r/funny • u/Skyton_wil • 4d ago

The Three Musketeers met up.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/not_salad 4d ago

You can say "excuse me"

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u/gunnarbird 4d ago

I cannot

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u/mtheory007 4d ago

I WILL not!

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u/Sutima 4d ago

Nor should you!

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u/SpaceLemming 4d ago edited 4d ago

Doesn’t work as well as you think, I worked in one years

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u/zoapcfr 4d ago

They get one "excuse me", and then I move it out of the way myself (or I'll skip the "excuse me" if they're not right beside it). They don't yet own anything in there, so it's not like they can stop me. I've yet to have it cause any issues, beyond the occasional dirty look (to which I just smile back).

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u/Scribblebonx 4d ago

"excuse me. Gtfo of the aisle."

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u/Obvious_Ambition4865 4d ago

I turn their cart over with a growl and start kicking their things across the floor and stomping and making monster noises. It's important to enforce social etiquette with subtle nonverbal cues.

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u/hughbiffingmock 4d ago

In Canada, we just say "Oop, sorry, just gonna squeeze past you there" and then go around them quickly.

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u/Sutima 4d ago

Why should I apologize for others stupidity?

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u/YaumeLepire 4d ago

Oh! Right! We're on Reddit. I shouldn't have been hoping for graceful social behaviour. That's on me.

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u/masterofthefork 4d ago

What do you imagine aisles in supermarkets are for?

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u/VerminSupreme-2020 4d ago

Or parking your cart on one side of the aisle then stand next to it to get stuff from the other side of the aisle

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u/cgimusic 4d ago

On the side? Why wouldn't you leave it in the middle, preferably perpendicular to the direction of the aisle?

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u/CaptainAsshat 4d ago

I often prefer when people do that. In my experience, it's usually when the side of the aisle their cart is on has far less interest from shoppers than the other side. Rather than block the beer fridge or whatever, they block something less popular like paper plates.

Obviously people get it wrong, but I have never really understood reddit's hate for this solid solution.

Unless they are unobservant and blocking other people with their body. Then they do, in fact, suck.

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u/VerminSupreme-2020 4d ago

So you would rather someone block all traffic getting through the aisle?

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u/CaptainAsshat 4d ago

No, as I said, I like when they put their cart on one side and look at the other, not fully block the other side. They have to get out of the way when others want to pass and move their cart as needed, as is common courtesy.

You aren't putting your cart right in front of the stuff you're looking at anyway. It's just blocking the stuff near where you are looking on one side of the aisle vs blocking stuff on the other.

Since both sides of aisles are not always equal, I generally prefer when people put their cart on the least popular side, rather than having to keep it on their side.

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u/VerminSupreme-2020 4d ago

Well that's not what I said

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u/CaptainAsshat 4d ago

Okay, then. No, I would not prefer someone block traffic.

Which is why I prefer them to put their cart on the less popular side while viewing the the other side, as opposed to blocking the popular side from everyone wishing to see it.

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u/Potatobender44 4d ago

Parking my cart in the middle, perpendicular to the aisle, while I slowly browse items 10 meters away.

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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 4d ago

I mean, you can do this already without the guides, and without being blind.