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Shopping rant

Morganna Le Faye

I find being in shops difficult. It makes me kinda stressed and a bit angry.   People walking hither and yon, just wandering around with no purpose - not going to directly to what they want, just ping pong style all over the place. Total chaos.  Or standing in the middle of aisles for no reason - just blocking others and not giving a hoot.   And bumping into people because they are wandering around like lost dozy sheep, invading personal space.   And cutting in front of people who are clearly standing looking at an item on a shelf - just jumping right in there.   Or passing between you and the thing you're looking at on the shelf and then stopping right in your line of vision!! So rude!!  Or stopping to chat to a friend, and between the two of them they entirely block the flow of people - but being totally oblivious or apathetic. 

I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea.  It just occurred to me recently that this might be a ASD thing. Anyone else share these frustrations? 

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  • I can absolutely identify with this.

    I'm probably not the most efficient shopper as I go in with a list and have to get things to buy in the order I've written them down in. I even laugh at myself going back to some aisles three or four times. But it makes me happy. Over the years I've introduced a rule where if I directly pass something on the list, I'm allowed to pick it up en route to the next item.

    My pet hates (as well as those you have mentioned) are:

    a) people taking forever to choose a sandwich - I mean for goodness sake you must know what sandwich you want, don't leave me unable to reach my egg and cress sandwich for 5 minutes because you are stood there examining the chicken and mayo and BLT sandwiches. Just pick what you want and go.

    b) self service tills. They should be great for autistic people like me, but the chances of getting through unscathed without having to call for help because 'unrecognised item in bagging area' or 'place your item in the bagging area' seem to be remote. And that ends up more stressful than passing items to a counter assistant all along.

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  • I can absolutely identify with this.

    I'm probably not the most efficient shopper as I go in with a list and have to get things to buy in the order I've written them down in. I even laugh at myself going back to some aisles three or four times. But it makes me happy. Over the years I've introduced a rule where if I directly pass something on the list, I'm allowed to pick it up en route to the next item.

    My pet hates (as well as those you have mentioned) are:

    a) people taking forever to choose a sandwich - I mean for goodness sake you must know what sandwich you want, don't leave me unable to reach my egg and cress sandwich for 5 minutes because you are stood there examining the chicken and mayo and BLT sandwiches. Just pick what you want and go.

    b) self service tills. They should be great for autistic people like me, but the chances of getting through unscathed without having to call for help because 'unrecognised item in bagging area' or 'place your item in the bagging area' seem to be remote. And that ends up more stressful than passing items to a counter assistant all along.

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