Bubba's Bar 'n' Grill

Addition to the Pet Peeve about people driving with cell phones in Spokane:

It seems to be a law here in Washington that if you insist on driving with a hand held device (which is illegal) you must drive the exact same speed as the other two morons beside you, talking on their phones, on the interstate, at least 10 mph UNDER the speed limit!

Rey, I must borrow that tank of yours one day!

Well having just returned from a shopping trip to our local Tesco stores in Worcester, I have now defined a new peet peeve. "Zombie Shoppers".

They arrive at Tesco`s wearing non descript track suit type trousers and top, and (now I admit I could lose some weight so this is a bit hypocritical), but I don`t look like a super -sized Nutty Professor, (as these do), and they grab a trolley and sort of lean into it, breasts wedged over the push bar, and stomach pinned against bar, (and this is just the blokes), and looking half asleep / zombified, shuffle around the store with the trolley supporting their upper body weight.

They usually operate in a Mother Daughter combo, and you literally cannot get past them, or get to the food. If you stop to look at something, they think you have spotted a bargain and home in on the aisle you are looking at.

This is about the only spark of get up and go they display......

OK per peeve over with for now.

We have them over here as well at Walmart. We call them "Walmartians"

(03-23-2012 07:22 AM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ]zombified, shuffle around the store with the trolley supporting their upper body weight.

We have a couple of people that do that at our grocery! Ha ha! Only they are not wearing the track suit, they are this older Islamic couple dressed in the head wraps and all that. They are both really short, and they get two carts so they can both lean into them like you say and propel themselves around with the shuffling feet. As soon as you said that I remembered them, so funny.

One time I saw them lying down on the ground outside praying. Now I know people are going to pray and stuff, and you shouldn't make fun of people different than you, but really, do you need to be down on your bellies on the asphalt praying in the grocery store parking lot?

Ha ha - so you have `em too? I might try a bit of "Shaun of the Dead" (if you are familiar with the movie), and take a base ball bat with me next time, and see if a good whack to the head will kill `em.

Actually - at Tesco`s they had to pass a rule to stop people turning up to shop in their night garments, dressing gowns and slippers..........how desperate is that??

Having worked in a grocery, I am familiar with this character. It also goes along with two of my personal "rules of the road" (a friend and I carpool to work, hence the title)...

Track suits in public, generally not a good idea under any circumstance. Which leads me to Spandex ... REALLY not a good idea EVER!

and finally, Though this may be polarizing, I am a seat UPRIGHT kinda guy when flying and am a bit annoyed with those that believe in the seat DOWN position. There is already the mystery of "where did all the space go", we dont need it infringed upon by the person in front of us essentially laying in our lap, BECAUSE THEY WANT ALL THE ROOM! If I wanted to snuggle with you, I would have bought the adjoining seat.

Yeah NWo - the shuffling about in bedroom slippers - especially those that are encrusted with grime and "funk", and set at the odd angle because the wearer is 600 pounds and pigeon toed. Those toe claws that have not been trimmed... ever, do not help either.

Quote:Those toe claws that have not been trimmed... ever, do not help either.

Hi Mufasa - I have not looked closely enough to see their toe claws, or indeed "jam" in between their toes.......but......judging by their hair, it has not seen a wash in a few months......

What do they do all day long? The fact that they cannot even stand up straight, but slouch onto the shopping trolley to get their food.

There is a future for them though I have noticed - when the effort of slouching on the trolley becomes too much........then it is time for the shop mobility scooter, where they can sit their way around the shop.....

(03-23-2012 12:54 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ]Ha ha - so you have `em too? I might try a bit of "Shaun of the Dead" (if you are familiar with the movie), and take a base ball bat with me next time, and see if a good whack to the head will kill `em.

Shaun of the Dead is just wonderful. I'm not sure who I thought was better in the movie -- Simon Pegg (who was a scream on Top Gear) or Timothy Dalton....

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