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

shellsuit

poet123 wrote: »

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.

I most likely did use the term because of the OP, but I have said it before in the past. Probably a good few years ago when I was still in my yoof!

Esoog wrote: »

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

Haha!

I've never actually owned a shellsuit, believe it or not.

It was a nickname a friend used to call me in work, as my name is Shell (well, Michelle) and I'm an 80's throwback!

Esoog

shellsuit wrote: »

I most likely did use the term because of the OP, but I have said it before in the past. Probably a good few years ago when I was still in my yoof!



Haha!

I've never actually owned a shellsuit, believe it or not.

It was a nickname a friend used to call me in work, as my name is Shell (well, Michelle) and I'm an 80's throwback!

Just stay away from the fire!

shellsuit

Esoog wrote: »

Just stay away from the fire!

Hahaha, that was my Mum when I was little and wore polyester nighties.

I'd be running around and she'd shout, "Stay away from the fire!!!" :rotfl::rotfl:

faerie~spangles

Simples innit?

The OP wanders about the supermarket putting goods in inappropriate places. Hence the challenge.

OP feels aggrieved.

OP does not take responsibility for her obvious lack of respect of the rules most of us adhere to when shopping.


Having a kid in a pram / buggy does not make you special!

londonTiger

i think supermarkets have every right to stop you and ask you to use a basket, how on earth would they tell apart shoppers and thieves if everyone just put stuff in their bag4life?

blossomhill_2

Melissa22_Mum wrote: »

... rather than a basket because they're annoying and cumbersome...

Melissa, Looking back on this I realise you haven't said you can't use a basket, just they annoy you and are cumbersome. I notice you haven't come back to comment much on the replies so assume you are sticking with your choice to not use a basket and consequently have to accept that choice will attract attention in store. Or maybe you are not posting now as you have had your baby, I hope all is well with you

Personally I think they would be tracking you on CCTV and the staff contact you had is just to give them some more evidence of intent should you leave the store with unpaid items in yor bag and claim that you meant to pay

Azari

faerie~spangles wrote: »

OP does not take responsibility for her obvious lack of respect of the rules most of us adhere to when shopping.

Please post a link to any site where these so called 'rules' are enumerated.

If a supermarket posts rules then, yes, you are obliged to obey them if you wish to shop there.

The 'rules' you refer to, on the other hand, exist only in your head.

prowla

I used to think that it was OK putting things in your pocket in the shop, because it's only stealing if you go out of the shop.
However, one day (many years ago) I was strolling around the local shopping centre and realised I had a magazine in my pocket that I'd walked out of the shop with!

laurel7172

I admit I have absent-mindedly walked out of a shop with things in my buggy basket/under the pram (and run back in red-faced to pay).

However, I have also been given looks that should have killed me on the spot for helpfully pointing out the stack of nappies/beer/washing powder under a pram that I've assumed (or more lately, pretended to assume) the shopper has forgotten to bring to the checkout operator's attention...

chewynut

My Grandad puts his shopping into a bag for life rather than a basket because he can't use his hands/arms well enough to steer his mobility scooter and handle a basket at the same time. He can't hook a basket over the front but a bag is flexible enough to go over the handlebars.

I feel for any ignorant person who might approach him over it. He's rude enough to us so some hoity toity shopper or member of staff would get torn a new one.