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to not think food should go through the clothing tills?

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ScatterChasse · 22/12/2010 17:00

I was at M+S, in the clothing half, and people were putting huge trolleys of food through the clothing tills. There are tills in the food section with conveyor belts, and the ones in the clothing section are just a counter (that's normal I think, isn't it?). And not just biscuits and chocolates, but raw meat, fish, veg.

I spoke to the cashier, and all she said was 'It's very busy in the food section. We can wipe it if you want'.

So, AIBU to not want to put clothing I'm buying on a counter where someone else has put smoked fish, or wet frozen food?

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gorionine · 22/12/2010 17:03

presumably the smocked fish is inside some sort of wraping and if the cashier lady is happy to wipe wet from frozen food from the clothes till is it really a problem?

MadamDeathstare · 22/12/2010 17:04

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GypsyMoth · 22/12/2010 17:04

they do in tesco,sainsburys etc..

DontLetTinselDragOnTheFloor · 22/12/2010 17:05

Surely smocked fish is clothing related

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ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 22/12/2010 17:05

the food is wrapped. at most, your clothes will have a teeny bit of water on them.it is xmas, shops are busy.

YABU

swanandduck · 22/12/2010 17:06

Well, this particular week of the year it was probably bedlam in the food department and they were just trying to use staff as effectively as possible and keep people moving. As long as the assistants are careful and don't plonk the clothes down on a wet counter I wouldn't have an issue.

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scurryfunge · 22/12/2010 17:07

I go to any available till that will let me buy things without long queues.

nickeldonkeybethlehemsinsight · 22/12/2010 17:08

no, i agree with the OP.

food packaging can be filthy.

also, why is it fair that someone who has shedloads of food stuff gets to jump the queue, effectively?

(and get carrier bags for free...)

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ScatterChasse · 22/12/2010 17:08

But in Tesco and Sainsburys there's just one lot of tills IYSWIM.

It bothered me because the food and clothing sections are quite separate in ours, and it seemed wrong that people were bringing the food across just to beat the queues. And they don't wipe them as a matter of course, it was only because I mentioned it.

I mean, if you go food shopping on 22nd December, it can't be that big a surprise there's a queue!

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swanandduck · 22/12/2010 17:10

If the till is open for groceries as well as clothes, then they're not jumping the queue. I think it makes more sense than having people queueing for half an hour to pay for their groceries while there are free tills elsewhere in the shop.

Mutt · 22/12/2010 17:10

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ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 22/12/2010 17:12

exactly OP and it can't be that big a surprise that staff are opening all tills to food customers to prevent queues snaking round teh aisles and causing problems.

you could have just set your basket up on the counter.

bupcakesandcunting · 22/12/2010 17:18

I can't be arsed to work myself into a frenzy about this, if I'm honest. I've had a few daytime Bailey's and even though this would usually send me into orbit. Everyone needs to start doing their xmas shopping pissed.

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ScatterChasse · 22/12/2010 17:22

I suppose so. I think if they'd been wiping the tills without being asked (and not letting people leave a box of chicken breasts there ffs!) it wouldn't have bothered me as much.

It's just they were using them for food, without any provision that they're not usually used for food.

So I suppose I WBU, just a bit hot and bothered because I was in a bit of a rush.

Anyway, off to the panto now, so will check back later.

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ScatterChasse · 22/12/2010 17:23

And bupcakes, excellent suggestion! Except I'd probably come back without half the stuff...

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bupcakesandcunting · 22/12/2010 17:25

I would be incandescent with rage if it was a trolley FULL and I just wanted to buy a pair of brogues or summat but if they just wanted to buy a onion and a bottle of bleach I would allow it without staring hard at the back of their heads.

cakewench · 22/12/2010 17:30

I agree, but I think we are both BU. I mean, you do wash new clothing before you wear it, right? The dyes they use can be quite disgusting (especially for jeans), not to mention whatever people get up to with clothing when they're in dressing rooms.

starfishmummy · 22/12/2010 17:33

Wouldn't occur to me to.do that with a lot of food - i might take sandwiches or something similar to.a clothes till but only if i was getting clothes as well. More.likely that id take bits of clothing to the food till.

panettoinydog · 22/12/2010 17:41

I make sure I put clothes down on clean packaging. Or i hold on to it before passing it to the assistant to swipe.

Not hard.

DanceInTheDark · 22/12/2010 17:44

My M&S doesn't have conveyors in the clothes bit - just a counter. Surely the presence of a conveyor makes it a 'free for all'.

panettoinydog · 22/12/2010 17:49

oh, you are talking about clothing tills. I have never seen a conveyor belt at a clothing checkout.

Unrulysanta · 22/12/2010 17:50

I think this thread might actually kill AIBU to be honest. There really can't be anything left to actually worry about. :)