Things that annoy you in supermarkets

Kantankrus_Mare

I have noticed that staff in the biggest tesco near me are constantly stood chatting in aisles.

Not quite sure how they get away with it especially the way things are going at the moment for tesco.

splishsplash

People who look blankly at the cashier when the total has been rung up and then go rooting for cash/cards/coins etc. Drives me potty. I mean, honestly, how can it come as a surprise to them that they have to pay?? And it usually happens several times in the same queue! Is it that hard to load the items on the belt and then pull out wallet/cards/cash while still in the queue?? It's not rocket surgery;).

nwc389

People who decide to stop and chat in the busiest aisles and even worse who bump into friends in the doorway and stand and chat while people have to manouvre full trolleys around them.
Charity bagpackers , I always say no thank you but once they started packing before I finished unloading the trolley and I had to take the bag off the man who was packing so I could retrieve stuff that he had squashed under bottles of pop :mad:

carlislelass

Store baskets on wheels, usually with a child in charge of. My OH is registered blind and has had many "near misses"

aqua111

Top shelves too high to reach goods.
I am 5ft 2ins which is not exactly unusual.

Bogof_Babe

Not one person has mentioned my biggest dislike of all - the trashy, tinny 'muzak' that assaults our ears and permeates to our brains as we try to remember what we came in for! I'm sure it is deliberate, to get us totally confused so we buy all sorts of stuff we don't need!

gunsandbanjos

aqua111 wrote: »

Top shelves too high to reach goods.
I am 5ft 2ins which is not exactly unusual.

I feel your pain, I'm only 5ft 1 and regularly struggle.

Other people generally irritate me so I try to avoid supermarkets when I can.

vikingaero

Women shoppers (and it is always women) who are insincere. Confused?

It's the ones that have their trolley at 45 degrees to the aisle and say "Sorry!" to someone wanting to get past. Then 3 metres further up the aisle they say Sorry! again, and again, and again, and again.....

System

A few more from retail working friends

. Customers standing at the store entrance keeping the automatic doors open letting the cold air inside.
. Xmas music played. Imagine having to listen to the same 25-30 looped songs for 6-8 hours a day, 4-5 days a week for 6 weeks. Retailers please stop this. It's depresses everyone. So a full time employee has to endure Noddy Holder screaming 'IIIITTTTSSS CCCHHHRRRIIIISSSSTTTTMMMMAAAAAASSSS' at least 130 times.
. Customers dumping things everywhere. Ok if dumped in the same temp area - butter in yoghurts. But when the item is chilled and dumped in the baked beans or in the ice cream freezer - has to be destroyed. If you changed your mind, put it back ideally where you picked it up.

JustinR1979

Fat people everywhere. Aisles blocked by their girth.
Trying to squeeze past them all the time.