Few supermarket vents

charlie-chan

I was in Wilkinsons on Tuesday morning and there was a kid who kept going "mummy" for ages. I could hear it on the other side of the store and the store is now massive (due to refurbishment). The kid kept going until the mum went "What?!"

That really does annoy me because the kid knows that they will get an answer but it annoys everyone else with their constant "mummy, mum, mum, mummy" tone.

I for one also hate those who eat before they pay. Grr. I've seen the same woman at work wandering about eating a baguette before she's even bought it and one time, I had asked my colleague to keep an eye on her to make sure she paid for it at the till. Apparently the customer put the packet down in a huff on the conveyer belt and paid for it.

They do need to learn that its theft and not a free cafe.

We sometimes do tasters on our deli counter and the amount of people with grubby hands/fingernails who grab about 6 free taster cheeses whilst contaminating the others is a common occurance. I once had this man who had taken about 4 tasters, go away and come back to take more. I apologised to him and told him that they were for everyone, that he couldn't take them all. He then stood a little bit away with some woman just staring at me after that. I hate greedy people.

pulliptears

ViolaLass wrote: »

Jeez, some of you are really harsh. <snip>

May I direct you to the thread title?

And then perhaps the definition:

Vent:
expression; utterance; release: to give vent to one's emotions.

Its a moan, a bit of fun, a chance to let off steam.

ViolaLass

pulliptears wrote: »

May I direct you to the thread title?

And then perhaps the definition:

Vent:
expression; utterance; release: to give vent to one's emotions.

Its a moan, a bit of fun, a chance to let off steam.

I don't see the words 'mean', 'harsh', 'jumping to conclusions' etc in that definition. I don't see that there has been any need for words like 'scumbag'.

Lirin

Once saw a girl in a shop (unfortunately, I was serving, so unlike customers, I couldn't walk away.) Wanted something, mum said no. Little girl- about 3-4- threw herself on the ground and went into a full scale tantrum. Screaming at the top end of the scale, etc. Happens, kids don't understand social skills at that age, they still have to learn.
Mum turned around and told her to stop, as she was ignoring her now... Nothing wrong there. 45mins later (was Christmas, everyone had baskets piled high), with a bit of a headache, I was glad to see someone approach her and ask her to take the girl outside.

I know kids throw tantrums, but my SD would never have got away with it- certainly not for that long.

Dr.Rock

ViolaLass wrote: »

I don't see the words 'mean', 'harsh', 'jumping to conclusions' etc in that definition. I don't see that there has been any need for words like 'scumbag'.

I don't think the poster who used that word was referring to the people who need a closer look at items, or are unsteady on their feet and move slowly, etc.
I took it to mean she was referring to the people who think the staff are there to be abused; the food is there for them and their spawn to help themselves to regardless of how much of a mess they make and whether or not they intend to pay; and people who generally don't care about anyone else in the store so long as they can do what they want- which on occasion is worse behaviour than you'd see in a monkey cage in a zoo.
In this case I don't see there is any other word but scumbag (not that would get through the filter anyway).

pulliptears

ViolaLass wrote: »

I don't see the words 'mean', 'harsh', 'jumping to conclusions' etc in that definition. I don't see that there has been any need for words like 'scumbag'.

eh? why would you? Its the definition of the word vent, and all the words you quote there certainly fall into the 'let off steam' category. Or are you just attempting to be antagonistic?

If this is such a deplorable thread then why keep reading? There is a back button, even an unsubscribe button.

xangeleyes

pulliptears wrote: »

I remember one Easter, Tesco was heaving and I'd gone to get a few bits. Everyone was trailing round but the woman in front of me, who I couldn't get past kept stopping dead. A couple of times I ran into her, completely by accident and apologised but she wouldn't move over and still kept stopping dead. She turned around and had a right go at me, a real screaming fit. The queues were all staring at her at the checkout. When she'd finished yelling I informed her that the tampon aisle was to the left and the alcohol aisle to the right and maybe she would benefit from both. All queues burst out laughing and she finally scuttled off lmao

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: OMG I LOVE YOUR RESPONSE!

Lori007

What really gets me is when you are loading your trolleys shopping on to the belt somebody walks up behind you and starts putting their shopping on the belt at the same time when you haven't finished! I have had this happen to me at least 6 times now in different supermarkets and the last time I actually didn't have room to finish placing my items on the belt because of the women behind me who has placed all of hers on. I turned around and glared at her holding items in my hands, she did apologise and pull her items back giving me enough room but even so - what happened to waiting until the person in front has finished, hopefully placed the bar down (bit hit and miss this bit) and then you start to place your items on!!! Come to the conclusion that some people are just pig ignorant.

xangeleyes

thriftymanc wrote: »

- people who would come up to the till and demand that I change a note for them, I'd politely explain it was against company policy and I wasn't allowed to do it (it was to prevent being conned by people swapping money back and forth to confuse you into giving them more cash than they came in with!), then argue with me for about ten minutes holding the queue up, then storm off, then come running back over when I had the till open serving someone else and try again, what part of "sorry it's against company policy and I'll get the sack if I do it" don't you understand?!

Haha - Do you work at Netto by any chance? They have this rule, I asked about changing a note (politely of course) and he responded in such a rude way to me that he made ME feel guilty and made ME think I was trying to con him out of money
Then he went on to explain to the lady behind me about people coming in changing fake notes etc making her believe I was trying to change fake cash.... :mad:
Embarrassed and I just walked out.

xangeleyes

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 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.

I was buying some things including a bottle of water and had a coughing fit so Yes I opened it up to drink it BEFORE I paid for it....I paid it in the end of course.

AND I have given my child a rusk before buying it. He was a year old and hungry despite eating earlier. Normally I carry extra food with me when they were that age but I was left short.
Otherwise, if they'd ask now at 4yrs or 7yrs I'd tell them to wait.

Either I shut my baby up with a rusk or let them scream and that will surely annoying customers more that I 'can't control my child'.

Doesn't make me scum. Although I would frown over older kids and adults doing it. (I did because of a serious coughing fit, it was that or end up being sick through coughing - or wetting myself lol)

I know it is a bad thing to do, even with babies/toddlers.
MUST STRESS THAT I ONLY FED MY CHILD A RUSK THE ONCE AND MYSELF THE WATER ONCE It was wrong.