People going OTT as sunny n warm for 1-2 days

And the people eating and drinking it all are presumably enjoying it as well?

People bleat at Easter, Christmas, summer

Miserable feckers!

Because it's fun to spend time outside when the weather it nice. We get about 2 weeks of genuinely nice weather in the UK so why not enjoy it?!

It keeps the economy going. We’d all be in trouble if no one bought anything.

Big supermarket today was sold out of baguettes / burgers and so on by lunchtime
It's the same every year there is a glimmer of sun or a big tournament about to happen ( euros next month I think ?)
The big Corporations must love all this extra spending people do.

Which begs the question, why bother with forums at all?!

I spent two weeks in Cornwall last August and September in a heatwave.

I dont really see what's so strange about people buying summer items, when hot weather starts to appear.

Seems pretty damn obvious to me. No stranger than people buying Christmas stuff in November/December - is that strange too?

I dont really see what there is to "get" about it.

Some find it strange, we're all different. Some will get it, others won't and think it's unreasonable. No harm in either point of view, sometimes it's just light hearted fun to ask about the different ways people do things, I'm often curious about stuff like this too. It's not intended to be a criticism, just a different perspective.
I really think the post/thread is supposed to be fairly harmless.

People like the sun and having a good time op @TunaMayoP

dont you?

You can get a pool for £5.

That's cheaper than a lot of soft play places.

It's good for the economy - we went to the pub yesterday for a beer garden pint on a whim, wouldn't have considered it if it was raining, place was packed.

That pub and plenty of others would have had a cracking day's trading just because of the sun and good for them, (especially small) businesses need it.

But her point just seems to be ‘people go out and buy stuff for warm weather when it’s warm’, and while I completely agree with her, I can’t see why it’s at all worthy of derision.

No issues with doing nice things in the summer at all or even on random hot days/ weekends. I do nice things myself . I get the OPs post though, I've seen it.

I sorted out my jungle of a garden yesterday, scrubbed out the antiquated bbq (which looks a bit tired but is fully functional) then went out and bought some bbq food, some charcoal, 1 case of beer and a bottle of wine.

I then got to relax a bit as my 4 teens took ownership of cooking and even set up and played swingball together while I managed to get some sneaky pictures of them doing so.

Once it cooled off two of them came with me to walk the dog in the local park which by that time was completely empty and lovely.

If I hadn't gone mad and bought some beers and charcoal I wouldn't have had such a lovely evening with them.

I was considering going bonkers today and buying some picnic stuff to see if I could entice them all OUT somewhere with me but I'll keep an eye on the weather before being too rash....

All those summer dresses, shorts have languished on the rails. I wonder if they flew out this weekend

People shop to buy the stuff they want/need to enjoy the nice weather. We don’t keep alcohol in at home, we just buy it when we want it, so as we don’t have had friends round for a bbq yesterday we went out and bought some crates of beer/wine/bbq food etc. That’s a trip that wouldn’t have happened if we weren’t having friends round for a BBQ.
Next you’ll be saying it’s mad that shops are busier at Christmas!

Im genuinely a nice person but somethings and some people annoy me

Doesnt that also apply to people who are irritated there is no lettuce available on a day when salad is appropriate? It annoys them, just like you said certain things annoy you.

But why is ‘people go out and do stuff in nice weather’ an issue? People going out and buying things is good for the economy. It’s surely quite natural that people are more likely to buy a paddling pool for example in nice weather than in average weather?

I think plenty of people understand that! But if you’ve planned a meal involving lettuce, it’s natural to be mildly annoyed that there’s no lettuce in the shops. Pointless moaning at the staff though, not their fault and nothing they can do about it.

My friends above get customers who say they don’t go shopping when it rains- when they drive! What’s that about?

Because shopping (especially with kids) when you're wearing damp coats and carrying umbrellas is nobody's idea of a good time?

Good for them. Some of those things are for temporary fun and the others will last all summer b

@HelloDenise why do people discuss people because they've bought three cases of beer or a paddling pool or a fan?

Based on their one visit to a store?

It's the same.

Basing one statement then making a sweeping statement about how miserable the person is wrong

I mean, then so is labelling all people as "going mad" just because they dared to buy a fan and a few cases of beer on a warm day isnt it? OP made plenty of sweeping statements herself. She didnt just say "X annoys me", she made several sweeping statements herself...

Thanks for that. Basing one statement then making a sweeping statement about how miserable the person is wrong.

Im genuinely a nice person but somethings and some people annoy me.

Wish hay fever wasn’t in my DNA.

In the past on warm summer days, we run out of lettuces, bags of salad leaves.

We get moaned at. Customers say “you can’t have a salad without lettuce” I say dictionary definition is a dish of mainly cold vegetables and cooked vegetables served cold (like new potatoes). No mention of lettuce. Plus had salads/salad garnishes when been out and some didn’t have lettuce!

People need to understand that there’s more to food in the summer than salads and BBQs! A antipasti platter with some bread.