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She stole my sherry trifle!

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:26

In a certain big supermarket this morning, I was getting a few last minute things, and I grabbed a sherry trifle. The last one! As I popped it into the trolley, a woman next to me sighed and huffed and puffed, and asked a shop assistant near me if they had any more. He said 'no, sorry.' The woman asked if any more were coming in tomorrow. He said 'I don't think we'll be having any more now til after Boxing day.' The woman scowled at me. I thought 'bloody hell it's not my fault I got the last one.'

I walked around the store and got some more things I needed, with the trifle placed at the bottom of the trolley where nothing could crush it, and the bloody woman seemed to be 10 feet behind me for the next 10 minutes I was in the store.

The last item I wanted was a loaf of bread. I reached up to check the dates, and popped the bread into the trolley. I started making my way back to the checkout, and noticed the trifle was gone! Shock The woman in question was practically jogging to the self checkout! I followed quickly, and sure enough, she had my fecking sherry trifle! I said 'are you kidding me?! You've taken my bloody trifle!' She said 'no I didn't! I found this mixed in with the cheeses, it's mine.'

I knew she was lying, as there was no more left after I took mine, and now she has one and mine is gone! She definitely took my sherry trifle! I told a member of staff, but they said there's really nothing they can do, as technically no-one has stolen anything. I was so pissed off! Never going to get another one the day before Christmas, and I'm not chasing around the county to look for one. Also, this store is the only one I have seen selling sherry trifles!

On the way out, she smirked at me and said 'Merry Christmas!' I was like Shock

AIBU to hope the sherry trifle gives her the shits?! Hmm

I went back in and got a raspberry trifle by the way, but I'm so pissed off.

P.s. No, I'm not making my own. It's too late to source all the ingredients now anyway!

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xAwaywiththefairiesx · 28/12/2025 13:41

WTF? 😂

No-one needs a sherry trifle this badly. They're not even nice 😫 and they are so so easy to make, she could have bought the ingredients in the time it took her to stalk you round the supermarket.

Or she could have just chosen a different dessert.

I bet you she has been passing that supermarket trifle off as her own for years and now she has a family event and has been asked to bring "her" trifle and she has promised she would so she has to get that exact one.

I can't think of any other reason anyone would need trifle enough to steal one!!

MamsKnit · 28/12/2025 13:34

earshadow · 28/12/2025 12:29

Am I the only one feeling a bit of admiration for the trifle stealer? Grin

No. I would have been quite upset if someone did that to me.

BIossomtoes · 28/12/2025 12:33

earshadow · 28/12/2025 12:29

Am I the only one feeling a bit of admiration for the trifle stealer? Grin

No, it was fearlessly opportunistic. 😂

earshadow · 28/12/2025 12:29

Am I the only one feeling a bit of admiration for the trifle stealer? Grin

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 28/12/2025 12:23

GoldAndSilverBells · 25/12/2025 23:38

We all enjoyed the lovely sherry trifle today - that my older DC got and brought around today ... (DH and I, and our 2 DC and their partners all had it!)

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day everyone. 🎄

What's happened to the raspberry trifle?

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GoldAndSilverBells · 28/12/2025 12:15

Daftypants · 27/12/2025 16:47

I hope she got diarrhoea from eating that trifle 🤣

Me too. 😆 The sherry trifle we had (that my DD brought around on Christmas day) was very tasty though. Grin

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GoldAndSilverBells · 28/12/2025 12:14

Slimtoddy · 27/12/2025 11:32

I am hearing more stories like this IRL and on social media. What's going on? People nicking things out of other people's trollies. I don't remember this happening in previous years?

I was going to say I got a sherry trifle from M&S and I couldn't taste the sherry. I was going to say that might be her punishment but I see you got a lovely trifle in the end.

People are shameless! As a couple of posters said further back, these are the same feckers who snaffled all the toilet rolls, pasta, kitchen rolls, and tinned food during the Covid Pandemic!

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Daftypants · 27/12/2025 16:47

I hope she got diarrhoea from eating that trifle 🤣

Slimtoddy · 27/12/2025 11:32

I am hearing more stories like this IRL and on social media. What's going on? People nicking things out of other people's trollies. I don't remember this happening in previous years?

I was going to say I got a sherry trifle from M&S and I couldn't taste the sherry. I was going to say that might be her punishment but I see you got a lovely trifle in the end.

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GoldAndSilverBells · 25/12/2025 23:38

We all enjoyed the lovely sherry trifle today - that my older DC got and brought around today ... (DH and I, and our 2 DC and their partners all had it!)

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day everyone. 🎄

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tommyhoundmum · 25/12/2025 21:33

Winterburn · 25/12/2025 19:54

Tesco then? 😂 there were loads in our big Tesco on the evening of 23rd, sorry to rub it in! Sherry, raspberry and strawberry. We went for raspberry, I’d have loved a sherry one but they were too big really just for two of us lol.

What a bitch though. YANBU, I also hope it gave her the shits! All that over a fucking trifle, at least you can rest assured that she’s the loser in life as she must have a really sad little life to do something so stupid and selfish.

I've never met a trifle that was too big for two. I've shown great restraint this year and not bought one.

We found the veggie offerings sparce this Christmas. Bit disappointing.

Winterburn · 25/12/2025 19:54

Tesco then? 😂 there were loads in our big Tesco on the evening of 23rd, sorry to rub it in! Sherry, raspberry and strawberry. We went for raspberry, I’d have loved a sherry one but they were too big really just for two of us lol.

What a bitch though. YANBU, I also hope it gave her the shits! All that over a fucking trifle, at least you can rest assured that she’s the loser in life as she must have a really sad little life to do something so stupid and selfish.

DisabledDemon · 25/12/2025 19:49

OneMoreProfiterole · 23/12/2025 14:54

Bitch would have gone home wearing the fucking trifle.

As an enema.

HevenlyMeS · 25/12/2025 19:48

PsychoHotSauce · 23/12/2025 14:32

I'm so sorry OP, I know you're annoyed but this really made me laugh. How unhinged that she stalked you around the supermarket waiting for you to turn your back so she could pinch it Grin

Yes I must admit, seeing your humorous sweet slant on this, I chuckled to myself too💚😆💚
God Bless You&Yours

Elephant788 · 25/12/2025 17:38

I also hope she gets amoebic desentery from it or piles!🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mimzy26 · 25/12/2025 17:08

Hopefully it was off and she gets the shits also though I would have stolen it back

JJWT · 25/12/2025 13:03

I would have taken a good clear photo of her and joined every conceivable local fb page and plastered her all over them with a description of her despicable selfish thieving behaviour, asking if anyone knows her name! Also if she tries to deny it on social media it will be on the store cctv. I also would have had it literally in my hand if I was being followed round the store. I might even have checked out, locked it in my car boot then gone back to finish my shopping. Didn't you realise she was planning to steal it? Not that it's your fault, obvs.

Snakebite61 · 25/12/2025 11:36

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:26

In a certain big supermarket this morning, I was getting a few last minute things, and I grabbed a sherry trifle. The last one! As I popped it into the trolley, a woman next to me sighed and huffed and puffed, and asked a shop assistant near me if they had any more. He said 'no, sorry.' The woman asked if any more were coming in tomorrow. He said 'I don't think we'll be having any more now til after Boxing day.' The woman scowled at me. I thought 'bloody hell it's not my fault I got the last one.'

I walked around the store and got some more things I needed, with the trifle placed at the bottom of the trolley where nothing could crush it, and the bloody woman seemed to be 10 feet behind me for the next 10 minutes I was in the store.

The last item I wanted was a loaf of bread. I reached up to check the dates, and popped the bread into the trolley. I started making my way back to the checkout, and noticed the trifle was gone! Shock The woman in question was practically jogging to the self checkout! I followed quickly, and sure enough, she had my fecking sherry trifle! I said 'are you kidding me?! You've taken my bloody trifle!' She said 'no I didn't! I found this mixed in with the cheeses, it's mine.'

I knew she was lying, as there was no more left after I took mine, and now she has one and mine is gone! She definitely took my sherry trifle! I told a member of staff, but they said there's really nothing they can do, as technically no-one has stolen anything. I was so pissed off! Never going to get another one the day before Christmas, and I'm not chasing around the county to look for one. Also, this store is the only one I have seen selling sherry trifles!

On the way out, she smirked at me and said 'Merry Christmas!' I was like Shock

AIBU to hope the sherry trifle gives her the shits?! Hmm

I went back in and got a raspberry trifle by the way, but I'm so pissed off.

P.s. No, I'm not making my own. It's too late to source all the ingredients now anyway!

I'd have knocked it out of her hands.

Miaminmoo · 25/12/2025 00:25

What an absolute cow! I just wouldn’t even contemplate doing that, so much for Christmas spirit. I hope she drops it on the way home.

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GoldAndSilverBells · 24/12/2025 22:31

Awww, thanks @LilySLE Have a lovely Christmas!

And the same to everyone else. 🎄

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LilySLE · 24/12/2025 22:28

She may have stolen your trifle, but she’s given you the best gift ever - a priceless anecdote that you will be retelling for Christmases to come. Imagine the dinner party stories and “fun facts” that you will now have at your fingertips: “Hi, I’m GoldandSilverBells, and someone once stole an entire sherry trifle from me”. Honestly you are the real winner here OP! In fact the Daily Mail will probably have picked this up before the New Year. Triflegate. Brilliant. She’ll have egg on her face then, and you can soak up the attention while she sponges off someone else. [Insert other trifle related puns here]

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GoldAndSilverBells · 24/12/2025 21:04

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 24/12/2025 21:03

Is this a joke.

Reminds me of something out of a crazy silent movie.

Hilarious

Not a joke sadly! I do have a much better trifle coming tomorrow though.

Courtesy of my DD! Smile

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SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 24/12/2025 21:03

Is this a joke.

Reminds me of something out of a crazy silent movie.

Hilarious

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GoldAndSilverBells · 24/12/2025 20:42

merryandbrightdelight · 24/12/2025 20:37

😱 this is honestly one of the craziest things I’ve ever read on this site and I’ve been here years! What a horrible cow!

I know right. Like I said, I hope it gives her the shits. 😆💩

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merryandbrightdelight · 24/12/2025 20:37

😱 this is honestly one of the craziest things I’ve ever read on this site and I’ve been here years! What a horrible cow!

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