What are your pet peeves when shopping at a store?

This is probably a pretty obvious answer, but I hate crowds and congestion in the store. Also hate when people are on their phones and yapping away while people are trying to get around them LOL. How about you, OT?

You pretty much nailed it I also hate loud people especially annoying kids.

Shopping itself pretty much. I mainly us websites like Amazon for my shopping.

Walking around the store, only for someone to stop cold turkey in the middle of traffic with their cart. Also, my friend wasn't even shopping, but people just crash their carts into her and act like they didn't do anything. I don't mean cart on cart, I mean their cart against her person.

I hate when multiple employees ask if they can help you when you walk in. Give me a second to look around first.

Slow moving people/people not watching where they're going. Oh, and people taking their sweet as time at the check-out.

People on their phones especially when they’re checking out with the cashier. Get the **** off the phone and we’ll all get through faster. People stopping right in the middle of the exit, usually to check their receipt or something. Seriously. Have they no concept that others are behind them trying to leave as well? Kids running around and being loud is also pretty annoying.

The lack of open registers in place of self checkout lines. There needs to be an incentive for people to check themselves out rather than a worker.

Not enough cashiers when the store is busy comes to mind. Especially for those that are in a hurry.

When someone walking in front of me suddenly stops. Usually to look at something on their phone. Drones. I'm pretty aggressive, I'll make it a point to hit em shoulder to shoulder. Only a problem if it's congested and they're walking slow as hell. Slow walkers piss me off already.

I hate it when people offer free samples. Especially when I’m not interested.

I'm similar to OP. Being in a store that's super congested and having to literally dodge people. It's why I like to get any form of shopping done as early in the mornings as possible.

I dislike seeing kids sagging their pants (below their waists). Just get a belt already!

People who park their carts in the middle of the aisle while they ponder cans of peas. Also people who want to argue with the cashier over the price of everything. The flying monkeys that attack me when I try to get order at the drive thru. You'd think McDonalds would have a fix for this by now.

Flying monkeys? lol I need to see footage of this.

I only really go grocery shopping these days, don't go to other stores that much (order everything online). I intentionally go at odd hours (I work graveyard shift, so it's great) and to the smaller, less busy store. Just to avoid people and crowds lol.

Anyway, my pet peeves are:

• People who are assholes to the cashiers.
• Coupon users. And I don't mean one or two coupons. I'm talking about the folks that have like a stack of them. They should have a special line for those people where they can sit down like at a bank.
• People that fill up their carts to the brim. Seriously, who are you buying all that for? If you want to buy 50 pounds of something, go to CostCo or a wholesaler or some other outlet.
• People that give you the stinkeye because they have one item and you have ten and don't let them through. First off, I have ten items....that's like three minutes to check out. Second, go use the self-checkout. If I haven't loaded my items on the belt yet I will let you go but I'm already committed, and you obviously have time to shop, so you have time to wait.
• People who think the grocery store is a place for chivalry. Sorry, woman, I was the next person in line, that means I get to go to the newly-opened cashier when they say "May I help the next person in line?" You cut in front of me, I'm calling your ass out.

Damn, and I thought I was ruthless. You a New Yorker or something? 😋 We have pretty big aisles where I shop, can't imagine there being a store so small I have to bump into someone.

I get like that in malls, in-between stores. In the store itself that can happen but I'm less aggressive. I'll walk around them and say "c'mon dude" or something like that. Grocery stores are the worst for that in my experience.

People who walk in and stop at the entrance to fiddle with something oblivious to all the people behind.

People not using the self checkout.

This.

If there is something that you need help with from an employee, like getting some shoes in your size or razors from a locked case etc. and there are no employees to be seen.

there is a big mall near me with some bix-box type stores. I've gone there a couple of times for shoes, and the shoe section will have a few customers milling around but no employees to be seen who can go get shoes in your size. Its a frustrating waste of time.

I don't mind the noise, or kids, or check out interactions. The only thing that really annoys me are people who block an isle or product w/ their cart.

I hate it when an aisle is crowded with people and shopping carts

Dirty floors. Makes me instantly hate the place.

Human interaction plus mark ups.