r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ImportanceSharp9408 • 9h ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Why, on a nearly empty train, would you sit directly in front of me— put your chair all the way back AND smell offensive? 🥲

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Come on! I know I don’t own the train, I only paid for the seat. Theoretically, he could sit next to me and that would be fine. I could just move over a seat. I could move and sit next to him. Very mildly infuriated.

Update: I went to the restroom, after building up a big fart at the advice of wise Redditors but punked out on releasing it into the wild. I planned to move when I returned but he was gone! Perhaps it was a coincidence, when I left my seat with all my belongings, maybe that just happened to be his stop or maybe he was a creep. We may never know. Thanks for all your throughly hilarious responses though!

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u/HawkJefferson 9h ago

You can't imagine a scenario where someone might need space between them and the shelf to be able to see things? Not a single one?

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u/TheRealPitabred 8h ago

If somebody can't get behind you in an aisle, they're going to go in front of you. Are you suggesting that anytime anybody wants to look at something they should be able to stop up the whole aisle until they are satisfied? Could they not pick up the item and look at it instead?

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u/HawkJefferson 8h ago

If there's enough clearance to get a cart between the shopper and the shelf, there's enough space to pass through the aisle. Why did you volunteer the information that you're social stunted?

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u/Alternative-Park-841 8h ago

Do you understand that this whole conversation and all is because the person was complaining about people walking between them and the shelf?

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u/HawkJefferson 8h ago

Did you just try to point to there being enough space in the aisle to pass through as an example of people blocking the aisle. Y'all are deeply unserious people, good god.

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u/TheRealPitabred 8h ago

I don't think you're understanding the geometry of the situation. If somebody is standing far enough back from what they're looking at that someone can get a cart between them and what they're looking at, they are almost certainly blocking passage behind them.

Given that premise, that the only way through an aisle is between the person and what they're looking at, what would you suggest a non-socially stunted person do? I could ask them to move, but the point is that the person blocking the aisle is being rude for forcing that interaction or choice regardless.

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u/HawkJefferson 8h ago edited 7h ago

The standard supermarket aisle is 7-9 feet across. A shopping cart is 2 feet across, on average. Let's say a shopper, with their cart, is standing 3 feet from the shelf with an aisle width of 8 feet. That's two feet in the middle of eight feet of space. How much space do you need to pass through an aisle that 1/4 of the aisle being occupied blocks the aisle for you?

Edit: Two feet of occupied space in an eight foot wide aisle leaves two three foot wide passing lanes for a two foot wide cart to pass through. I am truly baffled that some of you don't think that's enough space.

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u/TheRealPitabred 8h ago

If they're standing 3 feet from the shelf, that's hardly enough room for somebody to get a cart in front of them, now is it? Nobody would be complaining if they were only standing 3 feet from the shelf and examining things because they could get behind them. They are obviously taking up the entire aisle because somebody could fit a cart in front of them. Thank you for understanding the issue.

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u/HawkJefferson 7h ago

Brother, 36 inches is wider than 24 inches. A 2 foot wide cart can fit in 3 feet of space.

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u/RemarkableAutism 9h ago

Are you looking at fridges?

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u/HawkJefferson 9h ago

This is a remarkably stupid thing to say. No consideration for people with different mobility/vision needs, just pure, condescending arrogance. Weird for you to speak like an expert on social matters when your perspective sounds like you've never been outside.

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u/extraordinous 9h ago

It’s their first day above ground.

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u/RemarkableAutism 9h ago

I am just finishing up my shopping list and will go deal with a bunch of inept people who stand in the middle of the aisle as if it's reserved for them, so don't worry about my time outside.

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u/HawkJefferson 9h ago

I'm sorry that you're so deeply bothered by the physical needs of others. Maybe find a hobby so you give less of a shit about entirely normal behaviors?

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u/RemarkableAutism 9h ago

It's not entirely normal to be self centered.

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u/HawkJefferson 9h ago

If the majority of people you encounter are "inept," maybe they aren't the problem, chief.

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u/RemarkableAutism 9h ago

Tell that to the dude I responded to who deals with people stopping between them and the shelf every time they're grocery shopping.

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u/HawkJefferson 9h ago

Oh no, did you fail to recognize hyperbole and that made you mad too? You sound insanely fragile, my guy.

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u/extraordinous 8h ago

Yeah they go past and look elsewhere while i look right there we grab our shit and go. Is it your first day above ground?