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AIBU?

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Original poster

people who split their food shopping into 'batches' to pay for separately

266 replies

BooCanary · 22/09/2013 21:25

How annoying is that?
Today I went to Asda and BOTH people in front of me at the till did this.

Person one paid THREE different times, one for the majority of the shop, one for a few essentials ( milk, bread etc) and a third time for an item of clothing.

Person two then proceeded to pay for their shopping in two sections.

I was waiting bloody ages, fuming and wondering why these people can't just pay once and then divide it up later based on the receipt if they happen to be buying for other people.

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Misspixietrix · 23/09/2013 06:46

*few

pumpkinsweetie · 23/09/2013 06:54

Blimey think most of the replies to this are actually worse than the op!
I don't believe anyone enjoys waiting any more than necessesary for a slow as a snail shopper, as tbf we all have places to be and other things to do than wait for someone to pay numerous times.

Crowler · 23/09/2013 06:57

I really love it when people take lots of time to ensure their cards have gone back into the correct slot in the wallet, the receipt is carefully folded, they've got their car keys in their hand, their hat back on properly, etc - before vacating the checkout spot. I enjoy the pageantry of it all.

Sparklingbrook · 23/09/2013 07:01

That's what I think pumpkin. The replies on here are really rude. the Op didn't actually say anything to the 2 lots of shopping splitters. By the replies on here you would have thought she offered them outside for a fight.

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BooCanary · 23/09/2013 07:08

Loving the fact that all the people telling me to chill out, don't sweat the small stuff and stop being rude/selfish, are the same people ranting at me, calling me a twat and telling me to get a fucking grip.

Seems just as much an over reaction to an internet forum thread, as say, getting slightly miffed about being held up in a supermarket.

Maybe you 'chill out'ers should take some of your own advice.

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ChinaCupsandSaucers · 23/09/2013 07:10

we all have places to be and other things to do than wait for someone to pay numerous times.

Do most people really live such hectic and deadline-driven lives that a few minutes extra at the Supermarket checkout results in lateness, delay and things not being done?

I'm quite glad my life is lived at a much slower pace!

Glitterandglue · 23/09/2013 07:10

I work in residential care and we have to split the shopping based on how we code it when we put the receipt through petty cash. So food has to go through separate to toiletries separate to household goods separate to stationery... We have to have separate receipts as we put through different petty cash folios.

So, several different reasons why people would do this, as you can see. And maybe if they are buying for different people they don't want to split it up, as it's much easier to divide it at the till and have separate transactions than it is to be faffing about taking off a few items later and making a calculation. Perhaps the other person wants their own receipt. I also don't quite see how it takes that much extra time...the vast majority of wasted time at the checkout is caused by slow packing and slow money finding. The packing will be the same time as it's the same number of items, so you've only got the extra money finding time. If someone's quick anyway it shouldn't be much difference at all.

SoupDragon · 23/09/2013 07:13

YABU.

Sparklingbrook · 23/09/2013 07:26

YY the people saying 'don't sweat the small stuff' are getting very sweaty indeed.

Lweji · 23/09/2013 07:26

YABU.

It can be annoying, but they probably need to.

Just put up with it.

You'd also be annoyed to see my 8 year old go to the self-checkout to pay for his own stuff, wouldn't you? :)

kungfupannda · 23/09/2013 07:37

I hate supermarkets.

Every single person in them annoys me. The only way I'd enjoy my grocery shopping experience would be if the place was entirely empty, save for rows of silent staff, waiting to predict my every need and usher me to the right aisle.

However, I have, after many years, accepted that this is entirely my problem and nobody else cares if my blood pressure is getting so high that my brain might actually be forced out of the top of my skull like a volcano. I have therefore perfected my breezy "Oh, that's ok" smile. It seems to convince everyone but me.

Tonight I have an online delivery coming. This makes me happy.

Sparklingbrook · 23/09/2013 07:39

It's the way to go kungfu. Click and Collect or Home Delivery. Perfect.

QueOnda · 23/09/2013 07:40

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hackmum · 23/09/2013 07:41

Some people on here are getting very aggressive towards the OP, presumably because they are the sort of people who think the world revolves around them and their needs and they have the perfect right to hold other people up.

I bet they're the same people who are in front of me in the queue at the train station going, "I want to travel from London to Newcastle via Leeds, stopping off first in Birmingham, is it more expensive if I go on a Friday or a Saturday, oh, hang on, I also need to come back on a Sunday, and while I'm here, can I pay a family rail card?"

SatinSandals · 23/09/2013 07:54

It doesn't take much longer. Those who are carers generally have separate money and want a separate receipt.

Tee2072 · 23/09/2013 07:55

Huh. My four year old knows how to act in a queue. He doesn't whine, bother other people or ask 'are we doonnne yyetttt?'

And he has a SN.

So what's your excuse for a badly behaved 4 year old?

ChinaCupsandSaucers · 23/09/2013 08:02

hackmum how do you suggest those travellers but tickets for their journey, then?

It's all your own fault - if you don't tell people like me in front of you that your time is more valuable than mine, and that despite me arriving prior to you in the queue, your needs are clearly more important than mine are, then how on earth am I going to know?

FreeWee · 23/09/2013 08:02

Light hearted thread anyone?

I think the moral of the story Boo is to count the dividers rather than the people. As Goldmandra shows, it's not about the amount of shopping or how many people it's for; it's feeling a little bit deceived/cheated/narked/frustrated (delete as appropriate) that what you thought was one paying occasion queue turns into a two or three pay occasion queue which naturally takes longer. Yes yes people might be doing it as carers, for frail, elderly people blah blah blah. It's not the doing it, nor the thoughtfulness of people doing nice things for other people. It's the sinking feeling you get when you realise you've chosen the wrong queue as what appeared to be a short queue turns into a long one because you didn't realise there were multiple sets of shopping being bought.

Crikey sometimes MN disappoints me with the vitriol against was I assumed was a lighthearted moan by the OP feeling hoodwinked that what she thought was a short queue turned out to be longer than expected. Really, this isn't solving the chemical weapons question in Syria FFS!

awakemysoull · 23/09/2013 08:03

YABU

I do this.

The shopping comes out if the joint account and any items I want for myself and dcs come out of my account.

2 separate transactions every time.

It means dp doesn't see how much I've spent on clothes and shite because there is a separate receipt

bouncysmiley · 23/09/2013 08:07

They were probably doing a favour for someone. If you go to the shops in person this is a risk you take!

MackerelOfFact · 23/09/2013 08:22

Wouldn't bother me at all. Takes maybe an extra minute per transaction. Sometimes you get stuck behind someone who wants to use loads of vouchers, sometimes it's someone who likes to chat to the cashier, sometimes someone who takes ages to pack their stuff into various bags, or whose card gets declined. If you're really in that much of a hurry, perhaps go shopping another time or shop online.

quoteunquote · 23/09/2013 08:59

OP, when I shop for my elderly and disabled neighbours, I put each of the individual shops through, so they all have an separate receipt.

How would you suggest that I get an individual receipt for the shopping, if I don't put it through individually?

If you have a problem with the amount of time you wait at the tills, write to head office and suggest they employ more people to go on the tills.

motherinferior · 23/09/2013 09:04

Oh, I do this. We have various different accounts. Doesn't take madly more time, and keeps me as sane as I can get.

Tailtwister · 23/09/2013 09:04

I used to shop for DH's granny and had to have a separate receipt, so I could submit it to my FIL. As he was in charge of her money, we had to have receipts for everything in order to show were weren't taking advantage of her I suppose.

I do understand your point though OP, it must be annoying if you think you're going to get through quickly and then it takes ages. I tried to shop at less busy times for this reason, but sometimes that wasn't possible.

Sparklingbrook · 23/09/2013 09:06

In fairness to the OP she was stuck behind 2 'splitters'.

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