Dragging shopping carts

[Anonymous]

What is the deal with the new shopping technique? Every grocery store I go to has a woman (always in Lululemon or other athleisure wear) dragging her cart by the corner of the basket instead of using the push handles. This effectively takes up the entire lane/hall/corridor and no one else can pass. I dont get it.. it's not easier.

[Anonymous]

I am having trouble visualizing how this takes up an entire aisle. Please diagram.

[Anonymous]

I pull mine sometimes. It doesn’t take up any more space than if I were pushing. It’s sometimes easier to control. The cart doesn’t magically change shape when you pull instead of push.

[Anonymous]

If you pull instead of push, you can evade the people breathing down you neck that are racing through the store. It takes up no more room, unless you are clueless and drag it across the aisle.

I've been pulling a cart for years, since I had a person literally sneeze on my neck pre Covid (yes, I did get sick.)

[Anonymous]

Bizarre. I’ve never seen this.

[Anonymous]

I used to work in a grocery store. I mainly saw this when there was a parent with a kid(s) in a stroller and a shopping cart for the groceries--they would push the stroller in front of them with one hand, and pull the shopping cart behind them with the other.

Maybe these women you see doing that, are used to shopping with their kid in the stroller like that, and have just adopted the habbit of pulling the cart instead.

[Anonymous]

I see this all the time lately! Because they are at the front and can’t steer well they can’t easily see other shoppers or maneuver out of the way if someone else is shopping a nearby shelf.

[Anonymous]

Because you can't get a good look at her Lululemon-clad butt that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see this all the time lately! Because they are at the front and can’t steer well they can’t easily see other shoppers or maneuver out of the way if someone else is shopping a nearby shelf.

Yes. The blind spots for driving a cart are terrible. Can’t see a thing in front.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this all the time lately! Because they are at the front and can’t steer well they can’t easily see other shoppers or maneuver out of the way if someone else is shopping a nearby shelf.

Yes. The blind spots for driving a cart are terrible. Can’t see a thing in front.

Yeah it's crazy how to see 3 feet in front of you, through a mesh shopping cart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you pull instead of push, you can evade the people breathing down you neck that are racing through the store. It takes up no more room, unless you are clueless and drag it across the aisle.

I've been pulling a cart for years, since I had a person literally sneeze on my neck pre Covid (yes, I did get sick.)

Yup! I do this often to evade / blocks the kind of folks who seem to think the line will move faster if they stand as close to others as possible. It doesn't actually take up more though.

[Anonymous]

Is this a COVID thing? They don't want to touch the handle?

[Anonymous]

THat's nothing OP, and I actually see nothing wrong with it. Not sure why you're equating LuluLemon wearing women with this behavior. You seem annoyed at anyone who's wearing any kind of athleisure.

Also, the worst shopping cart crime I see is people who are so exhausted with their lives that they drape their whole upper body over the top of the cart. I know you all know what I'm talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this all the time lately! Because they are at the front and can’t steer well they can’t easily see other shoppers or maneuver out of the way if someone else is shopping a nearby shelf.

Yes. The blind spots for driving a cart are terrible. Can’t see a thing in front.

"See" is a multiple meaning word, and in this case, it means "notice." People ahead of their cart aren't cognizant of what's happening five feet behind them. When you push the cart, you sense the shoppers nearby who are shopping the same shelves as you.

[Anonymous]

I do this when I need multiple items from the same aisle but different sections. It’s more efficient IME.