The nightmare that is town center shopping

slambo69 said:
Town centre here is full of bloody tourists stopping and taking pictures or pointing out things - LOOK A BRIDGE OMGWTFLOL
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Hahahaha, I know the feeling :D

Jubilee line died and trains were backed up from Stratford all the way to westminster and I needed to get to canary wharf for a meeting. Got out and plodded over the bridge to waterloo where I could get the Waterloo and ****y line to bank then the DLR. Soo many damn tourists looking at the houses of parliament (fair enuff), but then OMGWOWZERZ a man on the bridge performing, lets form a massive ring blocking the whole damn pavement.

Q me barging through and infront of the performer saying excuse me loudly. Don't get in the way of a rushed Londoner, otherwise he will release Chuck :D
 
I am a person who doesn't really enjoy shopping much, so I like to get there, do what I need to do and get out as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The kind that annoy me the most is the random stoppers, but I've learned that being patient and polite gets you nowhere with these people, so when someone stops in front of me, I raise my hands in a 'what the hell?!' kind of way so that they and everyone around knows what they've done.

Also, mums who think its ok to park their DOUBLE pushchair in the middle of a shop aisle so they can look at clothes.

Got quite a nice surprise in town the other week though. Walking down the street I came across a group of teens walking in line with eachother, blocking the way. I stepped to the side and waited for them to pass rather than risk them shouting comments at me. As they went past one of the lads elbowed another and said 'Craig you ****, you could've let the lady past!'. I was pleasantly surprised! :)
 
I hate the people who walk down the dead centre of the isle,then move from side to side when you try to move past,feel like rugby tackling them.
 
I 100% understand your annoyance at everything mentioned in the OP, whenever I go out shopping I always have a set destination and path to get there, I get so annoyed with people who walk at a pace of 0.0001mph and massive grounds that you can't get around without being run over

If I could have my own way pavements and high streets would work just like the roads, and I would have a horn to beep at anyone who's going too damn slowly as at least there isn't a speed limit to walking :p

Online shopping for the win!
 
dangerstat said:
I think it's because I live in the centre, thus to go to my local supermarket, corner shop, off license, takeaway, pharmacy, etc.... I'm surrounded by them so there no esacpe from the 'tards. I just had to vent my anger on the boards :p
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and I can see how annoying it is.

Thing is, whenever you get lots of people together, be it in a town centre, on the roads etc, then someone will be being an idiot. At some point we have all probably unintentionally which has annoyed a stranger in a crowd situation, I do appreciate however, that some people do not show any (or little) thought to their behavior in crowds.

Hope your day gets better.
 
Nah the most annoying are the sidewalk taker uppers. I just barge through the middle and while muttering ffs at an audible level. Even worse is the mothers with prams who think they own the sidewalk.
 
snail1 said:
and I can see how annoying it is.

Thing is, whenever you get lots of people together, be it in a town centre, on the roads etc, then someone will be being an idiot. At some point we have all probably unintentionally which has annoyed a stranger in a crowd situation, I do appreciate however, that some people do not show any (or little) thought to their behavior in crowds.

Hope your day gets better.
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Not likely I have to head to Tesco's Metro in a minute to get some beerage, in which yesterday so moronic girl attempted to put a bottle of red wine in my basket until she looked up and realised I wasn't the person she thought I was, then they laughed at volumes high enough to drown out the shop music and her sister proceeded to apologise about 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times :o:p
 
Killa_ken said:
Nah the most annoying are the sidewalk taker uppers. I just barge through the middle and while muttering ffs at an audible level. Even worse is the mothers with prams who think they own the sidewalk.
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Yep, and who push their prams (babies) into the way of oncoming traffic so they can cross the road.
 
dangerstat said:
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
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These people should be shot on site, no warning issued, just take them out :)

Also, people who walk slowly. Not the elderly or disabled, just the hordes of people who seems to stroll along at a leisurely pace with no real destination, this isnt the local park, get out
 
I'll add a little extension:

1. People who come off an escallator just to realise they don't have any idea where they're going. They then spend 5-10 seconds trying to figure it out. By this point the people behind them have careered into the back of them due to an inability to stop.

2. Where there is two or three cash machines all next to each other (But from different banks), people tend to queue for the one matching their bank, not realising the significance of the LINK logo. Depending how charitable I am I'll either mention to the person in front that one of the others will work for them too, or skip the queue entirely. In the past I've felt slightly dodgy just walking past them all to get to one of the unusued ones, but now im past caring.
 
Xenoxide said:
1. People who come off an escallator just to realise they don't have any idea where they're going. They then spend 5-10 seconds trying to figure it out. By this point the people behind them have careered into the back of them due to an inability to stop.
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Yep, they suck big time, but at least they can't complain when you trample them beneath your feet.
 
i was at my local shopping centre yesterday. when i had to old people in buggys just fly across the road causing the car in front of me to emergency stop.

the car in front hooted at em and they replied with the middle finger!

i wish people in buggys had some sort of competance and basic road safety test.
 
OP - Couldn't agree more, so many annoying people in shopping centres the "take up the whole pavement" groups are the worst, you always manage to squeeze past one group of them to just find another straight infront. :(
 
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