Asda, if you've got a pram, presume your on the rob!

Valli

heretolearn wrote: »

What's a 'teaky'?

tis a typo - look at the letter next to the 'e' on your keyboard;) with a letter missing, too

my guess is TRACKY (abbreviation for tracksuit)

hippyadam

I'm always in our local ASDA with the pram, and I just load it up with stuff and unload it at the checkout. Using a basket is not practical as I can't fit it on the pram and as a man I can barely steer the pram with two hands... :rotfl: To be fair i've never had (or noticed) any of the staff being suspicious or give me the third degree.

heretolearn wrote: »

Anyway, putting stuff straight into a bag would look dead suspicious to me!

I agree.

heretolearn wrote: »

Why take prams in anyway?

Because it's convenient, obviously.

heretolearn wrote: »

What wrong with using the trolleys the supermarkets provide for you with child seats/baby seats for all ages?

Nothing and I use these if i'm in the car.

But do you seriously expect people who are walking to transfer the mini-me from the pram into a trolley. Then leave the pram outside (where?). Go shopping , pay, pack shopping, retrieve pram, re-pack shopping on the pram and then go home?

That is just absurd.

heretolearn wrote: »

No one HAS to take a pram/buggy in with them and if you do then to start 'hiding' items in it is asking for trouble, really.

No one HAS to do anything, but frankly I detest ASDA and want to spend the least amount of time in the place as possible! Therefore I will continue to chuck stuff under and onto the pram and get the hell outta dodge as soon as possible...

I'm quite prepared to accept this may look dodgy and deal with any consequences that may arise.

But like I say no one has ever said raised it as an issue to date.

custardy

asda used to do lockers. i used ot put the pram in there and use a trolley
wee man liked it in the trolley anyway
however they did away with the lockers

ifonlyitwaseasier

i know that in one of our lidl's, before they got baskets, i'd use the bags i was going to pack it allinto and then empty them out on the conveyer and show the till person that they were empty, never got asked what i was doing as i wandered round, and it ensured i would only buy what i could carry

hippyadam

im-lost wrote: »

the area she lives and the way she 'looks' let's face it,
having your hair pulled back, big hoopy earrings and wearing a
teacky

Like this:



Lives in a bad area (pirate ship), probably has hoopy earings and hair is scraped back with a bandana... No teaky tho

im-lost wrote: »

It seems people with small kids think they can do what the hell
they like and not be questioned on their actions,

S'true, now I have small children i regularly mug old ladies, kick dogs and plan my super villain style world take over. And I was fine before the mini-me's arrived!

im-lost wrote: »

If somebody without a pram started stuffing stuff in their pockets
then I'm sure the store security would be keeping an eye out, its
no different to 'stashing' stuff in a pram.

Yes it is, one is what a thief does, the other is what someone shopping with a pram does...

im-lost wrote: »

I think supermarkets should ban prams in them, have a pram park
at the entrance, put the sprog in the baby trolleys and go do your
shop, much easier.

Yeah except it isn't easier. Stopping to transfer mini-me and baby kit to trolley is most definitely not easier than not transferring MM and associated kit in the first place...

Azari

I know this is very, very, wrong of me and that I will, in all likelihood suffer well deserved opprobrium as a result of making this point, but, does anyone else feel they would be naturally suspicious of someone who used the expression: "on the rob"?

shellsuit

Azari wrote: »

I know this is very, very, wrong of me and that I will, in all likelihood suffer well deserved opprobrium as a result of making this point, but, does anyone else feel they would be naturally suspicious of someone who used the expression: "on the rob"?

I said 'on the rob' in my post.

Why would you be suspicious of someone who uses that term?

poet123

Gut feeling is I agree. Shellsuit you probably used it as a follow on from the OP? To me it conjures up the image of someone who moves in the circles where use of that terminology is the norm, where that activity is not rare. It is not a phrase I would have used in an OP about shoplifting. May not be true of course, but it does give that impression.

hippyadam

Who else had to google opprobrium? Go on hands up, I know i'm not the only one...

Edit to add: Great word

Esoog

shellsuit wrote: »

I said 'on the rob' in my post.

Why would you be suspicious of someone who uses that term?

You're called SHELLsuit and you used the words "on the rob" - go straight to jail, if you pass go do not collect £200 !