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Speaker 1This episode is for all my late night travelers , one of my besties , with the besties . I don't know what that means , but get home safe , wake up
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Anyway , I like to get a few things off my chest . I want to talk about grocery store maneuvering , supermarket walking , figuring it out , whatever you want to call it , because I actually went to the grocery store today . It was a thing and I finally reached my limit . It's like yo man , come on , every time I go to the grocery store , supermarket , whatever you want to call it the mart , time I go to the grocery store , supermarket , whatever you want to call it the mart I don't know super max , I don't know name your poison , pick your poison . Every time I go I lose more faith in humanity , but I still kind of hold them to a standard . So , anyway , one thing I always get the same cart . It follows me , buggy , what you want to call it , who cares ? I get it like . It always has a bum wheel .
Speaker 1I like my cart that I get , not hating on anybody , but I always get the cart with like scoliosis , it's like leaning . It has like an arch type of like wheel , like the frame is like out of place and it makes noise and I know that it like someone told me that all the carts have messed up . It's like nah , man , because I'm going around a grocery store and other people have carts that don't make a sound , my cart is like screaming , like hey , look at the idiot that picked me . And I have no choice . I pick a cart I'm not like oh what , this one looks better , this frame is a little bit better . I'm going to pick this one , Like nah , I'm the one that I pick a cart , keep it moving , got to get what I got to get and then boom , but it's always a squeaky wheel or something's falling off and it always makes a sound and people always look at me like why are you pushing around that cart ? I'm like dude , I'm trying to get in , get out , but I don't know . That's my luck , I have the best bad luck , but that's how it goes .
Speaker 1So I want to talk about things that are whack in grocery stores
. You could let me know if you experienced this . Probably you have nine times out of ten . But like people kind of parking dead center in like an aisle , like a reserve or something , or stopping . It's like yo pick up left or right . This is traffic , you can't just stop in the middle of it . You know what I mean . And like , those people tend to be slow . I don't have an issue with slow walkers , but don't slow and jam up . They have like no sense of urgency . You know , like I have lettuce , I have lemons or whatever . I have stuff that's produce that's aging in real time . Get out of my way . Doesn't have to be like rush , rush , but like don't put a plug in the system . I don't know .
Speaker 1I saw this one time it wasn't today , but like a whole family had a meeting in the middle of , like the cereal aisle or whatever . I was like if you guys didn't figure out what you were going to get before then , you got a problem . Like just get the same cereal you got two or three weeks ago , no big deal . Let me see what else gets on my nerves here . Like oh , I saw somebody FaceTiming while they were shopping . It's like dude , it's not like a grocery committee , it's not Like straight up and down , like just you should have known what you wanted to get . I literally saw somebody FaceTiming while they were shopping . It was whack . Like hey , what should I get ? It was a dude , dude , like honey . Like is this the right thing ? Gather your intelligence before you attack the objective , that type of deal .
Speaker 1So when I've been in the checkout checkout and this is something that is , I think it's unique to me when I've been in a checkout line straight up , every time , like people look at at my groceries and they try to guess what I'm making , it's because , like I have , I don't get like a lot of canned , because I get like a lot of fresh stuff because I cook . That'll be another episode sharing recipes and all that stuff . I'm I'm a pretty good cook . I'm not gonna toot my own horn , but yes , I will . But like people will be like oh you're making you know you must be making roasted chicken with blah , blah , blah , blah , blah . It's like okay , well , you must be not minding your business , anyway . So like my checkout line , stuff is real but I've been in a checkout line where the person in front of me was surprised that it was like their turn . It's like dude , one , two , three go was like their turn . It's like dude , one , two , three go .
Speaker 1I've been in a line where it's been like a someone that has like coupons . I'm not a big coupon person . I mean not saying that I don't use them , it's like I'm not like I don't hunt for them , because the stuff that I buy , that I purchase , normally there's no coupons for it Because it's like real stuff . So Not hating on like coupon users . I wish there was coupons on Fresh I don't know Letters and mushrooms and chicken , all that stuff that I get . But anyway , like I've seen people have like so many coupons in front of me and then like have expired codes and they're like I don't know what's going on , blah , blah , like well , your coupon game is not 100 , like you know what I mean . Anyway .
Speaker 1So , and one thing that's funny to me too , like that divider , when you put it on the thingy to divide your groceries , like I like how , like I've , straight up , I've been in a situation where someone has put that divider in front of me and I've had like two things and they were like completely opposite . And they were like completely opposite . So they were like mad , passive , aggressive with that divider , like , oh , I don't want them scanning your items and charging me , and blah , blah , blah . It's like come on , man , get out of here . You have a whole bunch of sugar and donuts and garbage . I , I have real vegetables . Like they're not going to mistaken or mistake mistaken and ish , ish , my stuff for your stuff . Like , get out of here . Anyway , I've had people like ask me questions in a cold section . It's like dude , get out of here . Like this is discomfort emotionally , emotionally , I don't want to talk to you in a cold section , I want to be out , but whatever .
Speaker 1So , like I've had people like
what gets on my nerves too is people that block stuff . Like I I can't describe supermarket layouts , but there's frozen aisles and there's doors and stuff like that . Some people like just put their carts in front of the door and they go to another door . It's like yo , man , get out of here . Like , if you block me , you owe me something . You know what I mean . And then they block you and then they're like taking notes or writing the wife or writing the husband like hey , is this what I'm supposed to get ? Like I need to come back , or blah , blah , like get something else anyway .
Speaker 1So it my biggest concern is people that like block what you're trying to do . So if you're trying to get bread and people don't know the type of bread that they want , they block it . It's annoying , but anyway . So like I don't I really don't want to hate on older people or people that are disabled , because I'm disabled right now , but like the people in the carts and they just kind of driving around , it's like yo , man , you gotta know how to drive . You can't hit a corner , block the whole aisle and look at me because I'm walking towards your way and it's like a thing . It's like I gotta wait and you don't know which way to turn and all that stuff .
Speaker 1But anyway , what else ? What else do I hate about ? Oh , I , I hate , like I don't want to call names like wegmans , but hey , you know who cares ? But like , what is your traffic pattern ? Man ? Like Wegmans , people are all over the place . I don't know if you have a Wegmans where you are , but I do . And like , wegmans does not have a traffic pattern , it doesn't have a flow . So , wegman executives , I beg you , develop a flow , design your store layout for better flow .
Speaker 1People love your store and like it's this . You know they have an experience , but your flow is reckless , super duper reckless . Like I know you don't want to go with the traditional aisles and blah blah , but sometimes it works , man , it really works . So I don't know , like , I'm just putting it out there . You could like try to bash my podcast for giving you good advice , but I'm gonna win it at the end . So there's that . So , anyway , let me know what your supermarket or I don't know whatever people call it , people call it store . Let me know what your store issues are and let's see if
they align with mine . So , come on , you know , sometimes going to the store is whack Anyway . So Okay , that's all I got . Take it easy .