Massively O/T - Supermarket Etiquette

[Tricky Dicky]

I do not know what came over, by jove.

In actual fact, I tend to put dividers on both sides if they are absent. The other shoppers say 'thanks' and I say 'My pleasure'.

I have become a bit of a creep on the tubelines and offer my seat to any lady (unless butt ugly - does that make me a bad person?) or elderly person that is unseated.

My Prep School headmaster taught me the 3 C's at an early age. Care, courtesy and commitment.

ahhh, you have restored the black & whte mental image I have of you - a sort of post-war 50s look.

 

[Old Greg]

Tesco do seem to have cornered the market in dumb questions, has to be said. Present yourself at the counter of Tesco Express with a basket groaning with overpriced goodies and you always get the 'would you like a bag?' bit. At which point you always feel like saying 'Nah, you're all right mate, I'll just juggle them all the way home'.

It's polite to ask that question as some people bring their own bags, some people dont like using plastic bags and some tills have bags behind the counter so it's polite to just ask, rather than guessing and shoving bags to the customer.

 

[blue'n'white]

I always put a divider down in front and behind.
My pet hate though is the woman (and I am afraid that it is ALWAYS a woman) who is busily packing her stuff away long after the person on the checkout has finished ringing the stuff up. Then she looks up and realises "My word do I actually have to PAY for this stuff - I thought it was being given away free today" and then realises that her purse is at the bottom of her bag into which she has just placed all her groceries. She then gives you a sort of silly "Oh I'm such a silly billy" sort of embarrassed grin. A right pain in the arse. The right way to do it is to pack as much as you can till the girl behind the till has finished ringing it all up, hand over your money and then finish. This is quicker and doesn't hold people up behind you. For God's sakes a supermarket is a necessity not a place of enjoyment and the less time that I can spend in one the better.

 

[GNF on Tour]

In New Zealand they pack your bags for you and look on in horror if you start doing it yourself. If you can think of a better reason to emigrate then you can have all the points on my New World Flybuys card!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

What about when you go through with a trolley load of shopping and they ask "do you want any BAGS" :thud:

Not as silly as it seems as some customers dont want to use bags and stick it all back in the trolley as they have bags/boxes in the car. Single use carriers will be a thing of the past within a year as there has to be a 50% reduction between now and April or otherwise the Government will bring in a 25p carrier bag tax on all plastic carriers including bags for life. The likely scenario is the supermarkets will charge 5p a bag with the choice of a BFL or a crappy thin plastic one.

 

[vegster]

I have just wrestled through every piece of human flotsam and detritus in Worthing tonight at Sainsburys..... loads of very fat munters shitting themselves that they might not have enough food to get through 24 hours without a supermarket being open.

the "student " types are the worst.. either leaning over the trolleys trying to sleep or standing around networking with fellow Emo's while holding on to their case of Becks.

I'm starting to hate christmas

 

[Robbie G]

In New Zealand they pack your bags for you and look on in horror if you start doing it yourself. If you can think of a better reason to emigrate then you can have all the points on my New World Flybuys card!

Yeah, they have the bags on sort of hooks behind the tills so they're already open and pack for you. When I went there felt like a lemon standing there while they were doing all this hard work.

 

[NMH]

As anal and trivial as this is going to sound - When you place your groceries on the supermarket checkout conveyor is it your responsibility to place the plastic divider in front of your stuff or behind it. Personally I only ever place it behind, the rationale being that if the person in front of me who has been too lazy to put the divider behind their shopping wants my stuff rung up with theirs then that's their issue.

It's an important topic folks, your input could make or break this festive season.

The answer is;
You must be a trite and pathetic individual, only shop when no-one else is in the supermarket.

I hope this helps.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

i was at sainsbos this evening with a FULL trolley load, this old woman was behind me in the queue. all she had was a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs. i said 'is that all you got love?' she looked at me hopefully and said 'yes sonny'. i turned round and said 'best you f*** off to another till...im gonna be fuckin ages innit'

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Tesco do seem to have cornered the market in dumb questions, has to be said. Present yourself at the counter of Tesco Express with a basket groaning with overpriced goodies and you always get the 'would you like a bag?' bit. At which point you always feel like saying 'Nah, you're all right mate, I'll just juggle them all the way home'.

or say 'I've got enough to carry as it is'.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I always place a divider (where one is provided) after my shopping.

I will also 'bump' anyone who has left theirs at the till whilst dashing off to continue their shopping. If they are not there then tough.

But i also will let anyone go ahead of me if they appear to only have 1 or 2 items, especially if they have cash in hand.

 

[Cian]

In front, always - assumed this is the way everyone does it? Seems to be here...

If theres already one in front (rarely) I don't bother putting one behind.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I always put a divider down in front and behind.
My pet hate though is the woman (and I am afraid that it is ALWAYS a woman) who is busily packing her stuff away long after the person on the checkout has finished ringing the stuff up. Then she looks up and realises "My word do I actually have to PAY for this stuff - I thought it was being given away free today" and then realises that her purse is at the bottom of her bag into which she has just placed all her groceries. She then gives you a sort of silly "Oh I'm such a silly billy" sort of embarrassed grin. A right pain in the arse. The right way to do it is to pack as much as you can till the girl behind the till has finished ringing it all up, hand over your money and then finish. This is quicker and doesn't hold people up behind you. For God's sakes a supermarket is a necessity not a place of enjoyment and the less time that I can spend in one the better.

Wimmin are like that. they can wait 20 mins moaning about abus yet still not think ahead enough to get the fare ready.

 

[Spider]

The thing that annoys me most about supermarket transactions now is some of the language of the people on the checkouts. I HATE it when someone says "for you" (or even "for me") after a sentence - eg "can you enter your pin for you" or "can you enter your pin for me". Grrr. The other thing that really pisses me off is the amount of unnecessary pleases and thankyous that people feel rthe need to use. People buying say thanks after pretty much everything the cashier says, then about three thank yous and a cheers when they leave. The cashiers are usually worse, with thank yous for all sorts. There's a woman in my local M&S who says "please thank you" after almost everything (eg. "can you enter your pin for me please thank you", then when I give it back "thank you") or says thank you before you've even given money ("thats £5.50 please thank you"). I know this is very trivial but it really annoys me, it's like we've tried to become American but left common sense behind and forgotten what words actually mean.

And don't even start me on people who come into my coffee shop and ask if they can "get a Latte"!

 

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I like exposing myself in supermarkets

 

[csider]

i was at sainsbos this evening with a FULL trolley load, this old woman was behind me in the queue. all she had was a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs. i said 'is that all you got love?' she looked at me hopefully and said 'yes sonny'. i turned round and said 'best you f*** off to another till...im gonna be fuckin ages innit'

 

[Skint Gull]

I think my biggest annoyance with supermarkets are the lazy motherfuckers who've just walked probably about a mile all told from their car, round a supermarket and back to their car again but still find the last few yards to put the trolley in a trolley bay impossible!

When its windy and a random trolley that was just left near the cars smashes into the side of their lovely new motor I can guarantee they'll be the first to complain!