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AIBU?

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Original poster

WIBU? I don't think so....

70 replies

Preferthedogtothekids · 14/08/2013 19:07

I was bagpacking for DD's club at a supermarket on Sunday and a youngish chap went through the checkout with one loaf of bread and one bottle of whisky, nothing else.

WIBU to quietly hum 'The bare necessities' for the rest of the afternoon Wink

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muminthecity · 14/08/2013 20:35

I once went to Sainsbury's after breaking up with my cheating boyfriend, and bought 3 bottles of wine, a giant bag of crisps and some chocolate. The checkout woman asked if I was having a party, to which I replied "No, I've just been dumped." She smiled knowingly and gave me a little pat on the hand. I liked her.

tethersend · 14/08/2013 20:37

I went upstairs earlier to get the washing and then came down but realised I had forgotten the pants that were under the bed so I went back up again and then noticed that the windows needed cleaning and then I cam down and forgot about them and I put the washing on and had a bit of a sit down. On a chair.

WIBU?

Is that what we're doing now?

HoneyDragon · 14/08/2013 20:44

Why did you sit on a chair? slattern

Vivacia · 14/08/2013 20:48

The song-humming is what sounds sneery. Just what you need when you are doing your shopping minding your own business.

Happiestinwellybobs · 14/08/2013 20:50

You would have loved me - in Morrisons with a trolley full of booze and 1 solitary sausage roll Grin (my lunch, not DDs!!)

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 14/08/2013 20:57

this is why i have my shopping delivered Grin

Original poster
Preferthedogtothekids · 14/08/2013 21:22

There are some really cynical people on MN!

No, no sneering from me, it's just a bit of interesting people-watching while doing a long, dreary job. I have worked among the general public in all states of health, illness and insanity for many years, I'm not shocked, saddened or have any strong emotion about what's in a trolley. I did like his style though.

Raised a few hundred for club funds so it was all good..

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Vivacia · 14/08/2013 21:23

Why did you hum the song?

Original poster
Preferthedogtothekids · 14/08/2013 21:25

Boredom, and it became an earworm type thingy. Never mind, as you were. I'm am sure there are more worthy threads.

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Vivacia · 14/08/2013 21:26

Boredom would be a reason for humming a song. I mean, why did you hum "bear necessities"?

NationMcKinley · 14/08/2013 22:22

Evidently, tethers....... Wink. Irritating isn't it? MN twinned with Mary Whitehouse.

MrsLouisTheroux · 15/08/2013 08:48

I think that a pers

MrsLouisTheroux · 15/08/2013 08:56

I think that a bag packer singing 'bare necessities' in her head when she sees a bloke buying just bread and booze is a bit Hmm. I don't see the joke.

BoffinMum · 15/08/2013 09:01

We bought £200 worth of wine in a Brittany supermarket last month, and a French bloke sauntered past and said, "You've got all the basics you need in there, then". It clearly could have had a theme tune ...

Vivacia · 15/08/2013 09:02

Exactly MrsL, a joke that wasn't snide would be one shared between all parties.

mignonette · 15/08/2013 09:03

LMAO at 'Breakfast of Champions'.

mignonette · 15/08/2013 09:05

It's chatting folks. FFS there are some absolute ^sourpusses* on MN. Who the fuck wants to talk about politics and POAS all day? variety people, variety.

BoffinMum · 15/08/2013 09:06

MrsLT, you clearly get outmore than we do. Grin

Tee2072 · 15/08/2013 09:07

Oh honestly, you people would assign bad motives to Mither Theresa!

Lighten the fuck up and unclench!

I get it OP. Ignore the moaning minnies.

Vivacia · 15/08/2013 09:07

It's chatting folks

Who was chatting to who?

Who the fuck wants to talk about politics and POAS all day?

What?

mignonette · 15/08/2013 09:07

So basically all jokes not trumpeted from the rooftops are snide? OMG I have heard it all. A joke can be to oneself you know and not be snide.

Prefer I have laughed at some of the comments here. A day started with a laugh is no bad thing in a Hallmark kind of way.

mignonette · 15/08/2013 09:09

This thread and others like it perform the role of chatting over a garden fence. There are plenty of hard core debates going on elsewhere. So to snark at a poster for starting a thread like this is just sour....

Read upthread and you might just possibly understand. Or go back to bed and get out of the right side this time Smile.

fluffyraggies · 15/08/2013 09:10

I few months ago i went in the co-op and bought a box of super plus tampons and a massive bar of chocloate... Cashier (female) nodded and smiled grimly at me as she took my cash.

Working on the tills late at night could often reveal some odd shoping combos.

A guy with a porn mag, a jar of vasaline and a tin of cat food always sticks in my head.

It made me :)

Sparrowlegs248 · 15/08/2013 09:16

Sure bread and booze could be considered the bare necessities?

YWNBU.

MrsLouisTheroux · 15/08/2013 09:17

Boffin: MrsLT, you clearly get outmore than we do.
Who are 'WE' ?

OP didn't share her joke with this bloke.