Supermarket etiquette?

barbiedoll

OP, don't listen to moany old trouts (like me!) who just hate supermarkets and everyone who uses them. You're perfectly entitled to shop whenever you want.

(Although I'd really appreciate it if you and everyone else would stay at home on Fridays between 8-9pm as that's when I go shopping and I'd really rather have the place to myself. )

1940sGal

FunWithFlags wrote: »

Hi everyone!

I usually do my "big shop" online but had a brain fart the other day and left half my shopping off (doh!) so popped down the local supermarket on Saturday about midday ish. I don't drive so I took baby and the pram with me. I'm careful when walking around not to block aisles etc with the pram as I know how annoying it is for people to have to squeeze past someone who is in their own little bubble and knew what I was getting so was not dilly dallying either. While I was down one aisle, I overheard a man tut to his girlfriend/wife/female shopping partner and say something along the lines of "Why can't people with prams and kids do their shopping in the week when the rest of us are at work?". I was quite surprised because as far as I'm concerned, if I need to go to the shop I'll go to the shop! Similarly, a friend of mine once said something along the lines of "I hate when old people go shopping when I'm on my way home from work, they've had all bloody day!".

So it got me wondering, is this something a lot of people think? Should people go shopping at certain times depending on their circumstances/age so as to not bother other people? Do you choose to go shopping at a certain time depending on whether you have the kids/grandkids with you?

Heck no. I go shopping when i need to, sod what anyone thinks. If they want to be rude let them, what harm were you doing to them? People can be pathetic. I could understand if you'd rammed his ankles then i'd be complaining but you didn't, so chuff him.

Hermia

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

I do moan, again in my head, against old people in the GPs in the evenings as it's really hard to get an evening appointment.

Me too! My surgery does appointments on Saturday mornings and evenings aimed at people who REALLY can't get to the surgery at any other time. I think it is selfish if people who are free all week take these appointments. I never take them unless I really can't get there at any other time.

I think people can go to the shops any time they wish, but I do get irritated by the hordes of old people in my town who go to the bank at 1pm or get on the bus at 3.45pm and moan about all the people/school kids.

busiscoming2

I am lucky enough to go about 8.30 on a Monday morning and its lovely and quiet (usually).

Hate it when the kids are off school and only pop in on Fri/Sat/Sun if it's something I can't pick up in the local little shops.

I do moan (to myself) about families that have to go shopping en mass and kids that misbehave.

andygb

miss_independent wrote: »

I go to Aldi now because it's generally much quieter whenever you go and its such a relief! Morrisons locally isn't too bad either but Tesco is a complete nightmare, it's insane and I'd gladly never go their again. I have a retired relative who could go to Tesco at anytime but chooses to go at 3 in the morning when it's quiet because it's "that bad".

I think you can go at anytime of day. It's none of people's business. Who knows that you don't work or that your child isn't usually in nursery, they have no right to assume anything. People work nights, OAPs work into their seventies, why should people assume that everyone is on the same 9-5 til 65?

I think people are generally just more intolerant now. There are some things though that genuinely drive me crazy, such as people having 20 minute chats two trolleys abreast across an aisle,

people who block aisles/ shelves with their trolley and then spend an age comparing jars/meats etc whilst there are five people behind them waiting to grab something off the shelf the trolley is blocking,

children who are allowed to run riot or worse yet push the trolley (usually INTO the legs of little old ladies with paper thin skin),

parents who suddenly scream at their kids and usually right into your eardrum,

people who whizz round corners with their trolleys and right into you,

:mad:people who push their trolley whilst texting

, or who suddenly come to a complete stop so you nearly go into them with your trolley usually because someone else is pushing their trolley up your !!!,

People who sigh impatiently whilst you are unloading your items onto the belt, or who try to put their items on the belt before you've finished,

People who let their kids stand and stare at you, dance manically around you or pick up your items whilst you are trying to pack them.

Adults who do the same as kids above,

People who breathe heavily down your neck in the queue, or those that generally give you no personal space whilst unloading/packing/ entering your pin

People who cough/sneeze all over the fresh produce/bakery items

Oh dear.... I think you've opened up a can of worms :eek::o:D

:beer::beer::beer:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Plus the old gits who nudge you in the checkout, even when there are three people ahead of you.
Fresh bakery - old gits who pick up unwrapped buns, squeeze them, then throw them back - disgusting eejits.
Anyone, absolutely anyone, who has a chat with a friend and then puts both trolleys sideways across the aisle.
Parents who let their young inbreds use scooters around the store - !!!!!! heelies were bad enough!
When I am picking onions - either red or white - I do not want someone pushing their trolley into me! You either say "excuse me", or the next time it happens, you will see how far a trolley can be thrown - complete with your shopping inside!

GobbledyGook

The appointment thing can be that it's a nightmare trying to get an appointment at any time though.

I ended up with a Saturday appointment because I'd tried to get one Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So sometimes the issue is not being able to get one any other time. I was free all week, but there was no way I was waiting until today to try the 'ring on the day' gauntlet again when I knew I had a chest infection.

miss_independent

andygb wrote: »

:beer::beer::beer:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Plus the old gits who nudge you in the checkout, even when there are three people ahead of you.
Fresh bakery - old gits who pick up unwrapped buns, squeeze them, then throw them back - disgusting eejits.
Anyone, absolutely anyone, who has a chat with a friend and then puts both trolleys sideways across the aisle.
Parents who let their young inbreds use scooters around the store - !!!!!! heelies were bad enough!
When I am picking onions - either red or white - I do not want someone pushing their trolley into me! You either say "excuse me", or the next time it happens, you will see how far a trolley can be thrown - complete with your shopping inside!

The latest "hobby" round here is that the parents push the "food" trolley whilst a child pushes a trolley with their siblings in it I.e a five year old girl might push her 12 year old brother ten year old sister around (usually sideways) then they all get out and swap every ten minutes. Meanwhile Mum and Dad stare blankly ahead in serene oblivion trying to decide to go for Red or White, how about Rose? What joy! What larks! :mad:

mtc95

People who park their trolley right next to where a staff member is loading the shelves, or a pillar, oblivious to the fact they are blocking the whole aisle.

People who stand right in front of something you want and (appear to) deliberately take extra time choosing their item when they see you want to get there.

People who let their kids ride in the trolley - not the child seat bit, but the main trolley itself. Someone else later will be putting their food where your child has his feet and/or backside.

barnaby-bear

FunWithFlags wrote: »

Hi everyone!

I usually do my "big shop" online but had a brain fart the other day and left half my shopping off (doh!) so popped down the local supermarket on Saturday about midday ish. I don't drive so I took baby and the pram with me. I'm careful when walking around not to block aisles etc with the pram as I know how annoying it is for people to have to squeeze past someone who is in their own little bubble and knew what I was getting so was not dilly dallying either. While I was down one aisle, I overheard a man tut to his girlfriend/wife/female shopping partner and say something along the lines of "Why can't people with prams and kids do their shopping in the week when the rest of us are at work?". I was quite surprised because as far as I'm concerned, if I need to go to the shop I'll go to the shop! Similarly, a friend of mine once said something along the lines of "I hate when old people go shopping when I'm on my way home from work, they've had all bloody day!".

So it got me wondering, is this something a lot of people think? Should people go shopping at certain times depending on their circumstances/age so as to not bother other people? Do you choose to go shopping at a certain time depending on whether you have the kids/grandkids with you?

Pensioners who have to get into town ASAP - so the buses are full and the schoolkids / workers can't get on - restrict free buses to after 9:30am - serious problems in rural villages where only one bus that can get to school/work and the free buss passes came in..... OAPs at the post office at lunchtime.... people who stand in a cash point queue and then spend 5 minutes finding their card .... people who send their kids off to find X after putting their shopping through..... people who pay for a newspaper on card..... people who get on a bus and then have to find change/find they don't have it..... kids on those trainers with wheels on.... people who block up the corner shop on a wednesday if there's a big euromillions (innumerate and greed) when I want to buy milk..... people in mobility buggies who speed faster than I can walk .... yes YES I hate you all!!!!

Catden_2

Try having to use a walking stick or being unable to walk as fast as you did!! You are fair game for every bully & impatient person in the shop. :eek:

The one thing that makes me mad, this was in my fit days too, is reaching to take something off the shelf when a person who wants something nearby says SCUSE ME while barging into you to get their item as if they have priority. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I agree with most of this post except the old people bit, but I'm not worried it will be you, sooner than you think. :beer: