re: woman unpacking my basket yesterday in shop

[FrozenNorthPole]

I can't work out whether she was being unreasonable, or I was ...

I was loading my shopping onto the conveyor belt at Wilkinsons yesterday. I was in a queue of about 3 people - it wasn't busy. Had 2 big packs of nappies, some cleaning supplies and a colouring book for DD1. Shop assistant asked if I wanted a bag, I said yes (had forgotten the one I usually bring) and then shop assistant gave me a tiny bag. I explained that my stuff would not fit in the tiny bag. Shop assistant found me a larger bag and resumed scanning stuff; I resumed packing it.

At this point, the woman behind me in the queue began removing my shopping from my basket and putting it on the conveyor belt by the armful, saying crossly, "I'm in a massive hurry, and it looks like you're going in slow motion". I don't know whether she was talking to the shop assistant or me - we were both moving at a pretty average speed as far as I know. I can understand her being frustrated if she was running late but I can't imagine reaching into someone else's shopping basket and removing all their stuff.

I'm not massively offended or anything, although in her haste she did drop quite a few of my items off the edge of the belt. AIBU to be surprised by this, or was this a perfectly reasonable thing to do in the circumstances?

I would have karate chopped her for doing that!

Rude cow! YANBU

She sounds a bit unhinged tbh. Quite funny though! :-)

What??! This has to be a joke. That is the most severe breach of supermarket-conveyor-belt-etiquette I have EVER heard! I'd have been raging.

I'm sure we've all wanted to do similar when stuck behind someone slow (not saying you were slow) but to actually do it?

She was being unspeakably rude. Some people have an inflated sense of their own importance. If you were taking too long for her busy day Im sure there were other queues.

A lady once helped me unpack my basket as I had my hands full with DD1. But that was a kind thing to do.

I think I would be so shocked I would probably laugh at that.

I would have given her a huge smile and said thank you for being so kind and emptying my trolley - then just carried on doing what I was doing!

Are you not supposed to empty it onto the conveyor belf before you start packing? You have to in my local one so the next person can put their basket in the stack.

I would have been tempted to ask if she would pack it for me as well lol

It definitely isn't a joke. Wow, okay ... I was wondering if I was being over-sensitive but you've confirmed not. I wish I'd said something now but a the time I was just confused!

That´s hilarious-& strange!

and would have made me go slowly

I would have smiled beautifically and suggested she go to another till, as "I may be here some time" and then turned my back and carried on! She sounds both mad and rude but it's quite funny...do people like that never stop and think to themselves "Hmm. That was weird. Must try and behave like a human being in future." ?!

I'd have gone even slower just to piss her off more
But I get shop rage and once left no2 son in the trolley seat and a full trolley worth of stuff in the line in Aldi and walked out because it was either that or flatten the bitch behind me in the queue who started to put her shopping on the belt before I'd got all mine on, and didn't leave any space for the rest of mine I have never in my life come so close to actually hitting someone viciously over the head with a bottle in my life
I get Shop Rage

Disclaimer: My then DH was with me and rescued no2 son.

How strange!

Rude woman, I would ve said excuse me

The red mist would have descended around me I'm afraid and she would have felt my wrath. How f**king rude. I would have deliberately have gone slower just to piss her off.

What? Why were you packing when your basket wasn't empty yet?

She was mighty rude though, no question!

Ooh, I missed that bit. OP, you started packing into bags before you'd finished placing items on the conveyor?

I'm afraid that too is a grievous breach of conveyer-belt-etiquette.

But she was still bang out of order.

My response would have been " Noooo, THIS is slow motion" followed by my best over-exagerated slow mo moves! Yes, I am rather childish!

OP YANBU, she was very rude.

I would have given her a really big sickly smile and gone even slower.

DH has been known to say 'next time can you make sure every gets the memo about you being a really important shopper' to rude shoppers (he hates shopping )

Surely the till people are now trained to WAIT until the customer is free to pack their purchases. Unless there is someone else packing of course. YANBU at all i'd 've been fuming quietly. Did this vile woman pick up your shopping that she'd dropped? Did the till girl say anything to her?

Yep, she was rude & I would have gone even slower too.

I'd have gone into slug mode, then looked for all my vouchers in my bag and purse before discovering that I'd actually left them in the newspapers and magazines that printed them.