I was going to write a note of general agreement, but someone has just annoyed me at work, so now I'm venting.
Advise for self centred ****ers:
You have a duty to reduce delay to other people as much as possible. If you have 5 people waiting behind you and dawdle for 1 minute, you have accumulatively held other people up for 5 mins.
Here are some tips to avoid this -
Push your trolley to the side of the aisle when looking for purchases.
Similarly, if you are going to dawdle in general, take care that you are leaving a passing space. If this is not possible, move quickly to where there is space, then feel free to dawdle again.
Plan ahead - if an action is going to be required, prepare for it. Have your card/cash/vouchers ready.
THINK - Is what I'm doing holding someone up in any way? If so, is there another way I can do it?
Now, you may be thinking, none of these things are a legal requirement, why should I bother? The answer is that then people will hate you less. If you are this person, I really, genuinely, hope you die and free up a soul for a decent person.
Furthermore, whilst this is not a universal truth, as a general rule, I'm bigger than you. When there is a small space we are approaching from opposite directions and I stop to let you pass first (Which I generally do), please bear in mind that I am being courteous. I have more momentum than you, if I decided I was coming through first, there would be NOTHING you could do about it, you would simply be barged backwards, quite possibly getting hurt in the process. I have this ability and I make the choice not to use it.
Given that I am extending a courtesy to you simply because I'm respectful to my fellow humans, it is not unreasonable to expect a nod or a smile of acknowledgement. However, while failure to acknowledge my gesture is rude, it is forgiveable. Stopping part way through the gap is not. If you know you want to look at something in that space, let me through first. If you see something as you pass, come out of the way, let me through and THEN go back and look. If you are VERY fast, it is acceptable to grab something in passing. However, if you stop and peruse, you have no right to get upset when I stuff you into your own hand basket, and lob you like a grenade into the melons 3 aisles over.
I am aware that the "Just about to go off, specials" fridge usually gets a bit of a crush on when they restock it, and that's fair enough. As I mentioned above, I'm a big guy, if I am at that section, no one else can get to it, so as a courtesy, I stand back and my girlfriend goes in.
It should be noted, you are not actually the magical special flower that your mother told you you are. You have no special rights. You do NOT have the right to barge my girlfriend out of the way when she is already there. If you do, expect to find me stood uncomfortably close to you when you turn around asking you to apologise.
Finally, the staff, as the saying goes, "Just work there". If you are unhappy about something, by all means bring it to a staff members attention, but be polite. If you start shouting at some poor 16 year old girl because something was wrong, I will become angry. If you are holding me up in the process, I will be even angrier. If you make her cry, I will be very angry, and if it turns out you made the mistake in the first place, I will become apocalyptically angry. Somewhere in this mix is my "snapping" point, mostly where people are blaming others for their error. If you cross it, you will be ridiculed, loudly, and then I will personally throw you out of the shop, regardless of what the staff have to say on the matter. You may expect to get damaged as I throw you out.
I feel much better for that
For those of you wondering, I do not work retail, and have not done for about a decade. I just hate inconsiderate people.
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