Does food shopping stress you out?

Zirax · 08-04-2007, 15:18

Supermarket shopping used to be one of my ultimate hates, it really used to stress me out. Its not so much the shop, it was the constant "**** you" attitude displayed from the moment you walk through the door.

The number of times I got smacked in the legs. A good example is some old biddy stops at the front of the isle, causing a traffic jam. At which some evil person comes and rams their trolley into the back of your legs. I used to return the favour with twice the force, it got the message across.

Today I just amble round and don't get stressed about it. For instance someone dives in with their trolley and gets to the baked beans first .... bah I can wait for one of the other 300 tins on the shelf

It might take 20mins longer to get around, but i'm still smiling at the end of it. The advantage is that i'm friendly at the checkouts and they always pack my bags, without me asking or even them mentioning it

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A little side diversion if I may here and chat about the underground. I plain flat refuse to stress out about the underground. For instance is getting the 7:50 underground really matter compared to the 7:53 or 7:55?? A good example is on Thursday I had a very important meeting at 9am with the head of SI UK. I was late due to the underground, nobody was worried as they all know what the underground is like.

My colleague was on the same train and sprinted to the meeting. He arrived a state, bright red sweating all over the place. I arrived 5mins later and immediately dived straight in and hit the point. Maybe i'm too late but a 5-10min delay isn't the end of the world. Hell, even 30mins is fine really :/

08-04-2007, 15:18	#21
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Supermarket shopping used to be one of my ultimate hates, it really used to stress me out. Its not so much the shop, it was the constant "**** you" attitude displayed from the moment you walk through the door. The number of times I got smacked in the legs. A good example is some old biddy stops at the front of the isle, causing a traffic jam. At which some evil person comes and rams their trolley into the back of your legs. I used to return the favour with twice the force, it got the message across. Today I just amble round and don't get stressed about it. For instance someone dives in with their trolley and gets to the baked beans first .... bah I can wait for one of the other 300 tins on the shelf It might take 20mins longer to get around, but i'm still smiling at the end of it. The advantage is that i'm friendly at the checkouts and they always pack my bags, without me asking or even them mentioning it ------------------------------------------------- A little side diversion if I may here and chat about the underground. I plain flat refuse to stress out about the underground. For instance is getting the 7:50 underground really matter compared to the 7:53 or 7:55?? A good example is on Thursday I had a very important meeting at 9am with the head of SI UK. I was late due to the underground, nobody was worried as they all know what the underground is like. My colleague was on the same train and sprinted to the meeting. He arrived a state, bright red sweating all over the place. I arrived 5mins later and immediately dived straight in and hit the point. Maybe i'm too late but a 5-10min delay isn't the end of the world. Hell, even 30mins is fine really :/