I've ruined someone in Aldi's Christmas!! Apparently

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Just been to Aldi to get some stuff. Went to get some smoked salmon. It was a want not a need.
I went to the chiller cabinet and opened the door to get some salmon. There was a couple standing close looking but not opening the door. I opened the door and took the last 2 packets I could see.

After I took them I heard ' why didn't you open the door before her? That's now Christmas ruined!'

They then followed me closely round the next couple of aisles saying ' we have no smoked salmon, what are we going to do?' While glaring at me!

Not my fault! Also it's an industrial park there us also a sainsbury/ lidl and m&s nearby.

Maybe I'm a horrible person but I found it quite funny!

They could have followed me to the north pole and I still wouldn't have given them a packet 🤷‍♀️

I have to do my Christmas shopping tomorrow, I intend to be there by 7 am and be out by 7.30am. If I need something it will be a grab and go situation (something akin to Supermarket Sweep just without the inflatable banana!) If people are stood pondering whether they need something or not I will assume it is not essential to them and take the quantity I need, if that clears the shelf then so be it.

It's dog eat dog out there.

Someone on another thread had her sherry trifle stolen! The world’s gone made.

So this boy, or more to the point his mum most likely (as mentioned upthread) planned ahead. The fact that there is a lack of food vendors at the venue isn’t this boys problem. Failure to plan on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine.

The fish didn’t belong to Jesus either way.

Alls fair in love, war and supermarkets in the run up to Christmas.

I would have given them one.

I don't think the spirit of sharing is trying to evaluate whether they would do it back...or deciding they are not worthy of sharing with as they are 'wet', or disorganised, as other posters have said.

It would be different if it was something I was especially fussed about but OP said the salmon really wasn't important to them.

I found it funny OP - in fact I’d have chuckled in their faces as I swanned off with my smoked salmon - serves them right for being passive aggressive weirdos!

Everyone had brought food but no one wanted to share and they were shamed into it when the one person offered up theirs.

I mean you had every right to do what you did. But you sound like a dick! Maybe they were trying to get it all done in one shop because they had to go visit a poorly relative in hospital. Or they're skint and can only afford to go to Aldi. You just never know... So yeah I'd have given them one packet and felt like a smug santa all day 😂

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5464243-she-stole-my-sherry-trifle?reply=149375331

I wonder if they were waiting for the opportunity to take it out of your trolley.....

As my DS would say… so sad, too bad!

My sister had smoked salmon when she was pregnant.

😂😂

My Grandma smoked 80 a day.

Okay.

This is why Online Shopping is a god send! I don’t have to worry about indecisive people such as these as trust me I have no patience and they would have been told to jog on politely of course. I book my 2 Xmas slots early so 5 days before the big day for the big shop & 2 days before for fresh produce. No going to the supermarket and fighting over food and car parking space. Hubby & the kids bring all the shopping in and I put it away. No stress!
I can’t even remember the last time I went to a supermarket. Xmas is one day in the year why people have to make it so difficult I really don’t know. Merry Xmas 🎄

I’ve been packing at the foodbank today. One of the cans added to the bags is “fish” some lovely people had donated salmon so I felt Christmassy putting that in the bags.

This thread made me laugh as well - https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5464243-she-stole-my-sherry-trifle

Supermarkets are mad this time of year!

I got huffed and puffed at in m&s last night for having the audacity to say 'excuse me' to a group of five people having a conversation right in front of the party food fridge doors. I couldn't have opened them in any other way and they'd been gabbing for at least ten minutes as I'd seen them as I came through the doors. Christmas brings out some odd, entitled behaviour in people. Everyone seems to think their Christmas is the only one happening 🤷‍♀️

I’ve tried freezing smoked salmon in the distant past, it’s never worked for me, even if carefully defrost slowly in cold fridge.. D’you know of a way that works?

Though, I’ve also thought, if it was a workable system, then the supermarkets would all be offering a frozen version…?

I actually think you have made their Christmas because they sound like the sort of people who love to have something to moan about!

First come,first served!

I'm a total curmudgeon, but I'd have done the same. If nothing else, it would embarrass the hell out of them.

TBF the amount of people that pick something up walk to another aisle then dump it because they saw something similar they wanted more or changed their mind is mind blowing especially at busy time like Christmas.

Remember we only have the OPs side of the story. Somewhere in England a poor couple are telling the tragic tale of being barged out of the way by a rude aggressive woman just as they were about to open the chilled cabinet to take out the only remaining and carefully selected salmon. Gordon and Celia are on a strict salmon-only diet so that’s their Christmas ruined.

They followed OP round a shop, passive aggressively muttering about their 'ruined' Christmas and somehow she's the bad guy? Catch yourself on!

Honest to God.