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Supermarket triggers. Leave The Bananas Alone!!

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TrippingOverMyAssets · 21/11/2025 07:48

This really triggers me and drives me absolutely mad. I can’t stand people excessively touching and handling fruit they have no intention of buying. Every time I am in the supermarket and I go to buy some bananas, I always just pick up the first bunch that look almost ripe, are a nice colour and look undamaged, then put them in my basket and walk away. Even if one is a little damaged I just eat that one first. Job done.

But time and time again the display is being body blocked by one person and their trolley while a queue builds up behind them, usually by someone of a certain age demographic removing every single bunch from the stand and inspecting them individually, prodding and poking them then putting them back.

Are you buying them or making love to them? Stop prodding and poking them all ffs! Other people have to buy those and they don’t want your hands all over them squeezing them and poking them.

No other supermarket fruit goes through this undignified ritual of prodding and poking then being put back on the shelf. It’s so unhygienic and rude. Just leave the bananas alone if you don’t want them! Other people have to buy those after you’ve finished messing about with them!

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KeepOnKeepingOn25 · 21/11/2025 14:05

I love bananas! Even the ‘been kicked around the block til battered-and-bruised’ ones, there’s never waste as they’re brilliant in a kids smoothie or pancake batter.

They are brilliant, one of the best foods on planet earth imo

Lastfroginthebox · 21/11/2025 13:45

ShiftingSand · 21/11/2025 12:09

That’s okay😊 but the op said people were splitting them up and touching them excessively😂

I split them up to get the number I want. And who judges what's excessive?

LaMarschallin · 21/11/2025 12:45

Coffeeishot · 21/11/2025 12:28

Oh I am sure we know what demographic the Op is on about, going by their co op bannana queue story.

Good point.
We know the man was "older", but older than what/who?
The pyramids?
Harry Styles?
His teeth (but just as old as his gums)?
The other random woman who, weirdly, joined the OP in silent standing and staring at an older-than-someone/thing man rubbing bananas?

Ah well, whatever entertains you, I suppose.
Me, I'd have said "Excuse me", got my bananas and had it away on my toes with them without any triggering whatsoever.

booksnbaking · 21/11/2025 12:40

booksnbaking · 21/11/2025 12:03

@Coffeeishot got it - Not All Greengrocers Are Like That. 🍐

(What a lot of fruit emojis!)

And so did @DarkEyedSailor and @ifIwerenotanandroid. 👏👏Sorry if I missed anyone.

CantBreathe90 · 21/11/2025 12:37

Crambino · 21/11/2025 07:57

Last week I saw somebody just plonk an enormous steak from the fridge section onto a normal shelf of food and walk off, obviously just decided they didn’t want it and didn’t care that it would spoil and go to waste there. I was so angry (and put it back in the fridge)

If it makes you feel any better, my OH works nights at a supermarket and anything like this, he brings back and we just eat it. No food poisoning thus far.

Coffeeishot · 21/11/2025 12:28

LaMarschallin · 21/11/2025 12:26

DramaAlpaca

Maybe that's the age demographic OP's referring to?

Could be.
She doesn’t seem to want to tell us.

Oh I am sure we know what demographic the Op is on about, going by their co op bannana queue story.

LaMarschallin · 21/11/2025 12:26

DramaAlpaca

Maybe that's the age demographic OP's referring to?

Could be.
She doesn’t seem to want to tell us.

DramaAlpaca · 21/11/2025 12:25

@Coffeeishot glad it's not just me! I love a heavy lettuce.

Coffeeishot · 21/11/2025 12:20

Oh I like a heavy lettuce 😂 light lettuces are weak and probably on.the turn.

DramaAlpaca · 21/11/2025 12:16

Not even name changing for this. I'm a broccoli stalk breaker. My DH pretends he's not with me when we are approaching the broccoli.

I'm also a banana checker, lettuce weigher (I like a heavy one, don't ask) cucumber molester, tomato sniffer and melon squeezer.

I'm a Boomer (just). Maybe that's the age demographic OP's referring to?

BeardofHagrid · 21/11/2025 12:15

My shop has them up on the top shelf. Never thought about it before but maybe it’s to prevent fondling 😂

ShiftingSand · 21/11/2025 12:09

Lastfroginthebox · 21/11/2025 11:51

But you might have to move others out of the way to find what you want

That’s okay😊 but the op said people were splitting them up and touching them excessively😂

floppybit · 21/11/2025 12:08

I have to admit I’m a banana checker….I’m also a tomato sniffer 🫣

feistyoneyouare · 21/11/2025 12:05

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Why does there have to be anything 'really' bothering OP? I'm sure she's aware this isn't a massive issue in the scheme of things, but it's still valid (minus the ageism) to say something is irritating. I have a similar pet peeve about the way that when I get my shopping delivered the bananas often seem to have been jangled around and bruised, but it's not masking any deep existential angst.

booksnbaking · 21/11/2025 12:03

Namechangedforgoodreasons · 21/11/2025 10:23

What is 'NAGALT', please? Even Google doesn’t seem to know!

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@Coffeeishot got it - Not All Greengrocers Are Like That. 🍐

(What a lot of fruit emojis!)

KilliMonjaro · 21/11/2025 12:01

Don’t lick the outside of your bananas then op and you’ll be ok.

Usernamefun1 · 21/11/2025 11:57

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LucyMonth · 21/11/2025 11:51

I can’t say I have ever in my life seen a substantial queue forming behind the bananas. Ever. I’ve also never seen piles of damaged bananas sitting there rotting because they’ve been overly fondled.

Lastfroginthebox · 21/11/2025 11:51

ShiftingSand · 21/11/2025 11:43

But bananas don’t need to be touched. It’s obvious from their skin colour how ripe they are!

But you might have to move others out of the way to find what you want

Lastfroginthebox · 21/11/2025 11:51

Bananas have peel so it's not unhygienic. I live alone and only want one or two bananas so often have to pick up a bunch to split it. Also, sometimes I want under ripe ones, sometimes ripe. I'm buying so I get to choose which ones to buy.

SandStormNorm · 21/11/2025 11:43

Apart from food fondling...people who cannot steer trolleys (they should come with indicators and hazard lights for some shoppers). Some people just stop without notice in the middle of the aisle so no one can go either side. People who pick out frozen or fridge goods, only to change their mind and dump them randomly in any aisle dripping away. Supermarket policies that mean close-to-date food items are going to end up in landfill or agricultural mix, rather than going to food banks in a cost of living crisis. Oh, and finally...people who check out their goods with a customer services employee and then take 15 minutes packing it away or rummaging for their debit card. Life time convert to online shopping here to save my blood pressure.

ShiftingSand · 21/11/2025 11:43

Goldwren1923 · 21/11/2025 11:28

Don’t be ridiculous. Fruit and vegetables need to be touched to pick what’s ripe and not over/under ripe.

people are so used to supermarkets that they forget how to actually choose fruit and vegetables FFS.

But bananas don’t need to be touched. It’s obvious from their skin colour how ripe they are!

ShiftingSand · 21/11/2025 11:41

Unescorted · 21/11/2025 07:50

It is the bread squashers that annoys me. Especially when they put a hole in the pack and put it back.

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This. Drives me crazy to see. Bread is delivered fresh every morning to supermarkets and it all has the same date on😤 also people of a certain age always messing around with chilled food and checking dates or whatever. It’s possible to stand behind them for minutes while they are oblivious of people waiting to make their own choice 🙄

FamBae · 21/11/2025 11:33

I remember a tv show many years ago where a guy was standing behind a woman squeezing, prodding, inspecting; as she walked away he asked her if she could tell him which one came second 😂

LadyHexham · 21/11/2025 11:33

Why do people squash bread?

As a former shopkeeper I knew which customers did it and I would always find something to do, near the bread shelf, when they came in.

I had paid for the loaf that's on the shelf and once it's been squashed nobody will buy it.

Please don't do it.