What Are Some Little Things People Do That Make You Mad?

[Pyrrho]

Stopping in the middle of the aisle to look at something on a shelf in such a way that you take up the whole freaking aisle, and then not move when people say excuse me......Lord help me, I will run you over.....

This is interesting.  I, of course, have seen people rudely take up the whole aisle in a grocery store, but they always move when I say, "Excuse me."  Since I have lived near both the east and the west coast, and in a few places in between, I do not think this is primarily a matter of location.

Maybe it is my godlike appearance that commands compliance.  Either that, or you are not saying it right somehow.  Frankly, if I had to say, "excuse me" more than twice, I would be moving their damn cart out of the way regardless of what they did.  But I have never had to actually do that.

Just to be clear about a couple of things, although I am taller than most people, I am not exceptionally tall.  And although I do lift weights, I am not extremely muscular.  I am not exceptionally large, nor am I small.  I do not have any visible tattoos, nor do I look particularly scary.  When I let my hair grow and grew a full beard, I looked a lot like the depictions of Jesus one sees from northern European paintings.  Most of the time (like now), I have no beard and short hair.

Regardless of the cause, I have never had to say "excuse me" more than twice to get people to move from blocking an aisle in a grocery store.  A couple of times, it seemed like they did not hear me the first time, so I was a little louder the second time to make sure they heard me.

Also, due to my schedule, and my wife's schedule, I do most (almost all) of the grocery shopping, and always have, so it is not due to a lack of time in grocery stores.

So, is it that you are doing it wrong, or are people awed by my majestic appearance?  Inquiring minds want to know!