Shopping rant

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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  • Yes. I go to shops if I have to to get what I need. Where possible I go to places with wide aisles and avoid self service as I always get embarrassed when I do it wrong. If I need to select something but need to go to a shop where possible I search and make the decision online before visiting the shop. 

    Things that frustrate me are, before I did supermarket shopping online when they moved something to a different aisle and at Christmas when shops increase the aisles and make them narrow, hence why I now do Christmas online.

  • They do that at Christmas??? Is that why things feel so claustrophobic!  I always thought it was just so many people.   I'm totally with you on the online shopping. 

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