Take it outside to the parking lot, willya!

[Pixilated]

I went to check something out at a supermarket today and was wandering by the meat section. There was what appeared to be a family standing there -- mother, son, daughter with buggy.

M: Mother
S: Son

M: I never know when you're joking or not!

S: [didn't hear his response]

M: I can't tell! I can't tell by your face, I can't tell by your voice, I can't tell ...

S: Well, it shouldn't be that hard ...

M: Well, it is! You always look the same, no matter what you're saying; I can't tell when you're joking and when you're not!

Rinse, lather, repeat, at least another two or three times (after which I wandered off). This definitely had the sound of a long-running, ongoing exchange between mother and son, and all I could think of was, "Would you please take your dysfunctions elsewhere and stop blocking access to the foodstuffs!!!" Between mom, son and daughter with buggy, a good-sized section of the meat cooler was blocked off.

[PepperElf]

Part of me wants to say, "You're joking right? You're blocking the meat for THIS?"
but i'm sure they'd both get pissy

[MoonCat]

Great, family disagreement, even better than "family reunion" - which is what I call those big groups of idiots who stand around yakking in everybody's way in supermarket aisles.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Great, family disagreement, even better than "family reunion" - which is what I call those big groups of idiots who stand around yakking in everybody's way in supermarket aisles.

Even worse is when they're doing just inside the entrance and blocking the path so you can't get around them on either side.

They don't need to take it outside . . . they need to take it on Jerry Springer!

[Andara Bledin]

I can quite often be heard saying, "One side or the other, just not in the middle of the way."

I'm actually kind of surprised I don't get more flak for that, really. It seems that most of the people I say it to are just completely self-absorbed and clueless and not actually self-important.

^-.-^

[AmbrosiaWriter]

That's just as bad as when someone in front of me in the road stops to chat to someone they saw walking on the sidewalk. They don't pull over, they just stop. I typically wait a minute because it might be something somewhat important that only takes a second to holler out and get an affirmative acknowledgement.

After that I lay on my horn.

[RealUnimportant]

My favourite is "if you'd just turn a little to the side, you could block this route entirely." I find this gets better results, or at least better confused looks.

[MoonCat]

Then there are the idiots who refuse to sit down on the bus and have to hang out right between the driver and the door....even when there are plenty of empty seats and they are riding for many blocks. I've gotten to where when the bus pulls up to the stop and the door opens, and I see someone standing there, I chirp, "Getting off or getting in the way?" with a big smile. Most of them actually look confused. Duh?