Few supermarket vents

Dave_C_2

ViolaLass wrote: »

How is it bad mannered to pick something up in order to have a closer look at it?

You've missed the context.
The OP said:
Why when i look at the reduction bit of the chiller, is there always a pair of people there who stand there, pick up and swivvel each item round, read the label, put it back and go to the next item, why can't they look with their eyes or at least see that others are trying to look as well - CONSIDER OTHERS!!!! :mad:
Why do some people have to walk right in frpont of me and stand there in front of the shelf when i am looking at it - I AM LOOKING THERE SO AT LEAST STAND BESIDE ME TO LOOK AND NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!! :mad:

Then I said in agreement:
<Old Fart mode>
My mum used to tell me "Look with your eyes, not with your hands"
In the library at school we were taught to take a step back and look from there, it's easier to see all the books. Also it allows someone stood next to you to see all the books.
The same method also applies to supermarket shelves.
</Old fart mode>

I agree that there is always some uneducated prat who will stand in front and look with their hands .:(

Then JoJo the tight fisted rightly said:
Including the uneducated prats that are partially sighted, I suppose?

Then I said:
Yes, being partially sighted is no excuse for bad manners.

So it's not so much the picking up, it's the barging in when I'm looking at a shelf one step away - without so much as an "excuse me" - that I'm complaining about.

Dave

Dr_Cuckoo3

Forwandert wrote: »

No I've never been stopped whilst shopping but if I did I would be requesting information as to what items I have been seen to conceal and who has followed me throughout the store and to the exit before they even think of taking things further and would also want an apology for even attempting to stop me on my way out. My experience is from being one of the managers thats called everytime a unsuspecting customer gets stopped by a security guard or shop floor workers and accused of theft or have there bags searched for no reason, it annoys the hell out of me when customers are accused for nothing, so I wouldn't like to be the guard that tries it with me.

You have no experience of being stopped then

You say that you are a manager who is called when customers are stopped by security - I doubt that you work at any of the main supermarkets

So I remain unimpressed

SHIPSHAPE

Dave_C wrote: »

Yes, being partially sighted is no excuse for bad manners.

Dave

Yes, the Mr Magoo's should have a special day to shop where they don't hit you with a trolley, barge past you and fumble about in their pocket in a queue asking the assistant 'Is that a tenner?' when they are actually holding a grubby looking shopping list.

King_Nothing

Saw people in ASDA yesterday chowing down on a pack of mince pies, he had one in his grasp, and obviously split one between his two small brats. I mean !!!!!! it's not day 29 lost in the Saharah you out of the house for an hour and a half doing some shopping, have some self-restraint and at least wait until you've paid for it, and are out of the shop, you scum.

DCFC79

Forwandert wrote: »

Your only a decoy because you are letting them, the alarm going off is irrelevant there's no reason why you have to be stopped and the guard has no right to look into or search any of your bags.

id like to see you put that theory to test and try to carry on walking

for example you could have bought an item from 1 of the big 3 and the security tag was left on it, so would you carry on walking when your being asked to go back to the store or would you stop as soon as security asked you to stop to sort it out

pulliptears

King_Nothing wrote: »

Saw people in ASDA yesterday chowing down on a pack of mince pies, he had one in his grasp, and obviously split one between his two small brats. I mean !!!!!! it's not day 29 lost in the Saharah you out of teh hosue for an hour and a half doing some shopping, have some self-restraint and at least wait until you've paid for it, and are out of the shop, you scum.

Saw a woman at the till the other week in Tesco eating a massive Jam doughnut. Sugar everywhere as she's trying to pay, and her probably 3 or 4 year old child had one as well. Seriously? Could it not wait? What probably made it worse is the woman was enormous, easily a size 24+
So many people were staring at her but she just munched on oblivious while the poor girl on the checkout had to wipe down her till.

kajstring24

Impromptu meetings and happy reunions in the middle of the bloody aisle are an absolute pain. Just because someone hasn't seen 'Vera' or 'Doris' for weeks and someone else has had a cold/baby doesn't mean they should stand in large groups chatting about this. Especially right in front of a shelf I want to look at.

SnowBelle_2

People walking around eating the products before buying them in supermarkets seems to be getting worse and worse I see it every time I go shopping in our town.
I'm not sure whether it's because we have had a huge population explosion here from Eastern Bloc countries or whether we have just got more than our fair share of chavs,do these dullards not realise it's theft because it's not paid for.
A girl in tesco's told me that people are hollowing out bread and put half bottles of spirits in them so they can pinch them...no wonder our shopping Is so flippin' expensive.

DCFC79

kajstring24 wrote: »

Impromptu meetings and happy reunions in the middle of the bloody aisle are an absolute pain. Just because someone hasn't seen 'Vera' or 'Doris' for weeks and someone else has had a cold/baby doesn't mean they should stand in large groups chatting about this. Especially right in front of a shelf I want to look at.

yes a complete pet hate of mine, i thought it was worse working in retail but as a customer its annoying,

DCFC79

SnowBelle wrote: »

People walking around eating the products before buying them in supermarkets seems to be getting worse and worse I see it every time I go shopping in our town.
I'm not sure whether it's because we have had a huge population explosion here from Eastern Bloc countries or whether we have just got more than our fair share of chavs,do these dullards not realise it's theft because it's not paid for.

they must be so desperate for food, i can understand a little 1 having a drink from a carton of juice or having something to eat like a bag of hula hoops