DVD browsing rant...

[AWP82]

I was out at Circuit City earlier tonight just browsing for DVDs, among the holiday shopping crowd, so of course it was relatively crowded in there. That's a given.

But why is it that EVERYWHERE I seem to go, everyone else suddenly turns up? Anytime I find myself in a crowded aisle, then move to another aisle that's nearly vacant (as I wait for the other aisle to clear up), people suddenly crowd all over me within seconds. LITERALLY, ALL OVER ME. They don't just come into the same aisle, they come and look at the exact same set of movies I'm looking at. I try to move out of their way but they move along with me. Or they just stand over me waiting with a dirty look for me to move when I haven't even been there for long. But then when someone's blocking a set of movies I'd like to browse through, they take FOREVER to leave. If I ask them politely to move over, they give me a dirty look. Then when I leave that aisle and go back to the other one, it suddenly crowds up again.

It's kinda like the beginning scene of Office Space when (*SPOILERS*) Ron Livingston's character was driving to work in rush hour traffic. His lane was stopped up but the next lane was moving, then he moves to the next lane and it suddenly stops up, then the previous lane starts moving, and he moves back into that one, then it stops up again...and so on...you get the idea. *END SPOILERS*

And not only that, but when I moved back to the first DVD aisle I was in (the horror section), there was this couple and their 2 babies in strollers taking up ONE WHOLE THIRD of the damn section, and they took for fucking ever to move! Like around 10 minutes. The girl was moving up and down, back and forth, all over the place picking up movies and putting them back, discussing with the guy on what they should get...not even paying attention to their infants, who were grabbing a bunch of random DVD's off the shelf and dropping them, creating a mess. Then when they realized I was trying to browse that same section (trying NOT to get in their way or step between those damn strollers), they moved....and just LEFT the fucking mess their babies had made without picking it up. I was SO pissed off, because by the time they left, the aisle was starting to crowd up again like before.

And the worst part of all that was when I came upon the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake (the two-disc edition)...it was STILL fucking $29.99, after a damn YEAR of being out on DVD, yet the bare-bones edition was $9.99. Fucking greedy bastards!!! It's not like Criterion released it...lower that damn price, man!

[Backstabba]

Originally posted by AWP82
IAnd the worst part of all that was when I came upon the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake (the two-disc edition)...it was STILL fucking $29.99, after a damn YEAR of being out on DVD, yet the bare-bones edition was $9.99. Fucking greedy bastards!!! It's not like Criterion released it...lower that damn price, man!

I swear to got, I went to Best Buy to get Sympathy For Mr Vengeance and WOTW - Limited edition. Sympathy wasn't individually for sale, only in a bundle with oldboy PSP UMD....And WOTW was 29.99 too...I mean, holy shit, they are greedy fuckers.

....But yeah, good rant. Same happens to me all the time.

[Cronos]

i find this happens to me all the time too

[Badbird]

I don't like being crowded in general. But what happens to me is if there is a very specific DVD/CD I am going to the store to get, inevitably there will be someone blocking the very section I want. And they just have to browse every single title and read the back of every box while standing in my way.

[cocksmokinclerk]

i hear ya dude, nice rant, i think people can smell schmoes!

[ParileseMonster]

I think it is some type of weird psychic type deal. People tend to gravitate towards one another. It happens all the time at the movies. You find a nice spot, you know it will not be crowed but out of all the seats in the theater, everyone tends to be by each other instead of branched out. It is like a human program, much like shopping after Thanksgiving. I think people do it because they are told to, or suggested to.
I went to Walmart and people were buying crap they did not even need.
They are zombies at Walmart it is like shuffle, shuffle, stop, step, step, sway, shuffle.
Drives me nuts, I am like get the fuck out my way man!

[Joshmo]

Wow...In a way I am relieved but yet still bothered, cause I thought I was the only one to have the phenomena of people crowding around me when I am looking at something!

This ALWAYS happens to me! .............WITHOUT FAIL!

Why is this though? Someone said its psychic that others want to crowd around others...but yet since I dont..in fact, I like to have NOBODY around me; I cant see it being psychic..unless the vibe within those who hate to have people around them mysteriously attracts the syncophatic humans that LOVE being surrounded by mankind! Hmmm..maybe I should give off a "I love humanity vibe" in order to keep motherfuckers AWAY from me! :D I cant do it though..though I aint negative (generally) the vibe I know I give off is..".I am just barely tolerating you so unless you need assistance in some serious matter..stay away from me."

Listen to this latest bizarro experience!

I was at Sams Club last week... in an Isle looking at John Wayne dvds...just a tiny section that happened to have a few of his dvds...not really being a fan but knowing he had cancer during making The Shootist...I was reading the back of the cover...within 30 seconds 3 fucking women SWOOPED down on me and stated..."Look...John Wayne dvds!"..

To quote Robin The Boy Wonder.....

......HOLY FUCKING COCKSUCK BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What would be the ungodly cock-odds that the minute I picked up a John Wayne Dvd, that WOMEN of all people would get all fucking excited about John Wayne dvds!?!?!?!?!?!?!? It so literally blew my mind..mind you this ALWAYS happens to me..and if its a test from God to help me develop patience, I refuse the test plain and fucking simple! :mad: Anyway..my mind fried and I looked at them and before I knew it, I blurted out.."you gotta be fucking kidding me!"! :D I tossed the dvd onto a pile of movies and didnt even wait for a response and walked out the door so fucking pissed and mentaly mind fucked I lost my interest in shopping there for the day. I was so fucking enraged that I experienced those "white floaters" dancing around in my field of vision! :p

...but wait.. I aint done!

30 minutes later I am in DOMINICKS..in an empty Isle looking for some new brands of Spaghetti sauce.... can ya fucking guess who appeared in that Isle, bumped my motherfucking arm, said excuse me and reached in front of me for a jar of Ragu??????? CAN YOU FUCKING GUESS???????????????

Oh yes...the SAME 3 BITCHES from SAMs CLUB!!!!!!!!!!! Now tell me...WHAT ARE THE ODDS??? Its not like this Dominicks was next door to Sams Club! It was like 10 miles away! Along the way are CUBS FOODS..ALDIS, JEWELS....even another Dominicks!

No matter how many times this happens to me, I will NEVER get used to it and NEVER accept it as a test for me to "calm down" and learn to deal with my fellow man... NEVER! :rolleyes:

[LegionX]

ohh yes been there seen that, felt that, felt like beating the hell out of that lol It happenes. They know the schmoes are in the building thats all

[AWP82]

Originally posted by Joshmo
Wow...In a way I am relieved but yet still bothered, cause I thought I was the only one to have the phenomena of people crowding around me when I am looking at something!

This ALWAYS happens to me! .............WITHOUT FAIL!

Why is this though? Someone said its psychic that others want to crowd around others...but yet since I dont..in fact, I like to have NOBODY around me; I cant see it being psychic..unless the vibe within those who hate to have people around them mysteriously attracts the syncophatic humans that LOVE being surrounded by mankind! Hmmm..maybe I should give off a "I love humanity vibe" in order to keep motherfuckers AWAY from me! :D I cant do it though..though I aint negative (generally) the vibe I know I give off is..".I am just barely tolerating you so unless you need assistance in some serious matter..stay away from me."

Listen to this latest bizarro experience!

I was at Sams Club last week... in an Isle looking at John Wayne dvds...just a tiny section that happened to have a few of his dvds...not really being a fan but knowing he had cancer during making The Shootist...I was reading the back of the cover...within 30 seconds 3 fucking women SWOOPED down on me and stated..."Look...John Wayne dvds!"..

To quote Robin The Boy Wonder.....

......HOLY FUCKING COCKSUCK BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What would be the ungodly cock-odds that the minute I picked up a John Wayne Dvd, that WOMEN of all people would get all fucking excited about John Wayne dvds!?!?!?!?!?!?!? It so literally blew my mind..mind you this ALWAYS happens to me..and if its a test from God to help me develop patience, I refuse the test plain and fucking simple! :mad: Anyway..my mind fried and I looked at them and before I knew it, I blurted out.."you gotta be fucking kidding me!"! :D I tossed the dvd onto a pile of movies and didnt even wait for a response and walked out the door so fucking pissed and mentaly mind fucked I lost my interest in shopping there for the day. I was so fucking enraged that I experienced those "white floaters" dancing around in my field of vision! :p

...but wait.. I aint done!

30 minutes later I am in DOMINICKS..in an empty Isle looking for some new brands of Spaghetti sauce.... can ya fucking guess who appeared in that Isle, bumped my motherfucking arm, said excuse me and reached in front of me for a jar of Ragu??????? CAN YOU FUCKING GUESS???????????????

Oh yes...the SAME 3 BITCHES from SAMs CLUB!!!!!!!!!!! Now tell me...WHAT ARE THE ODDS??? Its not like this Dominicks was next door to Sams Club! It was like 10 miles away! Along the way are CUBS FOODS..ALDIS, JEWELS....even another Dominicks!

No matter how many times this happens to me, I will NEVER get used to it and NEVER accept it as a test for me to "calm down" and learn to deal with my fellow man... NEVER! :rolleyes:

Whoa! That shit tops my rant, ten-fold. :D

Dude, I was cracking up at that "white floaters" comment. I can definitely relate to that!

[Joshmo]

There's another phenomena that happens to one of my 2 older sisters. She is ADAMANT about not wanting kids..EVER. No matter where she goes (and I believe her cause I have experienced it every time I have been out with her) somebody will walk right past her with a CRYING BABY! :eek: I aint talking about hearing a baby in another isle of a store, etc..it happens right next to her..its downright fucking eerie... its not like its Karma cause she is married and refuses to have kids...she is single and just doesnt want babies if she ever gets married...which is why I think she isnt interested in marriage. :p But some kind of reverse psychic shit goes on with us people who have very strong feelings about stuff...ie..me and literally not wanting humans within at least 3 feet of my personal bubble space, or my sister being very strong in not wanting children..

Once I replied to an older lady with a "wtf" is your problem? (men dont seem to do this...its like we know not to piss each other off) when she brushed up against my arm in the store...I quickly turned and looked to see if her touching me was unavoidable..ie..were there other people around or crowding which made her contact with me necessary?

No...there wasnt..not a fucking soul in site but me and an 8 foot wide Isle, but yet I acted as some sort of magnet and she brushed up against me...seriously, I aint unstable, but when UNNECESSARY "physical" contact is made with me, something clicks in my psyche and causes me to react very strongly. I know its not a touching thing cause if I know in advance I am going somewhere that is gonna be crowded, I cope and deal and get bumped, touched, etc and though even that stuff can be annoying, my explosion button manages to be on OFF...but wow...when its not called for...its like a bolt of electricity that goes thru me... maybe I need MEDS... :(

[AWP82]

Originally posted by Joshmo
Once I replied to an older lady with a "wtf" is your problem? (men dont seem to do this...its like we know not to piss each other off) when she brushed up against my arm in the store...I quickly turned and looked to see if her touching me was unavoidable..ie..were there other people around or crowding which made her contact with me necessary?

No...there wasnt..not a fucking soul in site but me and an 8 foot wide Isle, but yet I acted as some sort of magnet and she brushed up against me...seriously, I aint unstable, but when UNNECESSARY "physical" contact is made with me, something clicks in my psyche and causes me to react very strongly. I know its not a touching thing cause if I know in advance I am going somewhere that is gonna be crowded, I cope and deal and get bumped, touched, etc and though even that stuff can be annoying, my explosion button manages to be on OFF...but wow...when its not called for...its like a bolt of electricity that goes thru me... maybe I need MEDS... :(

Holy shit! That reminds me of a time when I was riding the metro (the subway train) on my way to work. I took one train, transferred at one stop to another train, and the second train was semi-crowded but not fully packed. There was enough room/empty seats for oncoming people to sit down or stand away from my personal space. I only had 2 stops between when I got on and when I got off, so I chose to stand at the side of the entrance across from another guy who was standing (now mind you, we weren't blocking it, and there was still enough space for people to walk in/out). At the first stop, this short fat girl was the last one to get on, and guess where she chose to stand??? RIGHT FUCKING BETWEEN ME AND THE GUY ACROSS FROM ME!!! She took up the ENTIRE space between us, facing the door (2 inches from it), reading a book (face buried in the book). Of all places to stand, she chose to invade OUR personal space. Every time the fucking train shook/jerked around, she'd stumbled into us trying to keep her balance! She even fell into me as the train stopped at the next stop (doors open on the other side), and almost dropped her book. My blood was fucking BOILING, I and was 2 SECONDS away from blowing up at her! Luckily, the next stop was mine, but guess what?!?! It was hers too, and the door opened on our side. Not only did she walk out fast as hell, but she actually bumped into some people who were waiting to get on. I swear, I wanted to chase her down and fucking strangle her! But I was raised better than that... :D

I know how ya feel, man. People like us who value our space have some bad ass karma. Peole just LOVE to crowd around us! lol

[Ki'esha Foxx]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I fucking hate when any member of the human race that I don't know stands within three feet of me. I know I'm probably selfish for thinking that that three feet belongs to me...but it does. So anyway, yeah. I tend to get REALLY impatient in Best Buy or the bookstore, so people who take forever to find exact change piss me off to no end. These are also the people who tend to gravitate to me no matter where I go in the store. Does anyone else hate it when someone is in your way in a movie store, blocking the section you really want to browse through, and they seem to be taking their dear sweet time like the world has no end, and on top of that they're on a cell phone! I swear to God I hate those things! This girl, about twenty-five or so, was standing in front of the drama section at my local Best Buy when I went in after school to browse through movies. She was looking at the backs of I swear every DVD there while talking to her boyfriend or whoever the fuck on her cell phone. When I tried to politely ask her to move, she ignored me. When I tried the usual reaching in front of her to pick a random movie hoping she'll move, she ignored me. Now, I"m pissed off. I moved to the next aisle waiting for her to move, since I didn't want to talk to her 'cause I knew I'd say something that would get me in trouble, and what did she do? MOVED TO THE SAME GODDAMN AISLE! Did my look of 'get the fuck away from me, bitch before I hurt you' not make my message clear enough?! I hate people and those goddamn phones!

Ahhh.... I feel better now. Toodles!

[AWP82]

Originally posted by Ki'esha Foxx
I tend to get REALLY impatient in Best Buy or the bookstore, so people who take forever to find exact change piss me off to no end.

Uh oh!... I'm usually guilty of doing that too. My bad. :D

Does anyone else hate it when someone is in your way in a movie store, blocking the section you really want to browse through, and they seem to be taking their dear sweet time like the world has no end, and on top of that they're on a cell phone! I swear to God I hate those things!

That shit happened to me too tonight, minus the cell phone (at first). It was a family with two kids blocking part of the new release section. It took me 5 minutes to lose my patience and finally ask them (politely) to move. Luckily, they did. But then as I got further down the aisle, looking at another section of new releases, some big black girl on her cell phone just walked right in front of me and stood right there at the same section I was looking at. DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS SPEECHLESS!!! I couldn't believe the fucking audacity she had to just come over and block my damn view, as if I weren't even there. I felt like snatching that cell phone out of her hand, throwing down on the floor, stomping it, and then kicking her ass! But like I said, I was raised better than that, so I walked away. It's funny though....it always seems to be women that act like this more often than men.

God, if only I were making this shit up...

[ParileseMonster]

Joshmo maybe those desperate housewives thought you were cute. Women can get crazy thoughts into their heads when they see a cute man all alone.
It is reverse magnetism. My husband and I in general dislike people in an environment which can be crowded. We go to the movies at odd hours and the grocery store late at night. The times we are in stores at normal hours we get so damn irritated with people and their pushy ways that we end our errands ASAP.
I do not think it is crazy to feel like people pick up on this and they subconsciously do what they do to piss us off because they know it will. I cannot stand people in a hurry. I was at a self check at Walmart and you have to do that stuff slowly or else the temperamental machine will screw up and then you would have to wait for a pissed off checker to help you which is why you go to Self Check because you do not want to deal with the pissed off checker that had to work today.
I avoid Rayley's and Bell Air stores because all of them that work there are fucking snobs!
So I am checking my stuff and this bitch behind me keeps sighing and I turned around and told the fucker that I would be taking my time and she left in a huff.
Maybe you just have to be vocally rude yourself to get the bastards to back off.