Christmas Shopping Etiquette

By MissyBoo On December 23, 2009 · 9 Comments · In christmas, Uncategorized, whine

Dear Shoppers

If you venture to the large shopping centres in the days before Christmas, can you please be courteous and follow the rules.

Firstly, thank you to the elderly man in the silver car that was pulling out of the prime car park at the centre entrance when I arrived. It was very much appreciated.

What was not courteous was the woman in the gold Prado who stopped in the middle of the road to pick up her parents (???) creating EXTREME traffic gridlock in the car park!

Little white haired ladies dragging your old lady shopping trolleys behind you, JUST STAY HOME!!! Christmas rush is not a good time for you to be tottering through shopping centres, you may get knocked down in the rush, and you hold people up. If you insist on shopping at this time of the year please stay to one side, instead of in the middle of walkways because it’s very annoying walking at your pace!

Parents, if you cannot control your children, please leave them home or even better stay home with them. With my wonky wheeled trolley, and the speed in which I’m travelling, inevitably I will mow them down with said trolley if they run in front of me without looking!

Dawdlers… what can I say! The 23rd of December is not time for dawdling around the shopping centre aimlessly. You’re a hindrance and a menace. Like old ladies you need to stay to one side of walkways.

Oh and to that family of five, of course I’m going in the lift with my trolley before you. I was there first, and unlike you was unable to use one of the 500 escalators you could have used!

Two shopping centres down, 3 major department stores out of the way. Only took two hours. Santa stash complete. I’ll be wrapping gifts for Santa now and recovering from the Christmas rush!

9 Responses to Christmas Shopping Etiquette

Alison says:

December 23, 2009 at 11:57

ROFL!!!!

I so would have taken the escalator with my 5 ferals… Or got Mr R to whack you in the shins with his prosthetic legs…. LOL

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Iris says:

December 23, 2009 at 14:33

Uh! Christmas??? Now? Again? Seeesh, wait… guess I got some shopping to do, huh? Maybe tomorrow, shops are open til 2! I´d need a huge trolley and maybe I borrow some kids from the neighbors to join me (ya know the little ones, in their pushchairs) and then I. Take. My. Time!!! And. Place!

Gahhh!

No, seriously! I saw Easter Bunnys in the mall

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Christie says:

December 23, 2009 at 17:58

You would think that we didn’t have a whole year to plan for this particular holiday! Glad it is done, don’t concern yourself too much with the carnage left in your wake, I am sure the trolley looked good with all those old lady hood ornaments! LOL!

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h&b says:

December 23, 2009 at 20:21

We waited and watched this lady tonight put the last of her shopping in her boot .. only to start picking out random stuff and examining the pricestickers on them !???. Then she picked up a magazine she had bought and started flicking through it ?? Hello, OBLIVIOUS ?!
There are no car parks, you’ve finished, get in your car and GO HOME already!!

Lucky another park became available, as I think AB wanted to give her a nudge and crush her kneecaps

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Sunny Road Mum says:

December 23, 2009 at 20:27

Ah, it’s such a JOYOUS time of year isn’t it?? Against my better judgment I am braving the shops tomorrow. Thankfully minus kids though

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MissyBoo says:

December 23, 2009 at 21:05

Alison – As long as you realise, I would have mowed Mr R down with my trolley regardless of his prosthetic legs :p

Iris – You have fun taking kids to the shops this time of year and all! I went childless…

Christie – I was prepared (which is why I whizzing through the shops), collected a lay-bys from 2 stores and bought a dog bed from the 3rd. I also went childless and not wandering aimlessly like the dawdler, the old lady and the child that had an excellent time getting to know each other in the time they spent together as hood ornaments

h&b – Definitely NOT good etiquette to load boot and then stay and loiter!!! I would have been as tempted as AB to crush her knee caps!

SRM – I would not have gone with child in tow! You are making a wise move

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jen says:

December 24, 2009 at 06:53

Shopping this time of year – it’s fun ey? So’s driving around town with everyone else. Anyhoo, enjoy your christmas won’t you?

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Trish says:

December 24, 2009 at 11:00

I hear you …yeah I hate the people who stop in middle of aisles to chat or the ones who walk 3 abreast and dawdle or the ones who sit their bums out ….wanted to mow more a few down with my twin stroller ba humbug.

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le says:

December 28, 2009 at 20:57

hee heee if only …. no chance of that in whoop whoop …. never ever …. still laughing best le

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