Supermarket Pet Hate

tesuhoha

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Shop online?

I already do but I just needed to pick up a few bits that I forgot to buy in my weekly shop.

Penny-Pincher!!

tesuhoha wrote: »

I already do but I just needed to pick up a few bits that I forgot to buy in my weekly shop.

Sorry, didn't read the whole thread.

Im in a wheelchair and haven't been in a supermarket for ages as I always seem to take an invisible tablet as people can't see me. People are so rude too and OH gets angry. I had a lad fall over me a couple of years back and he literally could of killed me if he'd landed on me. Ive been told to get out the way once when OH went to an isle to get something and I was tucked out the way, he was only gone 2 minutes max and when he got back I was crying. I couldn't even move my chair as my hands were painful and I had support gloves on. I never went back there:(

Some people are so horrid.

tesuhoha

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Sorry, didn't read the whole thread.

Im in a wheelchair and haven't been in a supermarket for ages as I always seem to take an invisible tablet as people can't see me. People are so rude too and OH gets angry. I had a lad fall over me a couple of years back and he literally could of killed me if he'd landed on me. Ive been told to get out the way once when OH went to an isle to get something and I was tucked out the way, he was only gone 2 minutes max and when he got back I was crying. I couldn't even move my chair as my hands were painful and I had support gloves on. I never went back there:(

Some people are so horrid.

I am always very considerate of people in wheelchairs and make a point of asking them if they seem to be having difficulty reaching something. Sorry to hear that you have had such a bad experience. Its bad manners I can't stand.

flippin36

mrcow wrote: »

My pet hate:

People who don't say "please"

The phrase you are looking for is "Excuse me, please".

It's not hard. Just be polite and you may find that all of a sudden, you are not offending so many people.

Please and thank you.....simple manners. And the best thing is, they don't even cost you anything!

Wow. Please forgive me if I offended you. Not my intention at all. I'm sure I do say please and thank you . I'm always polite in the supermarket, and I don't think I offend people, certainly not on purpose. I'm just not sure why I'm being jumped upon for saying to another poster if you move someone's trolley its best to say excuse me and they usually don't mind. Out of all the petty unkind comments I've read on here it seem a bit weird that's the one you had palpitations over.

This thread has started to really upset me now . So sorry to anyone who was hurt or angered by my comments, I would never do that intentionally. (Kindness to stangers and forgiveness for minor errors also cost nothing).

Millie2008_2

I get irritated by long lost friends stopping to have a conversation in the middle of an aisle and blocking the way with their trolleys

Oh and people who get so engrossed in shopping that they lose their spacial awareness. A woman started walking backwards in asda last week, bashed into me and looked as if to say "get out of my way". Ignorant cow!

I am always respectful of wheelchair users and will always offer help if they are struggling. Ditto little old ladies who can't reach something off the shelf. I'm not very tolerant of children running wild though and tend to inflict my evil stare on them!

zaxdog

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Shop online?

Sadly I can't do an online shop :-( and lunchtime is the ONLY time I can do my shopping..................

FatVonD

I've always thought it disrespectful that people allowed their children to sit in the trolley with dirty shoes on, regardless of whether one can wash their fruit and veg. I can wash my clothes if I sit on a train seat where someone has previously had their feet but it doesn't make it any less disrespectful of other people's clothes that they did it in the first place.

I'm glad that a few people with disabled children have posted as I will try to bear this in mind and not automatically throw a dirty look in future!

kingfisherblue

If more supermarkets provided trollies for disabled children, we wouldn't have to sit our kids in the actual trolley. Nor do we always have someone to leave them with.

Thank you FatVonD for understanding that we don't always have a choice.

Mrs_Arcanum

If you ever see a mad woman fetching a mop handle to get some cereal off the top shelf, I am only too happy to fetch more down for anyone else in the vicinity who needs help. May as well whilst I am there.

building_with_lego

Chaos_Monkey wrote: »

The person behind me in the queue standing so close when I'm about to pay that they could pay for me.....it irritates me on two levels, one, they're in my personal space, and two, they could see my PIN if I'm using my card/contents of my purse.

I've also been in the queue when someone has coughed behind me and not covered their mouth and with them being so close, I've felt it on the back of my neck! Gross!!!!

I find an "accidental" backwards stumble puts paid to this being much of a problem. ("Oh, I'm SO sorry, did I crash into you?")
It's awful in the local Post Office, so I'm often to be found rocking backwards and forwards in a soothing sway- it keeps people that little bit further back...