Dear Large Retail Outlets,
Sometimes I shop at your many locations. Like when I need groceries, or have to purchase many toys for Christmas. And I appreciate all your aisles lined with shelves and filled with your wares. Really, I do. It’s nice not to have to grow my own produce, raise my own cattle or make all those other frozen, canned and boxed things from scratch. Really nice. I’m also happy that I don’t have to whittle toys for my children out of wood or craft something out of rags. Admittedly, you’re very convenient. And I enjoy the shopping carts you provide. It’s so much easier than having to carry everything around the store in my arms. So for all this, I thank you.
But what you clearly have failed to understand is that the ratio of aisle width to shopping cart width. Of course I understand your need to fit as many aisles in your store as possible. More aisles equals more products which should equal more sales. And larger shopping carts equals more space for customers to fill with stuff which also hopefully equals more sales. But don’t you see that the two don’t mix?
Only ONE of your big ass carts can get down one of your squeezed in aisles at any given time. Which results in shopping cart traffic jams. Which results in frustrated, unhappy customers.
Today I spent more time waiting for the person ahead of me in the aisle to move so I could make my way down the aisle because, obviously, given the current width restrictions in effect, there was no way my cart could possibly pass the other cart. My grocery shopping took twice as long as it had to this weekend due to all the “cart jams”.
So I implore you. Bigger aisles or thinner carts. Something’s got to give. Or you might have to start employing cart traffic cops to keep an eye on things. Maybe even traffic lights or right of way signs. Or maybe I’ll just start shopping on-line more often.
Just a suggestion.
Cher
15 Responses to “Just a Suggestion”
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December 15th, 2009 at 5:36 am
What would be quicker, is if you bought a handful of items at the time. No cart so you can dart around the others caught in the jam, you rush your handful out to the car after purchase and then back in to purchase more.
Time it, it might work.
December 15th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Since you happen to be so conveniently located to a 24 hour grocery store, might I suggest you hit the aisles before going to work? No line ups at the check out, no slow people in front of you and if you time it just right, you might get first choice of the prime cuts of beef. Sleep is over rated anyway.
December 15th, 2009 at 8:35 am
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Finally someone who agrees with me!
December 15th, 2009 at 8:23 am
AMEN!!!!!
And those other people are kinda slow, and kinda in their own little version of Elmo’s World too. HELLO??? Other people in the store – WAKE UP!! Just sayin.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:41 am
You said it Willie!!!! I was too scared to say it to her myself!!!!
December 15th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
OMG.. biggest pet peeve ever… If someone is waiting on you to move your cart AND your ass? Hurry UP. I seriously need a horn on my cart. Wouldn’t that be the best ever? Being able to honk inside the store?
K
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Cher says: YES – a horn! Good thinking!
December 15th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
when I lived in the city space was at a premium and every aisle was the width of my pencil. die.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I’m with ya girl. That’s got to be the most FRUSTRATING thing at Walmart. That, and people think it’s a freaking playground for their kids.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Oh yes! I am all about the horn on carts idea!
December 15th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I have to say I find Walmart’s aisles fairly wide. It’s Toys R Us aisles that drive me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
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T.O.G. says: yep – ya hit the nail on the head my friend!
December 15th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
hahah… i can totally relate. it’s like the eight hog dog packages and the 6 hot dog bun packages. both equally piss me off.
p.s. – seems like we read/comment on all the same blogs! look like you got yourself a new follower here!
December 15th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Big ass shopping carts! I love it. How about when they’re all wet? Or when they have that crazy wheel at the bottom that’s kind of like my ex-father-in-law’s lazy eye? Oops, did I say that out loud – I knew it, it’s those gnomes again, stealing my keyboard to write horrific things.
xx
Cristina
December 15th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
So true!!! And not to mention the folks that won’t move out of the way. At. All.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
LOL
and I read your post about using “LOL” too often, but I can assure you that I did laugh out loud, right here at my work PC, in my office in front of all my coworkers.
So there!
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I am boycotting all stores until January 5th. That doesn’t mean I won’t send my husband….,