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.

No excuse for physical or verbal assault.

Doesn't matter if you think she 'deserved it' it's a criminal offence.

Whoops op

Did you aye.

Who says shut your cunt up? 🤣🤣

Cool story bro. Did everyone clap?

if however you did say that, then I’m glad they banned you. I’m a lairy fucker but I wouldn’t speak to some minimum wage worker like that.

You have every right to get whichever item you want from the shelf. In my supermarket, the melon (using yours as an example) at the front often has that day's date on it, and if I'm doing a shop for a few days or even a week, I need some that will be fresh for longer than that.

She shouldn't have said anything, or told you which you were "supposed" to take.

Obviously you were very, very out of order. I would write an apology to the supermarket.

There's that bit o Scottish cyinisim few words.
Sae so much.

Oh dear that is appalling op but it really did make me laugh. Obviously the holier than thou on here will be disgusted by you. You definitely could have taken the moral high ground and kept quiet but your choice of language was very expressive and paints a great picture of little old Anne 😂😂😂

Wow. I was not expecting that tirade. You’re lucky the manager offered to ban you in private. All of my managers (food retail) would have happily and loudly banned you on the shop floor, fully explaining, so everyone could witness.

FWIW I wouldn’t have bothered to have a go at you for moving stuff around even if it’s annoying me, but if you spoke to me or anyone I work with like that there would be hell to pay. You are absolutely foul and you cannot and should not blame that on your “rough upbringing”. Many of us have had a “rough upbringing” and do not speak to people at work like that.

Takes 2. Maybe the staff member was fed up. OP should of just pushed her trolley on. It was a small issue. Email the store OP and apologise.

🤣😂

I’m actually with you on this. She was equally offensive to you, the only difference is you swore and she didn’t. I would be writing to their head office and making a complaint about how she was rude and pushed you until you exploded.

In the words of the streets - don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing 😂

is it?

I see like millions of people everyday insulting, shouting and swearing at workers

and unlike in the op, for no reason at all.

I have yet to see any of them punished

That was a disgusting thing you said.

Get the first pint in then 🤣

People who draw you in, prime you for the reveal, and then suddenly jump the shark right there in the opening post, two thirds in.

It's kind of subversive and very very funny. Excellent timing.

😂

Thanks for your input Billie x

I also suspect this is isn’t the first time you have kicked off to someone who you feel is below you.

Shame on you.

In Waitrose no less.

Bloody hell! Yes she was moany and grumpy but that kind of language is disgusting. Well done to the supermarket.

No but seriously this woman needs to be careful

there are a lot of crazy, mentally ill people out there. Many are carrying knives.

So many stories everyday of people being stabbed for no reason or because they confronted someone

e.g

Kevin Johnson: A 22-year-old father in Sunderland was stabbed to death outside his home after he went outside to ask a group of teenagers to keep the noise down because his baby was trying to sleep

Being insulted would be nothing compared to what could have happened to her if she bothered the wrong person

The way I see it there are 3 kinds of people in the world. The kind that are horrified by this, the kind that find it hilarious, and the kind that are horrified that they find it hilarious.