Supermarket etiquette?

mazza111

I got the dreaded deaf old man today. Standing in the middle of the aisle with his trolley (the personal kind not a shopping trolley) waiting for a case of beer to be brought, the way he was positioned there was no way through on either side. We were only in for a couple of bits but because of the dd's disability, she takes a trolley. So we shouted excuse me..... Excuse me... excuse meeeee.... eventually went and tapped him on the shoulder and he apologised and let us through. Then standing in the queue, I felt it, the dreaded case of beer going into my spine, felt like shouting but what would have been the point as the old git couldn't hear me!!!!

go_cat

My biggest bug bare is when the checkout assistant sits there staring at you as you unload your huge trolley of shopping, then when you have put the last item on drones " do you want help with your packing " (whilst their face is saying please say no ) er actually yes you could have scanned it and packed it whilst I was unpacking then it would be a quicker process for both of us

Foggster

The theory I have, is that because I am tall, little old men and ladies wait for me to walk into the store after work and wait for me to pass their aisle and then sweetly smile and say "Excuse me YOUNG lady, you couldnt reach that can of prunes* off the top shelf for me......"

*other canned goods are available.

I want to say "No, get it yourself........." but I am vain and gullible and always agree (whilst putting a muscle out in my back)!

:rotfl::rotfl:

mysk_girl

Had my worst one today of all - I popped into the Tesco near where I work on the way home, and I was looking at somthing on a bottom shelf. I'm 7 months pregnant at the moment, so I was probably taking up a fair amount of aisle space. Heard someone tutting at me to move, so I inched myself back to up to standing so they could get past - ON A BICYCLE! IN A SUPERMARKET!

Gobsmacked.

lizziebell*80

My pet peeve everywhere, not just supermarkets, is when people want past but will refuse to just say "excuse me" and instead hover behind you or try and squeeze past. Mostly I am aware of them and I will purposely not move until they say something.

Also if I am looking/choosing a product and again someone decides it is ok to just barge in front of me to help themselves- I get the rage and will not move. And just generally rude folk not waiting their turn or being polite enough to excuse themselves.

Do not start me on the ultimate rage I had in ikea the other weekend! I nearly had to leave the shop as thought I was going to explode!

lizziebell*80

It is a nightmare trying to go with a pushchair then trying to do the basket thing and steer. I am also pushing 8 month pregnant just now which doesn't help.
Do my best to be polite and not take up tonnes of space so I pay no attention to anyone- don't even know if anyone has ever said/looked at me funny.
Sometimes you have no other option, ideally I would go shopping alone, but if there is no one you can get to look after you kid(s) and you hate online shopping (like me-just food shopping mind!) then unfortunately it may need to happen and really no one enjoys it.

coolcait

Foggster wrote: »

The theory I have, is that because I am tall, little old men and ladies wait for me to walk into the store after work and wait for me to pass their aisle and then sweetly smile and say "Excuse me YOUNG lady, you couldnt reach that can of prunes* off the top shelf for me......"

*other canned goods are available.

I want to say "No, get it yourself........." but I am vain and gullible and always agree (whilst putting a muscle out in my back)!

:rotfl::rotfl:

I know that it must be a real pain for you when someone asks you to get something that they can't reach, but...

on behalf of all the short@rses of this great nation - whatever their age or gender

Thank you!!!

MarilynMonroe_2

I thought of another one, when you're stood in the queue and you feel a trolley literally up your arris grrr
and when youre putting your stuff on the belt and the person behind you starts doing the same not leaving you enough room to get your stuff on.

Like the poster above I cant go shopping on my own and I find the queueing the hardest part of all, unfortunately this is where the holdups and problems tend to happen and you' cant just get through like a well oiled machine.

DKLS

Thank heavens for Internet shopping, 2 mins in the local Asda fills me with murderous thoughts about clubbing people to death with a frozen leg of lamb or choking someone with the contents of 5 boxes of special k.

I can tolerate M&S and waitress just about, but then you have to encounter those parents, who constantly bargain with their little emperors, whilst they run wild around the place high on organic fruit juice.

It would be so much easier if parents left them in the car with the windows slightly open.

Dunroamin

mazza111 wrote: »

I got the dreaded deaf old man today. Standing in the middle of the aisle with his trolley (the personal kind not a shopping trolley) waiting for a case of beer to be brought, the way he was positioned there was no way through on either side. We were only in for a couple of bits but because of the dd's disability, she takes a trolley. So we shouted excuse me..... Excuse me... excuse meeeee.... eventually went and tapped him on the shoulder and he apologised and let us through. Then standing in the queue, I felt it, the dreaded case of beer going into my spine, felt like shouting but what would have been the point as the old git couldn't hear me!!!!

As the mother of a disabled daughter, do you really think it's appropriate to speak so rudely of another disabled person?