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Anyone else do this in small shops?

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stuck2023 · 09/12/2023 14:44

Lighthearted and not very interesting but...

My mum is visiting, we popped to the local shop earlier and I took my Tesco bag for life, the big thick one not the carrier bag style.

Once in the shop I started putting my shopping in it, Dm was horrified. She went and got a basket and made me carry the empty bag until we had paid then fill the bag up. She thought I looked like the most ballsy shoplifter ever just walking around filling up my bag.

Honestly never thought this was strange Blush had I put the bag in the basket I could still have put some things in to steal if I really wanted to. Plus the big bag takes up half the basket.

The shop is small with cameras and the staff know me it never occurred to me that it might be strange.

Does anyone else do it my way or have I been commuting some major corner shop faux pas?

OP posts:
Katr673 · 10/12/2023 21:28

I use a walking stick, it's hard to hold my stick a bag and a basket. I always put my stuff straight into my bag and empty at the till. Never had an issue.

Bernardo1 · 10/12/2023 21:13

No.

prawntail · 10/12/2023 21:08

I do exactly that. Means I know if it’s too heavy to get home too.

Maighnuad · 10/12/2023 21:05

I do this all the time.

Ryeman · 10/12/2023 20:39

I do this all the time. The big hessian shoppers are too bulky to carry alongside a basket in one hand.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 10/12/2023 20:31

I do it

kitsuneghost · 10/12/2023 20:20

I do this too. The hessian bag is lighter than a basket.
It's only shoplifting if you go out the front door

housethatbuiltme · 10/12/2023 19:53

eh?

You would have to take it out again to scan, check, weigh anyway... of course its bizarre and totally unnecessary. Baskets exist for that exact reason.

Jeannie88 · 10/12/2023 19:49

I do this sometimes if only getting a few bits, do try to look as natural as possible and not as if I'm going to run out with it lol. 😅

SnozPoz · 10/12/2023 19:48

Definitely dodgy AF to put your shopping in your own bag before paying for it. Not sure why anyone thinks this is ok?!

KeepThisToYourself · 10/12/2023 19:36

I'd have used a basket. It makes no sense to put things in a carrier bag then take it all out at the till.

BrainWontWorkAnymore · 10/12/2023 19:35

All the time. Even got my father doing it. I walk with a stick though so can carry a bag on my arm then when I want something, that hand holds my stick and I can put the item in my bag

YDBear · 10/12/2023 19:30

Why on earth would anyone do this? It’s far more faff taking stuff out of a bag to check out than out of a basket. Added to which you can carry more in a single basket than you can in a bag.

Middleagedspreadisreal · 10/12/2023 19:17

Never occured to me to do that. Don't think I will start now either.

Bunchymcbunchface · 10/12/2023 19:11

I do this in the supermarket as I never have a pound, so I fill a wheel along trolley. When that’s full I start using my bags

MarchingOnTogether · 10/12/2023 19:00

I only put things in the bag before paying if I'm doing scan as you shop, I'd be worried of being accused of shoplifting otherwise!

Lindyloomillion1 · 10/12/2023 18:44

I do this sometimes. My local cheap supermarkets fairly often run out of trolleys (they get stolen apparently) and in a bid to punish the other shoppers, they don't get replaced for weeks.
So I shop into my bag for life, leaving it/them near the till between forays to pick up items.
Nobody has given it a glance, though on one occasion I tried to leave the store with my heavy shopping bag in one of their baskets on wheels I was hotly pursued to the car park by the security guard. I assured him I would return the basket and I did.
But they really need to get more trolleys.

Mt61 · 10/12/2023 18:42

I do it in the supermarket because the trolley s are usually filthy, when I get to the till & have emptied my bag on to the conveyor belt (that is usually filthy as well) I turn my bag upside down to show I don’t have any items in the bottom.. never shop in those small shops TBH!

Snowflakeslayer · 10/12/2023 18:32

Very strange behaviour. Get to the till, take all your shopping out of your bag, scan, then put back in the bag? Very special behaviour.
There is a simple basket system for a reason. No wonder our mental health system is at breaking point. LOL

Tryingmybestadhd · 10/12/2023 18:31

I’m have done that for years , makes perfect sense to me

pphammer · 10/12/2023 18:19

I always do that.
You can't even imagine how dirty those baskets are

Borborygmus · 10/12/2023 18:17

This used to be pretty common in Aldi before they introduced baskets. I don't recall ever seeing it happen elsewhere though, but I don't think it's acceptable behaviour.

Tessabelle74 · 10/12/2023 18:02

I do this because our local Asda never seems to have any baskets

ChishiyaBat · 10/12/2023 16:42

@Ykn Eww sneezing all over your stuff is gross, so it's not an asda thing then😂

Ykn · 10/12/2023 14:27

ChishiyaBat · 10/12/2023 11:48

No it is absolutely not ok to abuse customers, I would never dream of telling a customer to fuck off. I have also been sworn at in asda so it must be an asda thing😂.

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Same here except in Tesco and Morrisons! The latter also involved the checkout assistant sneezing all over my items on the conveyor belt.

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