Banned from my local supermarket after an argument with a member of staff- my language was bad though.

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So today I’ve been banned from my local supermarket, I’m not proud of what happened but I think that the member of staff was also in the wrong.

i was in the fruit and veg aisle looking to get some pre- chopped melon. The ones that come in sealed plastic pots. They were stacked quite tightly and some of the dates were quite soon, so I decided to go towards the back, in doing this I accidentally knocked 5 or 6 pots off the shelf. Immediately a female member of staff was on me- telling me “ you’re supposed to take the ones from the front”. I apologised for knocking some of them from the shelf but explained that it was my choice to choose the date that I wanted. By this point I had reassembled the display, so no harm done. She carried on chuntering so I said something like “ it’s really not a big deal, let’s move on”. As I went to walk away she said, “ it’s just not on”. I’m afraid this is where I let myself down. She was a small pointy woman of about 60 with short dyed red hair. I asked her what her problem was and she said “ customers like you thinking they own the place” to which I replied ( I know this is bad) “fuck off and shut your cunt up you fucking crackhead Anne Robinson lookalike”. It’s not often I take such a low blow but I had a rough upbringing and when I’m really pushed it emerges. The lady stormed off.

as I was leaving a manager asked me if I could step into an office for a chat, I said no thank you. She then said well I’m afraid that you won’t be able to shop here moving forwards.

so that’s that. Not proud of my mouth but she was a fucking horrible twat.

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I think those do not abuse staff zero tolerance posters are there for this

I must learn to control my sweary mouth

Written in lines, 500 times should fix it.

It really doesn't matter if its your 'first ever offense' !!!
So is it ok to stab someone in a bout of road rage because you've never lost your shit with someone previously?
You had the opportunity to take the moral high ground in this situation but plummeted so deep into the sewer that there's no coming back from it. You deserved to get banned!
If I were you, I wouldn't be telling too many people about my utterly vile behaviour either......

Come off it 😂, they’re not going to bother circulating her name and a description of her to every Waitrose and John Lewis store in the country for this.

Could someone explain in detail how exactly you shut your cunt up?

If the watermelon was falling off the shelves, then it was clearly over stocked.

obviously no one can condone your behaviour but it sounds like you’re taking accountability for it.

The Waitrose worker was rude too - okay, not as rude as you but you never speak to customers like that ever!

Also wanted to ask if you’re okay? Because sometimes a response like yours came from something else that had happened recently/that day.

So what should you do if you want melon for Wednesday but all the pots at the front are best before Monday? Of course you’ll look for a longer date. Don’t be silly.

Fucking cantaloupe

For a minute there I thought that read cuntaloupe

Re the multiple pots tumbling, the phrase "bull in a china shop" does spring to mind.

You said "Not proud of my mouth but she was a fucking horrible twat."

I think you won the prize for the worse mouth and abuse. Apologise and learn from this.

You are in charge of your mouth and what comes out of it.
Overuse of swearing does not have the impact desired. People will think you unwell.

I don’t think you should go back to apologise the decent thing to do would be to accept the ban and go elsewhere. Completely ridiculous and inexcusable escalation. Maybe she was a rude jobsworth (not opposed to grabbing the best dates at the back myself) but she didn’t come even remotely close to deserving that level of abuse. If I knew you as a friend and witnessed that I would want nothing to do with you. Honestly it’s so far off the scale, unhinged behaviour and you don’t even seem that embarrassed or ashamed.

I say this as someone who also grew up in a household where being called a cunt as a child was par for the course.

You obviously use swear words as part of your everyday language - I hope you manage to control it around children (all children, not just your own). I am glad the manager banned you, as I, as a customer, would object to hearing you speaking like that.

The staff member had probably just been moaned at by management about too much waste! And customers taking from the back!
It also makes stock checking harder and easier to miss going or out of date stock!

Being brought up on a council estate does not mean such vile language needs to be used. I was brought up on a council estate and would never behave in such a disgusting way

You obviously use swear words as part of your everyday language

Yes, I think on your CV you could fairly say claim "fluency" or even "mother tongue" op!

I mean you shouldn’t have said that but it gave me a bloody good laugh.

As someone who can get very frustrated and will resort to the odd fuck off depending on the circumstances, I can’t comprehend of using language like that. You were over the top foul mouthed and I’m not surprised you’ve been banned.

The assistant was wrong to tell you which pack to take and it’s the customer’s right to buy what they want but you know yourself your outburst was way, way out or order.

Wow, you sound rough..You should apologise.

Well that's quite a temper you've got there OP.

You’re just going to have to drive into Wilmslow now OP!

The fact that even after saying you're thinking of sending an email or flowers , you're calling her a 'pointy old witch' shows you don't regret your outburst at all, you just want to be able to carry on using that Waitrose .