I haven’t lived in the Untied Snakes in almost 20 years, but I don’t remember blocked aisles in supermarkets being a regular occurrence, as they are here. I don’t think many supermarkets up north have such crowded aisles.
I’m going to go way out on a limb, and guess that it wasn’t a customer who left a ladder blocking the aisle. And with crowded aisles, you might think employees here would take more care not block them. You would be wrong, of course.
That would involve assuming the employees are paying attention, or care. Also, situational awareness isn’t really a thing in Uruguay. That’s nice in a laid-back kind of way. Sometimes.
Some plusses…..a few minuses.
I’m guessing.
Contrasting my upbringing as a Murkan to my life in five other countries (England, Malta, West Germany, Mexico as well), there’s always been the contrast between the things in the local culture that are obviously stupid (op. cit.) and things that are stupidity obvious (not stressing, enjoying life). Funniest for me was my takeaway of Malta as wretched — then when my mother passed on to me all the letters I sent from there, and I finally read them, realizing I’d had a blast there. It’s all an adventure!