Supermarket Pet Hate

CupOfChai

GobbledyGook wrote: »

:rotfl:

My ex had a "lovely" green polo shirt that he adored and I hated. After being in Asda and having a chat on his mobile an old biddy came over to him and said in a right snooty tone "If you've quite finished gossiping then can you fetch me one of those down from the top shelf". She stood chuntering away to her pal about the lack of work ethic in young people while he got it down.

He never wore it again :rotfl:

Be honest now, how much had you paid her? :rotfl:

onlyroz

Regarding kids in trolleys - surely it's better to pen them in than to have them running down the aisles pulling the jars of Nutella off the shelves?

Edwardia

I've seen creches in supermarkets abroad and in shopping malls too. That's not a bad idea if the parents were charged.

fashionlover10

building_with_lego wrote: »

THIS!! There's a dad with his four- year- old who I see most evenings when I'm working. The dad claims that the son has ADD or ADHD or similar; I can't help but wonder whether the bad behaviour is linked to his being awake and choosing curry and chocolate cakes for dinner at 8.30pm every night....

There was a girl of about 3 or 4 with her mum in our store last night a little bit before I finished my shift at 9pm and they were still in there an hour later when me and my boyfriend popped in on our way to his house :eek:

Spamfree_2

fashionlover10 wrote: »

There was a girl of about 3 or 4 with her mum in our store last night a little bit before I finished my shift at 9pm and they were still in there an hour later when me and my boyfriend popped in on our way to his house :eek:

What about the ones who are turning up at 5 pm these last few Sundays because the shops are open longer because of the Olympics? Have they not got anything better to do with their kids?

We have become a nation of sad sacks who take our kids "out for a trip" round Asda or Tesco

dontone

onlyroz wrote: »

Regarding kids in trolleys - surely it's better to pen them in than to have them running down the aisles pulling the jars of Nutella off the shelves?

There were 2 kids sat in a trolley at Morrisons the other day, and because they weren't toddlers (easily 6/7 years old) their grandmother made them get out of the thing because she couldn't steer the trolley due to the weight.
Cue one of them having on of the biggest tantrums ever, the other kid started running all over and the mother just left the grandma to it and said "you watch them I'm getting some bread"
Later on they were trying to climb in the open top freezers and one of them grabbed a football out of one of those large basket things and dribbled the ball up and down the freezer aisle. He almost knocked an old lady over. The whole lot of them then got on the till next to us and the kids decided to play tig while people were trying to pack their shopping. And not once did the mother or grandmother tell them to stop it.
No wonder people get mad at parents who can't control their kids in those places.:mad:

GobbledyGook

CupOfChai wrote: »

Be honest now, how much had you paid her? :rotfl:

If I'd realised it would work I'd have done it long before :rotfl:

Edwardia wrote: »

I've seen creches in supermarkets abroad and in shopping malls too. That's not a bad idea if the parents were charged.

There used to be creches in supermarkets. I remember much preferring Gateway/Asda as a child for that reason.

It would be a nightmare to organise now though with all of the rules and regulations surrounding childcare I think.

tiamai_d

With all the perfectly behaved children these posters have, I am suprised that anyone ever see's misbehaving children or children sitting in trolleys. Maybe the bad uns just aren't MSE'ers?

Me, I stick em in the trolley any old way, its a supermarket, not your Great Aunt Mabels.

My pet hate is the folk who think 'oh kid in a wheelchair, I'll just shove him out my way coz I'm an ignorant !!!!!! like that'.

Edwardia

tiamai_d wrote: »

...not your Great Aunt Mabels.

Blimey, I had one of those..

My mother had her feet reconstructed with titanium joints ans was in a wheelchair for months. I expected to come across bad attitudes but when I was with her, people went out of their way to open doors, let her go to the head of the queue etc, I was really surprised. I'm sorry you've had to deal with the other side of the coin

Re: top shelves.. the organic stuff seems to be up there, that is when I can discern the difference between organic and non organic labels.

consultant31

pondskater wrote: »

:rotfl: Reminds me when my nephew was a kid I used to run around the supermarket with him lying on the shelf underneath with one arm outstretched a la Superman - hangs head 'Guilty m'lud'
Mind you it was twenty five years ago.

That'll teach me to skim-read; I thought you had a twenty five year old on the shelf under the trolley :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: