General Chat

Love this thread !!!!!!!! My grumble is when l go into a supermarket and l forget to take my bags with me (come on we all forget sometimes) l have a pile of shopping and cashier says "do you need any bags" ,yes please l say and they give me one or two then when l have to ask for another one she glares at me as if to say, well next time bring your own bags. Must also tell you the time l was in Asda's a women was taking the stalks off the tomato's when she saw me looking she said well l only throw them away so l'm not paying for them, had to laugh.

Good one Ed, you must shop in my town.

ooh shopping, what about the men who, having trailed to the shops with their wives, decide to stand still and wait for her to collect all the shopping, only problem is they make this decision suddenly so we all cannon into each other, then they look surprised at the commotion.

Or.... the man who has obviously been despatched to get the shopping and has only two minutes to get it all done. He hurtles round the shop with his trolley changing direction at whim not caring who he 'removes' on his journey.

Or.... the family that goes to the supermarket en mass and just have to all move around together, Mum, Dad and three children, try getting your trolley past that lot.

Or.... (and this is a true one seen with our own eyes).. The woman who wants about five bananas and looks at each bunch of them minutely then picks off five she wants from different bunches, walks away, then goes back and changes them for five more.

My pet hate are those in the supermarket (usually women over 57) who park their trolleys across the aisle crossing and stare vacantly at the shelf, as if looking for some divine inspiration. They always seem to have forgotten their shopping list too.

Close behind are those (usually women over 57) who insist on gossiping either with the cashier, or anyone else they happen to meet who is prepared to lend an ear.

If this happens at the till I usually interupt the conversation asking if we are expecting a lovely sunset today, as we will all still be here to watch it.

Gossiping in the aisles requires a more subtle approach as it usually means you can neither reach the shelf that you want or navigate your trolley past the two parked at angles to each other. A "beep beep" noise sometimes works, or an "a'herm" otherwise it is necessary to point out that an obstruction is being caused, to the detriment of the health and safety of other shoppers.

Oh, and what about clothes shops? Why is it that women (of all ages) have to touch and feel everything on the rack, only to tut tut and complain they would never been seen dead wearing it?

Be there in a tick then Mac

Ann
Glos

Well done Hazel!!

I was in a newsagents in town the other week
walks in to get my lottery and my saturday paper
two men standing there reading the papers
i couldnt even get round them , so i said excuse me please ,
one looked at me and moved 2inches .... so i said to
him if you buy that paper you can take it home and read it ....then other people can get in to buy their papers ... they both looked at me ..
and went and paid for their papers...lol
Hazelx

Yes Ann it does, doesn't it. She is such a toffee nosed so so, dressed up in all her Sunday best , full make up, hair freshly done,just to go to Tesco, and pass of expensive tomatoes as cheaper ones. Takes all sorts
Julia in Derbyshire

Julia, I think that takes the prize!!!!

Glad this thread has come back up. Right, with regards to newspapers. We have two Daily's every day in the week, plus a Radio Times on Tuesday, and the local rag on Thursday. Boy oh boy does my husband know better than to open the Radio Times, or the local rag before me. I do not want him telling me what is going on in the following week's programmes, and I don't like him telling me who is dead, before I read it for myself, (that's why I buy the paper).
The story about the grapes reminded me of an incident a couple of years ago in Tesco. I was getting some loose tomatoes, when the woman next to me, who I knew, pulled about 3/4 off of bunch of Vine tomatoes. Well, she said, I like Vine tomatoes, but I'm not paying that price for them. Off she went to the checkout, and passed them through as ordinary,cheaper loose tomatoes. Dammed cheek
Julia in Derbyshire

You are right Ann, it is generally the men, in our ASDA they are looking at the football page. Must have time to waste.
I am afraid I am one of the naughty ones with the grapes, but I do buy the bag I have sampled one from. The reason I do this, is I bought a bag one day, and they were absolutely sour when I tried them at home. They are not pre-priced either, they weigh them and price them at check out.
My late fil hated screwed up paper, so if mil read it first she would iron it so he did not know she had been at it.

Mo

What REALLY annoys me is people who think that because they are reading their newspaper... in a waiting room/bus/train etc... that gives them automatic right to all of the space around you, too, and you are expected to sit there whilst tthey almost knock your head off every time they turn a page.... grrrr! I did have to say sommat when the guy (and it's usually guys) having his transfusion next to me, almost had my canulla out when he caught my arm as he turned his paper over with that shake they give.. you know the one?... double grrrrr!! We get on fine now, and he is extra careful with his newspapers, lol!!

Love

Daff xxxxxx

The T****s that I use have the 3 for £10 offers amongst the rest of the wine, well i assume there was some there because all i ever see is an empty shelf!!!

Regarding the wine - and I say this as an ex-shelf stacker in a supermarket - what always boggled me was, the wine was in a special section of the shopfloor right at the end of the last aisle after the fruit and veg, but the promotion end (the end segment of an aisle with all the special offers on) allocated for wine was at the opposite end of the shopfloor, by the deli counter!

And there was an absolute rule that the wine shop must never be left unattended, too, so - if you can't get anyone to stand in there for you while you refill the far end section - you can't get out of the shop (in case somebody pinched something!).

Yes, the wine is never there when we go either. SO WHO GETS IT, OWN UP!!!

Ann
Glos

My moan is in supermarkets when someone leaves a trolly right in the middle of the aisle and goes off to look for what they want........

.......and why do they advertise 3 for £10 for wine, and then have empty shelves where the wine should be......

sally

ps.......I am the one who is busy picking up all the bumf that has fallen out of my newspaper.....

I never take the top paper .Have never thought why though !!!!!!!

You couldn't make it up. weren't the choc bars inside a polythene sealed bag with the mag?

Ann
glos

In WH Smith a while ago, the free choccy bars with one of the glossy mags had all been swiped!

I know of someone who has a coffee in a supermarket, reads the papers, and removes coupons for free offers - I suppose the papers would only be thrown away anyway?????
Liz