Why do adults have to eat around supermarkets?

cybergibbons

go_cat wrote: »

I have " a life " thank you, but also have the ability as a grown adult to manage not to eat whilst I am shopping!

It's funny how most of you are viewing it as some kind of impressive skill that you've never eaten in a supermarket.

I have the ability as a grown adult to both eat a sandwich and do my shopping at a same time, all the while laughing at the people sat in the car park eating food, but most of all laughing at the scores of people who are deeply offended by such behavior.

I win.

Mrs_justjohn

go_cat wrote: »

How rude!!!

I have " a life " thank you, but also have the ability as a grown adult to manage not to eat whilst I am shopping!

Completely agree - I have a life too (and as previously mentioned 5 children) and I manage to complete my shop without stuffing my (or my childrens) faces whilst walking around the store. Neither do I bribe my children whilst shopping, although will quite happily reward good behaviour once out of the store with a treat!!


As for supermarkets not having a problem with it ...I would beg to differ. I think if asked the managers would have a problem, but with societies other issues the supermarkets probably have bigger fish to fry (no pun intended). I have quite often seen signs in shops asking for goods to be paid for BEFORE use. My Post Office has a sign asking you to pay for envelopes before you write the address on them for example - this is no different.

justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

It's funny how most of you are viewing it as some kind of impressive skill that you've never eaten in a supermarket.

I have the ability as a grown adult to both eat a sandwich and do my shopping at a same time, all the while laughing at the people sat in the car park eating food, but most of all laughing at the scores of people who are deeply offended by such behavior.

I win.

Yes you are correct unfortunately we as a society put up with you. We make do and put up with scummy attitudes and inconsiderate people. Hopefully some point sooner or later someone will stand up and sort things like this. Just like the pajama carry on.

i personaly think the way things are going and the blindness of peoples attitudes is scary and sad. Its not just about eating a sandwich in the shops. There is a bigger picture.

Mrs_justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

It's funny how most of you are viewing it as some kind of impressive skill that you've never eaten in a supermarket.

I have the ability as a grown adult to both eat a sandwich and do my shopping at a same time, all the while laughing at the people sat in the car park eating food, but most of all laughing at the scores of people who are deeply offended by such behavior.

I win.

I DON'T THINK THE SKILL IS IN MANAGING TO DO YOUR SHOPPING WITHOUT EATING - I THINK THE SKILL IS IN MAINTAINING YOUR STANDARDS WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS INTENT ON DRAGGING YOU DOWN!!!


As for your "I win" comment - I think ultimately we will all lose - sad though it seems.

Emuchops

Like Slinky said several pages ago I have a problem with people letting their sprogs sit or stand inside the trolley(not the child seat bit)-really unhygenic.

Also on a recent visit to Aldi the woman in front of me sat her toddler on the conveyor belt and both she and the cashier thought it was really cute. Made me want to throw up-filthy.

RobertoMoir

cybergibbons wrote: »

That's not really a problem with eating is it - it's a problem with people who aren't capable of eating/using a phone/doing anything whilst pushing a trolley.

Well yes, I said that it was an issue with them being distracted more than what was doing the distracting.

It's a logical coherent reason though isn't it?

That's stealing the food though, which is an entirely different issue.

Yes, but one that is indistinguishable from the other until you get to the tills and pay.

In life, you aren't protected against all risks, just those deemed likely enough to happen and with serious enough consequences. I honestly can never see the risk of dropped pieces of food being significant enough to cause a problem compared to the hundreds of other more common and more dangerous hazards in a supermarket.

I understand you feel that way. Do you understand that I feel that the fact that a risk might be small isn't a reason to add to it?

cybergibbons

justjohn wrote: »

Yes you are correct unfortunately we as a society put up with you. We make do and put up with scummy attitudes and inconsiderate people. Hopefully some point sooner or later someone will stand up and sort things like this. Just like the pajama carry on.

In what way is it inconsiderate? How does it actually affect you? It doesn't, does it?

justjohn wrote: »

i personaly think the way things are going and the blindness of peoples attitudes is scary and sad. Its not just about eating a sandwich in the shops. There is a bigger picture.

What's the bigger picture? Is there some kind of correlation between people who eat sandwiches in supermarkets and benefit frauds? Are these people the same ones who have ASBOs? God forbid, are they from other countries?

Get real, society has far bigger issues that this.

cybergibbons

RobertoMoir wrote: »

Well yes, I said that it was an issue with them being distracted more than what was doing the distracting.

It's a logical coherent reason though isn't it?

So, surely we should address the fact that people are being distracted, and study the causes behind this. Odds on, mobile phones, kids, shopping lists, nattering, and the latest BOGOF deal are going to be far more frequent causes of distractions than eating.

RobertoMoir wrote: »

Yes, but one that is indistinguishable from the other until you get to the tills and pay.

If you are holding an unopened sandwich in your hand, I haven't got the faintest idea if you are intending to pay for it or steal it. I seem to remember Asda reporting that the loses from shoplifting (as in, missing from the shop) far outweigh spoilage (which would include many other mechanisms of loss outside of eating on the premises and not paying).

RobertoMoir wrote: »

I understand you feel that way. Do you understand that I feel that the fact that a risk might be small isn't a reason to add to it?

There's a chance that an plane could crash on Asda, killing everyone inside. Yet they've not hardened it like the containment area on a nuclear reactor. I'm guessing they should put no-fly zones up around the supermarkets to keep the shoppers safe.

moonrakerz

go_cat wrote: »

How rude!!!

I have " a life " thank you, but also have the ability as a grown adult to manage not to eat whilst I am shopping!

A Chelsea supporter telling you to "get a life" - not rude, just par for the course !

RobertoMoir

cybergibbons wrote: »

There's a chance that an plane could crash on Asda, killing everyone inside. Yet they've not hardened it like the containment area on a nuclear reactor. I'm guessing they should put no-fly zones up around the supermarkets to keep the shoppers safe.

You know, you asked for logical coherent reasons for the stance that myself and many others have here and I've given you some of mine.

You want to disagree? That's totally fine. But insisting on reasonable debate from others (and that _was_ a fair point, sure) then resorting to straw man arguments in reply? You know what, I'm done with wasting my time on you.