Rant: We are banning the wrong stuff

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Originally Posted by Platapus

/rant on

For the sake of our country, we don't need to ban Muslims, we don't need to ban people carrying electronics on airplanes.

We need to ban people from using cell phones in grocery stores!!!

I was in the grocery store on Sunday and there were way too many people standing around either talking or texting on their cell phones BLOCKING THE AISLES!!! It is crowded enough without these inconsiderate morons.

Are they truly that clueless or just inconsiderate? Don't block one or worse two aisles when people are trying to shop. I guess they are just that important, way more important then the rest of us just trying to get the shopping done.

Yikes!

/rant off

I feel a little bit better now.

/Rant on
As a stock clerk who works for Publix (for those of you who don't know what a stock clerk is I'm guy who puts the product on the shelves), I do find it annoying when people block the aisle either when they're on their cellphones or in some cases some old people who just have to stop and chat while I'm trying to get my three floats of cereal done. And yes in some cases people are just that clueless or they just plain don't give a crap. I've been asked really stupid questions like "Where is the oatmeal?", and this is from a person who has just walked right past the oatmeal without even bothering to look, or the customer just makes the assumption that because three different cereals from General Mills is on that just has to mean that all the General Mills cereals are on sale when there not, but if the customer doesn't bother to read the sales tag or ask an associate then they shouldn't blame us for them being too lazy to read the sales tag.
Or when a customer goes to the deli counter, gets a sub, takes two bites of it and then leaves in on a random freaking shelf without throwing it out or even bothering to pay for it, or taking an item from on aisle and just leaving it at the other end of the store. Or my favorite thing, finding random things in the freezers. I've found a soup can, bottles of milk, cans of some fruit drink, dish washing detergent, and even a bag of diapers, yes you read that right diapers... in the freezer. So yes, people can be inconsiderate, clueless, careless, care more about themselves then any one else, and just plain don't give a darn.

/rant off

If we could just ban stupidity that would fix a lot of things but that's not going to happen in the history of forever, but we can ban stupid people with cellphones!