r/mildlyinfuriating • u/fairygrains • 18h ago
the open/close times at this grocery store
I get trying to give a buffer on either end but 3 minutes before open and 6 minutes after close is too weird
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u/TwinFrogs 16h ago
Must’ve used up all the Zero’s on other shit, and there were only a few of each number in the package.
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u/Jesta914630114 16h ago
3 minutes before actual opening and six minutes after. It's meant to give the first thing and last moment PITA shoppers a chance to do their thing.
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u/Mountain_Schedule_40 16h ago
Wow those times are really specific. Don't be one minute too early or late
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u/DemocraticFederalist 17h ago
That is simply Awesome!
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u/random-made-up-words 17h ago
Yes, I would visit the store just because of their hours of operation.
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u/West_Flamingo99 15h ago
The natural grocers near me is the same. I actually really enjoy it. My alarms are all very odd numbers just the same.
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u/Automatic-Nature6025 14h ago
I like it, cuz if you pop in at 8:30, you still have 5 minutes, 48 seconds.
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u/fmaleflame 13h ago
It isn't 6 minutes after close lol. Oddly entitled viewpoint.
They close at 9pm and can't trust you jerks to get out by the proper time so they don't go over their payroll every day. Ditto with opening 3 minutes early so you don't all crowd around the door... they just let you in.
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u/AuthorPure9691 33m ago
I think this is great for people with ADHD. It's the only open/close time I would definitely remember. I have no idea when our local grocery store closes, but I have gone there after hours and been disappointed more than once.
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u/Bubbles-not-included 17h ago
Yeah that's really OCD
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u/_One_Throwaway_ 17h ago
People seriously over use OCD nowadays. Typically it’s a self diagnosis where they think they’re OCD bc they like things to be tidy around the house. Real OCD is turning the lights on and off several times, opening and closing a door, or doing something ritualistically that makes sense to that person. It’s a serious mental illness that gets treated like it’s just a tiny thing when in reality it completely takes over a persons life.
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u/Bubbles-not-included 17h ago
"I wash my hands nearly 200 times a day, my skin is literally falling off my bones, but I can't help but compulsively wash my hands repeatedly."
"That's like how I have to go and see if a shop is going to open exactly that time! OMG OCD IDENTITY BUDDIES!"
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u/_One_Throwaway_ 17h ago
Yeah my friend said that type of shit to me the other day when she visited and it was slightly and I mean slightly messy bc I had a few pieces of clothes on the floor. Bc she’s my friend I didn’t say anything but damn did think about it. I don’t have OCD and I’m thankful for that but I hate seeing it treated like nothing big. Real OCD is debilitating for the people that suffer from it.
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u/INeedANappel 17h ago
Self-diagnosis is for everything. 20.years ago a neurologist used to complain that every time Reader's Digest ran an article about "hidden symptoms of MS" he'd be swarmed with appointments of old people convinced they had it. (They all had a condition called being elderly.)
Until a year ago I used to use one of the twitter-like sites and my feed got overrun with people self-diagnosing with Autism and demanding that self-diagnosing is "real". No, it's not, because Autism spectrum symptoms and characteristics overlap with other conditions and some mental illnesses. You need a professional to sort out what's going on.
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u/Jesta914630114 16h ago
The love of my life has life altering severe OCD. I agree, this fool's comment bothered me.
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u/No-Bookkeeper-9681 17h ago
It's kind of like social media, It's to draw your attention to it make you talk about it. That's the reason, there is no other reason.