Shopping Pet Hates

NoAngel

itsanne wrote: »

I'm surprised no one has mentioned my pet hate - self service tills randomly calling for assistance. "unexpected item . . ." etc

That's on top of the reduction in jobs they cause.

Self service checkouts possibly deserve an entire thread of their own they're that annoying! 'Please place the item in the bagging area'. Uh, already did...

kirstle99

This thread has made me chuckle, i'm so glad I switched to online shopping!

However, the rare occasion I do venture instore, there is one thing that gets on my nerves without fail. And that is when I need to pay by card and the customer behind is so close he/she is practically hugging me while i'm trying to enter my PIN.

I have to ask them to move, or I turn my back to them while i'm entering my PIN now. I find it a real intrusion of my personal space, especially as it's my banking details they might see.

Goldiegirl

I do my food shopping online, it is quick and simple, and the delivery guys are super reliable and normally turn up right at the start of my delivery slot.

I had to stop going to the supermarket, as it's so stressful.

The things that annoyed me include

People going into the store stopping dead in the doorway, and gazing around in wonder, as if they've never seen a supermarket before.

People meeting their old friends and catching up on all the gossip, thus blocking the aisle.

People reading the ingredients of a packet, slowly and in detail, putting the packet back on the shelf, reading another packet very slowly and putting it back on the shelf, and then putting the original packet in their basket.

Joining the slowest moving queue at the checkout, moving to the queue that seems to be moving quicker, only for that queue to slow down.

People who gossip to the cashier , without any regard to the massive queue behind them.

Goldiegirl

I've just thought of something else, which I find annoying.

When a parent is shopping with their child, takes something off the shelf and gives it to their kid to eat and then pays for the empty bag at the checkout.

Isn't that technically stealing, eating something before it's paid for?

Whatever happened to a child learning to wait for their treat?

juno

NoAngel wrote: »

Not being able to reach something and there being nobody to ask! Stood and looked at a thermos flask in desperation for 15 mins one time because I couldn't reach it.

I once jumped up and down trying to reach a bottle of pop - it wasn't just on the top shelf, it was right at the back - and another customer came over and offered to get it for me

miss_independent

Gosh I've got lots!

One that hasn't been mentioned - people who gawp at me, laugh openly or roll their eyes whilst I carefully read the nutritional information of certain foods/brands. I think they think I'm obsessively checking the calories but I'm not. I've been diagnosed as a Coeliac for less than a year so I have to check there is no gluten, wheat, barley, malt, oat gluten or cous cous in products and I also have to check they haven't been processed on a line handling wheat. To make things more difficult, manufacturers frequently change ingredients so something that was once gluten free can change without notice - so I have to check before I buy. Luckily I mainly cook from scratch.

It happened today when, as a recipe ingredient, I had to pick up several different brands and flavours of the same (naturally gluten free) food before I found one that hadn't had gluten added as part of the manufacturing process. A man stopped in the aisle, looked at me as if I was insane, shook his head, made a snide comment about "some people being ridiculous" to the lady he was with whilst looking directly at me and then she laughed at me too. I then turned to the person I with and said, "the only one that is Gluten Free is the Ainsley Harriot one. I'm so glad I can make that recipe for us now. I appreciate getting to try new foods so much more since I was diagnosed." to which my companion said, "Out of all of those packets there was only one that won't make you ill? What a bloody shame!"

As I watched said man lower his head and skulk off for once I was glad for the playing the pity card. But this isn't a one off occurance, it happens at least a couple of times a month, usually in supermarkets or coffee shops. I can only think because I'm not overweight and I look "girly" that they think I'm a calorie obsessed bimbo when in actual fact I'm just trying to see if there is ANYTHING I can eat whilst out with a friend/colleague or when I haven't got home in time to cook.

The people who can just bung things in a trolley don't know how lucky they are.

lovesabargain123

Well after popping in to our local asda today for something I could write a list! I mean the shops are open 24 hours, I know people work (I'm not sure most in today did but that's another story.....) but I came out needing a paracetamol lol

I think my biggest bug bear was the 2 cute little ones running absolute riot in their pjs at 2pm.. Mum was made up and looked lovely but the kids were dirty with food down the pjs etc.. She was on her mobile every time I saw her and the kids were legging it up and down the aisles, running through the clothes racks etc and my main concern was they were going to get hurt by other trollies... The worst bit was when I heard mum say 'Chardonnay has spots all over her tummy, I think she may have chicken pocs'

Saturnalia

When I was a supermarket cashier, we'd shut the shop at 5... which meant we'd shut the shutters at 5. Which meant customers were let in right up until 5. And every Sunday afternoon without fail there would be a family stroll up with 2 trolleys to do a fortnight's shop at 4.55. (And no, it wasn't always the same families either - they were numerous!)

We couldn't shut the tills until the last customer was through, and we couldn't start hurrying people along until 5.15 - and they would be dawdling around the place glaikit as they get. The fact we wanted to get home was lost on them.

If your cupboards are completely bare at 4pm Sunday, you can make do on takeaway until the supermarkets re-open at 8am Monday!

That was nothing compared to Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Easter Saturday though, when we were going to be shut for two entire days.

hawk30

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I've just thought of something else, which I find annoying.

When a parent is shopping with their child, takes something off the shelf and gives it to their kid to eat and then pays for the empty bag at the checkout.

Isn't that technically stealing, eating something before it's paid for?

Whatever happened to a child learning to wait for their treat?

Although annoying, it's not stealing. For theft you have to be dishonest and if you intend to pay, there is no dishonesty.

Calien27

itsanne wrote: »

I'm surprised no one has mentioned my pet hate - self service tills randomly calling for assistance. "unexpected item . . ." etc

That's on top of the reduction in jobs they cause.

The new Morrisons by me is the worst for this lol!! Just pressing start makes it go "unexpected item blah blah" the assistant will come and sort it out, scan the first item and "unexpected item" it does it for every single item :eek: