Most dangerous place on earth!

[Waspie]

Supermarket car parks!!!
During a sleigh ride to deliver some parcels for good ole Santa to pass on to the naughty/nice grandkids. SWMBO wished to complete the enjoyment by doing a wee bit of shopping in the local Sainsbury's supermarket!! Popping in for a French stick only be a minute!! 50 minutes and a trolley load later!!!!
So Mutley and myself sat in the car and watched the fun before our eyes.
How come sensible people become demons when they go shopping?
First was a grey Kuga - 73 plate driven by one of the blue rinse brigade. Why stick to the designated roads in the car park when she can cut across all the parking bays and totally ignoring the vehicles actually using the roadways!!! That nearly ended in a serious coming together with a big red Toyota. Passenger of the Toyota actually had the hands in front of her face!!!!!
Second was a female who must have heard tomorrow was going to be cancelled. Ignoring the road marking she came out of one of the exit roads, looking right but not looking left at all!! You've probably guessed - a car coming from the left!!! Oooo - that was close, they stopped and shared a few non too friendly words. Of course the lady who came out without looking was innocent and told the other lady driver to do naughty things with herself!!
Finally, I have to assume that Supermarket car park speed limits do not exist. It seems Sainsbury's is the South Coast Santa Pod!!! Mach 5 or Warp speed everywhere!!!

[Gern]

Finally, I have to assume that Supermarket car park speed limits do not exist. It seems Sainsbury's is the South Coast Santa Pod!!! Mach 5 or Warp speed everywhere!!!

Count yourself lucky! My local supermarket car park's got skid marks - and that's underground!

[Mickc1440]

Have you also noticed that where there are painted parking bays they are purely for guidance only as long as theres part of your car in it that counts as parked.

[Mini Me]

An armed society is a polite society.....folks drive pretty nice here in Montana. We do however get the tourists in fair weather and some "transplants" that seep in from "entitled" States around the country. They either assimilate fairly quickly or move on in the Spring, once they have had a taste of Winter weather driving.

[Ian M]

Supermarket car parks!!!

Oh they are the same here in DK as well. Maybe better maybe worse. Had more close call's in a carpark than on the roads!

[Richard48]

Lots of Christmas peace and joy sounds like.Everything has to be done at a 100 MPH.Anyone would think the shops will run out of stuff.Spoils it with all the numbskulls who are so intent on going about stuff and beggar everyone else.Glad we shop early as all the pushing etc guarantees to boil my morning Fetulence.
Ho ho ho bahhhhh humbug hehe.
Rich.

[Airborne01]

And let's not forget trolley rage and incompetence ...
Steve :face-with-head-bandage:

[Dave Ward]

I'm one of those sad people who don't celebrate Chriistmas. I had 5 years on the trot that I was away in the MN, and lost the habit - also some family events in the Festive season finally killed any sense of enjoyment. At work, I was looked upon rather oddly, as I didn't take any extra days holiday at Xmas - in fact one year I got more holiday - I was going to be the only one in the building & it was a regulation that you couldn't work alone - so I was sent home.
Pet peeves? The advancing of Xmas advertising - I think it should be a capital offence to play carols & decorate before December 1st!
The mad rush is totally incomprehensible - it's not like you don't have any warning, unless you are blind & deaf.
Yes, it's for children - as for myself? Christmas? Bah! humbug!
Dave

[boatman]

YES its the same here people seem to go madder now than they did 20yrs ago an tryin to get out of our drive way onto the main rd is like playin russian rulete as it a 50 mph speed limit but they still come down this straight bit of rd at about 80 mph plus an ive had people give rude signs at us when i try to pull out on the rd is it to much to ask them idiots to just brake a little so i can get up speed but there are some nice norfolk people around here as a lady has put on my neibours site sayin anybody feel lonley at xmas contact her an she has invited them over hers an her hubbyies for xmas dinner so some nice people are around
chrisb

[Guest]

Before I retired and SWMBO decided to keep me employed with other duties in and around the house, I worked as a truck driver for 30 years, and I have seen them all and in all seasons, from the mild to the utterly stupid to the pornographic.... I have had ethnic car drivers try to squeeze between two trucks where in fact all there was, was the white line. The French motorist with a bloody great big Xmas tree driving around the Periferique (Paris ring road) sticking out of a window on either side of the car. Just about to miss his junction and ended up straddled across the armco barrier - sideways... The UK tourist coming up to the toll booth at St Omer in their Transit mini bus and doing warp factor 10 - not realising that there was a height restriction and took the roof rack straith off and never disturbed a thing that was tied down... Or the Fiat 127 I think in Romania, ca,e hurtling around a bend on the opposite side of the road (head on) No windoes in the car at all, flat tryes all round, and the guy driving it clad in a flying helmet complete with goggles - missed me and went bouncing through the wheat field never to be seen again... The caravan driver on the M6 north of Carlisle, middle lane and waving not weaving but waving from side to side going down hill, caravan jack knifed and I drove straight through it, clothes. pots, pans it all went skywards, damn thing just exploded. Or the Moscow police stopping me on their ring road nearly being collected by a mad Russian truck driver... Got all my paperwork and the 10$ bribe all ready for him... All he wanted was a biro pen.... Or little van driver with his nice mature lady slowly passing me on the M25 he with a smile and she laying there like the ace of spades smiling up at me....
Xmas - as you can imagine being away from home at this time of the year both in the army and as a truck driver has worn out the festive season in me, coming home three days after it is all over, eating a turkey dinner on the ferry and then having to sit down at home and eat - yet another turkey dinner - your stomach can only take so much!!
Supermarket shoppers - Do they intentionally go completely blank even before they get in the car park - one all done up to look like best lamb trying to park her car in the little hut where you leave your trolly and then complaining that people are so inconsiderate leaving the trollies in there!!! The woman with a couple of items in her hand that I allowed to go ahead of me, (what a nice man) she put them on the belt and then turned around and got the trolly, one of the big ones and it was full to the brim and over with food etc.... Or the shoppers trying to out do their xmas guests - coffee isle (load screechy voice) "Henry, is this the coffee that the nice young man on Garden Rescue drinks, do you think it is better than what Joyce has???" Poor fg Henry having to live with that.... The vegans complaining that there is far too much turkey and chicken on the shelves... Or the woman in the wine and beer isle trying to sample the goods before buying!!! They really amaze me, I spend my time while SWMBO is getting what we need to cover us for the two days, looking and laughing at the antics.
It defies belief or is it that I am now far too old even for the ghosts that visited Scrooge to visit me...
Don't worry Dave, you are not alone, there is no Xmas now on a commercial variation.

[Waspie]

Mike, Christmas hasn’t done anything for me since 88. Very good reason which I won’t go into as the worlds press has done the reason to death since. 1988 wasn’t a good year!!
So very little good cheer from this kiddo!!

[Guest]

Have you also noticed that where there are painted parking bays they are purely for guidance only as long as theres part of your car in it that counts as parked.

Forget the white line they now have cameras to guide them - like the motorist (nice lady) who was using her camera and hit everything either side of her...

[boatman]

YES Mike ive seen on our supermarket car park that some people cant even back into a space without leavin enough room for the other driver who was parked up firstly to get into their cars an had to climb in over fron the passenger side what crazyness i always make sure im lined up with the space properly before i back in an never had this unless some othe idiot has parked to close to me when we come back to the car Aaarrrccchhhhhh
chrisb

[Guest]

YES Mike ive seen on our supermarket car park that some people cant even back into a space without leavin enough room for the other driver who was parked up firstly to get into their cars an had to climb in over fron the passenger side what crazyness i always make sure im lined up with the space properly before i back in an never had this unless some othe idiot has parked to close to me when we come back to the car Aaarrrccchhhhhh
chrisb

Yep! watching some of these big fat old birds doing it is hilarious, all bloomers and flowery hat askew....

[Dave Ward]

The Christmas shopping really baffles me! Long before I had any mobility issues, I started using Tesco online shopping ( not pushing Tesco, it's the one I'm used to! ). I have a delivery every two weeks - I start shopping the week before, adding/subtracting items until the night before delivery. As long as it's over £50, no picking charges. I don't impulse buy anything, and have yet to run out of anything ( notice you're running out of teabags? log on and add them straight away ), you can see all the offers in one place, and having the groceries delivered, you can take advantage of the heavy bulk buys! Delivery slots of an hour, and I haven't been disappointed yet ( 10 years+ of shopping ). For those who hate shopping ( like me ), and despise standing in checkout queues, it's wonderful - & now I can't walk far, essential. It may not be suitable for some people, but for me ideal!
ps I can book my delveries up to a month in advance & have several deliveries pending.
Sorry to sound like an advert, but it's a real alternative.
.................and yes, I tried ASDA as well, but Tesco are marginally better!
Dave