to think shop assistant should have been more discrete?

[RubyRoseRed]

I went to the chemist today and put 4 pregnancy test in my basket, as they were on offer, along with a few other bits and pieces. I am ttc at the moment with little success and feeling a bit low about it. I went to pay and the woman at the checkout started making loud comments about how many tests I was buying and saying things like, "Well you'll know for sure with four" and "Taking more tests wont make it go away!" and laughing.

To be fair I know she was just trying to be friendly but this is a VERY small town and ttc is a private matter which I am not ready to tell everyone about yet!

I didn't dare look behind me in case I knew someone. Just gave a small laugh, paid and ran!

[mutznutz]

Why didn't you buy them out of town or online if it's that private?

[RubyRoseRed]

Because I didn't expect a running commentary on my purchases and because I didn't want to wait for them to be delivered and as we are using my PIL as our postal address I didn't fancy them being delivered there.

[solo]

You should've told her to mind her own business.

[mollymax]

I understand how you
I am sure she was only trying to be friendly but she overstepped the Mark.
Good luck with ttc .

[NancyDrewHasaClue]

Checkout assistant once held up mine and said so will it be good news or bad !

[MoonGirl1981]

Some people have no tact.

She's one of them.

[ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo]

i am with you OP. finding out the result of a PG test can be lifechanging and it isn't always a welcome change. i think she shoudl have been discreet and just scanned them without comment.

i don't know what it is about PG tests that makes shop assistants feel able to comment. i bet she wouldn't have commented if you had bought razors "ooh, giving the garden a trim are we dear?" or if you had bought a facial hair bleaching kit, "yeah, your moustache does need a bit of camouflage doesn't it?"
so why is it ok to comment on a pg test? and i dont agree that you should have to go out of town to buy one.

[PlanetLizard]

YANBU. There are many things on sale at chemists that people prefer to buy discreetly and without comment.

In fact, I don't think checkout assistants should comment on what customers are buying in any shop. There's just no need - why don't they talk about the weather instead?

I don't mind innocuous comments such as "those oranges are the best this year" or "that's a great CD, I bought it last month". But it's not their business to take much notice what someone is buying or have an opinion on it, particularly with "delicate" items.

[orangepoo]

It's not OK to comment on the purchases of pregnancy tests. Really bad manners IMO.

[52Girls]

The person behind you in the queue would probably have seen what you were buying anyway.

[FreudianSlippery]

What a cow! (shop person, not you)

Hope you have success soon!

[MrSpoc]

I used to get sent to the shop to buy my mums tampons.

As a ten your old boy i had some embarrasing comments made by the shop keeper.

[StealthPolarBroccoli]

the person behind her might have noticed, might not have really registered, cetainly would with the comments though. What about the rest of the queue.
op yanbu

[RevoltingPeasant]

YANBU.

Mind you, it can go too far the other way, too. In my pre-mooncup days, I remember buying sanitary pads in a small chemist's, and the woman behind the counter hissed, 'I'll just put these in a plain bag for you, dearie' and proceeded to wrap them in several layers of Unmarked Brown Paper.

[ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo]

ooh revolting, you have just reminded me to go to boots for a mooncup.

but that is funny, i would have laughed at the teh brown paper.

[imustbemadasaboxoffrogs]

I used to live in a tiny village and drove 10 miles for a nit comb

[52Girls]

If they didn't know her, then no problem with them seeing. But I see your point about the others.

I now have an image of Victoria Wood shouting ''WHAT PRICE RED CABBAGE??''

Op, you should have said something at the time if you were unhappy.