Troublesome things you would ban

[Gideon300]

Ok you can only go on a power trip in this thread. You must state your reasons for banning the thing you want to ban.

My thing would be to ban shopping trolleys. I wouldnt ban shops, but just the trolleys. Why, well I think people ought to bring their own trolleys if they are wanting to buy soooo much stuff they cant even carry it. and then those trolleys wont end up dumped in the creek.

If shoppers have a baby they can bring their prams in the shop and stow their goods in the pram or stroller, thats fine. Just no trolleys. Hate them.

They probably responsible for the huge obesity epidemic anyway. Plus people would get fit carrying their own purchases, and they would probably buy less. If you can lift a whole sack of rice, more power to you.

Dogs. Noisy, dirty, smelly, clumsy, like slightly inebriated teenagers. Oh, and expensive too, food, vet bills.............

 

[BrokenSparrow]

Funny you should mention that. My wife has her own personal shopping cart. It is in our carport too. She doesn't use it for shopping but uses it sometimes as sort of like a walker. She also uses it like you do, drives home from store, gets the cart and loads it up and rolls it to the door.

We brought it from Florida when we moved to Tennessee late last year.

Years ago, it was left in the parking lot close to her carport in her townhome in Clearwater. She called the store that it was from but they never came to get it. Now it is in our carport in our new home.

Really quite a coincidence that you thought about doing what she has been doing for years. Incredible.

Hey that is a coincidence. It would make it a lot more convenient.

And a warm welcome to you and your wife. I'm in Tennessee, as well.

 

[BrokenSparrow]

Love bogo's. We used to shop at Publix in Florida but the closest one to us in Tennessee is like 60 miles away. Mostly we shop at the local Walmart but they don't have bogos. Shop at a Kroger's too but that is 30 miles away. Don't care too much for our local Shop & Save.

Yeah, I usually use Walmart too. I like that it is an all in one store. You can find most anything you need there.

 

[tourist]

Hey that is a coincidence. It would make it a lot more convenient.

And a warm welcome to you and your wife. I'm in Tennessee, as well.

We live in this little town called Jamestown which is sort of in the NE part of Tennessee. We're getting older and my wife wanted to leave Florida because of the extreme heat and humidity.

Went from living in Tampa / St. Petersburg / Clearwater metro area of 3.5 million people to a little town of 2000. Wife loves it, I merely tolerate it.

Basically, just like I have lived my whole life, I just go with the flow. If she is happy I am happy.

During the early 80's I lived in Clarksville, Tennessee when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell KY when I was in the Army. That was a much bigger city.

This change of pace is taking some getting used to but that's the way that it is. We grow veggies now and feed the birds and the squirrels.

I met my wife, who is also a member, on this site a few months after I joined in 2014. If we had not met I would probably still be living in Orlando where I lived for over 20 years. Been to Walt Disney World a zillion times. Extreme traffic, non-stop police sirens and the sound of gunshots at night. Only thing I hear now at night are an occasional dog barking. Oh yeah, there is a rooster that wanders around in the neighborhood too. Cock a doddle do.

 

[tourist]

Yeah, I usually use Walmart too. I like that it is an all in one store. You can find most anything you need there.

Save Money - Live Better

 

[Lanolin]

This would be terribly inconvenient. Living in the country, most people try to grocery shop for at least a week or two because it can be a fairly decent drive to the local grocery store.

If you had to bring your own cart then that would make it doubly hard. It'd be terrible trying to stuff a cart into the trunk of a car. lol

So I guess, there would be even more people driving trucks in the southern states.

Also have you ever tried to carry a bag of potatoes, gallon of milk, container of juice and well most anything else with it. I don't know about you, but it is just not possible for me. I only have two hands and I'm not that physically strong as a woman, either. It would be pretty difficult to make one dinner with the amount of things that I could carry, more less stock up for the week.

Just something to think about before banning shopping carts

get your husband to help ....or the people working in the grocery stores, thats what they are paid to do. To HELP you!
I was thinking in the city though.
You can also get those portable carts that fold down in your car. Most people when they go overseas can fit everything into a suitcase on wheels and that goes in their car...

Also if you live in the country, wouldnt you be growing your own potatoes or milking you own cow. There is also such a thing as delivery!

 

[Lanolin]

Dogs. Noisy, dirty, smelly, clumsy, like slightly inebriated teenagers. Oh, and expensive too, food, vet bills.............

luckily, I am a cat person. I would agree.
apparently there will be no dogs in the kingdom of Heaven according to the KJV bible...

 

[BrokenSparrow]

We live in this little town called Jamestown which is sort of in the NE part of Tennessee. We're getting older and my wife wanted to leave Florida because of the extreme heat and humidity.

Went from living in Tampa / St. Petersburg / Clearwater metro area of 3.5 million people to a little town of 2000. Wife loves it, I merely tolerate it.

Basically, just like I have lived my whole life, I just go with the flow. If she is happy I am happy.

During the early 80's I lived in Clarksville, Tennessee when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell KY when I was in the Army. That was a much bigger city.

This change of pace is taking some getting used to but that's the way that it is. We grow veggies now and feed the birds and the squirrels.

I met my wife, who is also a member, on this site a few months after I joined in 2014. If we had not met I would probably still be living in Orlando where I lived for over 20 years. Been to Walt Disney World a zillion times. Extreme traffic, non-stop police sirens and the sound of gunshots at night. Only thing I hear now at night are an occasional dog barking. Oh yeah, there is a rooster that wanders around in the neighborhood too. Cock a doddle do.

I've lived in a few different places. Like your wife I enjoy the temps. and humidity here and also the closeness of a small town.

I'm in the NE part of the state too, probably only a couple hours away from where you guys are. I live in a town of around 2000 as well. It is pretty close to the Kentucky state line. So I have been to KY many times.

Yes, I can see how it could take some getting used to going from a big city to a small town.

I feel the same in a bigger city. I just feel out of my comfort zone in a city.

Cool how you met your wife. Tell her hello for me

 

[Mem]

Dogs. Noisy, dirty, smelly, clumsy, like slightly inebriated teenagers. Oh, and expensive too, food, vet bills.............

Aack! He got to another one!

 

[Lanolin]

the cats and chickens would rejoice with the dog ban tho

Im not sure about the umbrella ban though, I thought all umbrellas had a button that made them open and close. I never thought about umbrellas that much. I just put my hoodie up...or wait till the rain passes. can never be fussed with losing umbrellas.

 

[Lanolin]

when you live in close proximity to one another in the city and have to deal with hundfeds of people everyday, then you start realising how some peoples obnoxious behaviours can really get on your nerves lol.

 

[BrokenSparrow]

get your husband to help ....or the people working in the grocery stores, thats what they are paid to do. To HELP you!
I was thinking in the city though.
You can also get those portable carts that fold down in your car. Most people when they go overseas can fit everything into a suitcase on wheels and that goes in their car...

Also if you live in the country, wouldnt you be growing your own potatoes or milking you own cow. There is also such a thing as delivery!

I don't have a husband and I would probably be banned from the store, if I tried to get employees to carrying my shopping around the store. lol

The portable carts sound interesting. I guess, that is for those who are really serious about shopping.

I live in the country not on a farm. I love talking to people from cities. Most seem to think everyone living in a rural area in Tennessee lives on a farm.

 

[tourist]

I've lived in a few different places. Like your wife I enjoy the temps. and humidity here and also the closeness of a small town.

I'm in the NE part of the state too, probably only a couple hours away from where you guys are. I live in a town of around 2000 as well. It is pretty close to the Kentucky state line. So I have been to KY many times.

Yes, I can see how it could take some getting used to going from a big city to a small town.

I feel the same in a bigger city. I just feel out of my comfort zone in a city.

Cool how you met your wife. Tell her hello for me

We are about 20 miles from KY state line.

I have spent a great part of my life in big cities. I grew up in a suburb of Detroit.

Spent 8 years in Maine from 2005 to 20014. I left after my late second wife died as there was nothing to keep me there. That was in Rockland on the coast. Moved there from Orlando so my late second wife could be close to her elderly parents. By the time I left she was dead along with both of her parents. The whole 8 years I was in a strange place and isolated from my family in Orlando. I wrote about this many times in various posts and threads.

My wife is JesusLives and I will tell her that you said hello. She is my third and last wife. First marriage was a disaster and ended in 1984 after 6 1/2 hellish years. I wrote about this too many times. Live and learn. What doesn't kill you can only make you stronger. I must be a strong man then.

 

[Lanolin]

I don't have a husband and I would probably be banned from the store, if I tried to get employees to carrying my shopping around the store. lol

The portable carts sound interesting. I guess, that is for those who are really serious about shopping.

I live in the country not on a farm. I love talking to people from cities. Most seem to think everyone living in a rural area in Tennessee lives on a farm.

if shopping carts were banned, maybe you would get better customer service. lol

I think I would love to live in the country but would take a while adjusting to country ways. Just thinking of all that land as far as the eye can see. You can grow things, and have lots of animals. You can walk anywhere and not constantly bump into people. when people migrate from the country to the city, they do stick out and find it hard to adjust to city living. I think its sad they have to give up their land to go find jobs in the city. Its not that easy...or convenient at all. Sometimes things are just harder.

the hardest things about living in the city is that noticing just how people dont respect their environment, although I am supposing in the country there are pretty dirty broken down areas as well, and some farms have questionable practices..like the dirty rivers etc.

 

[Jase]

Shopping carts ( or as some call..trolleys) can be a problem.
Re: Aldi's..where you insert a quarter and can get it back...some people don't care and still leave them in the parking lot.
The solution at one store was a tall pole attached, that you couldn't get out of the store with the cart.(Think it was a Dollar Tree)
Of course, this limited the amount of shopping done..to what you COULD carry out by yourself..I guess for small shopping amounts.
Maybe 2 bags full..one for each ✋ hand.

 

[Lynx]

We live in this little town called Jamestown which is sort of in the NE part of Tennessee. We're getting older and my wife wanted to leave Florida because of the extreme heat and humidity.

Went from living in Tampa / St. Petersburg / Clearwater metro area of 3.5 million people to a little town of 2000. Wife loves it, I merely tolerate it.

Basically, just like I have lived my whole life, I just go with the flow. If she is happy I am happy.

During the early 80's I lived in Clarksville, Tennessee when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell KY when I was in the Army. That was a much bigger city.

This change of pace is taking some getting used to but that's the way that it is. We grow veggies now and feed the birds and the squirrels.

I met my wife, who is also a member, on this site a few months after I joined in 2014. If we had not met I would probably still be living in Orlando where I lived for over 20 years. Been to Walt Disney World a zillion times. Extreme traffic, non-stop police sirens and the sound of gunshots at night. Only thing I hear now at night are an occasional dog barking. Oh yeah, there is a rooster that wanders around in the neighborhood too. Cock a doddle do.

Ugh... roosters. If it weren't for my love of eggs, I would vote to ban all roosters.

Kill that thing and fry it up for lunch.

 

[tourist]

Ugh... roosters. If it weren't for my love of eggs, I would vote to ban all roosters.

Kill that thing and fry it up for lunch.

Actually roosters don't lay eggs but rather hens. I buy the rooster special treat food. The thing is, he doesn't really appreciate it but clucks at me if I'm nearby.

 

[Lynx]

I know. But if there were no roosters there would soon be no eggs to eat. Hens don't live forever.

 

[Lanolin]

oh yea roosters are already banned in the city, but noisy traffic isnt. If you are out walking near the main road, you can hardly hear a thing except for traffic, you couldnt have a conversation with anyone next to you unless you yell.
There is a bylaw or general practice that you dont operate a lawnmower or leaf blower before 9am.

I am used to lawnmowers although I dont like them. what is annoying is helicopters, especially if they flying all round your place at night then you wonder whats wrong. Wait, I hear one right now in the distance.

Or grunty motorcycles.

But it would be a hard thing to ban noise or control noise pollution in the city.

its funny how certain plants are banned, but glysophate and deadly poisonous weedkillers arent.

Re shopping carts...at some stores the heavy goods like compost and sacks of rice and potatoes are stacked right outside where you can park up and a staff member then helps load it into your car.

I was thinking if shopping carts and trolleys are banned then staff would be more helpful with heavy goods. Also it would stop people buying up all the toilet paper. I mean really.

 

[Billyd]

I would ban all self check out stations.