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Friday, March 22, 2013

Pet Peeves file #412

Okay... just got back from Summerside, doing a grocery shop at the Superstore. 


 


Have you ever noticed that shopping centers are laid out on virtual perfect grids?

I mean there are no curves or hills, speed is typically .3 MPH or less.  Visibility is pretty good, there are no blinding snowstorms or sudden rain showers.  No operators license is required for pushing a cart, which themselves are pretty reliable lately, I have not had a wobbly wheeled grocery cart for years now.

So why is it in this near perfect environment, with W I D E boulevards, billiard smooth road surfaces and plenty of lighting, people still drive their carts as if they were the only friggin' person in the whole dam store!?

They park in the middle of the aisle, wandering off several rows over, they insist on driving on the wrong side of the road, they wander all over, speed inconsistent.  Back up suddenly, cut corners, change lanes without looking, yak/text on their mobile phones or I whatevers... and in general behave like idiots?

Why is this?

Is it any wonder that those same total twits, take to our roads and fail to signal, back up/change lanes without so much as a look see.  Drive as if they were the only person on the road creating havoc for responsible users, whether it be on the highway or the aisleway...

Sigh... 

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