So, I was at Vons today and was hit by a shopping cart. No joke. I
was reaching for some cola on the bottom shelf and a middle aged Asian
woman on a cell phone pushed her cart right into me. As soon as I
realized this I started laughing.
In full disclosure, I live in a very Asian neighborhood, so the
likelyhood is going to be if someone hits me with a shopping cart at
Vons they’ll probably be Asian, but I still was amused by so many
stereotypes coming together.
It also reenforces my belief that most people drive like they’re
pushing a shopping cart.
Dave
On 9 Nov 2005 21:31:42 -0800, "Dave" <davidpho…@gmail.com> wrote:
>So, I was at Vons today and was hit by a shopping cart. No joke. I
>was reaching for some cola on the bottom shelf and a middle aged Asian
>woman on a cell phone pushed her cart right into me. As soon as I
>realized this I started laughing.
>In full disclosure, I live in a very Asian neighborhood, so the
>likelyhood is going to be if someone hits me with a shopping cart at
>Vons they’ll probably be Asian, but I still was amused by so many
>stereotypes coming together.
>It also reenforces my belief that most people drive like they’re
>pushing a shopping cart.
>Dave
A shopping cart is one thing but it’s not a laughing matter when
people drive cars while on a cell phone. Worse than DUI.
> A shopping cart is one thing but it’s not a laughing matter when
> people drive cars while on a cell phone. Worse than DUI.
Ridiculous. If you had a job, you’d realize that in rush hour,
probably 1/3 of the people are on their cell phones. If they were all
DUIs, it’s be a 4 hour commute every day as the carnage is cleared off
the freeway.
On 9 Nov 2005 21:31:42 -0800, "Dave" <davidpho…@gmail.com> wrote:
>So, I was at Vons today and was hit by a shopping cart. No joke. I
>was reaching for some cola on the bottom shelf and a middle aged Asian
>woman on a cell phone pushed her cart right into me. As soon as I
>realized this I started laughing.
Did the bitch aporogize?
On 9 Nov 2005 21:31:42 -0800, "Dave" <davidpho…@gmail.com> was
understood to have stated the following:
>It also reenforces my belief that most people drive like they’re
>pushing a shopping cart.
No doubt; I witness this in my ventures into wally-world. Most people
are as witless with a shopping cart as they are with an automobile. I
wonder if Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend looks for the raggiest
shopping cart with as many stuck wheels as it can find?
–
"Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend" brags of it’s homosexuallity:
the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie.
: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd…
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:47:19 GMT, laura bush – VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
<xeton2…@yahoo.com> was understood to have stated the following:
>>Dave
>A shopping cart is one thing but it’s not a laughing matter when
>people drive cars while on a cell phone. Worse than DUI.
Let’s get drunk and go to wally-world! Maybe I can drown my pregnant
mistress in the demo above-ground pool they have set up.
–
"Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend" brags of it’s homosexuallity:
the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie.
: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd…
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:18:26 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
<scottenazt…@yahooNOSPAM.com> was understood to have stated the
following:
>Did the bitch aporogize?
ROR!
–
"Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend" brags of it’s homosexuallity:
the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie.
: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd…
In article <1131600702.901411.43…@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Dave" <davidpho…@gmail.com> says:
>It also reenforces my belief that most people drive like they’re
>pushing a shopping cart.
Damn! I was just about to post on this!
Here in CA, I was in Costco, and I discovered a phenomenon- next
time you’re in a store like that, and around similar folks, notice
where the *eyes* of the people who are nearly running into you are.
I’m 6’3", 215lb, and brown-skinned- IOW, I’m *hard to miss*, and
without fail there are people- the type which’ll be apparent if
you perform this little test in a "diverse" neighborhood[1]- who
will look away from you as you approach them, still pushing their
carts right into your path, because they expect *you* to move
for them- *just* like they do on the highway when they move into
your still-occupied lane, or turn in front of you while you’re
moving at a fast clip, etc.
After nearly getting hit once or twice and having to move, I said
"fskc this" and would put my hand out and just started letting their
carts bounce off me- hitting a hard object got their attention
really quickly after that, and I told ‘em to watch where TF they
were going. I’m sure it was wasted on those morons.
-Kenny
[1] – Mexicans and Asians, and of that set, 80% of those were women
—
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles
H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898
We all need to start doing this.
In article <dl0lm3$l9…@reader2.panix.com>,
Kenneth Crudup <ke…@panix.com> wrote:
>I’m 6’3", 215lb, and brown-skinned- IOW, I’m *hard to miss*, and
>without fail there are people- the type which’ll be apparent if
>you perform this little test in a "diverse" neighborhood[1]- who
>will look away from you as you approach them, still pushing their
>carts right into your path, because they expect *you* to move
>for them- *just* like they do on the highway when they move into
>your still-occupied lane, or turn in front of you while you’re
>moving at a fast clip, etc.
I haven’t run into them that often. But on a few occasions when it
has, I’ve grabbed the end of the cart and stopped it before it hit me.
Each time I got a shocked look like I’d just beamed down from outer space,
followed by an indignant look, as if I was at fault.
>[1] – Mexicans and Asians, and of that set, 80% of those were women
All white women, but since my neighborhood ain’t so diverse, that
doesn’t mean much.
—
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.
Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article <dl0lm3$l9…@reader2.panix.com>,
> Kenneth Crudup <ke…@panix.com> wrote:
> >[1] – Mexicans and Asians, and of that set, 80% of those were women
> All white women, but since my neighborhood ain’t so diverse, that
> doesn’t mean much.
Look at who’s shopping in the neighborhood too. I’m the dodo of my
local Vons – a white male.
Not many males shop, period.
I always try to keep right when walking, driving, pushing a shopping
cart, biking, etc, yet there’s always some asshole that doesn’t, or
does so in oblivion. I still have gravel in my chin from when I was 18
and the only car on the road couldn’t pass my bicycle without knocking
me face first into the curb.
Dave
laura bush – VEHICULAR HOMICIDE:
> A shopping cart is one thing but it’s not a laughing matter when
> people drive cars while on a cell phone. Worse than DUI.
What the fuck does one have to do with the other, you fucking retard????
I’ve never had that happen but I often see people leaving carts in the
middle of an aisle while they are looking at something. Or in the
parking lot, taking up spaces.