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.

What kind of supermarket would a manager take you into an office, didn't they have security,

I thought it was odd too. No way was I doing that

Ive worked in multiple supermarkets and thats just not how giving a ban works

Quite. If my mum told me she'd called someone in Waitrose a cunt I'd be absolutely appalled. It just wouldn't happen. The fact the daughter just rolled her eyes says everything you need to know.

This. ^

Guess away darling, I suppose you’ll never know 😄

You really do think you're funny don't you?

You're not.

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Exactly this.

Do I?? That’s for to judge I guess. Have a lovely day pretty rose xx

Oh dear

Oh I really hope so!

She was a bit annoying. Your response was way over the top and you basically lost control. Bring banned was hardly a surprising outcome.

You’re an adult with self control, so all this “when I’m pushed it just comes out” is nonsense. You chose to act like that.

She wasn’t being a jobsworth. Sure, you have the choice of all products available to buy, but she’s right that you are supposed to take the ones from the front and by not doing so you are being incredibly selfish.

She kept going on about it because of the way you behaved and not realising what you’d done.

I’ve managed retail in the past. People like you are unfortunately ten a penny, and even if you apologised and brought flowers/chocolates, you would still be banned from the store because you are not the kind of person anyone wants as their customer.

I do not have to take the ones from the front. None of us have to do that. You sound totally ridiculous

I never said you had to. I said you’re supposed to. FIFO.

Was the melon nice though

Why are we supposed to?? Why do I need to pay full price for a shorter date when fucking Janice and Peter can swan in 2 hours later, pay the same and get a better date. Sorry but nope, not me. I’m going straight for the back. You should see me in the bread aisle. I’m like a date hunting bastard.

Well, I found it kind of funny tbh… I would have taken the opportunity to speak to the manager as requested though and explained her staff shouldn’t be speaking to customers like that. You were doing nothing wrong at all, lots of people do that. She was prickly and rude so you snapped. You obviously shouldn’t have but the Ann Robinson remark is funny.