Group: soc.women
From: Grizzlie Antagonist
Date: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: Women and shopping carts

On Aug 27, 10:28 pm, Stan wrote:
> When shopping in a grocery store, why do women always park their
> shopping carts at an angle in the middle of an aisle, blocking people
> from passing?
> Men tend to park their carts at the side of the aisle, and in general,
> are more aware of not blocking someone and realize that others need to
> pass by them.




Same reason that a female shopper and a female checker will chat
endlessly, oblivious to the line of shoppers forming behind them.




> If some of these obese women parked their shopping carts away from the
> congested areas and walked a little, maybe they would be able to lose
> some weight for a change.
>
> Women also love to park their carts in the middle of an intersection
> to cause maximum congestion in grocery stores.
> The biggest offenders are Asian (Chinese) women who have no clue that
> someone is trying to pass them.
> (These bad grocery store habits often carry over to their driving
> styles)
>
> Caucasian women often apologize when they realize they are blocking
> you, but the Chinese women _never_ apologize.
> They look at you like it was your fault that you can't get past them!