Shaw's Rant

I generally loathe and abhor shopping at Shaw's for the following reasons:

1. People walk like they drive. With 4 senior citizen complexes within a stone's throw of Cobb's Corner, this is obviously not a good thing.

2. Nobody in the entire shopping center (except me, of course) has any idea how to navigate a parking lot or how to stay in the lines. You get one parking spot, you greedy fuck, not two.

3. They never have enough cashiers on duty, which makes getting out there a nightmare. On top of that, they're all unionized and act as such. Just remember buddy, you're getting paid by the hour, not by the number of items you scan.

4. They have even less baggers. Why should I bag my own groceries? My sister is a bagger at Roche Bros and she has the paper or plastic thing down to a science. I don't enjoy doing it and tend to overload it with large, glass objects. My attitude is let a professional do it.

I'm having my grandfather and his girlfriend over for dinner tonight. I stopped off at Shaw's to get three small items: salmon, salad dressing, and sugar-free Klondike bars. The 10 item or less line (aka: the single people line) looked a drive thru McDonald's at 3am so I opted for the regular cashier. It took me 15 minutes to get out of there and I only had ONE person in front of me. Aside from being slower than shit, the old lady insisted on paying with a check! WTF!!!! Who in this century uses checks at the grocery store? And by the way, does the term "ice cream" mean anything to you? As in, it melts if you're stuck waiting for some shithead in front of you to balance their social security check against their Shaw's bill, minus the four billion coupons of course. Rant over....