I was standing in line at Walmart and the customer behind me did this...

Question

I had a shopping cart full of items and I was standing waiting at the check out line with a few people ahead of me. Then, some guy comes up behind me and he's carrying one of the 24 packs of water bottles. The cashier is taking a while, so the guy behind me decides to rest his pack of 24 water bottles on the handle of my cart (I was standing to the side of the cart). I felt this to be a bit rude on his part. I realize he may have been getting tired and wanted to rest his arms, but I think that what he did was a trespass against me as he didn't even ask if it would be okay. I let him rest it on there for a bit longer, then as the line was moving forward I reclaimed the handle and pushed the cart ahead.

Do you think he was rude to do this? (He was not an old man - he was very well capable of carrying that weight) Any thoughts? Am I overreacting? Or did I do the right thing by not allowing myself to be pushed around?

Answer 1

Instead of getting worked up about the situation, you could have just asked the man if he needed help with his heavy item. You could never tell if someone has a condition by just LOOKING at them always keep that in mind.

Answer 2

Trespassing is defined as "To enter onto another's land wrongfully"; unless you took your own personal trolley, he didn't trespass.

It would have been nice of him to ask, but he didn't and I think it's too small to get worked up over.

Incidentally, you don't know he was capable of holding it. I have a friend who is crippled because of his legs; he has to persuade people to give him seats on public transport, because he looks "normal".

Answer 3

Did you kill him? Or others? How dare this guy lay drinks on your cart, that is your cart, it was obviously a hit to you manhood, he basically thought you were scawney and lacked the balls to do something, he knew you were afraid of him, its like a rape feeling for you.good for you to reclaim that cart, he tresspassed on your turf, be ready for the next time Bernie Getz, be ready!!!!

Answer 4

I think your getting worked up over nothing. I would have no problem letting someone rest something on the handles of my cart, but maybe I'm just a nice person.  

Answer 5

NO U R NOT OVERREACTING U SHOULD NOT HAVE LET THAT GUY PUT HIS ISH ON UR CART I MEAN WHO DOES THAT I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT GUY AND TOOK MY CART MIGHT HAVE EVEN SAID SOMTHING 2 :) BUT U DID WAY BETTER THAN ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TINY TID BIT AT WALMERT THAT DAY  

Answer 6

Obviously, according to you he was being rude but he didn't think so.  If that's all he had with him, I would've just let him go ahead of me.  Problem solved.

Answer 7

Sorry your overeacting

Answer 8

He should have asked your permission to put his package on your cart. He could have also put it on the floor.

It's a bit of an imposition, but not out-rightly rude.  I say you are right to be annoyed, but don't sweat it. He didn't put his purchase on the conveyor belt when your turn came up.  Let it go. It's not a big deal- just one of those things. He should have thanked you, but he didn't.  Some people are inconsiderate.  Chalk it up to that.

Answer 9

He could have atleast ASKED you if you minded! The fact that he didn't ask is what's rude.

Whenever I'm waiting in line with a heavy item(s) I usually place it on the floor if I start to get tired. I would never do what that man did.

Answer 10

I think you make a big deal out of nothing. He did not push you around, yes you are overreacting.

Answer 11

The fault lies within the cashier.

This is exactly why we need to promote education; to reduce the influx of incompetent cashiers who probably can't even count correct change.

Take it out on them instead.

Answer 12

I would have said (as I often do)

"Why don't you go ahead of me in line if that's all you have. It looks heavy."

Answer 13

You might have been over reacting just a little, but it would have been good manners on his part if he had asked you first. If your cart was full and he was standing there with just one item you could have let him ahead of you or he should have been in the line with 10 items or less.

Answer 14

Yeah I think you're over reacting. Its not like he was doing anything to hurt you.

Answer 15

wel u dont OWN the cart...

its not sumthin i would do, but i wouldnt care if sumone did that to me.

Answer 16

You can't  let the rudeness of some people bother you especially if you go to Wal-mart.  I noticed this is the place where you will find most odd people.  Patience is a virtue.  Keep up the good work.

Answer 17

i don't think the guy INTENDED to be rude, or was doing it out of malice.  i think he probably thought you wouldn't mind since your hands weren't on the cart or anything, and he obviously wouldn't have minded if it were the reverse situation, which is why he didn't see a problem with it.

Answer 18

Yes it was rude for him to rest his water bottles on your cart handle. He should of asked you if he could do it. He was just too lazy to get a cart. I take a cart with me while I am in Walmart... Even though I have four to five items in my carts. I feel stupid carrying items with out a cart.

Answer 19

I agree with your decision.  Anymore people at walmart are getting so rude.  I'm talking about people standing right behind me...if I take one step back I will step on them.  That just makes me feel very uncomfortable....so I always keep my cell phone and my can of mase handy.  He could have put the water down on the floor.

Answer 20

OVER REACTING MUCH??

i dont mean to be rude... but still 24 pack of water get heavy after awhile....

Answer 21

I think this was very rude, why couldn't he have set the the thing of water bottles on the floor while he was waiting?

Answer 22

Yes you're overreacting. why are people so hateful to one another now. Fifty years ago someone would have asked him if he needed assistance. People suck nowadays!

Answer 23

that is rude. if he wanted to rest, he shouldve asked or just put it on the floor. you are not overreacting. if that happened to me i would be like "umm.. excuse me~"

well you kind of already let your self be pushed around by not saying anything when he put it on your cart from the beginning. but once again, even though i wouldve wanted to say something, that would also be rude on my part so i wouldnt have said anything.

im only 15 and if he's older than me, he needs to learn some manners. you have every right to think that he was rude. -_____-

Answer 24

People are getting more rude every day. It drives me nuts. I let them know they are rude. I tell them. To him I would have said, "You should have gotten a cart like I did when I came in." Or "There is plenty of floor to put your stuff on."

Answer 25

He invaded your space.  You handled it just right.  This action by that person is just another one of those things that some people do who step out of line and annoy someone else and they don't even know they are being a clod.  I think you are just irritated and not overreacting.  By the way, if I have something heavy and I am without a cart, like a few days ago I went to Walmart and got a heavy container of cat litter, I set it on the floor where I am standing in line until it is my turn to check out.

Answer 26

It's only rude on the basis that he didn't ask first before he did what he did but it's not something I would ruin my day over.