to think this woman broke supermarket etiquette

[thestoker]

was in Aldi this evening, approached a checkout followed by woman with trolley of stuff, when the operator said she was shutting. We went to move to the next till, with me waiting to make eye contact and be waved in front as per social norms... but this woman pointedly swung her trolley round and avoided eye contact so she could jump the queue I only had two items! (ok it was curly fries and Haribo...)

Who does this, really?! Would anyone admit to it on here? Did she sit in her car reflecting on how much of a turd she just was, or are some people just oblivious?

Also it's the lack of logic that baffles me.
The husband is trying to take a moral high ground by insinuating that the lad is in the wrong for following the shelf stacker and bulk buying once they hit the shelves.
The husband on the other hand was taking things which in his mind had not yet even hit the shelves. He thinks he's being clever and grabbing things before anyone else has a chance to even see them. He's pissed off he's not as clever as he thought then wants to claim its not fair that someone else got to shelved items before him.
He also bulk buys things purely cause they're on offer am even if he doesn't like them, something which is wrong when the other guy does it.

Add to that originally what was
"The guy wanted his duck back. He did have another 2 in there but he wanted that one too. And his hummous. DP was having none of it. Said that 3 ducks was greedy and he should share."
Becomes "a polite excuse me etc would have sorted it out. And all of a sudden the student is the abusive one and not the guy who threw a strop and said " Grungy guy pointed out he was a student (red rag to a bull where DP is concerned) and was on a budget. DP pointed out he was working 50 hours a week to support a family and layabout students who shouldn't spend there grants on luxuries like duck and stick with noodles and pizza. "

Bargains are a bit of a case of "first in, first served" as long as you aren't actually fighting anyone for it. If I see reduced bags of dog bones, then I'll take as many as I can. I have five dogs, so go through a bit more dog food than the average household, so don't feel guilty taking extras. If someone else if hovering, then we usually discuss it like adults and come to an arrangement. If someone else beats me to it, then good luck to them. Somehow, I've managed to avoid getting in to a fight in the middle of woolies over some lamb offcuts.

The ten items or less are my archilles heel. If you have more items than brain cells, you're in the wrong queue! I don't care if you think you're busier than everyone else, or more important than everyone else, if you've got a trolley full, then get in the other queues.

Just as an aside, as a student, I could do a lot more with a whole chook than I could with a frozen pizza or some noodles, and for a lot less money. A discounted duck would have been like christmas, and you bet your arse I would have bought as many as I could get my hands on (and fit in my little tiny freezer)!

Nothing helpful to add, just many thanks all for a much-needed lunch break chortle.

hahaha this thread has moved on.

I have NO COMMENT about the tightwad husband I don't dare

And the froubs still havn't eaten the duck.

Errr, excuse me frou, since when has it been ok to remove shopping from another person's trolley? Outfuckinrageous!

OP YANBU, by the way.

Bit rude. This one is a bit more cut and dried Man leaves severed deer head in Tesco

And the fact that your DP is 'built like a brick shithouse' makes him a bully..if said tree-hugging rolly-fag student type had been a young mum with 3 young DCs in tow, would you still have been smirking so much?

Frouby - [shocked] but the food was already in the students trolly!!! Sorry but your dp was out of line, no matter how pissy the student got, your dp had no claim over the duck etc. He should have given it back the minute he realised his mistake. Then to tell him he had to share and that he should have been eating pizza/noodles... [shocked] Can't you see that is really out of order?? If I was the student I would have been going mad about it too!! Sorry I didn't realise students werent good enough to eat duck. Your post may have been lighthearted but what he did was completely rude.

Well they should have been not [shocked]. I was so I forgot how to do the smileys!!!

TantrumsAndBalloons That husband and wife team sound like a right pair.

"Excuse me, your trolley is blocking the shelf" whilst moving it out of the way. That would give me more pleasure than is proper.

Oh people have tried to say "excuse me"

They say oh sorry we are just looking we won't be a second. And refuse to move.

It causes amazing arguments.

A few of you should arrange to get there early; line your trollies up at the freezer and refuse to move them until you have snaffled all the reduced stuff. Just leave one sad item behind and smile kindly at them when you're leaving.

Once when I was at the supermarket and had a full trolley, I went to pay and there was a free checkout so I started to load the shopping on to the conveyer belt, someone came behind me, put the divider halfway up the conveyor belt and started putting theirs on. I didn't even half enough room for half my stuff- when I said to her- sorry I still have half a trolley to put up here, the woman was like oh well I've already started.
I ended up having to pile it all on top of everything like a mountain

Henrietta, the correct procedure for dealing with conveyor belt jumpoers is to deftly push their stuff back with your forearm, thus making room for your stuff. If some of their stuff accidentally drops onto the floor, so much the better.

Really not on to square up to and intimidate a student (or anyone) over the items they have chosen to put in their own trolley! I would be so embarrassed if that was my DP.

Where I live shopping is infuriating. It is perfectly acceptable to wander off and continue shopping while everyone in the queue waits. And the rest of it! One instance that really got my blood boiling was when the woman in front of me looked at my shopping, noticed my milk, and asked the checkout operator to go and fetch her some milk. Which she did, while we all waited.

I had this at the train station the other week.
I was waiting in a long line for tickets, got to about 3rd position when the guard stuck her arm in front of my chest and said the office was closing and everyone from me and behind had to got to the office on the other side of the station.

By the time I'd got my 3 year old over there, everyone who had been behind me was already queueing at the office, and a good few more besides.

Next time, I shall be one of those women, throw a tantrum and demand to be made an exception.

Yesterday I was packing my shopping away and the till person was still putting things through, all going well. The man behind then decided he would prepare his carrier bags for his shopping. He crossed the invisible line which is approximately directly opposite the till person and pushed past me so he could grab a new stash of carriers. he then loudly prepared his bags shaking them open and leaving them on the belt so they were all ready for him.

I hate selfish people. I get my shopping home delivered so avoid any of this , thank goodness. < phew>

Woman and man walking round Waitrose with twin boys. Both kids covered in chicken pox and merrily handling bread on the display. Staff looked appalled.

Gross, gross, gross. keep them at home please.

I was queuing with few items in the basket only queue. It was a stupidly busy Saturday, everyone and tempered and the queues disappearing back down the shopping aisles. The baby was crying, my boobs were dripping milk and the woman in front me had just one item in her basket. Until we were nearly next and then her boyfriend showed up with another FULL basket which they swapped over. Who fucking queues , saves a place while the boyfriend gets all their bloody deli stuff. Bastards. Trendy and good looking and with non leaking boobs as well.

Bad tempered that should be. I hate my phone

What the shit, Gander?!

That type of carry-on would see me doing a Michael Douglas in Falling Down