Man at Morrisons questioned my shopping and told me to cheer up

[FelicityShagsWell]

I just bought a few things in Morrisons and the gate wouldn't let me out. I asked the bloke behind me if he knew if there was a problem and he said you need to tap your receipt. Fair enough, I didn't know that. But while I was looking for it he said he didn't believe I'd paid for my purchases. When I looked puzzled I was told to cheer up.

Do men in 2026 still say that! I thought it was left behind on 1970s building sites.

@FelicityShagsWell the man was definitely odd in his comment.

People on here could argue with an empty paper bag.

I often wonder if the warm weather brings the neanderthals more bravery. The braver ones are out all year round but a lot only come out when it gets warmer.
I had my first ones of the year this week, I was simply minding my own business too. Don't worry, OP. Its him who is a sad little man. All he needed to do was say to scan the receipt. Think what his life is like if he needs to bully women in supermarkets.

I just give idiots my psycho stare, they always shut up.

People on here shouldn't have to put up with morons either.
Noone is arguing with anyone else as far as I can see. It is an observation that some random, normally a bloke, have to make so called 'amusing' comments.
Posters are talking small talk like they would in irl, it's no big deal.

Haha yes this is the sort of thing I would say. God some people on this thread really need to lighten up.

🙄All i can do is eye roll at these threads now.

I wasn't any of those three things.

Christ, it's a tiny bit of light banter. What a miserable fucking world people want to live in. For goodness sake lighten up.

I imagine it was along the lines of
How do I get out of here?
You need to scan your receipt
*faff faff faff
Are you sure you didn’t steal it?? (Wink wink - bad joke falling flat. Probably said because an exchange had started and he was just standing there not able to get out until she found it)
What? (Staring at him stern face not understanding the “joke”)
Oh cheer up (meant because she didn’t laugh at his bad joke rather than looking miserable generally in life)

Has no one on here ever said a joke or random comment during an interaction with a stranger that was totally taken the wrong way/fell flat? I’m a woman and autistic and sometimes I’ve said something jokingly to someone and the person looks at me like I’m fucking stupid. (I’ll be honest it’s normally women that give me that “idiot 🙄” look. Men often chuckle anyway even if they look baffled). And then I’ll often spend the rest of the day thinking about what I said and sometimes I realise after a while why the person took what I said badly or didn’t get what I meant. Other times I just don’t know why and it just stays with me forever as a cringe moment.

The doors wouldn't open.
I looked around and asked Mammoth the nearest person if there's an issue with the gates. (That's because there's no indication
He said "You need to scan your receipt"that's what you need to do, it's not my local store, where it doesn't work like that)
Receipt in my back pocket so no faffing required.
While I was doing that he said "I bet you didn't pay for your stuff"
He then scanned his own receipt and went through the gate.
I followed and was told to cheer up.

That's how it 'went down'.

And you made an entire thread about this brief interaction? 🙄

No, I made a post. Everybody else has made it into an entire thread, including you!

Ooo careful “lighten up” is far too close to “cheer up” and people don’t like that here 😂

It's not his job to know and explain an issue with the gates (it's not an issue, it's a deliberate way they work). It's your job to realise not every shop is like your local one. What did you think the gate was for? And why can't you accept other people don't think he actually meant that you'd stolen your items? You were very puzzled after all.

I hate these gates. They are slowly taking jobs from people having these. They should have people manning tills, not these gates. Sorry to derail. It’s a pet hate of mine.

Back to the “cheer up love, it might never happen” days.

As an aside, what is the point of these stupid gates when you have arms full of shopping? You can pay for just one item, scan the receipt and it will let you through.

So the focus is on a comment instead of being locked in like cattle at a gate. Checks out.

I believe a good response to stupid statements like this is always ‘Why?’
On repeat.
It makes the stupid man look stupid.