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Not hard to spot the idiots or selfish people at a shopping centre.

Today, three women thought it would be a wonderful idea to have a conversation in the middle of a walkway with their trollies.

Then at Aldi two old biddies were walking side by side with a trolley each occupying the width of the aisle. FFS.

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The way some people behave at shopping centers - couples airing their marital problems in screaming matches, dysfunctional families having dramas, rude customers, two grown men getting into a fist fight when one allegedly stole the other's parking spot and there are many free bays less than 50m away - sometimes when I go there I feel I have somehow stumbled onto the set of Home and Away or the recording of the next season of 'Married at First Sight'.
 

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Was at the reject shop had pot fetish there for awhile..
Next min alarm goes off over the PA everyone out no running .
I start walking ok pace only to knocked into from pram tractors trying to mow me down.😂.

Was in Wollies a few Christmas ago .
The workers had stuff at the end of one of the end lanes I move other then next min.
These old guy moving flat out rams his trolly..shopping trolley right up my rear end.😲.
🎯 I said hey mate that's not fitting in there....then moved on...
 
So many great shopping centre moves

A personal fave of mine is the people who ride up an escalator and then at the top, not knowing which way they want to go, just stop dead on the spot to have a look around.

As everybody else just piles up behind them

When shopping centres are busy it’s basically like being in traffic, except with no rules
 
Bunk Moreland said:
So many great shopping centre moves

A personal fave of mine is the people who ride up an escalator and then at the top, not knowing which way they want to go, just stop dead on the spot to have a look around.

As everybody else just piles up behind them

When shopping centres are busy it’s basically like being in traffic, except with no rules
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Yep, Most people can walk fine.

But put them a shopping centre = KAOS.
 
Hate people who shop in groups (4+ people) that walk side by side like a Rugby formation.... Makes it hard to over take with little space. Ditto when a group is walking towards me.

On the same point when you have individuals or groups of 2 walking in different directions on the same path at the same time. There should be an understanding of left going forward one way, right walking the opposite way. It's hard work zig zagging without bumping into people.
 
Xtreme said:
Hate people who shop in groups (4+ people) that walk side by side like a Rugby formation.... Makes it hard to over take with little space. Ditto when a group is walking towards me.

On the same point when you have individuals or groups of 2 walking in different directions on the same path at the same time. There should be an understanding of left going forward one way, right walking the opposite way. It's hard work zig zagging without bumping into people.
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Some people don't even make attempt to move at all.
 
Xtreme said:
On the same point when you have individuals or groups of 2 walking in different directions on the same path at the same time. There should be an understanding of left going forward one way, right walking the opposite way. It's hard work zig zagging without bumping into people.
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That's more of a problem in tourist areas. People from countries who drive on the right tend to walk on that side too.

Escalator etiquette is interesting. On the London Underground the rule is stand on the right, walk up the left. In Australian train stations it's the opposite. In both countries, at busy times, I have seen long queues for the standing side form and the station staff shout "stand on both sides". On shopping centre escalators it's a free for all.
 
Frank Bunn said:
That's more of a problem in tourist areas. People from countries who drive on the right tend to walk on that side too.

Escalator etiquette is interesting. On the London Underground the rule is stand on the right, walk up the left. In Australian train stations it's the opposite. In both countries, at busy times, I have seen long queues for the standing side form and the station staff shout "stand on both sides". On shopping centre escalators it's a free for all.
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I see that a bit too, international people walk and drive different to us they do what normal to them.

Last year up at Wineglass lighthouse guy from USA was was running flat at me WTF.i was on the left side taking pics.
He yelled sorry then two seconds later puts his elbow in didn't slow down at all..
This is fine ..I picked him up moved him to the other side of the track.

USA staying in the same place as me last week said it was easy to adjust to driving here been I asked him.

Seems no rules / guidelines at shopping centre tho...
 
Frank Bunn said:
Escalator etiquette is interesting. On the London Underground the rule is stand on the right, walk up the left. In Australian train stations it's the opposite. In both countries, at busy times, I have seen long queues for the standing side form and the station staff shout "stand on both sides". On shopping centre escalators it's a free for all.
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I've had escalator "road rage" in the past - a woman barrelled past me and told me to F off on the way past.

I gave her a serve back (a social distancing reference and whore were used :p).
 

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Went out on Thursday with my AgedCare helper as usual with her pushing me in my transport hybrid. Decided to go to a nearby Woolies. Within a few minutes, instructions came over the loudspeakers to evacuate immediately. I put my empty basket down off my lap and she proceeded to push me outside through one of the check out lanes. As we did so, we went past a woman with a stroller and a youngster in it, completing checking out. I waved at the child and turned around at my helper and remarked that I wish that I could trade places with the kid.

As it turned out, it was just a planned drill. I had been looking around for teens with machetes, and I have to admit, I was a tad disappointed. Would have made my outing much more memorable!

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Chicago1 said:
Went out on Thursday with my AgedCare helper as usual with her pushing me in my transport hybrid. Decided to go to a nearby Woolies. Within a few minutes, instructions came over the loudspeakers to evacuate immediately. I put my empty basket down off my lap and she proceeded to push me outside through one of the check out lanes. As we did so, we went past a woman with a stroller and a youngster in it, completing checking out. I waved at the child and turned around at my helper and remarked that I wish that I could trade places with the kid.

As it turned out, it was just a planned drill. I had been looking around for teens with machetes, and I have to admit, I was a tad disappointed. Would have made my outing much more memorable!

On SM-A135F using BigFooty.com mobile app
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You need to get out more old timer.
 
Was at Aldi last week and there was a dude who was asking about the ceiling fans which were the special. Old mate was kicking off saying they should have been there already. Manager said they aren't available until tomorrow (Saturday). Old mate says "do you wanna bet, I can go and get the catalogue?" One of the workers says "I don't need to bet mate, it's fine". The guy replied and says something like "oh this isn't fair, you're lying to people. I have been here the last three days and you keep saying it's coming tomorrow every day."

Bloody hell mate, it's a ceiling a fan. You've been there for the last three days, just go tomorrow.
 
Frank Bunn said:
That's more of a problem in tourist areas. People from countries who drive on the right tend to walk on that side too.

Escalator etiquette is interesting. On the London Underground the rule is stand on the right, walk up the left. In Australian train stations it's the opposite. In both countries, at busy times, I have seen long queues for the standing side form and the station staff shout "stand on both sides". On shopping centre escalators it's a free for all.
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On the tube at Holburn station they did a trial of making people stand on both sides and they found more people can go up the escalator than the stand one side walk the other
 
Cruyff14 said:
Was at Aldi last week and there was a dude who was asking about the ceiling fans which were the special. Old mate was kicking off saying they should have been there already. Manager said they aren't available until tomorrow (Saturday). Old mate says "do you wanna bet, I can go and get the catalogue?" One of the workers says "I don't need to bet mate, it's fine". The guy replied and says something like "oh this isn't fair, you're lying to people. I have been here the last three days and you keep saying it's coming tomorrow every day."

Bloody hell mate, it's a ceiling a fan. You've been there for the last three days, just go tomorrow.
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I saw two old blokes nearly come to a physical fight in Aldi over some standing glass cabinets. They had to be separated and escorted out of the store.
 
Will be looking for stories next visit to my local shopping centre...

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