Comments on Cranky Fitness: Shopping Cart Olympics

I shop only at TJs, farmer's market, a local "hipp...

2009-02-07T23:41:00.000-05:00

I shop only at TJs, farmer's market, a local "hippie" grocery, and sometimes I go elsewhere (Whole Foods or some non-vegetarian hippie grocery), for meat or fish. I rarely buy produce, so it's always grains, cheese, meat, dairy, etc. I wonder sometimes what they must think, but produce is EXPENSIVE at these shops.

Now I have all kinds of new games to play at the m...

2009-02-03T13:19:00.000-05:00

Now I have all kinds of new games to play at the market - I like the cart match game. Usually Super Wal-Mart on either the 1st or the 15th is a great place to go feel better about yourself and the food you buy. I see carts piled high with frozen pizzas, breakfast sandwiches, ersatz soda and the like. I gloat with my cart of veggies. Of course they're hiding the ginger snaps and wine underneath, but they don't count since you can't see them. Right?

I'm really judgmental about other people's carts, ...

2009-02-02T10:28:00.000-05:00

I'm really judgmental about other people's carts, especially when I shop in the store near me where a lot of food stamps get used. It KILLS me to see people with foodstamps buying tons of soda, fake juice (like Capri Sun pouches), and processed foods. I just want to be like "look at my cart! Get some produce!"

I find myself keeping myself getting irritated wit...

2009-02-02T09:44:00.000-05:00

I find myself keeping myself getting irritated with all of the "bad manners"....people stopping in the middle of an aisle holding up traffic on both side without a care in the world. I am weird that way! :)

Haha, I did this today! The mom with the Squirt i...

2009-02-01T21:44:00.000-05:00

Haha, I did this today! The mom with the Squirt in her cart. The other mom with the Ritz crackers in her cart. I was so proud of myself for sticking to the perimeter of the store and buying tons of organic or all natural products. You can't help but feel a little self-righteous as you stand in the line, blocking the woman behind you from putting her items on the conveyor belt because you're busy inspecting the ingredients on the last-minute dark chocolate bar potential purchase. You of course put it back because it's not organic cacao.

too funny! I do look at what other people buy, and...

2009-02-01T20:40:00.000-05:00

too funny! I do look at what other people buy, and I have extreme paranoia that people are looking in my cart and judging me! lol

LOL Crabby. I think umm...you might need to have y...

2009-02-01T18:04:00.000-05:00

LOL Crabby. I think umm...you might need to have your meds adjusted slightly, and for the love of whomever you choose, please be sure to forward this one to the professional counselor of your choice - I have a list of mine that I can send if you need it. :)

Seriously - I JUST discussed this with my wife, as I was standing in Costco the other day and found myself casting judgment on the large person ahead of me (keeping in mind that I too am a large-ish one), thinking, "Umm...yeah do you really need that case of Pepsi and the gigantic sized bag of Ruffles?"

Thanks for easing my conscience. I feel much better now, and much better equipped. :)

I'm an early 40's veteran of the southern Californ...

2009-02-01T13:09:00.000-05:00

I'm an early 40's veteran of the southern California triathlon scene, and I try not to be too judgemental, but sometimes you just can't help it. When someone unloads a massive cart of TV dinners, Sara Lee, chips, dip, Wonder bread, Oscar Meyer, American singles, icecream, Ho-ho's etc., and four 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke, there should be an 'Athlete Dispensation' for one (1) slap up the side of their head.

hilarious... are you sure you werent in our local ...

2009-01-31T22:29:00.000-05:00

hilarious... are you sure you werent in our local walmart ? :)

gp in montana

Yup, count me in the "neurotic nutball" category. ...

2009-01-31T21:25:00.000-05:00

Yup, count me in the "neurotic nutball" category. Never used to be a cart voyeur until recently. I even wrote about when it all began here. Now, I can't help it. What else is there to look at waiting in line? Trashy tabloids?

I used to be a CVS cashier and I totally judged wh...

2009-01-31T19:55:00.000-05:00

I used to be a CVS cashier and I totally judged what people bought. I always cracked up after someone bought birth control and I told them to have a "good night."

Ahaha. I don't care so much what other people eat,...

2009-01-31T19:39:00.000-05:00

Ahaha. I don't care so much what other people eat, but I'm curious as to what meals they're planning on making with their food. Especially people who don't have a lot of groceries. Say, a jar of peanut butter, a carton of eggs, some apples and a loaf of bread. Are they going to eat all that together in one dish? Are they buying it for someone else? The possibilities are endless!

(Can you tell I used to write lots and lots of fiction? :D)

But I'm not going to lie, I feel awesome when I go to the grocery store and only pick up really healthy stuff hehe.

i just have shopping cart rage.. stupid people tak...

2009-01-31T19:36:00.000-05:00

i just have shopping cart rage.. stupid people taking up the entire isle! get out of the way!! :)

and Camevil's KY coupon.. I get formula coupons EVERY time i'm at the store, even tho my lil one has never even tasted it... kinda irritates me. But the KY? that's too funny! and Crabby.. where's your imagination with the scrunchy?!?

i've never done this before ... but now that i've ...

2009-01-31T17:49:00.000-05:00

i've never done this before ... but now that i've read this? i'm so going to be looking in other people's carts the next time i'm at the grocery store.

enabler!

My wife and I joke about this. When she shops, sh...

2009-01-31T15:57:00.000-05:00

My wife and I joke about this. When she shops, she is easily distracted. By sales and other people's carts. I detest shopping, so I invariably have a list. I walk into the store, buy what's on my list, and walk out. I try my best not to get distracted by what other shoppers are doing. Its all I can do to keep up with what I need, and keep my kids from killing one another during the process...

I thought Crabby was talking about me when she wro...

2009-01-31T12:33:00.000-05:00

I thought Crabby was talking about me when she wrote this post ;)

Cranky, I hate it when you write something and I f...

2009-01-31T10:24:00.000-05:00

Cranky, I hate it when you write something and I feel as if you wrote it specifically with ME in mind! And I'd really like to say that it's only about what's in the shopping cart....but (ok, I've improved I can honestly say I don't do this anymore) I used to also judge what was behind the cart as in: "fatter than me" and "thinner than me" as if I was some sort of gold standard for where people should be. Ha ha!

Usually I'm so busy piling my stuff onto the conve...

2009-01-31T08:02:00.000-05:00

Usually I'm so busy piling my stuff onto the conveyer belt I don't have a chance to judge, but sometimes as I'm waiting to get rung up (I buy A LOT) someone will pop in behind me--a liter of soda, some boxed up sugary snacks, big hunk of meat, etc.--and yes, OF COURSE, I feel smug. But I'm the same woman who judges the other urine samples left in the doctor's office when they are much yellower than mine:-)

I shop at a "healthy hippy store" of sorts (Trader...

2009-01-31T00:55:00.000-05:00

I shop at a "healthy hippy store" of sorts (Trader Joes.) And I buy our entire week + of groceries for our family of four there because I am such a fan of their store. But I am always inwardly embarrassed because the other customers are just buying like one meal's worth of food and my cart is heaping to overflowing. I could swear I detect evil eyes from the cashier when I'm not looking, then smiling and beaming when I'm looking.

I'm certainly observant of what other people are p...

2009-01-30T22:49:00.000-05:00

I'm certainly observant of what other people are putting on the belt behind me, but I'm not (always) judgemental about it.

Instead, I like to try and guess what they're going to make with their groceries. Like the lady with pasta, sauce, and garlic bread is probably making a spaghetti dinner. And the one with a big roast, potatoes, carrots, and onions is probably making pot roast. And the guy with 6 tubes of Jimmy Dean Sausage, 2 bags of frozen hash browns, 4 pounds of bacon, and a carton of egg beaters...well, he's trying. See? I judged him a little.

I SO had this experience in the grocery store this week when a lady from my Weight Watchers meeting was in line behind me with bottled water and frozen veggies while I was buying stuff for TACOS. Oops!

I realize I have now revealed the true extent of m...

2009-01-30T22:36:00.000-05:00

I realize I have now revealed the true extent of my immaturity, but at least a few of you occasionally stoop to my level.

And Camevil, that is too funny about the KY coupon! They must have determined from the wine and cheese that you were all set up for an amorous evening... but the scrunchies are a puzzler. I'm sure there's some way of using scrunchies in an erotic scenario... perhaps I just don't get out enough.

Funniest post I've read tonight. LOL thanks, I nee...

2009-01-30T22:25:00.000-05:00

Funniest post I've read tonight. LOL thanks, I needed the laugh. I can so relate. Thanks for the tips. Have a great weekend.

I'm less worried about how other shoppers judge me...

2009-01-30T19:29:00.000-05:00

I'm less worried about how other shoppers judge me than the supermarket's own virtual intelligence system.

Just today, I purchased a bottle of wine, some aged cheese and a package of hair scrunchies.

In turn, the machine spat out a coupon for $5.00 off KY Lube.

WTF??????

Oh Crabby,I am very judgmental.I'm really working ...

2009-01-30T19:14:00.000-05:00

Oh Crabby,

I am very judgmental.

I'm really working on it, but still.

But, the grocery store--usually, I just want to get through the torture of shopping as quickly as possible. (I am a rare breed of woman who truly loathes shopping--clothes shopping even--I know, I know!) I stick to my list, and zoom on through.

The checkout line, I'm usually reading stupid magazines that are "beneath" me in day to day life.

But, the one thing that does throw me into hyper-judge mode is people with gihugic orders who use 50 bazillion plastic bags. They sell canvas bags at the store for $1 (so if you forget your bags, you can at least buy a couple).

I NEVER forget my canvas bags. Plastic kills wildlife and wastes resources. Paper's no better. Love the Earth people--she's your Mama!

And you thought YOU were judgmental, oh crabby one...

I try not to - especially since maybe they're buyi...

2009-01-30T19:05:00.000-05:00

I try not to - especially since maybe they're buying the fattening stuff for other people and good stuff for them. That's how it is in my house - hubby refuses to eat healthy. Besides, I teach psychology (most of us don't learn from teh teachings though). Used to do it all the time when I was younger though.
I have my own special vice of road and shopping rage (hate traffic of any kind and get pisssssssssy).

Oh, crap. I just realized that I do judge cashiers and people in front of me that are especially slow. My game is trying to take as less time as possible in the lane (swiping my card before the cashier is done so that it processes right away). Dang. Thought I was doing good on the non judgmental part! We're all Judgie Mcjudgers in some way I guess.