Comments on: Pet Peeves IX: Stores

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:31:53 +0000

Eh, my biggest pet peeve happens at the grocery store. The employees mistake my indecision for confusion, and ask if I need help finding something if I pause for a second in front of the 54 different types of crackers to make the best selection. I get ambushed on every aisle… so I've just started ignoring them. Sometimes they repeat their question a few times, getting louder each time, and I still ignore them.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:22:31 +0000

I'm sure we would all be plus size over there! Genetics – must be nice.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:03:02 +0000

I would say the first thing TS said about getting swamped when you first walk in. It happens every time in Home Depot. Right when you walk in they want to help with great eagerness. However, once you stumble upon a problem everyone vanishes. It doesn't help that the store is as big as a city. So you spend 10 minutes trying to find the orange vest, and the answer always is, "sorry sir that is not my area". Motorized cars for everyone in Home Depot would make life so much more fun.

By: nate

nate — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:31:26 +0000

i can't stand the people who insist upon checking your receipt when you exit.

sir, can i see your receipt?

nope.

but sir, i think you're a thief and your refusal only furthers my suspicions…

well, then you're going to have to chase me to my car or call the police because I am not submitting to the authority of a blue vest and a name tag, sucker.

By: joannamuses

joannamuses — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:25:19 +0000

I am plus sized and living in Asia where most people are very small. This makes clothes shopping interesting. I hate it when shop attendants make a big deal of my clothing size. I had someone yell out of their store as i walked past "helllooo madam…We has plus sizes for youuuuuuuu" I'd rather my size wasn't pointed out to everyone.

By: trippcrosby

trippcrosby — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:18:25 +0000

How about gas pumps needing my zip code?

Or this..

Hello and welcome to mcdonalds. Would you like to try one of our new blueberry supershakes today?

No, I'd just like a number 1.

Would you like to supersize that?

No. I just want a number 1. with a coke.

Would you like anything for dessert with that?

NO.

Okay, your total is $6.23. Is there anything else I can do for you?

YES! glad you asked. You can quit asking me questions that are diverting your restaurant from it's purpose – fast food. OR you can take down this menu here, because I don't need it anymore if you are going to go down the list and ask me if I want each item one at at time.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:42:46 +0000

My *favorite* is at the grocery store when your cashier and bagger are so engrossed with their own (usually personal/inappropriate/gossipy) conversation that they make you feel like you're intruding on something. Oh, I'm sorry. Should I wait to buy my cart full of groceries until after you're done talking about the cashier three lanes over? My humblest apologies.

By: Brian Todd

Brian Todd — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:28:57 +0000

Two words… Furniture store! I hate those places. Not only do they swarm you like street vendor in a third world country, but they asign one of them to stalk you around the entire freakin store. Kinda like Dwight Shrute when he went to work for Staples: "I will literally be standing right here if you need anything." Here's my solution: when you get there and are attacked get one of their names, and tell them you will call them if you need any help. Then go get help from someone else, and watch the drama unfold. If you're lucky, they might just duke it out over you.

By: jennifervdavis

jennifervdavis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:09:15 +0000

I hate shopping, anyway, so it doesn't take much to frustrate me. However, I get really angry when some employee has put the wrong price on an entire display or the wrong product in that spot, yet I'm supposed to pay the higher price that wasn't listed.