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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  • yeah i hate it. went to tesco today and everyone was in the way, everyone had no spatial awareness and kept blocking paths, walking into me like npc robots, and i honestly always hated people getting close to me as i hate germs and germ spreaders and always have done and i was brought up to never be in the way of anyone and always got told of for being under foot so it annoys me when other people dont have any awareness of themselves being in the way and under foot all the time... plus they beeline to you and break my no go wide area zone where i kinda want them to keep away because i always suspect they will cough or sneeze on me as ignorant normies always do. 

    you know during covid despite the distancing i was in tesco and some eegit carrying their baby was behind me pretty close and i didnt realise she was there close until her disgusting little snot rag child she was holding sneezed directly onto the back of my neck... i hate that ***... she soon ran off as i was pretty pissed at that

  • Yep, totally with you.   And ugh, I am revulsed just thinking about how carefree people have becoming with their germs.   It just takes a little consideration people! 

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