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I shan't name - shop - names, to avoid embarrassment, but the following took place in a shop near the police station recently:


Shop with little interior manoeuvre space, lots of big items: Mr and Mrs with kids and pram come in; debate buying (small) item. For around 20 minutes. Loudly. Their children shriek and squeal. Other customers cannot speak to shop owner, who is monopolised by Mr and Mrs. Mr and Mrs try to shift buggy around shop (no space), hitting customers with buggy. Customers come but all go, as Mr and Mrs ague about.... everything. The last remaining customer, apart from Mr and Mrs, says quietly "Sorry, ...." and that they will come back at a quieter time.


When said customer went back, according to shop owner, Mr and Mrs had then set about that exiting customer, berating them: "How rude!".


Then, according to the shop owner, Mr and Mrs had proceeded to expand on their row, full-blown style. In the words of shop owner, "They had a domestic right in the middle of my shop! Why don't they go out in the street to do it? Why do it in the middle of my shop?" It's damaging his business, driving his customers away, as he says.


I'm kind of getting tired of people thinking they carry their front room around with them were ever they go: cinemas, shops...

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Maybe the shop owner does (high value items, low customer numbers in total, Saturday is peak buying time, each sale is important and means a half day or day's work on site in addition to the sale item). I kind of felt sorry for them: I went back later, but others didn't.


(And maybe the people trying to buy stuff from him too also don't care to make important decisions in such an atmosphere.)


The whole thing was just so ironic: buggy-pushers 'having a domestic' pointing the finger ('how rude!') at those shrinking from their raucous extended battle. I find it perplexing that people are so unable to understand their own impact on their environment. That they should feel so self-righteous, pointing the finger at others when they are causing mayhem themselves. It's just bizarre.

ratty Wrote:

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> Is there any relevance to them having a buggy?

> Have you a better way to ferry around babies and

> small children?



Ha ha - good point ratty!


Nice to know that this couple felt relaxed and open enough with their emotions to let it all out. Shame on the other shoppers who couldn't handle it. Would have made my shopping experience all the more interesting!

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