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There’s lots of things about shopping malls that I dislike, but there is this thing in particular that really infuriates me. People standing in the way in really stupid places for NO reason whatsoever. Why do they do it? Do they not have something better to do or somewhere else to go?
I was out one afternoon at my local shopping mall enjoying a bit of retail therapy. I decided to take escalators up to a higher level and as soon as I reached the top I’m confronted by a group of Chav girls, with their baseball caps at 45 degrees and all covered in their fake bling. They were standing right in the way blocking anyone who wanted to get off the escalators.
I physically had to push my way through them and of course then you get all the backchat and abuse, which they most likely couldn’t spell anyway.
Why hang out here girls? Why can’t you go somewhere else and do something useful? You are most likely skipping school anyway!
Here’s another example that springs to mind of people standing in the way in the most awkward place possible. I went to the library at my university to do some research. You are required to have with you your campus card, so that you can scan and go through the turnstile.
On the other side of the turnstile was a group of young lads stood there in the way, just hanging around again. WHY ARE YOU THERE? Is it so you can shake the hands of everyone in the little group you have just hooked up with in the café? Well can you please do it some where other than right in the path of people entering the library?
Does this sort of thing happen to anyone else, or am I just unlucky enough to find all the human obstacles in the world? Why do these people have to hang out at shopping malls and get in the way of other shoppers?
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ASDA = narrow aisles and the lower prices mean that the poorer, uneducated people CAN afford to shop there. This makes for a LESS pleasant shopping environment on the whole.
Personally, I can afford to employ someone to do my shopping and therefore don't venture into either of these establishments.
Did it occur to you to ask the ladies to move their trolleys rather than boasting .."I forcefully pushed my trolley through theirs ".
Instead of pretending to be an English gentleman by attempting to imitate correct speech (which is not the same as the "snootiest english accent") perhaps you could try behaving in a civilised manner?
Add to this the human rights legislation which is so loosely worded that any act someone cares to take is permissable because curtailing it would contravene their rights and you have a recipe for a vicious selfish uncaring aggressive society which fails to protect the weakest because it gives rights but no responsibilities to the stronger members.
I went back again and they were still there, yakking on. I forcefully pushed my trolley through theirs and was met with "eh what's all this?" and "you're totally ******* out of order". I put on my snootiest english accent (which I'm not bad at actually) and said "Excuse me ladies, one really needs to do one's shopping".
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