Supermarket etiquette?

Catden_2

It's only happened a few times to me, but I've seen it happen to others, when some (usually a pensioner) asks to go in front of the queue because they're old. Sometimes they don't ask, they just start putting their shopping at the bit in front of the belt.

I worked on the tills at a supermarket during college and uni and in my experience the older generation are ruder, more impatient and much more unpleasant than any other group - including harassed parents and surly chavs.
Gavin There was a little bit that missed off the end but yes it is the right quote, have a look at the hightlighted parts I wasn't being nasty just laughing at the inevitable & explaining a little about myself.:beer:

alias*alibi

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

THIS post made me :rotfl: Brilliant! I can so relate to most if not all. My DH does the weekly shop now as I can't stand it; he's in and out and barely breaks in to a sweat.