Lady in the 'Handbasket' queue with TWO baskets- outrageous behaviour?

[Clockspotter]

Just been to Morrisons in my lunch-hour. It was rammed- think all the pensioners are stocking up 'cos of the snow! Joined the handbasket queue and the woman in front, when she reached the conveyor belt, said "Excuse me I have another basket over there" and ran to pick it up before returning to her space. Must admit I was so gobsmacked I was speechless. She kept the whole queue of doddery pensioners waiting while she unloaded them both, as well as all the catfood from under her arms!

Talk about not playing by the rules...

[cumfy]

Have had:

Put divider on conveyor and start loading.

Twenty-something nips in front to add a couple of items apparently to go with "friend" to whom she stands close to.

Finish loading. Look around. Turn back to belt to see ......

little cuntess has inserted divider between her stuff and "friend's" to whom she is no longer standing close to!!!

[FanjoForTheMincePies]

you'd LOVE me, i recently went to my auntie's local supermarket, and accidentally went in the basket queue with my trolley AND paid for my shopping and hers separately!!

[lexxity]

She started shouting and ranting at me! The checkout lady was gobsmacked and had to get the supervisor to come and take the lady away! This woman was instant that she was in the right! It's the maddest thing I've ever seen and I work for an airline so I've seen a few things in my time!

[Butterbur]

What was her response, Lexxity?

[lexxity]

That's not being cheeky. What's being cheeky is the woman who whilst I was unloading my stuff onto the belt, came up behind me, started taking my stuff OFF and PUTTING HERS ON! To say she got both barrels was an understatement!

[gramercy]

In Winchester it definitely says "10 items or FEWER". Because I almost emitted an involuntary cheer.

[BeenBeta]

Is it really 10 items or less in M&S?

Oh dear, I didnt know that.

The death stares I must have unwittingly generated.

[nancydrewrockinaroundxmastree]

laurie I know it should be "10 items or fewer" but in M&S it is "10 items or less".

Hence my use of quotation marks. Could be a whole different thread...and I believe it has been on ocassion

[Hullygully]

I have never ever heard anything like it

Hanging's too good

[VivaLeBeaver]

Totally outrageous, but I like her style.

[Ryoko]

Round here she would have been told to sod off, there was once a guy in the 10 items or less who piled about 15 items on, and then argued it would be quicker for the items to be scanned and him be on his way, then it would to put it all back in the basket, so the assistant turned round to everyone else and asked "would you mind waiting while he puts all his stuff back in the basket?", and so he slowly put everything in the basket and sodded off, muttering.

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

I have found that these queues move the slowest. In my not very scientific observation, if you have 7 people with just a basked compared with two people with 15 items in their trolly it is much quicker to go behind trolly people.
I need to get out more I think.

[LaurieFairyonthetreeEatsCake]

It's ten items or fewer

[skydance]

'Old. Twas you wasn't it? Next time I'll kick you in the muff, alright?'

[frgr]

my mum does the odd bit of shopping for my nan and uses two baskets in that queue most of the time... nan is fiercely independant and wants a receipt (to make sure my mum hasn't paid for any of her shopping!) at the end of it. so if mum wants to buy anything for herself she just uses two baskets. i admit i've done the same when i do it...

i do think it's wrong to have two baskets stuffed full of items to the brim though, i can understant your irritation...

but i wanted to point out that if it's only a few items (under the item limit) but someone is using two baskets they're not all mad :) they maybe just have a mad relative to answer to

[gramercy]

stieger: not just Lidl behaviour. I saw the "smug sixty-something race" in Waitrose. A trolley each in separate queues and then the fastest one beckoned the other over. I would never have the nerve. That age group absolutely take the prize for being the rudest and pushiest people on this planet.

[gramercy]

Can I just say that I was most gratified to see that the sign in M&S said "10 items or fewer " Yay! My red pen could stay safely in my bag.

[bupcakesandcunting]

"Which branch bupcake, the new one or the old?"

Old. Twas you wasn't it? Next time I'll kick you in the muff, alright?

[stleger]

What annoys me is the outrageous behaviour in Lidl - couple who go in separate queues to see which is fastest, then join together and amalgamate their goods. My dh is horrified at people who phone their order to the chipper.(We have a sophisticated lifestyle)

[oneortwo]

2 full baskets? I'd have been too impressed by her triceps to get annoyed I HATE baskets weakling emotion