General Chat

We don't normally do our weekly shop on Saturdays as we have time during the week. But with being away until Tuesday and other things happening we didn't have time this week so had to go this morning. You'd think it was Christmas or New year huge trolly loads, long queues. On the Saturdays we have been before it has not been half as busy, what is going on? Surely the Olympics can't affect it? Luckily as we approached the check outs they opened three new ones right where we were so didn't have long to wait. But some people the other end of the shop were queued a long way back.

Once I was in a position not to have to shop on a Saturday I steered clear.

What I do not get is the people who can shop any day they like yet still feel compelled to face the hordes (with their screaming children) on a Saturday - would NEVER go to a supermarket on a Sunday.

I HATE SHOPPING :-D

As I said we usually steer clear, although for some reason Friday is worse than the Saturdays we have been. We usually go Tuesday or Thursday.

We usually go on OH's rest day which rotate - but I will insist on going on a Thursday (when he is off) and I get so annoyed - lots of older people wandering aimlessly about.

I just want to get in get my stuff and get out as quickly as possible. And do not get me started on the changing of the layout of the store. Which is done to encourage shoppers to visit aisles they would not normally use. Moving the goods around does little to me except really pee me off!!!!!!

Rant over - I seem to get more annoyed with everything the older I get and usually about the silliest of things....

Being one of the 'older' people I have to say I find Mum's and toddlers all shouting and screaming and running around your feet or (worse) sitting/standing in trollies more annoying than most older people. But easy to generalise and I bet my OH and I are quicker at packing our stuff into our (own) bags than many younger couples who seem to take for ever. And young women never seem to have their club card, credit card or money ready either.

I do not get the folk who insist on packing everything away before they then start looking for their purse and then pay. Unable to multitask.

We always pack our own, that way the bread or other soft stuff does not end up under tins!!!! And we also use our own bags, I am amazed at just how many Yummy Mummy's never bring a bag with them, but then they have to take their shopping out to their Chelsea Tractors......

I decided in the week that the word which best describes my demeanour these days is Waspish - posted that on my FB page and I got some people who just did not get it....

>folk who insist on packing everything away before they then start looking for their purse and then pay>

Guilty as charged :-D

I don't always have a pocket, especially in summer clothes to pre-sort the CCard into, and there is no way I'm going to put it on view until I need to pay. So yes, most of the shopping gets packed before the card(s) get unearthed.

i love supermarket shopping threw the night when it is soooooooo quiet lol

Well we pack before I get my card out but I do know exactly where it is and don't have to rummage through numerous bags, pockets etc. I actually wear a 'bum' bag to the supermarket so I know exactly where my purse, card etc are. And I keep my hand on it too while shopping.

I hate weekend food shopping i usually do mine monday to thursday
i'm not keen on crowds because i hate been pushed and shoved and people pushing their trollys into my legs .
i usually have my card ready as OH does the packing of the bags lol
Hazelx

Another one who leaves her purse in her bag until the shopping is packed.

It takes me about thirty seconds to unzip my bag, find my purse and rezip it so some thieving sod doesn't stick their hand in my bag to steal my phone/ipod. It would take me longer than that to pack if I had to hold onto my purse while putting shopping into bags. There's absolutely no way would I put my purse down even for a second, you never know who's around.

i think we must not forget that some parents have work all week there for only have time for shoping on a saterday and as much as thay would like to leve the children at home
thay carnt as there my not be any one to take care of them


me i all way forget to take my own bags and if i do rember to take them i forget to get them out the car

ooops and yes im one that always have a rumige down my bag for card
diffrent shop diffrent card so i have at lest 6 and i pay after i have pack my shoping

im guilty on every think


:-D

I don't think I advocated having your purse out and definitely not to put down on the counter but it is the people who don't seem to know where their purse is that aggravate a little (oh OK a lot) :-D

I'm almost always on my own when food shopping and keep my bag on my should while I pack, and the trolly is between the check outs so it isn't nicked while I'm not looking, I rumage for my card some times and it takes seconds, I often wonder why people are so impatient it's not like it takes 5 or 10 minutes and they might die or anything.

Sorry, Ann, that sounded snippy and I didn't mean it to. I've encountered people who seem to take ages to find their purse, although it never seems to be at supermarket checkouts where I'm happy to have the extra couple of minutes to finish loading up my shopping onto the conveyor belt as it's usually only me who goes shopping.

I'd also like to say that I'm sure that the vast majority of people who shop where I do are decent, honest people, who wouldn't dream of robbing my purse. Unfortunately you never know which people are which as they don't come with neon signs over their heads to indicate either way :-D

I just cannot abide people faffing around (OH could faff for the UK and win us gold medals hands down) The only man I know who when he says he is going to bed is still up and around 15/20 mins later still in bathroom!!!!!

Write a list (preferably in the store aisle order) and stick to it - you never spend more than you need this way.

Get to checkout - unpack TROLLEY - pack into bags as it comes along - you do not need to rush, in fact more productive packing done by not trying to rush. Less haste more speed.

Be aware of where your purse is kept and be ready to pay. Surely it's your bag and you should know where your purse is in there, I knew where mine was when I carried a bag and I can assure you I carried a very large bag when working.

I worked for many years in on Post Office counters (main branches) and I was always amazed that people would spend 10/15 minutes in a queue then get to the front, look for their books/purse then ask for a pen to sign. Then go through the whole process again while they put it all away and then have the cheek to moan about how long they had had to queue!!!! We worked out one day amongst ourselve that the queue time could have easily been halved if people were only a little better prepared.

The reason I never supermarket shop on a Friday or Sat/Sun is just for the reason that people who do work all week can only do their shopping at this time as I said in my previous post. Why shop then when you can do it a lot more peacefully in the week?

Maybe it's busy because it's the weekend after the last Friday in the month, so pay-day for some?..

Also with school holidays now, I bet some Mums thought they had plenty of certain items only to find that they have myseriously disappeared.

Thursday morning always seems to be busy in one town near here. I've even seen queues waiting for them to open.... I think the new offers are in store that day.

Gwyn

I dont mind about the delay in people paying,
poor mums with their crying children either,
what I hate, is when people leave their trolleys anywhere,
and go and get their shopping from the different aisles.
It gets in the way,
Sorry but old men are the worst shoppers,they roam around endlessly,stopping in front of you,good job they arent cars,bet many would have got shunted up the back.lol!!!
I think supermarkets should introduce traffic lights.!!!!!!!!!!
Now theres a thought. :-P :-P :-P
:-D :-D :-D

If moaning about getting food from the supermarket is all we have to worry about..... then lucky lucky us! :-S :-(

Mau xx

I absolutely hate going into large shops so my OH always does the supermarket run:)))))