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  Adventures in Costco Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-06-26 17:41 -0400
    Re: Adventures in Costco Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-26 17:23 -0500
      Re: Adventures in Costco Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-26 17:53 -0500
    Re: Adventures in Costco jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-27 08:37 -0400
      Re: Adventures in Costco Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-06-27 11:54 -0400
    Re: Adventures in Costco songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-06-27 16:40 -0400
      Re: Adventures in Costco Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-06-27 17:58 -0400
        Re: Adventures in Costco Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-27 18:10 -0500
      Re: Adventures in Costco jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-07-03 20:06 -0400
        Re: Adventures in Costco Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-03 22:00 -0400
        Re: Adventures in Costco A-Parmentiay <A-Parmentiay@invalid.com> - 2026-07-04 12:12 +1000

#1528946 — Adventures in Costco

I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The 
parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door 
because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to 
the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then 
went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was 
blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me 
and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently. 
My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and 
didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the 
woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really 
fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.

I cringed. I figured it must have hurt. She said "Sorry".  I guess she 
realized she had done something wrong and was apologizing for crashing 
into my cart. I simply nodded. She went on her way and I went on mine. 
I went back over to the other side to have another look for one of the 
cheeses I wanted.  All of a sudden this women came storming back toward 
me and started to give me a blast, saying that she was really sore from 
me ramming my cart into her and I didn't even apologize or ask if she 
was hurt.   Well hell, I figured that when she apologized she was 
acknowledging that it was her fault.  I said "I am sorry you were hurt" 
so then she said that I should have apologized when it happened.  No. I 
was sorry that she was hurt, but I was not apologizing for anything. 
She was the one who suddenly turned and crashed into me.  She was 
insisting that I had pushed my cart into her.  That left me in the 
awkward thinking I should find a way to retract my comment that I was 
sorry she was hurt.  I mean... I should be sorry she was hurt,  but I am 
pissed off that she blamed me for her spastic actions.

At any rate, I got most of what I wanted, headed to the check out and it 
was surprisingly fast.  I took my stuff out to the car, returned the 
cart to the cart farm, checked to make sure it was clear to back up. 
Someone had stopped to let me out so he could have the spot. Perfect.

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#1528952

Dave Smith wrote on 6/26/2026 4:41 PM:
> I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The 
> parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door 
> because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to 
> the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then 
> went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was 
> blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me 
> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently. 
> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and 
> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the 
> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really 
> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
> 
> I cringed. I figured it must have hurt. She said "Sorry".  I guess she 
> realized she had done something wrong and was apologizing for crashing 
> into my cart. I simply nodded. She went on her way and I went on mine. I 
> went back over to the other side to have another look for one of the 
> cheeses I wanted.  All of a sudden this women came storming back toward 
> me and started to give me a blast, saying that she was really sore from 
> me ramming my cart into her and I didn't even apologize or ask if she 
> was hurt.   Well hell, I figured that when she apologized she was 
> acknowledging that it was her fault.  I said "I am sorry you were hurt" 
> so then she said that I should have apologized when it happened.  No. I 
> was sorry that she was hurt, but I was not apologizing for anything. She 
> was the one who suddenly turned and crashed into me.  She was insisting 
> that I had pushed my cart into her.  That left me in the awkward 
> thinking I should find a way to retract my comment that I was sorry she 
> was hurt.  I mean... I should be sorry she was hurt,  but I am pissed 
> off that she blamed me for her spastic actions.
> 

Did you follow her home and come back later to dump trash at her place?

I'm sure you did punish her fully Officer Dave!

People always seem to mistreat you Dave.  Keep up the revenge Officer!

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#1528954

Hank Rogers wrote on 6/26/2026 5:23 PM:
> Dave Smith wrote on 6/26/2026 4:41 PM:
>> I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The 
>> parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door 
>> because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first 
>> to the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and 
>> then went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was 
>> blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me 
>> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited 
>> patiently. My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no 
>> hurry and didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a 
>> sudden, the woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. 
>> Just one really fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
>>
>> I cringed. I figured it must have hurt. She said "Sorry".  I guess she 
>> realized she had done something wrong and was apologizing for crashing 
>> into my cart. I simply nodded. She went on her way and I went on mine. 
>> I went back over to the other side to have another look for one of the 
>> cheeses I wanted.  All of a sudden this women came storming back 
>> toward me and started to give me a blast, saying that she was really 
>> sore from me ramming my cart into her and I didn't even apologize or 
>> ask if she was hurt.   Well hell, I figured that when she apologized 
>> she was acknowledging that it was her fault.  I said "I am sorry you 
>> were hurt" so then she said that I should have apologized when it 
>> happened.  No. I was sorry that she was hurt, but I was not 
>> apologizing for anything. She was the one who suddenly turned and 
>> crashed into me.  She was insisting that I had pushed my cart into 
>> her.  That left me in the awkward thinking I should find a way to 
>> retract my comment that I was sorry she was hurt.  I mean... I should 
>> be sorry she was hurt,  but I am pissed off that she blamed me for her 
>> spastic actions.
>>
> 
> Did you follow her home and come back later to dump trash at her place?
> 
> I'm sure you did punish her fully Officer Dave!
> 
> People always seem to mistreat you Dave.  Keep up the revenge Officer!
> 

Dave, you really need to severely punish this bitch for degrading your 
personal integrity.  If you don't, the bitch OWNS you!

In that case, your police status should be revoked in Canada.

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#1528991

On 6/26/2026 5:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The 
> parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door 
> because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to 
> the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then 
> went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was 
> blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me 
> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently. 
> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and 
> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the 
> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really 
> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
> 
> I cringed. I figured it must have hurt. She said "Sorry".  I guess she 
> realized she had done something wrong and was apologizing for crashing 
> into my cart. I simply nodded. She went on her way and I went on mine. I 
> went back over to the other side to have another look for one of the 
> cheeses I wanted.  All of a sudden this women came storming back toward 
> me and started to give me a blast, saying that she was really sore from 
> me ramming my cart into her and I didn't even apologize or ask if she 
> was hurt.   Well hell, I figured that when she apologized she was 
> acknowledging that it was her fault.  I said "I am sorry you were hurt" 
> so then she said that I should have apologized when it happened.  No. I 
> was sorry that she was hurt, but I was not apologizing for anything. She 
> was the one who suddenly turned and crashed into me.  She was insisting 
> that I had pushed my cart into her.  That left me in the awkward 
> thinking I should find a way to retract my comment that I was sorry she 
> was hurt.  I mean... I should be sorry she was hurt,  but I am pissed 
> off that she blamed me for her spastic actions.
> 
People can be so irritating.  First these two block the aisle because 
they're standing there chit-chatting, then the one woman whirls around 
and slams herself into your cart and this is somehow your fault?  Then 
she comes back and berates you for it?  This is one reason I dislike 
grocery shopping.

> At any rate, I got most of what I wanted, headed to the check out and it 
> was surprisingly fast.  I took my stuff out to the car, returned the 
> cart to the cart farm, checked to make sure it was clear to back up. 
> Someone had stopped to let me out so he could have the spot. Perfect.

All's well that ends well!

-- 
--Jill

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#1528997

On 2026-06-27 8:37 a.m., jmquown wrote:
> On 6/26/2026 5:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
>> apologizing for anything. She was the one who suddenly turned and 
>> crashed into me.  She was insisting that I had pushed my cart into 
>> her.  That left me in the awkward thinking I should find a way to 
>> retract my comment that I was sorry she was hurt.  I mean... I should 
>> be sorry she was hurt,  but I am pissed off that she blamed me for her 
>> spastic actions.
>>
> People can be so irritating.  First these two block the aisle because 
> they're standing there chit-chatting, then the one woman whirls around 
> and slams herself into your cart and this is somehow your fault?  Then 
> she comes back and berates you for it?  This is one reason I dislike 
> grocery shopping.


Yeah. It was odd. I had waited quite patiently behind her. It wasn't 
like I came flying around the corner and rammed her. I had come around 
the corner, saw the aisle was blocked and waited patiently, and I will 
admit that it is unusual for me to be patient.  I was really surprised 
when she spun around and took one long,fast step and ran into my cart. I 
saw and heard the impact and I am sure it did hurt. She immediately said 
"sorry" and walked away.... the other way. So I don't even understand 
why she had spun around and walked my way. I thought that was it, that 
she had apologized for running into me and that she was okay.

I guess that when the shock passed and it started to hurt that it 
couldn't have been her fault.



I did see a humorous incident in a bargain grocery store a few years 
ago. There was a skid of stock sitting on one side of an aisle. I was 
going to scoot past it but there was a woman coming the other way so I 
was polite and waited for her to go through first. Big mistake. FWIW, 
she was a very large woman. She stopped right beside that stack of stock 
  and carefully looked at everything on the nearby shelves and stationed 
herself there long enough that there were people lined up behind us. 
The woman behind she said "excuse me" hoping she would take the hint and 
move but the woman knew she had a good block going and ignored her.  The 
woman behind her then rammed her cart into the blocker, whacking her in 
the ankles. The blocker started whine "Ow. That hurt, That really hurt. 
I looked at the woman who had rammed her, smiled and gave her a thumbs up.









>> At any rate, I got most of what I wanted, headed to the check out and 
>> it was surprisingly fast.  I took my stuff out to the car, returned 
>> the cart to the cart farm, checked to make sure it was clear to back 
>> up. Someone had stopped to let me out so he could have the spot. Perfect.
> 
> All's well that ends well!
> 

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#1529029

Dave Smith wrote:

> I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The 
> parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door 
> because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to 
> the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then 
> went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was 
> blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me 
> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently. 
> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and 
> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the 
> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really 
> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.

   sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
damages.  i would have noted the incident with the manager
of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.

  ...  similar to how some people will intentionally run
their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
pay them off.


  songbird

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#1529033

On 2026-06-27 4:40 p.m., songbird wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> 
>> One of them had a cart and was facing me
>> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently.
>> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and
>> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the
>> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really
>> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.



> 
>     sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
> complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
> damages.  i would have noted the incident with the manager
> of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
> cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.


I had considered that but figured this was a big booboo on her part. It 
wasn't like she fell down and carried on at the time but I saw and heard 
the contact and figured it must have really hurt, but after saying Sorry 
to me she turned and went the other way.

If there is surveillance video it should show pretty clearly that I was 
not that close to her and and was just standing there with the cart in 
front of me, and that she had just spun around and took a quick step... 
crash.



That's why I have a dash cam.  I used to see a lot of fake accident 
crashes on FaceBook and I came to understand why they are so popular 
over there.  The one time I really needed one was when I hit a deer. The 
audio would have caught our conversation over the last minute or so 
before the impact. My wife reminded my that the speed limit on that road 
had recently dropped to 50 kph and she looked over and saw that was what 
I was doing and she commented on how easy it is to keep my car at 50kph, 
unlike most cars. She also reminded me that, being just past sundown, to 
watch out for deer on that road. And then all of a sudden the deer came 
running across the road right in front of me.  Wouldn't you know there 
turned out to be a problem with my memory card and it had not been recorded.


>    ...  similar to how some people will intentionally run
> their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
> pay them off.


There was a tragic loss in an apparent crash scam near year a few years 
ago. A family had spent the day in Niagara Falls and was heading back to 
the Toronto area. A truck ran into the back of the car and the adults 
were all unhurt but a 5 year old child was killed.

The pieces of the puzzle started fitting together. It had been a last 
hurrah for several of the passengers who had been taken to see the falls 
for their last day in Canada because they were being deported back to 
Hungary the next day. Aside from the possible insurance scam, the 
deportees would probably need to stay as witnesses. They were all Romas 
trying to get asylum here.  The driver of the car was charged and 
convicted but the poor truck driver is left with the guilt of having 
been in a crash that killed a 5 year old child.

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#1529043

Dave Smith wrote on 6/27/2026 4:58 PM:
> On 2026-06-27 4:40 p.m., songbird wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> One of them had a cart and was facing me
>>> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently.
>>> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and
>>> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the
>>> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really
>>> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
> 
> 
> 
>>
>>     sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
>> complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
>> damages.  i would have noted the incident with the manager
>> of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
>> cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.
> 
> 
> I had considered that but figured this was a big booboo on her part. It 
> wasn't like she fell down and carried on at the time but I saw and heard 
> the contact and figured it must have really hurt, but after saying Sorry 
> to me she turned and went the other way.
> 
> If there is surveillance video it should show pretty clearly that I was 
> not that close to her and and was just standing there with the cart in 
> front of me, and that she had just spun around and took a quick step... 
> crash.
> 
> 
> 
> That's why I have a dash cam.  I used to see a lot of fake accident 
> crashes on FaceBook and I came to understand why they are so popular 
> over there.  The one time I really needed one was when I hit a deer. The 
> audio would have caught our conversation over the last minute or so 
> before the impact. My wife reminded my that the speed limit on that road 
> had recently dropped to 50 kph and she looked over and saw that was what 
> I was doing and she commented on how easy it is to keep my car at 50kph, 
> unlike most cars. She also reminded me that, being just past sundown, to 
> watch out for deer on that road. And then all of a sudden the deer came 
> running across the road right in front of me.  Wouldn't you know there 
> turned out to be a problem with my memory card and it had not been 
> recorded.
> 
> 
>>    ...  similar to how some people will intentionally run
>> their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
>> pay them off.
> 
> 
> There was a tragic loss in an apparent crash scam near year a few years 
> ago. A family had spent the day in Niagara Falls and was heading back to 
> the Toronto area. A truck ran into the back of the car and the adults 
> were all unhurt but a 5 year old child was killed.
> 
> The pieces of the puzzle started fitting together. It had been a last 
> hurrah for several of the passengers who had been taken to see the falls 
> for their last day in Canada because they were being deported back to 
> Hungary the next day. Aside from the possible insurance scam, the 
> deportees would probably need to stay as witnesses. They were all Romas 
> trying to get asylum here.  The driver of the car was charged and 
> convicted but the poor truck driver is left with the guilt of having 
> been in a crash that killed a 5 year old child.
> 

Track this down dave. and arrest these evil bastards.  Thank you officer.

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#1529440

On 6/27/2026 4:40 PM, songbird wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> 
>> I made my monthly Costco run this morning and what a zoo it was.  The
>> parking lot was packed but I lucked out and got a space near the door
>> because someone pulled out just as I was coming along. I headed first to
>> the cheese department and picked up a some blue cheese and Brie and then
>> went to the next aisle to look for the Emmental but the aisle was
>> blocked, mainly by two women. One of them had a cart and was facing me
>> and her friend was facing away from me. I stopped and waited patiently.
>> My cart was about a foot and half behind her. I was in no hurry and
>> didn't bother saying anything to get them to move. All of a sudden, the
>> woman spun around and took a fast step in my direction. Just one really
>> fast step and she whacked her hip on my cart.
> 
>     sometimes people do things like that intending to file a
> complaint with the store to sue for medical expenses or
> damages.  i would have noted the incident with the manager
> of the store to make sure to keep any tapes from the
> cameras just in case it ever comes up in court.
> 
>    ...  similar to how some people will intentionally run
> their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
> pay them off.
> 
> 
>    songbird

Sad but true, songbird.  I worked for a company that handled liability 
claims processing for large companies.  There was an instance where a 
woman slipped and fell in a store; it was caught on the security 
cameras.  She might have had a legit claim... except she looked around 
and saw she was the only person in that aisle.  No witnesses.  So she 
got up, went to an aisle where there were other people and "slipped and 
fell" again.  Claim denied.

-- 
--Jill

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#1529443

On 2026-07-03 8:06 p.m., jmquown wrote:
> On 6/27/2026 4:40 PM, songbird wrote:

>>    ...  similar to how some people will intentionally run
>> their cars into others expecting insurance companies to
>> pay them off.
>>
>>
>>    songbird
> 
> Sad but true, songbird.  I worked for a company that handled liability 
> claims processing for large companies.  There was an instance where a 
> woman slipped and fell in a store; it was caught on the security 
> cameras.  She might have had a legit claim... except she looked around 
> and saw she was the only person in that aisle.  No witnesses.  So she 
> got up, went to an aisle where there were other people and "slipped and 
> fell" again.  Claim denied.
> 

This one is welcome to complain and to go to the management for video. 
I had kept a decent distance behind her and was stopped for a  period of 
time before she literally spun around and took one long fast step into 
my card. I realized right away that it must have heard, especially 
considering the sound of her hip bone hitting the metal cart. At the 
time it happened I felt sorry for her, but, looking back at it and the 
way she accosted me and blamed me for it..... no. The best I can hope 
now is that it was a learning experience for her.

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#1529445

On Fri, 3 Jul 2026 20:06:57 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Sad but true, songbird.  I worked for a company that handled liability 
>claims processing for large companies.  There was an instance where a 
>woman slipped and fell in a store; it was caught on the security 
>cameras.  She might have had a legit claim... except she looked around 
>and saw she was the only person in that aisle.  No witnesses.  So she 
>got up, went to an aisle where there were other people and "slipped and 
>fell" again.  Claim denied.

Off topic. Jill's fuming! Oh, wait, this came from Jill. Now I'm
confused.

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