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Original poster

or have I just had the most disastrously Mumsnetty trip to the supermarket ever?

253 replies

FannyPriceless · 07/05/2011 16:38

DD ate all the grapes before purchase. The checkout assistant actually held up the remains before scanning and said 'What is this?' in a very disapproving voice. All that was left was a plastic bag, a stalk, and few squashed half grapes.Blush

But even worse than that, I LOST my shopping list half way around. We went back to search but it was nowhere to be found. I have to admit in all honesty that it had 'nice ham' written on it!Blush

I am mortified.

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pigletmania · 07/05/2011 17:37

peabodyblue Grin nice ham, nice sausages, nice mince or dh will come back with all the value stuff with hardly any meat in and made of crap, men eh

TheFlyingOnion · 07/05/2011 17:37

Worra, I think YABU. The OP doesn't come across to me as a bad mother....

squeakytoy · 07/05/2011 17:38

No, squeakytoy I don't think that's right - you would be permanently depriving the supermarket of the food when you take it off the shelves if that was the case.

Of course you wouldnt. You could put it back. Or if you found you had no means to pay at the till, then the shop would take it back. I doubt they could stick their fingers down a childs throat and put regurgitated grapes back on the shelf!

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FannyPriceless · 07/05/2011 17:38

Whoa, Nellie! This is all getting a bit serious!

Please, please people. It was a tiny, tiny bunch of grapes that I broke off from a larger bunch (maybe 15 grapes max). It was a very long shop that dragged over DD's lunch time - made even longer by the fact that I lost my list so had to trawl every aisle trying to jog my memory and go back for things I'd forgotten. It was a miracle we got around at all without meltdown, as it's only the second time DS has sat up in the toddler seat next to DD.

I actually thought you would all come on here and tell me about much more disastrously Mumsnetty supermarket trips to make me feel better (you know, P&T space fiascos, use of disabled loo with children, middle class children loudly demanding expensive French cheese, etc).

But OK then, pass me the bad mother crown now. I'll go sit on the naughty step and think about what I've done.

(But at suggestion that I deserve 'bad ham'. Harsh!)

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worraliberty · 07/05/2011 17:39

Theflyingonion I didn't suggest for a second she was a bad mother Hmm

bossyboop · 07/05/2011 17:39

loads of people give their kids stuff to eat while shopping, I always have a lolly in my bag for dd anyway so have never needed to but supermarkets are stressful places as it is without screaming kids who don't want to be there anymore than you do, so anything to keep the peace. I think the cashier should have had the sense to buzz for someone to go and fetch another bag of grapes to be scanned in the same way they do if it's clothing without a tag on. The cashier failed to do her job properly, probably couldn't be bothered, that's not your problem. Though if it happened to me I would probably go and get another bag of grapes before going to the till and get them to scan that bag twice

squeakytoy · 07/05/2011 17:40

Onion, if we go by your argument, lets say you put a bottle of wine in your trolley. You then drop that bottle of wine. Would you pay for it?

oprahfan · 07/05/2011 17:41

i'm still going to spain, but not for the grapes. do you think they'll have some of that nice acorn-fed piggy ham stuff? Ok OP, have a couple of slices of that.Now be a good girl, don't do it again, and god help you if you ever do that in waitrose.40 yrs inside you'll get me girl......................

bibbitybobbityhat · 07/05/2011 17:42

Hmmmm, I'm not convinced you need the Delphic Oracle to persuade you that eating food covered with pesticides, manure and all the bacteria from the hands of the many people who have handled it is probably not a good thing. Especially as it takes but a couple of seconds to vastly improve your chances of not picking up something nasty.

oprahfan · 07/05/2011 17:43

in the end op, did u get yr ham? Yes, yes, I was harsh, very harsh.....................i admit it.

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FannyPriceless · 07/05/2011 17:45

Yes, I remembered the nice ham!Grin

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TheFlyingOnion · 07/05/2011 17:45

I see your point bibbity, I just simply CBA Smile

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 07/05/2011 17:46

The grapes are indeed shit here. Can't get seedless ones for love nor money! It was in fact the very same acorn fed piggy ham stuff that DD was given. I am a ham snob having lived here for 7 years!! There's nothing better!

Incidentally, my mum's Waitrose (yep - it's her very own) have wonderful staff at the deli counter and we can 'do lunch' there too!

oprahfan · 07/05/2011 17:47

wayhey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! holds out arm to link with.....want to go to spain for tea? Free of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bossyboop · 07/05/2011 17:47

but do people wash their hands every single time they eat, say even a quick biscuit???? How many people touched the coins you used to pay for the packet of biscuits and how many people touched the basket or trolley, what about all the door handles in your home that you touched getting to the kitchen after the whole family has coughed and spluttered and sneezed, should we disinfect everything first...or risk death by dirty door handles????

madonnawhore · 07/05/2011 17:48

Everyone on here with a mealy cat's bum mouth needs to chill out. It's a bunch of grapes ffs.

I did lol at 'nice ham'.

squeakytoy · 07/05/2011 17:48

I never wash grapes, and have never yet knowingly been ill.... I do pay for them though! Grin

pirateparty · 07/05/2011 17:49

I'm amazed at the vitriol aimed at poor Fanny Shock

All small children would find it hard going round a supermarket on a bad day, especially if hungry. I know ds (2.5) would.

Which is why I shop online - even for my nice ham!

Fanny have some grape juice on me Wine

PS think you should get extra points for taking the flaming so well... Grapes are always trouble on MN!

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 07/05/2011 17:49

hahahahahaha!

Actually, missed the indoor market for a couple of weeks and we were asked why we hadn't been. She causes a stir every time we go - it's full of wise old Spanish wives and their bag carrying husbands, so I know they don't mind feeding me and my daughter the freebies!

TheFlyingOnion · 07/05/2011 17:49

bossyboop, my point exactly (but not enunciated half as well. If at all.)

ZimboMum · 07/05/2011 17:49

I just think its quite funny that the cashier weighed the stalk! My judgypants are firmly round my hips and the outrage you've caused over 15 grapes has made me Grin

alistron1 · 07/05/2011 17:50

A few years ago I worked at a M&S foodhall. A lady came in urgently needing garlic for a dinner party she was having that night. There was no garlic left, only a few small cloves left in the garlic section. I charged her a nominal penny for them. If I had been 'caught' doing that I'd have been sacked.

IMHO letting toddlers eat grapes and that improves customer loyalty and ensures retention.

If my garlic lady had been served by a jobsworth she'd probably have never shopped there again. As it was, she was so grateful that she was never out of the shop Grin

Anyone saying that the OP has stolen stuff is a bit of a jobsworth numbnuts TBH.

bibbitybobbityhat · 07/05/2011 17:52

The op has stolen a bunch of grapes Grin.

Therefore I am a jobsworthnumbnuts.

Quite like that name, actually, may well change.

oprahfan · 07/05/2011 17:54

i never knew grapes were trouble on mn..............oooooh, fanny, enjoy yr tea! But, er, don't want grapes on my plate. Can't stand this messing about with nice savoury foods and fruit lobbed on the side, and what the hell is fruity coleslaw about, ok, ok, i'm off.....................................

alistron1 · 07/05/2011 17:54

I like that name myself and claim ownership of it. If you namechange you are stealing my idea. And I will prosecute.