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Broad classification for shopping & retail.
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The exhausting physical battle to keep a supermarket trolley moving in a straight line.
Read full entry →Feigning deep interest in a display of candles because your friend is taking too long at the till.
Read full entry →The subconscious leap over concrete divisions to avoid theoretical bad luck.
Read full entry →The paranoid suspension of respiration when walking closely past a stranger who coughed.
Read full entry →The physical struggle against a shopping cart with a single jammed, rogue castor.
Read full entry →The hypnotic compulsion to purchase bizarre, discounted hardware while doing a grocery shop.
Read full entry →To tactically navigate past the pet food to evade small talk with an old school friend.
Read full entry →A seemingly fast checkout lane that is entirely paralyzed by a complex customer service issue.
Read full entry →The public humiliation of a robotic voice accusing you of theft over a slightly heavy onion.
Read full entry →The irrational belief that multiple presses will somehow summon an elevator faster.
Read full entry →The embarrassment of walking around with your phone light glaring from your pocket.
Read full entry →To abandon one checkout line for another, usually right before the original one moves.
Read full entry →Optimistic that the fridge contains something better than it did moments ago.
Read full entry →A statement made before any actual attempt to leave has begun.
Read full entry →The dictionary is still being written
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