Checking out other peoples shopping baskets/Trollys

jenniewb

geordie_joe wrote: »

Nobody has judged anyone, and, in fact, most people are actually talking about what they have in their baskets, not what others have in their's.

Nobody has said they have stalked anyone either, so since when has it been OK to twist what people do into something they are not doing then criticise them for it?

So the post on people with x y and z foods in their basket were my imagination?

To me this is placing judgement. I see this as not OK. Infact I would go as far to say it is a form of bullying to watch what other people do then go talk about it and base negative opinions about it with other people.

Dave101t

i saw a really, REALLY fat woman with crates of coke and cakes...made me smirk!

rosalie-lavender

I don't trolley watch but that is because I do my food shopping online. I am sure I would while away the time at the checkout looking at what other people have got if I did it in store. I think it a bit over the top to call it stalking or bullying.

When I do shop in a store I couldn't care less if other people look at the contents of my trolley and if they want to judge me then they can if they want to.

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall though, in one of our local 24 hour supermarkets a few years ago. In the early hours of the morning, a small group of young men walked into the store completely naked, wandered round and bought a frozen chicken and left. It made the papers and from the sound of the report the shop assistants thought it was hilarious. I think it must have livened up a quiet night.

MrsE_2

midnightraven3 wrote: »

i once saw a (pretty) famous footballer, in safeway, with a trolly, with a dozens & dozens of packets of vanilla angel delight!

maybe he was having a party:o

Off topic, but I though Safeway had all been bought out by Morrisons, they all closed & changed a few years ago around here.

ceridwen

mirry wrote: »

Jane I have seen familys shopping like that, and at the other end of the scale people whos basket looks like their a nutritionist, lol.

A few weeks ago I was behind a man with a trolly full of vegetarian food and fruit and veg, with vitamin tablets ,it looked lovely and healthy, my daughter said "mum I would like to try that".

ebayqueen , just shows you can never judge a book by its cover.

I sometimes get recipe ideas looking in bakets.

Which brings me to the way that - on those occasions where I actually take a look at other peoples trolleys - then I compare the type of food in it with how slim/healthy (or otherwise) the people look.

I DO usually find that those with healthy looking trolley/basket contents are slim and healthy-looking and those with junk food predominating tend to be fat and unhealthy-looking. I do this just to remind myself that its worth keeping "on the right track" and eating healthily - as the food peeps eat clearly DOES make a huge difference to how slim/healthy people look.

Its also a quick conscience check thing too (ie - have they got a conscience?) - as, if I see battery eggs (ie rather than free-range eggs) then I think that is revealing about them too...

MrsE_2

blackandwhitebunny wrote: »

And then I try to make ethical shopping choices and save money so I'll have a mixture of things like organic chicken and smartprice tuna

A lot of tinned tuna isn't ethical either, cheap ethical tuna is Sainsburys, as they use all pole caught tuna, you want to look for pole & not net caught.

MrsE_2

ceridwen wrote: »

Its also a quick conscience check thing too (ie - have they got a conscience?) - as, if I see battery eggs (ie rather than free-range eggs) then I think that is revealing about them too...

I do notice when I'm picking up my eggs if others arepicking up theirs & getting battery eggs

happy35

i look at what others have in their trolleys when I am at the checkout/wandering around the store, mostly out of boredom but also in the hope of getting some inspiration for something new instead of the same boring stuff every week.

i usually have a trolley that is mostly healthy with odd bottle of pop, multipack of crisps, biscuits etc

fairtrade

Trolley watching - not for me.
I live near Tesco and pop in most days after work.
Just a basket and the items I will need for that night or my packed lunch - and anything that is reduced that I will make use of. No standing around in queues either, straight through the self-scan.

Edinburghlass_2

Not for me either to smirk at what kind of eggs someone has in the basket or their shape and size if they are buying coke. I will, however, have a joke and a laugh with young folk buying cases of beer and crisps and ask where the party is, or the couple of young lads who carried out a huge telly the evening before the Royal Wedding. Turned out it was for their mum to enjoy watching the wedding the next day.

I will now look out for prissy faces checking out my shopping when I buy one slice of ham when that is all I need