The nightmare that is town center shopping

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Okay, around this type of year you get to see all the shopping retards out on full display... personally I catagorise them as:

Aimless: These individuals seem to have absolutely no train of thought, no idea there they are going and they just wander around. They don't cause to many problems. Annoyance rating 4.5/10

Not Looking: These people seem to think it's perfectly acceptable to walk around, paying absolutely no attention to whats around them, and repeatedly looking down, if it's a girl, they're usually reading heat magazine. These are the ones most likely to bump into you. Annoyance rating: 8/10

Stop and turners: These are one of the most annoying type of shopper, typically women, though occasionally men, these people initially seem to be good shoppers, walking at a decent pace and knowing their ultimate destination. However, like a bolt out of the blue, they stop to stare at something, causing everyone behind them to stop / swerve. Then they just walk to what they where looking at. Annoyance rating: 6/10

Think they are cool: These tend to be young, either college or university students who think hey are so cool that everyone around them wants to know every detail of what they did the previous day. Conversations would include "Yeah man, jack was so totally wasted last night, he's so cool" - the volume at which they speak must be louder than concorde and they will normally be wearing clothes that look so stupid you know they must have been expensive. Annoyance rating: 9/10


Take up the whole pavement: These groups of people walk in together in a horizontal line, meaning no one can get past them without some sort of amazing acrobatic display, Why they feel the need to do this I'll never know. Annoyance rating: 9.5/10


Buggy pushers: Yes, the oldest and most hated shopper, these are mums that buy buggys big enough to fit me in and then think it's fine for them to run over / bump into you, whilst always looking like it is your fault if they do so. Whats even more annoying is the cases where their sprog isn't even in the pram and is off kicking and screaming it's way through the high street. Surely it's about time they where banned from the high stret... leave the pram at home, and the prat too! Annoyance rating 9.5/10


Have I missed any? Which ones do you hate the most? What can we do about them!

/rant
 
Okay, around this type of year you get to see all the shopping retards out on full display... personally I catagorise them as:

Aimless: These individuals seem to have absolutely no train of thought, no idea there they are going and they just wander around. They don't cause to many problems. Annoyance rating 4.5/10

Not Looking: These people seem to think it's perfectly acceptable to walk around, paying absolutely no attention to whats around them, and repeatedly looking down, if it's a girl, they're usually reading heat magazine. These are the ones most likely to bump into you. Annoyance rating: 8/10

Stop and turners: These are one of the most annoying type of shopper, typically women, though occasionally men, these people initially seem to be good shoppers, walking at a decent pace and knowing their ultimate destination. However, like a bolt out of the blue, they stop to stare at something, causing everyone behind them to stop / swerve. Then they just walk to what they where looking at. Annoyance rating: 6/10

Think they are cool: These tend to be young, either college or university students who think hey are so cool that everyone around them wants to know every detail of what they did the previous day. Conversations would include "Yeah man, jack was so totally wasted last night, he's so cool" - the volume at which they speak must be louder than concorde and they will normally be wearing clothes that look so stupid you know they must have been expensive. Annoyance rating: 9/10


Take up the whole pavement: These groups of people walk in together in a horizontal line, meaning no one can get past them without some sort of amazing acrobatic display, Why they feel the need to do this I'll never know. Annoyance rating: 9.5/10


Buggy pushers: Yes, the oldest and most hated shopper, these are mums that buy buggys big enough to fit me in and then think it's fine for them to run over / bump into you, whilst always looking like it is your fault if they do so. Whats even more annoying is the cases where their sprog isn't even in the pram and is off kicking and screaming it's way through the high street. Surely it's about time they where banned from the high stret... leave the pram at home, and the prat too! Annoyance rating 9.5/10


Have I missed any? Which ones do you hate the most? What can we do about them!

/rant

Which one are you ?
 
You forgot the 10/10 ... In the rain, women (usually - coz they are shorter) poking you int he eye with their umbrella :(
 
People in car-parks who suddenly go into zombie mode - who will quite happily walk into cars and behind reversing cars. When they reach the pay and display machine they immediately go into ultra-thick-how-does-this-machine-work mode and spend 10 minutes putting a 5p in to see it drop into the coin collector before realising it doesn't take 5 pence pieces.

I also can't stand people at cash machines who are unable just to take money out, oh no, they want a mini statement too and spend ten minutes before realising the machine won't give them one.
 
This is more of an extension of the pavement hoggers mentioned above, but when one of them refuses to at least accommodate you past them and turns to fight you when you nearly walk into them.


I also can't stand people at cash machines who are unable just to take money out, oh no, they want a mini statement too and spend ten minutes before realising the machine won't give them one.

Or the ones who click "No" on "Do you want to do another transaction", then put their card back in to get some more money out.
 
Take up the whole pavement: These groups of people walk in together in a horizontal line, meaning no one can get past them without some sort of amazing acrobatic display, Why they feel the need to do this I'll never know. Annoyance rating: 9.5/10

Argh, worst for me. Not just in town though, they do it along a pretty narrow pavement near my uni, seen 9 people in a line once, many on surrounding grass leaving no room to pass. I've taken to making no evasive action whatsoever and keeping walking, let them sort it out amongst themselves how I will pass :p . If they are still in the way when your right close then pretend your scratching your opposite choulder so you have an elbow sticking forward, should do the trick.
 
Don't forget old people who shuffle slowly. Also the ones that come out of a shop and just stop in the entrance.
 
Don't forget old people who shuffle slowly. Also the ones that come out of a shop and just stop in the entrance.

Damn I actually did mean to include them. Anyone who suddenly stops in the entrance should be shot on sight. It's the ones that look in their bag, at the things they've just bought 5 SECONDS AGO!:mad:
 
hehe, or they have a kid with them, "mummy can I press the buttons?", oh ffs. :)

That usually happens to me on Flights :(

Every time I've flown (and I do mean EVERY time) there is always a kid behind me.

ALWAYS! Took a seat 1 row from the back once, still had a kid behind me. What are the chances of the final row of the plane having a kid in it.

Worst was a fat Arab woman and a kid for a 9 hour flight :( Everytime she had to get up (which was a lot) she would use the back of my seat for support yanking it back. I was amazed the seat did not break.
 
Also the ones that come out of a shop and just stop in the entrance.

Thats a good one, when I worked in a shop a customer did this for several minutes, right in the way making it awkward for people to pass and was keeping the automatic doors wide open on a cold day, had to usher him away eventually.
 
Thats a good one, when I worked in a shop a customer did this for several minutes, right in the way making it awkward for people to pass and was keeping the automatic doors wide open on a cold day, had to usher him away eventually.

Was he, um, mentally challenged?
 
Have I missed any?

Yes. The Im better than you people that under no circumstances will move for you. Most people at least will make a slight movement to acknowledge you are there and move over slightly for you, these people just keep on their trajectory to run into you. Sometimes I will just move over slightly and give them a relatively hard shoulder whack as they walk into you.

Also, the gang of mothers that go shopping. An entire piece of land that is taken up by a line of women pushing their snot blowing kids, whilst walking at a pace I could crawl at faster.

Flyers. Newcastle high street is full of people giving out leaflets to bars etc. Surely if I want to get hammered ill jsut go where the mood takes me, I dont care about the bar thats on the wrong end of town selling shots for 20p cheaper than the one just down the road.

But the number 1 for me is KIDS. A note to all parents here, I dont appreciate your child coming up to me, and following me around as you do your shopping. THis isnt only because it is extremely irritating, its because I dont know whether the child is lost or not, so I feel i need to let the little **** follow me around until you have finished with your shopping and have bothered to come and get your child back, usually giving me a polite smile as you remove your child from my presence. If you cant control your child in a busy shopping area, leave them at home.
 
That usually happens to me on Flights :(

Every time I've flown (and I do mean EVERY time) there is always a kid behind me.

ALWAYS! Took a seat 1 row from the back once, still had a kid behind me. What are the chances of the final row of the plane having a kid in it.

Worst was a fat Arab woman and a kid for a 9 hour flight :( Everytime she had to get up (which was a lot) she would use the back of my seat for support yanking it back. I was amazed the seat did not break.

lol, I thought that only happened to me. We queued for a 15 hour flight once, and I was saying 'I bet we get some screaming kid behind us, i bet', and guess was happened? For most of the flight, kicking the back of the chair, and it was two kids.
 
Actually, they should create a 'class' in the plane for 'screaming annoying brats and parents' which should be behind economy - see how they like it.
 
I guess going into the town center must be pretty stressful for you guys given that everyone you meet seems to fill you rage.
 
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