So yesterday, I went to run some errands, and I had to run to the supermarket to get stuff. Because I’m a “get things done in one trip” kinda guy, I decided I would run to Fred Meyers instead of Safeway, where I normally go to get groceries. (Fred Meyers is just closer to the bank than Safeway is)

Now, I’m a creature of habit. In the unlikely (or likely) event that a professional assassin should ever want to kill me, it would be easy to find my “pattern”. So mind you, going to Fred Meyers for me is not entirely “normal”. I would go miles out of my way to go to a store that I always go to, just because it’s “the” store I go to. I’m obsessive compulsive like that. (is that OC or is that just crazy?)

Now I don’t know if it’s just the people that go to Fred Meyers are wackier than the folks that go to Safeway, or if it’s the way Fred Meyers sets up their parking lot, but I’m gonna say this, people are just crazy. I mean, these people don’t know how to park, let alone drive! What in the world is going on!

I pull in, and we’re at a 4-way stop. Ok, first of all, in general, 4 way stops are a bad idea. Because you know one person is thinking, “Wait, do I go now or let the other people go?” or “I’ll let everyone go, then there’s no question that I should be next.” So we’re all sitting there looking stupid. This lady is to the right of me, and was there before I got there, and I notice that she’s taking up most of the roadway. So she has to go first. She doesn’t want to go first she waves me on. I’m thinking “do you not see I can’t go through because you’re in the way?” (there might have been some colorful words there too.) So I end up having to take this right turn and jumping up on the curb to get through.

Going to park is a new ordeal at this place. I’m not sure what people were thinking when they make parking lots where you can go down each aisle in only one direction. People can’t go down an aisle that goes both ways, they’re not going to understand that an aisle is only one way. But you know, I’ve done this where I’ve gone the wrong way. I don’t fault people for that. But holy crap, can you park any more crooked? I guess that people can’t park straight, why should they be able to park on a slant.

I know it’s not Fred Meyers. I mean it’s a Really good store. But holy crap, they must attract the stupidist customers. (me included!)