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Primrose

I reckon the first supermarket to introduce a properly supervised crèche with a one hour stay will be onto a fortune in extra business!!

gingin_2

Primrose wrote: »

I reckon the first supermarket to introduce a properly supervised crèche with a one hour stay will be onto a fortune in extra business!!

There used to be one! Safeway in St Albans, circa 2000 ish. I remember it at the back of the shop, I've never seen it anywhere since.

itsanne

Primrose wrote: »

I reckon the first supermarket to introduce a properly supervised crèche with a one hour stay will be onto a fortune in extra business!!

We used to have one! Shop is now Morrisons, but has been Fine Fare and Safeway, so I don't remember which it was at the time (around 20 years ago).

It's sad to hear so many people anti children when shopping - how else will the children learn? Life is too short to get worked up about what other people do/don't do.

building_with_lego

Give each child a short shopping list; when they are on the verge of kicking off you can urgently ask them for their list . (Worked for me when they were toddlers/preschoolers anyway!)

I feel slightly miffed when the SA doesn't ID me for alcohol but am infuriated when the one on Sainsbury's does as I have to go home for my passport (I'm 34). Am enjoying it while I can!

@ securityguy (I missed your post- was it deleted?):
"And of course, it would be entirely legal for her to be buying wine to give to her five year old. The whole thing was an example of trading standards over-reaching themselves, and supermarkets gold-plating.
It is illegal for you purchase alcohol "on behalf of" someone who is underage.
It is entirely legal to buy alcohol and then permit your own children to consume it in your own house, so long as they are over five."

It *is* legal to buy alcohol and then give it to your child aged 5-17 years so long as you had purchased it legally, i.e if you had intended it be drunk by an adult. You cannot purchase alcohol with the intention of supplying it to a minor (Unless on licensed eating premises and the child is 16-17), which can lead to some 'interesting' arguments with customers who insist that they can legally buy this lager/alcopop for their teenager. For some reason they don't or can't understand the £5k/ 6 months inside risk they're asking of the SA. It is a grey area of the Licensing Act but the selling side of it is very clear: if you believe that the customer will supply this to a minor you must refuse the sale.


I hate the chatters blocking the aisles, I hate the dump bins full of calorific[STRIKE] crap[/STRIKE] offers blocking the ends of the aisles and I hate hate hate finding frozen or chilled items on the ambient shelves. Often there's a fridge or freezer just a few feet away- surely the customer could just hand it to a member of staff with the words, "I'm too lazy or busy to put this back where I found it". I am certain they'd rather have to put it back than find it and throw it away. Grrrrr.:mad:

Tigsteroonie

How old does the child have to be, before the SA thinks about whether to refuse you the sale of alcohol in case you give it to said child? Do they think that you wouldn't give wine to a 3yo but you would to a 5yo?

NoAngel

Dunroamin wrote: »

I climb up on the bottom shelf.:o

Why didn't you just ask someone, people often ask me for help.

It was one of those quiet nights in the supermarket when there were no staff or other customers nearby. I tried to push it down with a rolling pin but eventually a kind lady grabbed it for me. I couldn't climb the shelves as I normally would due to being pregnant, the bump got in the way!!

securityguy

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

How old does the child have to be, before the SA thinks about whether to refuse you the sale of alcohol in case you give it to said child? Do they think that you wouldn't give wine to a 3yo but you would to a 5yo?

Well, I bought a bottle of Vermouth in a supermarket this morning with an obviously under-16 teenager in tow, and no-one raised an eyebrow. I was paying at the customer service desk which was manned by two assistants and the manager/supervisor, all of whom saw my booze and my daughter, none of whom saw fit to object to the sale. So I think the issue has died down.

shellsuit

Staff that proceed to pack my shopping without asking me if I want them to.

I like to pack my own stuff, I don't want spuds in the same bag as crisps and don't want bleach in with eggs and cheese! I don't want you to pack the bag 'flat' so that when I pick it up, everything falls on its side.

!!!! off and hands off!!

Deanied

People eating things they haven't paid for whilst shopping or feeding their kids with things they haven't paid for. Grr

Calien27

Some have probably been posted already

People who walk around really, really slowly like zombies, getting stuck behind them and then saying "excuse me" to get by only to get a dirty look in return.

People taking their whole family shopping, I don't just mean mum, dad and the kids I mean grandparents as well, all walking in a big group blocking the aisles.

Out of control kids. I know it's no fun taking young kids shopping ( I still remember how bored out of my mind it made me when I was a kid) but letting them run around, getting in the way and then giving you and dirty look when they run smack, bang into you.

Those who stand around having long chats with their friends whilst their trolleys block things.

You've made it around the supermarket and get to the tills;

Someone with only a small amount of shopping standing as far away as possible from the person in front and their shopping on the belt so you can't start loading your's on until they move.

Your stuff is finally being scanned and the previous person who is all packed is still hanging around sorting out their purse or talking to someone.

The checkout girl/boy asking if you want some bags when there aren't any there, no thanks...I'm just going to carry it all out individually!