AIBU to have said 'excuse me please, can I just get to the toilet roll?' In the supermarket?

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Older couple, woman pottering down the aisle looking at stuff, man parks himself and his trolley in front of the toilet roll so I politely asked to get past him and he said

'When my wife has finished looking and I can move I will, in this country young lady we do something called waiting our turn!'

Wtf?

For one thing I'm 35
Where did the 'in this country' bit come from since I am British
His wife was a good 3m away so moving a foot so I can pick up some toilet roll wasn't unreasonable was it???

I don't get supermarket etiquette

You did your turn.

He overstayed his welcome you asked him politely to move.

In this country we have Pre Schools, he could do with attending one to learn about waiting nicely and taking turns properly.

WTAF! He was incredibly rude and patronising! How strange! you wouldn't get that in Aldi

does remind me a little of the rare event of me and DH shopping together, there was a trolley parked up with a load of reduced stuff in and DH had a good rummage and picked out a couple of items thinking it was the reduced stuff trolley.... until someone said 'excuse me that's my trolley' we were mortified as everyone looked and tutted and we just kept saying 'oh gawd sorry sorry we thought it was for sale' no one believed us

Last weekend I was standing behind a family of five hogging the Ben and Jerry's stall at the pictures.

I have been a bit confrontational in the past but in the last 10 years have become reasonably Zen, so I was just waiting.

But after 10-15 minutes of free tastings, indulgent: 'Go on darling, what flavour do you want? Are you sure? Would you like to try a different one?' by the mother, followed by more free tastings and 'what toppings do you have? Can I taste the toppings? Can my children taste them? Can my moronic husband taste them?' 'Can I pay by credit card? Good. Oh, is that not the right PIN. Darling, what's my PIN?' 'Oh, the payment has gone through. Can I just have a teensy-weensy taste of the Chunky Monkey before I go?' my Zen had run out.

In the middle of it I decided to stop making passive-aggressive eye-rolly comments and asked them to get out of the way so I could see what flavours were on offer and hurry up because the film was starting. Doltish husband shuffled aside but she stood firm. So I nudged her. Forcefully.

There was an eye-balling moment. I won.

It turned out that they weren't even going to see a film. They'd just popped in. The queue was massive at that point.

I wouldn't mind but I don't even like ice cream but my friend loves it so that's why I got into this hellish situation.

I had Strawberry Shortcake. It was horrible and made me even more whizzy on top of the experience of standing behind this utter cunt.

After about half an hour I started to enjoy the film. Grand Budapest Hotel. Really good. And I didn't expect much. It was my ice-cream lover friend's choice. Ironically, she didn't like it.

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes How BU of you!!

Something similar happened to me ages ago, I have often wondered if I breached some sort of supermarket etiquette.
I was standing next to someone and didn't reach across her (although I don't really see the problem with that tbh, it wouldn't bother me.) and reached out to pick a bottle of wine at the same time she do, she went for the one next to mine, or I went for the one next to hers, who knows. It pissed her right off anyway, she had a bit of a rant and accused me of following her to the ice cream aisle.

Some people could have an argument in an empty room.

Oh and ywnbu.

I know

I think some people just leave their brains behind in the car park. Today In Morrisons woman pulled a trolley out then stood there twatting around transfixed with her phone totally blocking access to the trolleys. She had the blummin cheek to pull a face when I said politely "excuse me can I get to the trolleys".

Just no awareness of anyone or anything brain dead

It sounds like you surprised the man, OP. Maybe he was thinking about something else, or was a bit deaf. I wouldn't read anything particularly into his turn of phrase. It sounds to me like the words of a different generation so I wouldn't take offence. I don't think you were in the wrong. It just sounds like a misunderstanding.

Why are we all so quick to criticise this old chap. Give him a break.

Stop labelling him as ageist, sexist, racist and xenophobic. He may have just been a frightened elderly chap looking after his wife.

We are all so quick to judge and label.

I think he was guarding the loo rolls against all comers.

Pffft I'd have said the war is over granddad the days of queuing for stuff in shops are over, now shift it.

but I don't like grumpy old bastards

My stock reply is, "Did you get a GCSE in rudeness or are you naturally just good at it?".

One of my friends was once told to move in a supermarket because she was picking something off a shelf and a woman said she had to move because, "I'm waiting for my friend, we always meet here".

And then I was once shouted at for using a cashpoint and not waiting my turn. The woman had trolley with a small child and loads of shopping so when she parked the trolly and child in front of the cashpoint I was going to use I thought she had a lot on, was a bit rude but hey I can use the other one.

But no, she didn't want to use the cashpoint she had completely blocked, no she wanted to use the one next to it, that I was taking money out of.

Supermarkets turn some people insane.

I hate people who block the reduced, like they have a God given right to get it all.