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Re: Adventures in Costco

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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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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

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