What’s the most annoying thing people do in supermarkets?

[purpledaze24]

LIGHTHEARTED. Don’t need any “well you should keep your child on a leash in the supermarket” responses 🤣

When I’m in the supermarket with my 4 yo he usually walks beside me while I push the trolley. Sometimes he does a little run in front of the trolley. I’ve noticed when he does this, sometimes someone further down the aisle will freeze and do this passive aggressive look as if to say, “well which way are you going, make up your mind!” He is nowhere near them and not affecting the direction they’re going in whatsoever! I’m talking 20+ feet away. Sometimes it’s this look of faux panic on their face as if they’ve just seen a bus that‘s about to hit them. He’s not a toddler and is fully aware of where he’s going but it’s like they think he’s going to roll into a ball like sonic the hedgehog, roll down the aisle and smash into their trolley. It’s so annoying!

Anywaaay, got me thinking, what’s the most annoying thing people do in supermarkets?

Usually parked in either disabled or parent park spaces. Yes invisible disabilities and all that, but I find it hard to believe that every single one has a blue badge.

I prefer to choose my own items.

TESCO - Why is the self scan handset holder on the left side of the trolley when the vast majority of people are right handed?

Yesterday in the self checkout queue I noticed there were two people using the self checkout one handed while holding their phone with the other and having a conversation. Obviously this made them sloooooow. So selfish.

The ones who hover around the reduced shelves blocking access for anyone who wants a quick look before moving on. These are dedicated yellow sticker people. Their trolley is their weapon of choice.

People who let their kids push trolleys

the online shopping pickers who act like they’re more important than you and give zero shits about the rest of the customers in store

People who have absolutely zero self awareness and that there may be other people trying to get past them

Totally agree on the kiddy trollies, they are a horrific invention. But if I don't give my kids little jobs to do while we're in the supermarket they get bored and try and run around like lunatics, which (as is evident from this thread) gets even more judgment!

People walking slowly.

People taking up the aisle.

People not taking their screaming kids outside.

More than one adult with kids. Leave one in the car with them or at home.

Three or four people standing talking blocking me trying to get past...
Slow strollers who just amble looking on every aisle when you just want to get past them.
This one was recent I needed crushed ice normally buy 2 or 3 bags .
An older couples wife was stacking bags of ice into the trolley there was two of us waiting to just grab one bag if there wasn't much there I'd be happy with one ... she was going on at her husband oooh do you think that's enough 8 bags later ... I said excuse me I want a bag of ice there was just no need to take it all 😂 the husband politely moved his greedy wife out the way of the freezer 😤

Another one whole families going shopping this one time was mum dad and three older kids like 16 14 and 12 mum all dolled up dad was similar like it was a day out ..
It was Friday 6pm in tesco and you just wanna get in shop and get the hell out.
It doesn't take 5 people in the family to shop.
Did they have nothing better to do.
And dare I say it christmas season all Christmas music playing but everyone looks miserable and irritated 😂🤣

People parked in the disabled bay without a blue badge is my pet peeve. Although I personally would never have done it, it didn't bother me until i got my own blue badge. We had to go further to a different supermarket this week cos there wasn't a single free disabled bay and a good few of the cars we passed did not have a blue badge. It seems people think 'I'm only popping in for a couple of things' is a good excuse. Saw it all the time when I questioned people outside M&S waiting for my husband to pick me up.

That there is life in a nutshell.

If it important to me it’s fine. But if other people doing the same thing is annoying.

This is ridiculous, people come from all walks of life, food shopping is a chore which everyone has to do to survive, your not the only one who has to do it, and your way is not every one else’s way, so what if someone is going slow maybe they’re having a bad day and don’t want to rush, people taking up a whole aisle, really? I’ve never seen anyone do this and just move round them if they are. Screaming kids can’t be helped in most cases, never bothers me, you can’t tell a whole family they can’t go in a supermarket together it’s up to them! Do online shopping or click and collect be much easier for you.

In the supermarket with my teenage son we where comparing products as the one my son usually uses was out of stock. Someone sarcastically told my son to move. No just wait your turn. We had only been looking for less then 30 seconds. Just be patient and wait.
And to speak to someone that way because he's a teenager is despicable.

If someones huffing and puffing behind me if I take longer than a nano second to decide which cheese to buy. I'm going to take even longer. Just bloody wait, you are not that important.

Most people aren’t patient, reading this thread just goes to show, hope you had a go at them.

😂😂😂 wow, the irony.

What’s funny do explain?

People that pull out in front of me at an end then slow or stop so I can’t go anywhere. I wish I could just ram them with my trolly.

All of these

Do supermarkets still do quiet hour and pensioner Tuesday where it's set aside for that age group?

As someone who works on the tills - it's people who seem to think each part of the shopping scanning must be done as a separate act. So they unpack their basket verrrry slowly. I'm usually scanning as they go and waiting for them to put each item on. I'm fast, you don't need to hand me each thing individually, pile 'em up and get to the other end of the belt or counter.

They then wait until every single item is scanned before they start to pack their bag or put it into the trolley again. Verrrry slowly. They don't even attempt to get their card out to pay until the last item has been put away, meaning that the entire queue (and I usually work the kiosk, so it's often people who are only buying a couple of items or just want cigarettes or lottery) has to wait. If they paid before they packed, I can serve other people while they are packing, but no. They have to pay very last thing.

I know it's not ALWAYS possible to work quickly, older people are slower and sometimes there's something at the end that you want to pack first, but a bit of logistical work would tell you to pay before you pack usually.

Blimey
Ive never seen this

People (by which I mean men) who scan their shopping at the self checkout and just pile it up in the bagging area, then go and get a bag and spend ages packing it when they could have done so as they went along. Another thing that winds me up, in any public space, is people (usually men again!) giving dirty looks to the mothers of small children who have the audacity to enjoy themselves without being completely silent. Don’t these idiots realise where adult humans come from?!

The reason YOU have never seen this is because these people are always in front of ME in the effing queue!