What is it like being in a large super market?

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When I was in walmart, two days before Christmas, it was terrible! There were so many people and I started freaking out a bit. Some guy ran into me because he wasn't watching where he was walking, I almost cried. I continued walking uttering curses. I try to go to the market when it's pretty empty otherwise I can't get anything done.

I can deal if I am alone and have headphones on. I just avoid people and thread my way through. If I forget headphones I hear every stupid conversation and it is very overwhelming. I also do most of my shopping around midnight to minimize contact with people.

It depends. If you are a tomato, being in a large grocery store is cool.

It you are autistic, I'm thinking the tomato is having more fun.

Noisy, crowded, overly lit. No matter where I go or what I need to buy, there's always someone who will hover nearby or even push themselves right between me and the shelves I'm looking at. I always end up feeling super-frustrated, even angry, and my only goal is to get in, get exactly what I need to buy, and get out as fast as possible. And I constantly curse under my breath at everyone. When I get home I just want to be alone and away from everyone.

I have gone to grocery stores and left without buying anything because on that particular day I couldn't cope with it.

When I was living on my own I could get to the supermarket after midnight and deal with fewer people, which I did as often as possible.

its not to bad for me. i get moody but the noise is not a problem in a store. the worst noise is wen its qwiet then you hear a loud kid or high pitch sounds. i find the sound of alot of voices at once to give me a dizzy feeling but not hair raising like other sounds

I don't think I understand, is the tomato cool because it's in the fridge section?

What's it like to be in a busy supermarket?

Hell.

I quit going to Super Walmart along time ago. I found the beeping at the checkout lines to be particularly annoying, especially when 20 lines were open. I'm not sure that we were meant to encounter that many people in a lifetime, let alone one shopping trip. I would hate to have to work there.

It's easy to get lost in a store like that. I'm waiting until they've finished adding that grocery store to the Walmart that I clean the parking lot of. I can just imagine what the inside of the store will look like.

I go to one with a computerized checkout I only rarely have to deal with the cashiers. However they changed the layout of the store a few months ago after being the same for over 12 years now I can't find anything it takes me longer than usual which does cause me some anxiety. I some times head right to the old location of some items out of habit and really ticks me off but I am slowly adjusting.

There is another store with better products but they do not have the computerized self checkout line so I rarely go there even though it is the same walking distance.

I HATE when they do that!

Shopping after midnight is a really good idea. I think I will start doing that. I was dragged out shopping a few days before xmas and ended up with a migraine that lasted through the next day.

They just built one in walking distance to me right at the end of summer. It was so crowded in November when I went there and that started me to get flusterd by the anxiety of being stuck in the crowd so I left without buying anything due to the fact I was sweaty and did not want to be near anyone.

I hate it when there's several carts all trying to go in opposite directions at once so it becomes a collision coarse unless I react quickly. Usually I just stop and let the others go first just like I do when I am at a four way stop and three other cars get there same time as me.

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it f*****g sucks. super walmarts/meijers/krogers/etc are the epitome of evilness. the parking the walking the always looking out for the dumb douchebags all around. it sucks. i can handle the malls since its more spread out. but the supers are f*****g evil.

The people always remind of the zombies in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1976) how they mill around with a dumb look on their faces each wanting to consume get at something.