I just called a woman a cheeky cow in Asda

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Was just looking at the baked goods in Asda, minding my own when I heard this really loud voice go "excuse me!" Thought "she can't be talking to me as I am not obstructing the aisle" then this woman shoulder barged me and another shopper, glared at me and went "don't all move at once, will you?!" Sorry your majesty!

Something inside me clicked and I said "don't push past me, you cheeky cow!" she told me not to call her a cow and I told her not to be so rude in future. Then she said "do I look like a cow?" and I looked her up and down and did a "what do YOU think?" face.

Oh crikey, have become a screeching supermarket harridan. Does this type of thing happen in the Waitrose?

What's the matter with the name Fintan??? It's a Saints name. There is a St Fintan's tree in Mountrath Laois. There are hundreds of fintans round thoses parts, pretty normal ones, I always thought

3:)

- this thread has given me a right good laugh before I start making an arse of decorating the christmas tree.

And oh yes, I do that thing of apologising when someone else runs over my foot/bumps into me!

Why do we do that??

I don't do it. If I do, it's very sarcastic. "Ooh, sorry. In your way, was I?"

I'm surprised I haven't had my face punched in by now.

I was out eating in a fast food place this week and we were just finishing up when a woman came up to our table, ignoring me and DS completely, beckoned one of the workers over and said "Can you clean this table please?" WHILE WE WERE STILL SITTING THERE.

I hate people

I see no problem with such salutations whilst mingling risking ones life amongst the patrons of that particular establishment?
Correct form was used indeed....

I'm venturing out to Tesco later today - I shall be on the lookout for altercations and report back if I see any.
I only once had an altercation when I pointed out that a man had queue-jumped in a very busy bakers where there was a long slow queue. He then glared at me and called me stupid as he left the shop after his purchase.
I lead a sheltered life

Cupcakes: how do you make rose harissa?

Someone pushed me out of the way to get to the drinks while was queuing in the cafe John Lewis last week. I was more shocked that it happened in John Lewis than I was about being pushed.

You just boil all of the ingredients together (chillis, cumin, garlic,) in very little water, DO NOT LET CHILLIES BURN, then belnd together with the rose petals or rose water if you are desperate. Put into jar, cover with olive oil, stick in fridge.

I'm normally a pacifist but I have to guiltily admit that I do love a good supermarket showdown. I get it from my father. He has been known to go nuclear in the checkout line.

The time he lost it in the 'baskets only' queue when the woman behind him pointed out that even though he only had 10 items, he couldn't use that checkout becuse those 10 items WERE IN A SHOPPING TROLLEY NOT A BASKET, is still talked about in our local Waitrose nearly 9 years later.

Yes, Waitrose.

OOH I can't wait.

I shop at 3 supermarkets for my food shop - tesco for basics (I go at 2 in the morning as is quiet), Asda for alcohol and Sainsbos for stuff like pate.

I love it, I love watching the scraps.

I think the worst are Waitrose shoppers, you get horsey Cheletneham College twats in there who come in shopping in their jodhpurs and trail HORSE SHIT through the place. Dirty cahs.

The Belazu rose harissa from teh special food selection in Sainsbos is very nice if you can't be arsed haven't the time to make the recipe above.

Love this thread!!

I was in Tesco at 3am on a Sunday AM once and there were drunk people coming out the pubs who had started a cheese fight in the dairy aisle.

Bloody hell OhLittleTownOfShirley. Did you say anything?!

Internet shopping sounds dull compared to this! Though I did venture to Sainsbo's earlier for more wine last minute essentials earlier, had 4 mo old DD in funny little seat thing looking very cute and smiling at everyone while we went round. Softened a few of the more grumpy faces I saw!

Ha ha ha I missed Shirley's post. She obviously wanted you to be cleared up like a piece of rubbish. Why did you not kick her in the minge?

Dont lose any sleep over it...

I once told someone they had "all the charm of a ferret in a rabbit hutch" They laughed

I love you Gabby.

See, this is the reason I do all my shopping online!

However I do remember years ago, when M+S used to get their turkeys delivered on Christmas Eve, and you couldn't order them. I was in town (only a young thing!) and saw the police cars, and several well-dressed women being led away, bawling like fishwives! Apparently people had been queueing since the early hours at the front entrance, then some silly M+S person opened the back door at the same time- was seemingly like a battle scene from Braveheart- turkey carnage!

M+S stopped that silly system the next year!

Hah hah Orm - 'impertinent bovine'

Well my Peter Pan obsessed 4 year old son called an old lady a "Scurvy bilge rat" in Waitrose two days ago... in his defence he was dress as a pirate.

I didn't tell him off or make him apologise because said woman had two minute previously tutted at my 1 year old daughter for crying out for her welly when it fell off.

I've got driving lessons for christmas and birthday. I didnt want them cos really Im dreading learning but now...
now I want to learn so I can go to supermarkets

gosh must be an asda thing ,my dd and i was shopping at our local asda and we had just stopped by the gifts to get her pal a gift ,when this man pushed into the trolly that had my grandson in and told us to fing move ,[we was not in the way]and gave us a load of abuse ,then we bumped in to him again still gave us the gob etc ,so we went and told sercurity ,dont know if they found him tho

Am starting to feel a little bit anxious about going to waitrose on Friday for the turkey collection now. Mind you Kate and Wills have been known to shop at our local Waitrose ITS THAT POSH!! (we live v close to her parents) . I do remember last year in the mad parcel collection office some woman muttering under her breath at me "great parking" so gave her my biggest smile and said oh thank you in a really patronising tone as I flounced out in a very mumsnetty way. (Felt really proud of myself for that one - can you tell?) Christmas stress does truly bring out the worst in people!

I remember having a spat in tesco's with a nasty cow woman once. I was quite heavily pregnant with DS and doing last minute christmas shopping, silly me!

Anyhoo, I was beside this cow woman and reached up to pick something, think it was 'stocking-filler tat' and a couple of the items fell, missing her, but near enough, I said sorry, obviously.

She got huffy, "so you should be too, barging around, knocking things off shelves!!"
Me : yes, am really very sorry
cow her: well, if you hadn't barged in, you should be more careful, what a cheek, blah, blah
me: I said sorry, and actually, i think it may be the stores fault for overfilling the shelf?
cow her: no, you shouldn't be so rude..etc

I left the shop in tears (pregnant etc), DP found me outside shop & marched in, (I had described her) to give talking to, she 'didn't notice' I was pregnant some shop assistants apparently got involved and asked DP did I want to come back in, they would get me a cuppa etc
Some people are just rude.