Do you walk behind or beside a shopping cart in the store?

The Side Cart Walk Along looks hip and urbane, like rolling a piece of luggage, but I found it almost impossible to navigate the narrow aisles of our local stores and went back to pushing the cart as designed.
 

I call them cart bullies. People who have their cart blocking the isle while, they also block with themselves. If I've stopped my cart, I stay on the same side of the isle as my cart. I push my cart from behind. I've pushed it from the front before backward. Especially during the pandemic when they had the isle arrows.
 
dseag2 said:
What about people who block the aisle because their shopping cart is on one side and they are on the other side trying to figure out what to buy? I moved someone's shopping cart the other day. She said "I would have moved it for you" and I was thinking "Well, why didn't you?"
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They act like they have no idea they are blocking the whole isle. Maybe they don't. I would sure notice. I run into this at work also. Everything is supposed to be on one side of the hall. So I'm on one side with my cart and someone will place something opposite me and make the area to pass very narrow. I don't know why people don't notice this.
 
Remy said:
They act like they have no idea they are blocking the whole isle. Maybe they don't. I would sure notice. I run into this at work also. Everything is supposed to be on one side of the hall. So I'm on one side with my cart and someone will place something opposite me and make the area to pass very narrow. I don't know why people don't notice this.
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Often, when people are shopping, they're like horses with blinders on. They're oblivious to what's going on around them. I was grocery shopping this afternoon, and as I was reaching up to the top shelf for dish detergent, I heard a voice, "Can I get that for you?" "Do you need me to get that for you?" I thought I was having an audio hallucination because it's been so long since anyone offered to help me reach or lift something. Many times I've been struggling with cases of water while half a dozen guys whiz by like I'm invisible.
 
I walk behind it pushing it front of me. I loathe those pull-along- baskets with the long extendable handles - the person who invented them should be fired! Shoppers using them make an aisle like an obstacle course while they are pondering what to buy, and these awful things are strewn across the entire width of the aisle. If I got paid for every time I said "excuse me, can you move your basket please" I'd be a millionaire! Maybe I should forget my manners and just barge through them 😂
 
Hollow said:
I walk behind it pushing it front of me. I loathe those pull-along- baskets with the long extendable handles - the person who invented them should be fired! Shoppers using them make an aisle like an obstacle course while they are pondering what to buy, and these awful things are strewn across the entire width of the aisle. If I got paid for every time I said "excuse me, can you move your basket please" I'd be a millionaire! Maybe I should forget my manners and just barge through them 😂
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they were used in supermarkets on the continent , long before they came here. .. I like them actually. When I'm only shopping for a few things but theyy're too heavy to carry, those baskets on wheels are easier than a trolley :)
 
I always push my cart from behind, but there are those couples who seem to operate in tandem, walking side by side to better block the aisle. People with unregulated children in tow seem to allow them to flit about like little satellites or moons around the home planet of their parenthood. Rendered brainless by such kiddie fare as Spongebob SquarePants, these wandering kids are oblivious to everything, including people trying to pass.

Then my supermarket chain employs a meandering robot called Marty who slowly rolls down the aisles looking for spills. He becomes immobile when he encounters one, blocking passage and intoning that a cleanup is needed. Someday, my feral instincts are going to be triggered, I’ll fling myself upon him, and take the robotic horror down!

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I usually walk behind a shopping cart but most of the time if Sonny is with me he pushes the cart and I use my walker. I put my things on the seat until I locate him with the cart. At times if he has gone to the bathroom, I will pull the grocery cart behind me with one hand and hold onto my walker (in front of me) with the other hand.
 
Fyrefox said:
I always push my cart from behind, but there are those couples who seem to operate in tandem, walking side by side to better block the aisle. People with unregulated children in tow seem to allow them to flit about like little satellites or moons around the home planet of their parenthood. Rendered brainless by such kiddie fare as Spongebob SquarePants, these wandering kids are oblivious to everything, including people trying to pass.

Then my supermarket chain employs a meandering robot called Marty who slowly rolls down the aisles looking for spills. He becomes immobile when he encounters one, blocking passage and intoning that a cleanup is needed. Someday, my feral instincts are going to be triggered, I’ll fling myself upon him, and take the robotic horror down!

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If I had a store, this would be my robot:

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C50 said:
I walk behind and push, that simply makes the most sense. I have seen some older folks walking alongside and have figured out it's because of the way some carts are made. Some carts have higher backs and what we use to call child seats, I think some people have trouble reaching past that so place items over the side.

What I can't understand are the people who pull their carts from the front, seems like it would be easy to pull into your heels.
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Or try with two carts.. push the one in front of you while pulling the one behind you.
I recall doing that occasionally while "mega-shopping" for the eldercare home. :)
 
debodun said:
I am seeing a trend across all age people, but especially young people, of walking beside their carts. That takes up double space makes it more difficult trying to get past them in a narrow aisle. Why is this trending?

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^^^^ It's easier for the shopper in the photo to put things in her cart from the side, than from the back of the cart, where she would have to reach far forward.
 
dseag2 said:
What about people who block the aisle because their shopping cart is on one side and they are on the other side trying to figure out what to buy? I moved someone's shopping cart the other day. She said "I would have moved it for you" and I was thinking "Well, why didn't you?"
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When she said "I would have moved it for you," she wasn't talkin' about the cart.
She meant, "I wanna shake it for ya, baby."
 
Bella said:
Often, when people are shopping, they're like horses with blinders on. They're oblivious to what's going on around them. I was grocery shopping this afternoon, and as I was reaching up to the top shelf for dish detergent, I heard a voice, "Can I get that for you?" "Do you need me to get that for you?" I thought I was having an audio hallucination because it's been so long since anyone offered to help me reach or lift something. Many times I've been struggling with cases of water while half a dozen guys whiz by like I'm invisible.
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I'm short and I've literally not bought something I wanted because I couldn't reach it. If a product is on the top and back of a shelf, it's likely I can't reach it. One local health food store has really high frozen shelves also.
 

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