Learning to pole vault jog strollers...

On Saturday morning I went with a friend to shop at the Farmer's Market, where we go weekly to shop for various fruits and veggies. It was a beautiful day and as usual the market was busy. Navigating through the large crowd, I found it to be a bit of a challenge as I tried to select my items. I worked hard to be patient, courteous and friendly as I slowly made my way through the throngs of people who were trying to do the same thing. I understand we are all in the same boat here except for one group, mommies with jog strollers! Seriously, what is up with the enormous jog strollers everywhere where their babies have the advantage of growing from ankle biters to shin destroyers? There seemed to be an ever growing sea of them coming from all sides!!! Meandering from stall to stall had become more like a pole vaulting competition as I tried to get around these tanks with a baby nestled inside.  I even had one mother glare at me as my shopping bag accidentally grazed her precious BMW of strollers. What ever happened to the efficient collapsable strollers??? Have they gone out of vogue??? Are these jog strollers status symbols??? Or is it absolutely necessary for your baby to take up more room than three grown bi-pedal adults???! Well watch out mommies, next week I"m coming back with an old fashioned metal grocery cart, maybe with my neighbor's pit-bull 'Spike" nestled inside, and then we'll see who can be more indignant.