Things that annoy you in supermarkets

Cycrow

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Customers dumping things in the wrong temperature - fresh chicken in the freezers, yoghurt in the biscuits etc.

My friend who works in a supermarket told me that she had to dispose of £200 of fresh meat and another £70 on other items per week because idiotic and lazy customers don't put them back in the right temp section. Does not matter if you dump yoghurt in the fresh ready meals but that its still sellable!

The cost of this goes on your shopping!

you'd be amazed at some of the things i've found dumped in the freezer by customers
drinks are often found frozen solid, fresh baked bread was not uncommon either. I've even found clothes in there before and we only sold clothes in the store temporarily for a few weeks

ben_m_g

rwgray wrote: »

I often have to bring my kids but make a point of losing them at the first opportunity - just go past the toys and TVs when you arrive, easy... pick 'em up from security when you've paid.


R.x

This always annoys me, trying to shop for electronic equipment but not being able to, because a load of kids are just playing on it. Some of them move if you ask nicely, but without parents around some are especially rude.

The displays are there for shoppers. At the end of the day supermarkets are trying to sell them, it is not a personal crèche

Izadora

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

A: Shop at silly o clock when the store is emptier.

Unfortunately so are the shelves.

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

B: Shop online for home delivery.

Then go to the shop to pick up the things for which they sent completely inadequate replacements.

calleyw

rwgray wrote: »

When an item goes out of stock, many stores have the terrible habit of removing the shelf labels - even sometimes filling the gap with random stock -

If there is nothing to put in the gap it should be from either side and normally just a couple across the front to make it look tidy.

The reason is to do what is called fronting up. So when a Night GSM looks down the aisle at the end of the night shift it all looks nice and tidy.

Don't agree with it. Personally would prefer nothing in the space.

Any way its been a long time since I was shelf stacking fairy.

Yours

Calley

Money-Saving-King

calleyw wrote: »

If there is nothing to put in the gap it should be from either side and normally just a couple across the front to make it look tidy.

The reason is to do what is called fronting up. So when a Night GSM looks down the aisle at the end of the night shift it all looks nice and tidy.

Don't agree with it. Personally would prefer nothing in the space.

Any way its been a long time since I was shelf stacking fairy.

Yours

Calley

Often the product next to it would be similar causing it then to sell quicker as the other ones out of stock. It obviously makes sense to fill the space to avoid the other item selling out (as it will be selling more quickly) then having two empty spaces.

Cycrow

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Often the product next to it would be similar causing it then to sell quicker as the other ones out of stock. It obviously makes sense to fill the space to avoid the other item selling out (as it will be selling more quickly) then having two empty spaces.

But if you fill the space with another product, then where will you put the old product when it comes back in stock

Money-Saving-King

Cycrow wrote: »

But if you fill the space with another product, then where will you put the old product when it comes back in stock

You take it off & put it back into storage.

System

Customers on Xmas Eve, Eve Eve and Eve Eve Eve (Dec 24th, 23rd and 22nd) come in and buy about 40 pints of milk, 16 loaves of bread and 3 bottles of bleach because they cannot cope with the fact supermarkets are closed for an entire day! The reason I mention bleach is that the few friends I have that work for supermarkets find the bleach shelves sparse. Just buy what you ACTUALLY NEED!

My family hardly drink any milk during Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Probably 3-4 hot drinks for 4 people.

dacouch

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Customers on Xmas Eve, Eve Eve and Eve Eve Eve (Dec 24th, 23rd and 22nd) come in and buy about 40 pints of milk, 16 loaves of bread and 3 bottles of bleach because they cannot cope with the fact supermarkets are closed for an entire day! The reason I mention bleach is that the few friends I have that work for supermarkets find the bleach shelves sparse. Just buy what you ACTUALLY NEED!

My family hardly drink any milk during Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Probably 3-4 hot drinks for 4 people.

I don't understand why they're stock piling bleach, I find it gives me a terrible hang over. It's bucks fizz and baileys for me these days

TBeckett100

Annoys me when there is a picture of a cow on the front on my horse burgers