Supermarket Pet Hate

thehappybutterfly

Person_one wrote: »

To the bolded, yes, which is not particularly important!

Who cares if some poor sod working in a supermarket fawns over you? Do you really need their attention?

I'm not looking for 100% personal attention and chit chat but I do expect them to pay attention to what they're doing which they can't do if their colleague is asking what they're doing on Saturday night!

There are some people who are a delight to be served by - they're the people who are happy in their jobs and believe in treating their customers well. And other ones whose tills I avoid like the plague either because they're slow or rude.

mumonashoestring

joess wrote: »

My pet hate round supermarkets is when parents open food (that's not even been paid for) and the child eats it on the way round the supermarkets.

I used to work on a checkout and it never bothered me when someone handed me an empty packet with a barcode on it to scan, but it used to get on my nerves a bit when they handed me an apple core or a banana peel to put on the scales...

I get really annoyed though when I see checkout staff throwing shopping through faster then it can possibly be packed, dropping heavy items on top of fragile ones, not bothering to make eye contact or smile etc. I know from experience that customers are sometimes complete a6$3$ but it's really not hard to behave in the way most of your customers deserve.

snowyz81

Some assistant are really helpful, DD decided she really needed the toilet and couldn't wait till we got through the till. I put everyone on the belt and mentioned to the lady (while she was still serving the person before me) that we had to nip to the toliet. I'd expected her to just start putting everything through the till, but got back and she had bagged it all for me as well.

Desperado99

zaxdog wrote: »

Had to dash to the supermarket at lunch today and saw again something which makes my blood boil........kids standing/sitting in the trolleys.

My Dad once saw a lady with twins stood in her trolley, he asked her if they were BOGOF.........

apparently, she did not look amused

thehappybutterfly

newcook wrote: »

I hate this too – and when the cashier seems to think it’s a race to see how quickly he/she can scan my items!

Don't do your shopping in Ald! or L!dl then It's fine if you're only in for bread and biscuits but if you've got a trolley full....... and if you're like me and quite anal about packing it's a nightmare 'cos you've just got to throw everything in and sort it out later. Despite all that, I still love Ald!

VitaK

pinkteapot wrote: »

While we're hovering around the subject of kids in supermarkets, can any parents on here explain to me why whole families go to the supermarket?

When I see one parent with kids in the supermarket, fair enough. Can't leave them at home. But why on earth do people go there with both mum and dad and the kids? Why not one of you go to the shop and the other stay at home with the kids? Drives me up the wall when I'm trying to get round the shop and there's families there mooching around like it's a day-trip out for them.

A pair of extra eyes on the kids do come in handy you know. I realy can't see why an extra parent can do any harm. One parent can entirely focus on the kids while the other pick the shopings.

marisco_2

I can see your point and I agree with it. However if those kids weren't sat in the trolleys, you would find far more of your veggies would be touched by little fingers, that have been up noses and god knows where else! Cant win really. I tend to by packaged stuff now for those reasons. Or pick veggies that are out of reach of ankle biters. Also give it a really good wash before using.

newcook

Person_one wrote: »

I've honestly never ever seen that.

But so what anyway? Does it hurt you? Do you definitely know they haven't paid for it? Do you know they haven't asked the deli staff who've told them to just hang onto the label so they pay later? Do you know if they've eaten anything else that day or if they have a medical condition?

Seriously, the world becomes a much much nicer place when you stop letting completely insignificant things like that bother you.

it doesn't bother me at all if people eat/drink when doing their shopping (some of these stores are that big these days it can take a good couple of hours to have a wander round!) what does annoy me is when people leave their litter on shelves - why cant they put it in their pocket/bag until they get to the outside of the shop where there are bins?!

to be honest, this is a bugbear of mine in general - people leave litter on buses, trains, drop it on the floor etc. I was always taught that if there isnt a bin around to put the rubbish in your bag until you come across a bin or get home - even now aged 31 my bag and pockets always have my litter in them!

DCFC79

Ive seen a few kids who are standing on the back of the pushchair with the basket on the handle and the whole thing tips(whilst the mother is browsing) over which ends up with the kid crying. Ive seen kids hanging off the side(or legs hanging over the front of the trolley) of the trolley and could well end up being squashed, i never did this in a supermarket when younger. But what i think is quite bad is when the kid is sitting in the lower half of the trolley (like the ones you get in Sainsbury's where you can 2 boxes on the bottom and 2 on top) with the legs hanging out the front waiting to be dragged under the trolley, yet the kid clearly has legs so can walk so why not let them walk.

thatgirlsam

My son took a bite out of an apple once and went to put it back. Yes, we did buy it!