When I was younger I worked at a local supermarket and later at a sports store - turns out customers at the sports store were almost exclusively nice. Not a huge sample size as I only worked at the one store but from talking to others seems like the number of degenerates is waaaay lower when people play sports
Could it be that grocery shopping and buying things related to your hobby elicit different emotions?
It’s possible but I’ve talked to friends who work at gyms and various other sport related areas and they all agree.
Sample size is very small still.