Bad supermarket behaviour

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Young boys kicking balls about. Tell him to leave it in the car FFS, and don't be surprised and blame him when he knocks stuff off shelves

People putting stuff on different shelves when they change their mind.

People standing so close behind you in the queue you wonder if they're going to start fingering your bum (certain areas of France especially bad for this).

People who probably can't count to ten attempting to use the self service checkout and spending two thirds of their time making lemon faces at the screen. It's supposed to be a FAST lane!

Did I mention: lighthearted

Sparklingbrook, yes I get that the cages are full of stuff (sometimes not) and can understand one or 2 people emptying them (wish they wouldn't walk backwards into me while doing it though) but when 4 or more staff congregate next to them they do block not just the aisle where the cage is, but also the one that runs along the end of it. They might be talking about something really important but there is no need to hold everyone up on a busy shopping day.

I have never witnessed that SpringForEver, but i guess everyone is either busy working or shopping. Maybe have a word with a manager if it's a regular occurence though.

Customers who only realise they have to pay after they’ve watched all their items bagged. Then they dig around for the exact change in coins.

Oh god. Get over yourselves. You all sound like a bunch of uptight cranks. Life's not that serious. 😂 "can't stand when kids are dancing." Get a grip. I think it's funny and I love it. If you all hate shopping so much order online.

When you are unloading your shopping onto the conveyer belt, and another customer starts unloading theirs behind you, leaving you with no space to put the rest of your shopping.

People who speak to staff like crap, and especially those on mobile phones while they checkout, so rude!

I always do Scan as You Shop. Cuts out all the conveyor belt nonsense. Why fill the trolley, empty it, then fill it again when you can pack as you go, pay and straight to the car.

I don't understand why anyone wouldn't do it.

When the Lidl checkout people have a chat with colleagues on their headpiece thing the whole time they are throwing the shopping at you 🤨

watsmyname that does my head in too. They got headsets recently in my local Aldi and all just spend their time chatting and laughing with each other. It just feels so rude!

People who have a trolley full of stuff and pick it out to scan on the self scan rather than putting it on the conveyer belt meaning I can't put my stuff on

People who shop in Aldi whilst not adhering to Aldi shopping/packing rules...

Saw someone today try out a hairbrush, not sure if she bought it or not she was pondering it as I walked past, I hope she didn't put it back!

People who let their children eat items off the shelves the shove a load of empty wrappers infront of the cashier to scan. People who are rude to the cashiers and speak to them like dirt (I used to work in a shop as a teenager - I used to regularly get verbally abused by both adults and children - wish I could have told them to sod off).

(Specific to my local Aldi) ... people who “park” their 4-5 kids actually on the packing area shelf while they put their shop through the checkout, and expect the rest of us to work round them.

*I always do Scan as You Shop. Cuts out all the conveyor belt nonsense. Why fill the trolley, empty it, then fill it again when you can pack as you go, pay and straight to the car.

I don't understand why anyone wouldn't do it*
This exactly. Queues out the door at Tescos on a Saturday. I pootle around, check myself out and back to the car whilst they're still queuing like lemmings. Just why?

My teenager twirling down the aisle doing a slow motion light sabre dance with sound effects!

Men (it is usually men, far less often women) who abandon their trolley for maximum ineffiency across the aisle. Always strikes me as ironic with all the sexist clichés about women drivers and parking when so many men can't manouvre a trolley in a civilised manner.

Team shopping of faffy families/ couples who seem to have to do it by commitee. Sometimes it's useful to involve your OH, for example DH occasionally comes and can sort things like his toiletries for himself and be up to date rather than it always being on his behalf, but it it possible to detach, go and get what you need in different areas and not have detailed democratic discussions over every item.

When you have a few items at Aldi, and you get pipped to the checkout with someone apparently with a few items too... then they get joined by the rest of the shop in a second basket or trolley.

In Sainsbury’s a couple of weeks ago and there was a man swapping all the little eggs in his mixed weight egg box with eggs from a large egg box... cheeky fucker!

Every boy in Sports Direct who gets a football out of the many sales bins and kicks it around all over the place😬

Heeleys.....I've almost been knocked over on more than one occasion.

People having a chat in the middle of an aisle
people being greedy with the reductions...do you really need all 10 reduced pizzas?

When i worked in a more upmarket store the rule on staff onloading cages was the you were only allowed 2 on an aisle at a time and they would have to be parked at the end of the aisle on opposite sides.

Sop and scan is alright but if you have a item that doesnt scan or are selected for a re-scan it ends up taking aslong as if you'd gone to a normal checkout as they dont have the staff to man the self service section

People who have either an empty trolly or no trolly who won’t deviate from their trajectory when I have a full, heavy trolly that won’t manoeuvre easily. Just move one step to the left you selfish twat.

Dithery people. I’m here to shop, not engaging in a leisure activity. Get on with it or get out of my way ffs.

If I had my way, we would go back to delivery shopping but since we moved, the supermarket is the closest and cheapest place to fill the car up with petrol so it does make sense to shop whilst there. Mostly dh does it though cos I fucking hate it.

'Creepy checkout staff who think asking for ID is flattering '

Oh god yes! There's a woman in our local Sainsbury's who does this. I think she reckons it's a compliment but it's just WEIRD and embarrassing

Ditherers and faffers

Kids in general unless well managed

All light hearted - zero malice....

People behind me putting their shopping on the conveyer whilst I am still loading from my trolley

Pensioners on a weekend - You have Monday to Friday to shop, yet you still come out on a weekend and plod along, blocking aisles, blocking the carpark, blocking the tills all whilst i am trying to fit 100 and 1 things into 2 hours.

People who talk on their phones whilst at the checkout / being served. So bloomin rude!

People who rush through the door but stop still in the middle of the entrance.

People who think you are a ghost and that they can walk right through you, instead of just being polite and moving to the side like you have.

People who run into you, you apologise ( as you just automatically say so, even though they walked into you) and they don't say sorry back! Absolute scum of the earth!!!

I wish we had scan as you shop here. I'd much prefer that. My favourite supermarket near us doesn't even deliver in our area, can only get Asda or Tesco deliveries and I don't like either.

I hate people who handle the bread rolls in the fresh bread section. I only buy wrapped now (or bake my own).

BTW I am retired but reserve the right to shop any time I like as, believe it or not, I might also have other things to do during the week. For my own convenience I'll try to shop at a quiet time but I'll shop on Saturday if it suits me better.