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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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PatriciaRocks · 23/12/2025 18:55

Blinky21 · 23/12/2025 18:36

It's like the Marble Rye in Seinfeld all over again

Yes, isn't it just? 😂

Somethingneedstochange78 · 23/12/2025 18:39

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:50

It's kind of putting me in mind of the awful behaviour of (some) women when Cabbage Patch Dolls were all the rage. Grabbing dolls off small children! Awful!

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We seen Ken Dodd at Butlins he chucked some tickling sticks into the crowd a child of about 8 got 1. 11 year old me watched in horror as a woman behind leaned over him and snatched it off him and it snapped. Some people are so fucking entitled. Poor kid was in tears.

Blinky21 · 23/12/2025 18:36

It's like the Marble Rye in Seinfeld all over again

BustyLaRoux · 23/12/2025 18:29

BIossomtoes · 23/12/2025 18:29

Of course you would, love.

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Err okaaay

Purlant · 23/12/2025 18:29

She probably did you a favour. Sherry trifle is revolting! Get something better tomorrow!

BIossomtoes · 23/12/2025 18:29

BustyLaRoux · 23/12/2025 18:28

Oh I would have had to have run out into the car park right behind her and blocked her car in with mine. I would have steadfastly refused to move my car until she handed MY trifle over. Two can play at that game and I am cunt!

Of course you would, love.

forgotmyusername1 · 23/12/2025 18:28

PyongyangKipperbang · 23/12/2025 17:17

Do you have a local FB page? You could post on there "To the woman in Tesco today wearing the green coat who took the last Sherry Trifle out of my trolley.....you should know that I licked it. Enjoy!"

She will know that you probably didnt, but it will play on her mind!

Or that you sneezed on the packaging. Enjoy

BustyLaRoux · 23/12/2025 18:28

Oh I would have had to have run out into the car park right behind her and blocked her car in with mine. I would have steadfastly refused to move my car until she handed MY trifle over. Two can play at that game and I am cunt!

misscockerspaniel · 23/12/2025 18:27

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:56

Thank you. No M & S for 20 miles sadly...

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It is worth driving 20 miles (x 2) for the M&S Amontillado sherry trifle.

Somethingneedstochange78 · 23/12/2025 18:27

What a bitch and yes I hope she gets the shits She will pick on the wrong person one day and get her karma. I once witnessed a full on scrap in Booths over the last satsumas.🙈🙈🙈

Perimenopausalmanicmum · 23/12/2025 18:23

You’re a better person than me, I would have grabbed it and shook it then give it back to her. But then I am very petty.

AleynEivlys · 23/12/2025 18:13

S-bury's have them, but I'm assuming that's where you were ...

We're in Wiltshire ...

Daygloboo · 23/12/2025 18:11

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!

She sounds like a psycho

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 18:03

yaychocolateginandwine · 23/12/2025 17:46

A few years ago - on Christmas Eve, I was at Morrisons early for when they opened.... nipped in, got the few odds and ends I still needed and feeling pleased with myself started loading my car.
A very nice lady asked nicely if she could wait until I had finished loading up for my trolley as there were none left - I smiled and said 'Of course !'
A brute of a man almost knocked the nice lady and I out of the way and said 'I'll have that !' - I said .' No. sorry, this lady has already asked'
He said ' I'll give you two quid' ( £1 trolley coin )
I said ' No , as I already said, this lady is having it !'
He said ' Okay - a fiver then '
I laughed and said 'NO, THIS LADY IS HAVING IT !'
He said ' Fuck you, you fucking bitch!.

,...... and a Merry Christmas to him ( I don't think , miserable bastard ! )

Wow, that's awful. So many nasty people around really aren't there?

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21ZIGGY · 23/12/2025 17:59

O m g this is psychotic but brilliant😂😂

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:58

Banaghergirl · 23/12/2025 17:51

Absolutely disgusting behavior nicking your trifle! Christmas seems to bring out the worst in some people. I was in ASDA, Chorley the other day and I was right near the checkout, with my half full trolley and my visibly disabled ds next to me. There was literally inches between me and the conveyor belt and I was just about to start loading my shopping on, when a middle aged man (approx 50s same as me) came running along trying to squeeze past (or so I thought) carrying a full basket. He was all red in the face and squeezed himself between my trolley and the checkout, I thought he just wanted to get past as there was no room behind me, so I pulled my trolley back from the conveyor belt so he could squeeze past. Stupid me, he then plonked his full basket on the checkout and laughed at me. He knew exactly what he'd done and he looked so bliddy pleased with himself. I wanted to have a go at him but ds wouldn't let me, he was worried things would escalate. I thought you sad man pushing in front of a woman and her disabled son.

That's horrible behaviour! I hope this horrible man gets the shits too!

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OneMoreProfiterole · 23/12/2025 17:58

Netcurtainnelly · 23/12/2025 16:00

Then the police might have come, you wouldhave had everyone staring at you. You might have been banned from the store.
What a kerfuffle for a trifle.

Definitely not worth it.
Op you played it fine.

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The police don’t bother with shoplifters, I doubt they’d turn up for this!!

I couldn’t care less who’s staring… the more the merrier.

Ban me? That’s fine. I’m sure other supermarkets would be happy to take my money.

Beachtastic · 23/12/2025 17:57

truffleruffle · 23/12/2025 16:50

A raspberry trifle sounds much better than sherry 👍

I was thinking the same. Why oh why must sherry be allowed to ruin a perfectly lovely pudding!

Oh but OP what a brilliant thing to happen. It will (in hindsight) give you many years of laughter and joy, whereas I'd bet my bottom dollar the cow who pinched it wouldn't know what happiness was if it bit her on the bum.

Comtesse · 23/12/2025 17:57

YABU because trifle is horrid, you’d have to pay me to eat it. Other woman is a right CF!

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:57

ConnieHeart · 23/12/2025 17:52

Same with toilet rolls, pasta, hand sanitiser etc during Covid

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Yep, some people can be such utter twats.

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:56

HighlandCauliflower · 23/12/2025 17:42

You didnt say which supermarket, but M&S have sherry trifles, if you have one near

My daughter wanted a trifle, it wasn't until we got home I saw it was a sherry one, I don't think she'll like it 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thank you. No M & S for 20 miles sadly...

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ConnieHeart · 23/12/2025 17:52

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:50

It's kind of putting me in mind of the awful behaviour of (some) women when Cabbage Patch Dolls were all the rage. Grabbing dolls off small children! Awful!

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Same with toilet rolls, pasta, hand sanitiser etc during Covid

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:52

FlibbertyGibbitt · 23/12/2025 17:31

Someone on Facebook has just posted that they managed to pop the last but one turkey in their trolley …. Went to fetch something else annnnnnddddd someone had nabbed it out of the trolley !!!! 😱😱😱

Oh noooooooooooooo! 😬

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Banaghergirl · 23/12/2025 17:51

Absolutely disgusting behavior nicking your trifle! Christmas seems to bring out the worst in some people. I was in ASDA, Chorley the other day and I was right near the checkout, with my half full trolley and my visibly disabled ds next to me. There was literally inches between me and the conveyor belt and I was just about to start loading my shopping on, when a middle aged man (approx 50s same as me) came running along trying to squeeze past (or so I thought) carrying a full basket. He was all red in the face and squeezed himself between my trolley and the checkout, I thought he just wanted to get past as there was no room behind me, so I pulled my trolley back from the conveyor belt so he could squeeze past. Stupid me, he then plonked his full basket on the checkout and laughed at me. He knew exactly what he'd done and he looked so bliddy pleased with himself. I wanted to have a go at him but ds wouldn't let me, he was worried things would escalate. I thought you sad man pushing in front of a woman and her disabled son.

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 17:50

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 23/12/2025 17:03

Nasty woman. I expect she'll be eating the trifle alone, which will make her feel very queasy indeed.

Many years ago, I worked at the head office for a clothing company and every once in a while there was a sample sale for employees with ridiculously low prices. I once bought a top for £1.

Anyway, at one of these sales, my colleague J was holding a dressing gown and a woman from another department walked up and snatched it off her! And this was at work! It's funny how shopping for limited stock under pressure can make some people lose their minds.

It's kind of putting me in mind of the awful behaviour of (some) women when Cabbage Patch Dolls were all the rage. Grabbing dolls off small children! Awful!

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