{"id":5908,"date":"2025-12-23T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:37:15","slug":"the-meerkat-archives-30-day-challenge-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=5908","title":{"rendered":"The Meerkat Archives: 30 Day Challenge &#8211; Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in 2020 I was taking part in a challenge to post across the month of June. On the third day <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210121050345\/https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/30-day-challenge-day-3\/\">I wrote of my top three pet peeves<\/a>, check them out below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not like being pestered when I\u2019m on a lunch break. This would happen quite a lot at Staples, but then, I did kinda invite it, by being too nice \u2013 and by becoming part of the management team there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blocked Aisles. You know what I\u2019m talking about. You go to walk down an aisle in a supermarket or store, and it\u2019s blocked, by one or more trollies, being wheeled about by people who want to stop and have a lengthy chat. They then have the cheek to give\u00a0<em>you<\/em>\u00a0a funny look when you move their impeding, offending trolley out the way. On a related note, there is an uncanny situation that unfolds every single time I go into a supermarket \u2013 whatever it is I need, I can promise someone will be in my way, and they\u2019ll dither for ages too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trolls \u2013 be they virulently aggressive, dishonest, cowardly \u2013 internet trolls annoy me. They are happy to dish out all kinds of remarks\/comments\/fallacies \u2013 but dare to give them a little of what they give? Contradict them? Oh that\u2019s just not on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I was looking for stuff to say when I wrote this post, in order to fulfil the terms of the challenge. Then again, these are certainly three things I cannot stand. Lunch break interference is thankfully not as common, but there are still moments where it happens, usually on days where I lone-trade. It is inevitable that the moment I go to grab some lunch, customers will wander into the showroom. It doesn&#8217;t matter when I go to eat, they will somehow <strong>always<\/strong> choose that instance to arrive. With a previous colleague there was also a lot of interruption, which would drive me faintly mad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The block aisle thing is certainly a bugbear. It isn&#8217;t always trollies, sometime it&#8217;s prams, and sometimes it&#8217;s near-feral spawn, running amok, ensuring they get under the feet of everyone desperately trying to grab what they need and get going. You can also be assured that if I need to get something from a specific location, someone will lazily stand right where I need to be, without a care in the world, absent-minded and ignorant of anyone else&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet trolls are simply a part of online life, though the same can certainly be said of life in general. Humans are capable of behavioural extremes, and you&#8217;ll get demonstrations of that, every single day. We&#8217;re a strange breed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=5907\">Back to The Meerkat Archives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2020 I was taking part in a challenge to post across the month of June. 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