# now that we have discussed "parking vultures" how about supermarket aisle hoggers?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 29, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-we-have-discussed-parking-vultures-how-about-supermarket-aisle-hoggers/126048 "2002-08-29T04:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-we-have-discussed-parking-vultures-how-about-supermarket-aisle-hoggers/126048/41 "2002-09-04T11:54:08Z")

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Hell, when I need to go shopping, I wait until my son (6 feet tall, 13 years old), is pissed off about something, take him with me and then have **him** grab the AH’s cart and move it. I have yet to have anyone bitch at me or say the first word about it.

I have absolutely no patience with people that block the aisle. Then again, I don’t have a lot of patience for anything these days.

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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-we-have-discussed-parking-vultures-how-about-supermarket-aisle-hoggers/126048/42 "2002-09-04T12:30:04Z")

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For what it’s worth, I’ve not had much problem with aisle-blockers. But when I’m in the grocery store, it’s usually off-peak hours.

There are a couple things that annoy me however. First, some people don’t look where they are going. This is kinda understandable since they need to focus on the shelf to find whatever item they are looking for. But they still should pay a little attention to what (or who) is in their path.

Second, it annoys me that stores put attention-grabbing displays at critical intersections in the store. I’m sure it increases sales, but it has an obvious impact on traffic flow.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-we-have-discussed-parking-vultures-how-about-supermarket-aisle-hoggers/126048/43 "2002-09-04T16:39:11Z")

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> _Originally posted by Cessandra \*  
> \*\*For some reason Wal_Mart has this absurd policy of placing baskets full of random crap in the middle of their insanely narrow aisles. I assume these are for collecting items that asshole customers pick up and don’t put back in the right place, but all they do is make it impossible to get through!) \*\*

zone defense to school supplies please:D

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