violets yourself? I've been thinking of getting a few, now that I haven't killed a couple of houseplants I have. Where would you recommend buying them? We have the Violet Barn not too far away, but it has mixed reviews on the garden Watchdog.
And while I'm asking for recommendations, does anyone do sprouts, and have a good source for sprouting seeds?
polly, do you mean the kind of Violets that seem to grow here all over the place?
Some people seem to just care about themselves. I can't imagine knocking someone over and then not helping them get up, well I can't imagine knocking someone over in the first place.
I can't imagine that either. I've noticed a lot of drivers lately act as if they are the only ones on the road. That's how accidents happen.
Maria, I was referring to the African Violets for houseplants. I should have specified that. I'm thinking that's what kind of violets Phoebe does, as she has AV?
I love the outdoors violets. Even if they spread they just seem to plant themselves in nice places. I understand some are invasive, but I don't mind them, they don't seem to hurt other plants.
Yes - people are crazy. Always in a rush and too many are rude.
I'll start a new thread.