to be miffed that I was robbed by an old lady?

[LadyOfTheManor]

I had to pop into Lidl today to get some German gingerbread for my sister (yes justification is needed).

I wasn't going to bother with a trolley but my ds was being a fidgety monkey so I got a pound out and headed toward the trolley park.

An old woman was just taking her bag out and said, oh you can have my trolley.

I thanked her, gave her my pound and went in.

When I came out I plugged the trolley back into the line of trollies, and a euro, yes a EURO, popped out.

That menace tricked me, and I have lost about 30 pence.

Do you think it was deliberate? I bet she'll be laughing at me at her coffee morning tomorrow.

Susie that's the kinda thing I should start doing.

I may lurk about in the car park and see if it's a regular occurance, they can't just get away with this

Libster! Ha! Clothes from the 80s I bet they look interesting in this day and age! Is there a t-shirt saying "Frankie says relax"?

libster - me too, and I'm 26!

I wouldn't think of 60 as old - my parents are 60-odd. I think it's unlikely anyone meant to scam you - it's a trolley coin!

thePL I might corner her next time and see what she knows. She might be onto something. It's always the quiet ones.

Someone did that to me once, but the trolley was broken and no £1 came out. I was at Gatwick airport once with DS in buggy, luggage and a harrassed expression. A lovely couple offered to go and get me a trolley to save me leaving my bags or dragging them across the airport. I only had a euro and I asked them to make sure they gave me the euro trolley...the man pushed the trolley all the way to the station for me and when I put it back I found it had their £1 in it...

I owe you 30p

When I worked at Kwik Save in the 90s, we checkout girls had to put a pound in to get a trolley to put at the end of our till. The idea being that customers would empty their trolley onto the belt and we'd put their stuff back in 'our' trolley, then keep their one. The number of old people who would come with a handbasket and walk off with my trolley. The buggers. I was once down £5 in a day, it was barely worth going to work!

Yeh, they look so innocent. Old people used to eat sweets from imaginary hiding places on their person, now they're lurking about stealing money. Tut tut. I blame the Post Offices closing.

At "my" Lidl pound coins are always getting stuck in the trolleys. I swear they do it on purpose to boost their profits as it is rarely busy. Busy there is one person in front of you at the only open checkout!

I've only been there twice and the first time the local Indian restaurant man literally had two trollies full of some Polish (?) juice.

The second time I got held up in daylight robbery.

I got sweetees in Morrisons as I gave the lady my trolley in exchange for the £0.73p in her purse to save her getting cash then changing it in store, (I offered, she didn't approach me.

She gave me 4 mint humbugs!

I deffo got the better deal, I had until that day forgotten about the existence of humbugs and how nice they are.

Um.... ye!

LittleRedDragon but I bought them new! (sniff)

4 mint humbugs should be the going rate for a trolley!

I've only ever been robbed twice and both times by over 70s.

Once an old man filched £5 out of my coat pocket on a train and the other time an old woman nicked some china I was selling at a car boot sale and put it in her little wheeled trolley when my back was turned...

Old people today, huh?!

60! That's not old. My Mum would be mortally offended.

I'm 51, and I can confirm I lost the ability to distinguish between a pound and a euro when I was 49 (and a half).

I have a Euro in my purse, that is what i will use it for then

Yes, put back into their gang warfare-show them we cannot be beaten.