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TheFastpaws
I'll just say excuse me and get it. The one advantage of my nerospicey is directness!
somebackup
This is called a deadlock. Great comic
florpglorp
Just go for it.
TheTojo15
I’m done waiting. I’ve been the kind that would just patiently wait for you to finish catching up with your friend in front of the item I’m trying to get but no longer. I’ll still try to get around you from behind in the least intrusive way but if the damn box of peppers or garlic or whatever is being fully blocked by you and your friend, or your just taking a damn long time picking for yourself, im cutting through. I’m not sorry but I’ll still say “excuse me” as politely as I can manage.
PSFE43X
The cat wants the fish, the lamb wants the leaves, and the baboon wants the banana. Nice.
AlwaysUpvotesCatgirls
Upvote standoff Catmom
EvilStarLegacy
I used to do that but I stopped caring. I just hang around them and pull my arm in if I know exactly what I want.
highstream
It's like a whole bunch of people forgot that the words "excuse me" exist. "Excuse me, can I get to that?" is all you need to say and you are not being rude.
sometimesarobot
Just stand right next to them until they move
Hexrowe
Pee on their leg to establish dominance.
thebigbaka
DanielZahn
The Worriers
TimbiquiDarkThirty
VindictiveBathToaster
fartharder
lol
amdkenobi
An introvert standoff.
Pluppokopter
I'm awkward enough to not care, and if that's a problem, they move. :^p
thotheger
Love the detail that the primate wants the bananas, the cat the fish, and the sheep the salad
CatDickTiny
zeacorzeppelin10
LOL
servingmytimeinusersub
I'm a grocer. I still do this with customers... MOVE!, I'm trying to stock!
sgnight13
I did this very thing today
StupidCanadianWolfBird
"And now we have to stand here until we die." - Catmom probably
DimwitF
I like the detail of three shoppers' targets
IncoherentApplesauce
Allow me to introduce to you the most POWERFUL of the Old Midwestern Magics. "Oope, let me just sneak right on by you there."
TheWyldeCard
Upvote gridlocked grocery-Catmom.
MauroMolinero
I understand all those words separately
TheWyldeCard
Yeah, that's how reading works, isn't it?
MaxiMexiBenyBoy
Actually is the other way around. Understand something even if you don’t know all the words, and can still infer a meaning.
MauroMolinero
well yes, but actually no.
Hexrowe
Angular colors purchase downward?
lsakser
Just go right up and say, "Excuse me. I need that. Thank you so much!"
Khanamana324
But I don’t want to interact with other people while I’m shopping. I just want to get the shit I need and leave.
lsakser
Start ordering delivery.
Khanamana324
I don’t like doing that either, it’s so much more expensive than just going out doing it yourself.
tirpider
Also, a stranger now knows where you live and how well (or awful) you tip.
Gin2ki
The joys of social anxiety.
Strahnariffic
The trick is you gotta say "Ope, I'm just gonna scootch past ya and grab the ."
quietwalker
I understand the concept of shame and shyness, I can see why some people might feel that way, but folks, that's other people's problems. Just march up like you own the place and your life is so much better.
Oh, but I found it's good to pretend you're able to be shamed or act shy, sometimes it messes with normies if others don't react like they expect and they act like they feel better when you do the expected thing. They feel more comfortable.
Myoron
The "stop being depressed, just smile" technique doesn't work.
quietwalker
If you can't do it naturally, fake it until you can.
tirpider
i forgot how to type the :eyeroll: emoji
highstream
They're not talking about changing your whole psychological profile in an instant, just telling you that it's okay to get what you want from the store.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
That's literally how the parasympathetic nervous system works. You're a bag of meat with electricity shooting through you. You can trick yourself way more easily than you think you can.
keyblader1985
Sometimes I'll walk elsewhere and come back a few minutes later, and they're STILL THERE
nclu
I got older and stopped caring. Now I just reach for the thing and say, "pardon me."
ExTechOp
The original situation in computing is known as a deadlock, and there are quite sophisticated ways to avoid or resolve it.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock_(computer_science)
Occasionally also happens in traffic, and can cause huge traffic jams.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridlock
VodkaReindeer
Well excuse me for slowly collecting 10 buns because they're 50% off
ZAX1527
Happened to me recently when I wanted to buy a weed wacker.
BirdieBones
I broke this trend in my mind after watching a man stare at milk for five minutes. I move around people when i can.
EntropyReign
As someone who works in a grocery store, yeah. One is twenty-some customers are just straight up space-cases.
namelessfish
I get analysis paralysis, so I end up spending tons of time walking round and round the store thinking about whether I need this or that. Yes I do make a shopping list, I’ve just got a lot of anxiety and am chronic overthinker lol
BarryTheCyborg
Took too many rips of the penjamin before walking in
eronth
The actual worst. Next I'm gonna have to walk up to them and say "excuse me".
5m4llP0X
Y'all don't do that? I'm impatient as fuck.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
I’ve reached the ‘I haven’t got time for this bs’ stage in my life - I just go straight for the ‘excuse me’. People aren’t that scary when you scare them by doing the thing.
Can recommend - time spent shopping decreased by 10%.
keyblader1985
bamblebimble
I just walk up and grab what I needed and walk away, granted it's pretty rare that it happens
ChiLLeCheeze
They ignore you because they have difficulty hearing. So now you have to raise your voice even louder. Your anxiety gets the better of you and you let a long fart escape. Now everyone is staring at you.
Botticelliii
Who the fuck is writing shit about me in the comments!?
FaeVikingPrincess
Except they're not even hard of hearing they're just rude
Illpostcheese
I'll drop bombs next to them while walking past. then return after a few moments. Never fails!
ChiLLeCheeze
The old carpet bomb. I hate them at conventions. I mean I do it, but when it's done to me is when it's awful. The rankest one cleared out the area once. From the other person, not me. Mine smells like rainbows... covered in shit.
Illpostcheese
I have a reoccurring fermentation issue in my gut because of malformation, not a problem, but ooh boy does it do damage. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1d2kwYm0wamFjam10Nnl3NWpwbnBldTF4b25uNWFxdjQ1NWNmd3Z5dyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l1J3sTEu8W5oHRONi/200w.webp