I hate stupid abbreviations and ‘ppl’ is one of the worst.
What the hell is “it’s”? 
Anybody else picturing Michael Ellis as the guy constantly yelling “get off of my lawn!” at the neighborhood kids?
If Data couldn’t use contractions, could he still say its as a possessive? Because he could not use it’s as a contraction of it is.
Well, come on, ppl!
Locally to me you throw a one or two dollar coin in to release a trolley, they know that people will walk off with them so this is in the hope that someone will bring them back for the money. It appears to be much easier to gouge out the coin rendering the trolley totally useless than to return it. There is also the fun sight of trolleys being chained together in the middle of nowhere by people wanting their money back without the vandalism.
Bloody stupid idea.
I receive a government disability pension fortnightly on the same day as most wrinklies recieve their pensions so my shopping day is especially wrinkly intensive. I find the old fashioned expression excuse me invaluable. That and a joke, a willingness to help if they seem troubled by something and to be up for a chat. It is as much a social day for many of us who are fairly isolated as it is about groceries. We have fun making faces at the folks who just don’t get the subculture that rises up and takes over every second thursday.
Perhaps by blocking you Parkerz they are inviting you to play too? Join in, it can be fun!
YOu think that’s bad? I remember a little girl whose mother would send her in with a huge list and let her shop all by herself. How old was she? Six. It was a small, privately owned store, as opposed to a big corporate giant. Still, when I worked there, I remember we would all keep an eye on her-one time she turned over her cart on its side!
Her mom would come in sometimes-and actually, she was really nice. Just a little spacey.
Oh, and the majority of seniors I encountered were the nicest-they were always joking and talking to me as if I were their granddaughter.
“Wrinklies?” Could you be anymore of a dick?
Wrinklies is an affectionate name used in lieu of the dreadful elderlyor senior tag amongst those I see on a regular basis, old and young alike.
It may well be a cultural thing and I apologise for any offence to those not of my culture but I can assure you, I meant no disrespect, just to convey my affection for a group of people I have much more in common with than those of my own age through life circumstances.
While I apologise in general it is not to say I don’t find your eye rolling knee-jerking exceedingly tiresome Guinastasia. Please think about assuming good intentions once in a while. You will be happier for it.
But how could she assume the 12 inch spiked dildo up her ass is actually Little Jimmy, the Friendly Neighbourhood Buttplug, full of happy and harmless positive vibes? You’re asking us to defy the laws of thermodynamics here.
I don’t mind elderly people who seem to be clueless; I just say excuse me, or, if they are trying hopelessly to reach something off of a top shelf, I’ll offer to help. I’m much more bothered by the little ones that are allowed to terrorize the store; it also pisses me off when a couple, shopping together, runs into another couple they know, and they’ll just stop any old place and have a long drawn-out conversation!! If I run into a friend in the store (happens a lot, it’s a very small city), we’ll move our carts into a corner somewhere and talk.
I’m 37, and that’s the first time I’ve ever been lumped in with senior citizens. It’s not as if Gen-Xers are out joining AARP and driving Buicks.
Seriously, I’ve seen she shopping cart thing practiced by many a senior citizen. Same thing with driving, too … many pull out into the road without a care, drive slow in the left hand lane, and so on, without thinking of the people they affect. I’ve asked my parents about it, being thta they’re now AARP members. Apparently, a lot of their peers feel that such activity is acceptable, because it’s something that they’ve earned.
Another group that is notorious for blocking aisles … I’m reluctant to say it, fearing being labeled a bigot. However, it’s an certain ethnic group that I see where couples will often stop, block the aisles, and have long discussions comparing the qualities of rather mundane items, such as pens or barbecue lighter fluid. Last time I went grocery shopping, I encountered such a couple, carefully examining a roll of Scott toilet tissue while holding an intensive discussion regarding its merits, with their shopping cart blocking the middle of the aidle. I asked them politely to move, and they didn’t … they didn’t understand English.
Gah! :smack:
No one says that 35-year-olds are seniors! If I say I like Major League Baseball, especially the Giants, am I saying that Major Legue Baseball = Giants? No!
Anyway, shopping carts annoy me, too. Offenders get one clear “excuse me,” then the cart is pushed out of my- and everyone else’s- way. Around a corner, if need be. If one cannot figure out that their cart, in fact, occupies three dimensions, as does everything around said cart, they have no sympathy from me. What scares me more is that if they can’t figure this out for a shopping cart, what do they think about their cars?
Actually, I think very few people from that era are around any more.
I assume those defending the use of “ppl” would have no problem with the whole board descending into txt spk? 4 Y wld u? dnt b a grmma nazi.
The English language has vowels for a reason.
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Well, I can remember it myself, from the 1960s and early 1970s. Granma loved to take me around with her so she could show off her cute little grandson.
By the time she was truly senior, in the late 1980s and 1990s, there wasn’t single place around like that. Not here anyways.
Does everybody really think these are intentionally agressive acts by the elderly perpetrated with the desire of pissing you off? Could it just be that some of them aren’t quite as aware of their surroundings now as they were say… at your age? That some of their perceprive and cognitive senses have slipped a bit?
Kindly cut them some slack. They’ll appreciate it, likely to the same degree that you will someday when the same thing happens to you.
Am I missing something here or are people really complaining that the elderly aren’t getting the hell out of their way?
There’s a local supermarket chain here which has really wide aisles, an almost unfailingly polite staff, and bagpeople who take your groceries out to your car and are strictly forbidden from taking tips.
It’s like a little slice of supermarket heaven. They’re closed on Sundays, but who cares?
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Actually, the point is…in a really nice shopping environment, there just aren’t many incidents of the kind of rudeness y’all are discussing in this thread. The people who are the most irritating in there are the yuppies, but even thry get out of the way with a minimum of snottiness.
Thylacine I’m sorry I misunderstood, but I still think it sounded derogatory.
I think the elderly don’t do it on purpose but it’s still fucking annoying. I’m not normally in a rush but I’m really not one to hang around in a supermarket for the fun of it. I really try to swing around these people but sometimes they really do block the whole isle. I don’t know how many times I’ve had the urge to kick their carts out of the way.
These days I have given up on the “cheaper” markets. There’s a “food basic” near my house which is very cheap. Last time I went some senior picked up the wrong piece of fruit (that was on sale) didn’t want to pay the extra $1 for it, and had the cashier person call another person to find the correct piece of fruit (or whatever) and bring it to them. I had 3 things in my hand and it took me 25 minutes to buy it.
Fuck that shit, I’m now going to Dominons…they may charge more but it’s bigger, better and with more cashiers and seniors tend to stay away because it’s pricey. There’s a 24 hour one 10 minutes away and it’s very pricey but when I shop (at 2 am) I can get everything I need in 10 minutes.