How Would You Handle

albaqwerty | 14:34 Tue 14th May 2013 | ChatterBank

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the person behind you in a check-out queue?
You know, the one who's in such a rush that that keep shoving their trolley into your back to edge you down further, but you can't move forward as there are people in front of you?

I just dunt my bahookie into the back of the trolley and the handle, with any luck, smacks them in their midriff.

(inspired by another thread)

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sara3

I'm not sure I have a "bahookie"! do they sell them in your supermarket?

friedgreentomato

I give them and the trolley 'pointed' looks and loud tuts - if they still don't get the idea I just turn round and say - 'oh excuse me i think I just bumped into your trolley'.

friedgreentomato

Its your round fat arse Sara!

MadMen

Whilst I am 95% of the time well-mannered and polite, there is no way Jose I could not say anything in this situation.
I absolutely *hate* people getting in my personal space. It makes me extremely uncomfortable.
I would do as you say, and ram that trolley straight into them with my ass!

albaqwerty

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Sara, where is your tattoo? :-)

Bahookie = bottom, firm and curvaceous.

snags

Being a master of tact and subtlety I would probably turn around and ask them to stop being an irritating sh!t.

andy-hughes

I have never had that happen to me - mainly because i tend to shop at quiet times, and I am only ever buying bits, so i go to the self-service checkouts.

I think I would politely but firmly say something like "We'll all get served eventually, if we are patient ..."

Stephen_G

It's never happened, alba, but being 6' 3" and 17 stone, it would take a very brave person to stop me performing a cranial-recto inversion procedure on them!

I'd let it happen once, and if they hit me a second time, I'd turn round and tell them exactly which part of their anatomy I'd insert the trolley.

MadMen

I have to say, I've had people getting too close in the checkout queue. You know, like when they stand SO close to your back you can feel their breath on your neck. *Shudder*
I've never had a trolley in the back though. Annoying kids yes, but no trolley.

craft1948

I must admit that when the daughter was little, if people blocking a pavement didn't move out of the way after being politely asked to do so I deliberately rammed the pushchair into their ankles................

emmie

depends on the mood i am in, how tired i am, if so generally it's a look that will tell them that if they do it again it will be wrapped around their head, if i am having a better day, then likes as not i will give a fairly polite do you mind... one woman pushed her supermarket trolley through the aisle to get into another queue, knocking the supermarket trolley i was holding onto clean out of my hands, rather like bumper cars, i wasn't having a good day and told her so.

sara3

lol.. never heard such a word :o)

first time? a glare. second time? a pointed stare.

third time? (god help them!) "do you think that's going to make the queue go quicker?"

albaqwerty

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round, fat ass LOL

I prefer firm and curvaceous :-D

Oh, another bug bear, the one who stands so close to you in the queue that you think 'I know my deodorant is nice, but....'
I like stepping back when I wear heels :-)