The Master 'Why Holiday Shopping Sucks' List
Posted by Sean on December 22, 2008
I’ve decided the majority of my holiday gift shopping will be conducted on-line from this point forward. Shopping malls and departments stores are a breeding ground for tension headaches and mass hysteria during the holiday shopping season. And this environment only increases in severity exponentially as you draw nearer and nearer to the actual holiday.
These stores and their employees are not the only holiday half-wit’s out there. Your fellow shoppers out there add insult to injury with their equivocal tom-foolery.
Here is a list of why holiday shopping has become what Bobby Boucher‘s mom (Mama Boucher) would call, “THE DEVIL” :
- Shoppers stopping in the middle of an aisle to talk (bringing traffic to a shocking stop)
- Shoppers stopping at the entrance of the store to talk ( I mean seriously. Do you think you’re the only one in the store shopping?)
- Shoppers leaving their shopping cart in the middle of a walkway that stops traffic
- Parking space vultures (circle the parking lot looking for that ‘good’ parking spot)
- Parking lot thieves (someone who darts into a parking spot you were approaching)
- Turn-signal sitters (yeah, you know who they are. They sit and wait while you load up your car, de-ice your car, clean the snow off your car.. So they can have your parking spot. All the while holding up traffic down that lane of the parking lot)
- Self checkout’s that never work properly (defeats the whole express concept)
- Shopping carts with the one SQUEEKY WHEEL, or one bum wheel that doesn’t spin or turn
- How about no shopping carts AT ALL in the store?
- Shopping carts spilling out of the shopping cart coral into the parking lot (and into the side of your car)
- Over-aggressive kiosk salespersons wanting you to try their product that don’t understand the words “No Thank You”
- Stores that blare music so loud in the store you can’t hear yourself think
- Stores that have so many clothing racks in one area you can’t navigate or walk properly, in an effort to maximize sales
Please feel free to add to this list in the comments section or email me directly. I will GLADLY add your item to this list.
HAPPY HOLIDAY SHOPPING!
Carpe Diem
Strong One said
@ Caroline Ah yes. I think we all try that.
Strong One said
@ Caroline Ah yes. I think we all try that.
Caroline said
You just summed up my Costco trip today. ::::gag:::: I do ALL my holiday shopping online. Seriously, I can’t handle it. And most regular grocery/Costco runs I do at, like, 11pm on Wednesday evenings to avoid as many idiots as possible.
Caroline said
You just summed up my Costco trip today. ::::gag:::: I do ALL my holiday shopping online. Seriously, I can’t handle it. And most regular grocery/Costco runs I do at, like, 11pm on Wednesday evenings to avoid as many idiots as possible.
Strong One said
@ frogeyes10 OH we can add that.
Strong One said
@ frogeyes10 OH we can add that.
frogeyes10 said
How about the screaming/crying child?
frogeyes10 said
How about the screaming/crying child?
Strong One said
@ Karin RN Yep, 2 great places to shop!
Strong One said
@ Karin RN Yep, 2 great places to shop!
Karin RN said
The last stores I’ve been to last week are a bookstore and online at Amazon. No crazy crowds there.
Karin RN’s last blog post..Frowning Faces
Karin RN said
The last stores I’ve been to last week are a bookstore and online at Amazon. No crazy crowds there.
Karin RN’s last blog post..Frowning Faces