Philly Grocery Shoppers Ignore Stabbing in Cheese Aisle

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Man stabbed in the face inside Pathmark, unfazed customers continue shopping in bloody aisle: http://t.co/q28zU0vhP2 pic.twitter.com/ba9kCgEqVD

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) October 8, 2014

A man was stabbed at a Pathmark supermarket in Philadelphia, but shoppers were completely unfazed by the bloody incident. Philadelphians have produce, dairy, and canned foods to cross off of their shopping lists, and could not be bothered by the police presence and blood-stained floors in the store. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC 10 Philadelphia, "There were many customers in the store who were shopping, standing on the blood, and pushing their shopping carts over the blood. We had to tell them it was human blood." One customer even asked an officer to pass him some cheese.