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Wtaf, there was someone walking around Sainsbury’s smoking a joint!

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goldfishbowl2025 · 29/07/2025 22:34

This is in a very naice area!! Literally this fella doing his shopping smoking a bloody joint, stinking the store out!! Skeleton staff.

i really wanted to say something but had the feeling he’d tell me to fuck off.

Does this happen in other areas?! Or this a first (am I being naive here?!).

I’ve seen plenty of grab and run shop lifters who literally take the train in - shop lift- then run back on to a train - it’s very close!

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Radioundermypillow · 30/07/2025 06:48

Actually come to think of it i have seen people vape in food shops. Also disgusting IMO because of the smell and theres something a bit performative about it, but I guess this is where we are headed.

GingerBeverage · 30/07/2025 06:48

Tiredjusttired · 30/07/2025 06:38

Joint smoking in public is fairly common. My son sees people openly using crack pipes on london underground now.

Could be meth though.

Smoking weed - unremarkable.
Smoking weed in Waitrose - remarkable.

I’d have the same reaction for someone smoking a cig. WTF are you doing, this is not the place for that.

And yes, someone breaking the normal code of conduct that we all live by (don’t light up in supermarkets) is not likely to respond well to being told to put it out. Because breaking that code in the first place requires a lack of self control and complete egoism.

Tiredjusttired · 30/07/2025 06:38

Joint smoking in public is fairly common. My son sees people openly using crack pipes on london underground now.

Radioundermypillow · 30/07/2025 06:37

solando · 30/07/2025 06:33

Well, it's the same as smoking a cigarette in the shop, I used to smoke back in the 70s and 80s but don't recall smoking in the supermarket.

Me too. I'm sure there was something about not smoking in food shops. I worked in loads of supermarkets and dept stores in the 80s and noone smoked in them, just lit up the minute they got outside, me included.

solando · 30/07/2025 06:33

Well, it's the same as smoking a cigarette in the shop, I used to smoke back in the 70s and 80s but don't recall smoking in the supermarket.

applegingermint · 30/07/2025 06:30

suburberphobe · 29/07/2025 23:24

why should it be normalised?

It's normalised in Greece now. You can buy it in the cigarette shop.

3000 years of civilisation that country. 😍

4 in 10 Greek adults smoke tobacco. It’s not something to be proud of, civilised or not.

Radioundermypillow · 30/07/2025 06:28

zaazaazoom · 30/07/2025 06:27

I hate the fake nostalgia of these sorts of comments. People used to smoke absolutely everywhere. On planes, buses, shops, offices and I remember clearly people smoking joints in the cinema in the 80s.

It hasn't gone to hell, it's always been there.

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I am old and I do not remember people ever being allowed to smoke in supermarkets. Or maybe they were technically allowed but just didn't because they weren't spoilt brats.

zaazaazoom · 30/07/2025 06:27

HeyThereDelila · 29/07/2025 23:00

Appalling. Please complain to the shop and ask them to check CCTV.

Our country has gone to hell.

I hate the fake nostalgia of these sorts of comments. People used to smoke absolutely everywhere. On planes, buses, shops, offices and I remember clearly people smoking joints in the cinema in the 80s.

It hasn't gone to hell, it's always been there.

Radioundermypillow · 30/07/2025 06:27

I am used to people smoking weed outside but not in shops. I would hate it just as much as I would hate someone smoking a fag in a supermarket.

Weed stinks and I work with plenty of people who are absolutely crippled by their weed use. It's sad.

applegingermint · 30/07/2025 06:26

Poor Sainsbury staff. No one should be expected to encounter cigarette smoke in their workplace. It’s one thing for customers who can leave the store but that’s not exactly an option if you’re on shift.

rwalker · 30/07/2025 06:23

goldfishbowl2025 · 29/07/2025 22:45

@SummerEvei was genuinely surprised, my mum was really shocked as she’s up until recently worked in retail. We just walked away from him, I mean I dunno I feel like I should have said something. But what if he had a weapon? I’ve got kids.

Which is why the minimum wage staff probably turned a blind eye I would

K0OLA1D · 30/07/2025 06:21

SummerEve · 29/07/2025 22:48

Each to their own, and I see why you didn’t, but I personally would have said something.

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My dad said something to a dickhead on an electric scooter that nearly hit my mum and their dog and he stopped and told him, all in his face, if he wasnt so old he'd have shanked him. So yeah, I understand why op didnt say anything. People can be scum

Lurkingandlearning · 30/07/2025 06:17

CalzoneOnLegs · 29/07/2025 22:46

Erm actually no I do not Capiche 🤣

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That’s because you’re not in the mob and don’t carry your machine gun in a violin case

HelpMeGetThrough · 30/07/2025 05:38

People have to do something to cope with supermarket prices these days,

Give it time, people will be shooting up before going to the checkout.

CommissarySushi · 30/07/2025 05:30

God, I hate people who smoke weed. They're all thick as fuck.

BCBird · 30/07/2025 04:58

Im.in Midlands. Not a particularly nice area, go to Sainsbury's occasionally. I.have never seen this and frankly would have been.shocked. I think someone on minimum.wage might be reluctant to say anything- they are not being paid danger money. It could be tackled as no smoking allowed i suppose. Wrong behaviour though. Years ago it was most unusual to smell weed. It seems to be the 'norm' now.

upandleftthenright · 30/07/2025 04:51

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So if you drive anyone anywhere can do anything??

Bizarre take

ChampagneSipper · 30/07/2025 04:37

goldfishbowl2025 · 29/07/2025 22:59

Well cos he looked suspiciously calm, I’m not fussed about people smoking joints! I used to live in NYC, but one of reasons I moved is I hate the smell of weed! So I was pretty shocked to see a fairly middle class looking male in a naice area smoking a joint, he looked sinister as he looked a bit dangerous!

it is not everyday normal @Needmorelego
fo be walking around a supermarket smoking a joint in England!!

But when you lived in NY it was illegal. In another thread you said you’ve lived in your current home for 16 years. NY only legalized marijuana 4 years ago.

Weepixie · 30/07/2025 01:55

suburberphobe · 29/07/2025 23:24

why should it be normalised?

It's normalised in Greece now. You can buy it in the cigarette shop.

3000 years of civilisation that country. 😍

I believe it’s also legalised in Thailand but moves are now underway to change that due to the negative aspects of what legalising it has brought with it.

Weepixie · 30/07/2025 01:51

suburberphobe · 29/07/2025 23:18

I smoke a joint in my home. No problem. Never heard a word from the neighbours about it.

Open the door to outside.

Some Mumsnetters are utterly clutching their pearls suggesting the smell goes through their walls. LOL. must be crap house builds then

You probably have neighbours who aren’t bothered by the smell of your joint, or they tolerate the smell because they feel they have to. And yes, the smell of a joint can filter to the house next door just the same way the smell of cooking can. It can even escape out on to the pavement if the smell coming from the house next to our village post office is anything to go by. And no crap builds involved - just ordinary stone built terraced houses from the days when things were built to last.

NewbieYou · 30/07/2025 00:32

I wouldn’t care if I saw it outside tbh but in a shop is crazy.

MrsSkylerWhite · 29/07/2025 23:49

It’s everywhere, unfortunately.

SchoolMum22 · 29/07/2025 23:49

Don't get that in Aldi either!! Must tell my partner !! 😝

Seasonofthesticks · 29/07/2025 23:47

Im agreeable to the occasional joint but in a supermarket no. Sainsbury’s has open deli and fish counters too

RosyappleA · 29/07/2025 23:33

I think it just goes to show people are less likely to follow the law these days and less likely to respect others too. They are less bothered with being law abiding citizens because they know there will be no consequences unfortunately. The police (the few police left) don’t have time for this and they know it.

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