Things that annoy you in supermarkets

hubb

Because i work from home and have very little interaction with people i am getting less and less tolerant when i encounter ingnorant muppets when out shopping. If i get served well, treated well by a shop assistant I always contact the company and praise them. They have to put up with screaming kids that seem to scream as a hobby judging by the wry smile on their faces as they are doing it and their parents seem to like it by the vacant smile they show as if they are imune. Ditto for whining kids who just whine on tickover.

The worst one is kids directing what goes in the basket. When I was a kid i had no say and had to eat what was given to me.

Lwsi

1 Customers who don't put up the "next customer" bar after they've finished unloading their trolley.
2 Signs advertising a special offer on a particular brand which have been placed in front of a brand not on offer
3 Pre packed bags of fruit containing 1 item that has gone off.

beehummingbird

1. Kids running around and bumping into you.
2. People who don't wait for you to leave before putting their basket down at the self checkout.

TokSik

People with no sense of humour - a Letter sent 2 a Tesco customer -
Dear Mrs Murray

The Banbury Tesco store manager is considering banning you & your family from shopping with us unless your husband stops his antics. Below lists his offences over the past few months, all verified by surveillance cameras :--

1) Took 24 boxes of condoms & put them in peoples trolleys when they weren't looking;

2) Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals;

3) Made a tomato juice trail on the floor leading to the feminine products aisle;

4) Told an employee in housewares in an official tone, 'CODE 3' & watched what happened;

5) Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area;

6) Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing dep’t & told shoppers he'd invite them in if they bring sausages & a Calor gas stove;

7) When an announcement came over the loudspeaker, assumed a foetal position & screamed 'NO! NO! It's those voices again'. When the Manager asked if she could help, he began to cry & asked, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone';

8) Looked into the security camera, picked his nose & ate it;

9) While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in Housewares, asked an assistant if he knew where the anti-depressants are;

10) Darted around suspiciously loudly humming the Mission Impossible theme;

11) In the kitchenware aisle, practised the Madonna Look using different size funnels;

12) Hid in a clothing rack & when people browsed yelled 'PICK ME-PICK ME'

13) Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while then yelled loudly 'There’s no toilet paper in here'.

chog24

That "We check our prices against our competitors" thing that ends up with you getting a piece of paper with "Your shopping would have been cheaper elsewhere, so here's £2.63 off your next shop." written on it. The problem being that piece of paper (and thus the entire Price Matching policy) is worthless unless you come back again the following week AND remember to bring the piece of paper AND remember to hand it in when you pay. If the supermarket really cared about their price matching policy, they'd deduct that £2.63 from TODAY'S shop, rather than using it as a lure to get you in again within 7 days.

powerful_Rogue

People that use shop & scan / self service but would struggle to use a calculator.

I see it oh to often. "Excuse me, what do I do now?"

If you struggle to follow the onscreen directions, maybe you should stick to normal checkouts.

Petaldust

Lwsi wrote: »

1 Customers who don't put up the "next customer" bar after they've finished unloading their trolley.

Conversely, customers who have been perfectly content NOT to put up a 'next customer' bar until they see me approaching their checkout, and then they suddenly put it up with such speed and a dodgy look that suggests they think I'm about to try and sneak my shopping through with theirs.

Whatsinmypurse

In Aldi, when I have a full trolley and have just started putting it on the belt, the person behind me starts putting their shopping on the other end of the belt. I recently told a man that he wasn't leaving me enough room for my shopping and he huffily said that he could "soon move it, no bother". So why put it there in the first place? Just wait till I've finished.

People who walk straight towards you with a couple of things in a basket when you have a heavy full trolley and you have to walk around them.

When I park my "posh car" in the supermarket car park miles away from anything else and when I return there's a car parked neatly right beside me. I park there so that people don't open their car doors on mine so please leave a space or two between us if you park there for the same reason. And to the person who said don't take it to the supermarket, what am I supposed to do, carry ten bags of shopping home on foot or on the bus? I don't think it's too much to ask that people show some consideration.

Knit_Witch

Being told that as a disabled person I shouldn't go grocery shopping!

redglass_2

Whatsinmypurse wrote: »

In Aldi, when I have a full trolley and have just started putting it on the belt, the person behind me starts putting their shopping on the other end of the belt. I recently told a man that he wasn't leaving me enough room for my shopping and he huffily said that he could "soon move it, no bother". So why put it there in the first place? Just wait till I've finished.

People who walk straight towards you with a couple of things in a basket when you have a heavy full trolley and you have to walk around them.

When I park my "posh car" in the supermarket car park miles away from anything else and when I return there's a car parked neatly right beside me. I park there so that people don't open their car doors on mine so please leave a space or two between us if you park there for the same reason. And to the person who said don't take it to the supermarket, what am I supposed to do, carry ten bags of shopping home on foot or on the bus? I don't think it's too much to ask that people show some consideration.

OMG I never realised I was being so disrespectful by parking next to posh cars. Will try to know my place in future...