Real life bullet time

Submitted by poit on December 3, 2006 - 02:17.

So...I was at the grocery store today.  As I pulled into the parking lot, someone was pulling out...slowly.  I mean REALLY slowly...about a minute to pull out of the space.  Kind of freaked me out.  So I go inside and immediately come across an obstacle, a moron without direction going in a complete circle at the entrance...creepy.  I notice everyone's walking unusually slow, lots of couples shopping, walking side by side, some elderly folks.  I zip thru a closed checkout line to avoid the amazingly slow people entering the normal way. 

Heading down the front aisle I notice a woman strolling at about 1 step per second straight across, I head down the baking supply aisle to avoid her...as I do two people walking (once again, slowly) side by side notice that they can't fit past some oblivious shopper.  I wait.  I sip passed, getting annoyed with all the people paying no attention to anything around them and walking like they're in a "last one there gets a million dollars" race.  I turn down the main, center aisle and YET ANOTHER person sloooooooowly pulls out, never looks in my direction.  I she looks around like an idiot for a couple seconds before moving.  I head down the soft drink aisle...morons AGAIN walking side by side, oblivious.  I get my soft drinks and head out.  It just keeps happening, idiots walking side by side at rates that...quite frankly I CAN'T WALK COMFORTABLY.  I either move or I don't...WTF?  People on crutches usually move WAY faster than all these people.

Finally...checkout time.  I get to the one available self-checkout station, finish up my transaction before anyone else (and they were there first) and walk out of the store.  As I'm walking to my car...two bitches are holding a single bag between them walking ever so slowly.  As I pull out, I observe a slow motion car wreck in progress, some woman hasn't noticed I'm behind her.  I briefly contemplate honking the horn but the situation is just too pathetic (and getting laughable).  I shift into gear and pull out.  Weird!