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AllaN01Bear

(23,054 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2024, 01:01 AM Oct 18

i drive a shopping cart when shopping/

tuesday a man came inches off my bow . these machines dont have any horn. i do sound fx. i shoulda sounded collision. then thursday , same thing. good thing i am able to stop short of the machine . i dont think they would have liked it if i had hit them. i can tell the way people drive by they handle their shopping carts .

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i drive a shopping cart when shopping/ (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Oct 18 OP

Love that analogy. multigraincracker Oct 18 #1

Well, it has become a collision course, at least in my grocery stores--totally congested and too narrow aisles... hlthe2b Oct 18 #2

i useulaly try not to hit,but, i am glad i can stop short of the machine befor i hit some 1 and usually utter AllaN01Bear Oct 18 #6

You should carry a whistle Marthe48 Oct 18 #3

id love to have the steam horns of the queen mary 1 in long beach ca AllaN01Bear Oct 18 #4

This looks fun, but it is illegal in California... JoseBalow Oct 18 #5

am watching this now . !!! 14 years ago. good gravy AllaN01Bear Oct 18 #7

multigraincracker

(34,090 posts)

1. Love that analogy.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 02:54 AM

Oct 18

I’m old and slow. Have lots of time to shop for deals at the store.

hlthe2b

(106,365 posts)

2. Well, it has become a collision course, at least in my grocery stores--totally congested and too narrow aisles...

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 04:17 AM

Oct 18

The shopping carts vs those gargantuan plastic kid cart/cars (not sure what to call them, but they are the size of 1 1/2 carts and the people pushing them use them like a damned battering ram).

So, I wish you good luck. (and why don't those assistive carts have horns? Crazy)... My solution. I shop at 6 AM when the store is just opening and after my pre-dawn hike at the dog park. That has done wonders for my sanity.

AllaN01Bear

(23,054 posts)

6. i useulaly try not to hit,but, i am glad i can stop short of the machine befor i hit some 1 and usually utter

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 05:21 PM

Oct 18

words in my brain. so far i didnt and havnt declaird ramming sped. try not to do that .

Marthe48

(19,033 posts)

3. You should carry a whistle

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 07:43 AM

Oct 18

or a small air horn. If you want to be high tech, there are sound effect apps you can load on your phone for free

If people can't operate a shopping cart, you know operating a motor vehicle is a challenge.