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To be fed up of high shelves in supermarkets?

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PoliteCritic · 17/07/2024 17:59

I am 5ft 3, so not tiny, but I am increasingly unable to reach lots of things at the supermarket, even in the fresh fruit and veg section. People always say just to ask someone, but I literally have to ask about 5 or 6 people in a normal supermarket shop.
I normally shop at ALDI and M and S, are there any supermarkets that do not stack food so high? I am really so fed up of it.

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onanotherday · 17/07/2024 18:21

In some shops like Tesco, if you reach up there is a metal thing to pull and brings the things forward.😀

GeraniumJenny · 17/07/2024 18:21

4ft 11 here. I’ve given up on buying clothes in some shops as the top racks are far too high.

Everyoneesleistheproblem · 17/07/2024 18:20

Try stacking the bloody things. Whose idea was wobbly Primula cheese spread tubes or those tiny GU pots on the top shelf. Fuckers.

WhatMe123 · 17/07/2024 18:20

Me too 5 foot 1 here and can never reach the top maybe two shelves 🙄

purpleme12 · 17/07/2024 18:19

InfoSecInTheCity · 17/07/2024 18:15

I'm 5ft 8 and have this problem, it's fucking ridiculous and shows that they have put zero thought into their customers actually being able to access the products. Especially given the biggest demographic of shoppers in most supermarkets must be women and the average height of women is about 5ft 4.

I don't look for a staff member, I either climb on the shelves, usually only need to stand on the bottom shelf to get enough height, look for one of those stools they leave laying round and nick that or use another product to knock the thing off the shelf that I want.

I'm 4,11
And yes I stand on the bottom shelf too!
They shouldn't put things so high if they don't want us doing it

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PoliteCritic · 17/07/2024 18:17

@Haruka I can't reach things at the front of many top shelves in ALDI.
And I know I can ask people. But I hate having to shop and ask multiple people for help. I do not care occasionally doing this, but now days I have to ask at minimum 2 people every single shop.

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KimberleyClark · 17/07/2024 18:17

Haruka · 17/07/2024 18:13

Meh. 5'3" myself and I ask every time, with a winning smile and a "you look tall". Never had anyone refuse me.

But the shelves are never so bad that I can't reach the front; it's only ever if I need something from the top-back. I have been known to climb onto the bottom rung, though.

Yes, a shelf that automatically pushes the goods forward when one item Is taken would be very useful.

InfoSecInTheCity · 17/07/2024 18:15

I'm 5ft 8 and have this problem, it's fucking ridiculous and shows that they have put zero thought into their customers actually being able to access the products. Especially given the biggest demographic of shoppers in most supermarkets must be women and the average height of women is about 5ft 4.

I don't look for a staff member, I either climb on the shelves, usually only need to stand on the bottom shelf to get enough height, look for one of those stools they leave laying round and nick that or use another product to knock the thing off the shelf that I want.

Haruka · 17/07/2024 18:13

Meh. 5'3" myself and I ask every time, with a winning smile and a "you look tall". Never had anyone refuse me.

But the shelves are never so bad that I can't reach the front; it's only ever if I need something from the top-back. I have been known to climb onto the bottom rung, though.

KimberleyClark · 17/07/2024 18:10

YANBU. 5ft 2 and I hate high shelves.

OrrAppleCheeks · 17/07/2024 18:08

Me too. I generally find the most senior male employee I can find to ask him to reach things down for me. And while he’s doing that, I ask him whom in that branch has taken the decision that women should have to ask permission to buy whatever it is. They normally look a bit nonplussed 😀

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