To have moved this lady's empty trolley - she obviously thought I was

[slartybartfast]

shopping in Asda earlier

women in her late 60s had her trolley blocking salads, I moved it slightly, leant over and got my watercress.

She was then muttering at a packet of ready salad. I thought she was reading it out loud, then wondered if she wanted help reading the ingrediants. I said "are you talkign to me"
She said "you could have said excuse me", before I moved her trolley.

It's only a Trolley was my retort.

It does annoy me,
I must admit I occasionally do say excuse me when I move people's trolleys out of the way but do find it unreasonable that people get so protective of their trolleys, when they are standing in the way of the food!

• DH said if i was a man I would be in permanent fights in pubs with my attitude!

sonlypuppyfat agree completely

You sound ignorant and slightly aggressive. An 'excuse me' would have cost you nothing and 'are you talking to me' was just trying to inflame the situation. I doubt you'd have bee so ignorant to someone you felt would have stood up to you. Hope it makes you feel better about yourself.

If you move it you move it back after no?

The only problem i have if someone moves my trolley out of the way is if my DS is in it. You do not move my child away from me.

I would have said excuse me - but then I am probably what you think of as an old biddy - ageism is not very nice

You should have asked as that's the polite and correct thing to do. Let it go it happened next time ask and I'm sure the older lady (since when did 60 become old) wouldn't mind moving the trolley.

It must be an Asda thing.

I was in a wheelchair once with a broken leg out in front of me. An assistant wheeled out a rack of 5 pence reduced buns etc....next to me. A lady literally wheeled me out the way without so much of a thought to get to the bargain booty....

I'm not normally speechless but ....

Actually it wasn't you was it Op

I am an old biddy also....

Yanbu. My sister once saw a teenager working in sainsbury's who had gone to find a product for an older lady. He came down the aisle shouting "oi! Biddy! Here you go!" :o

i always move trolleys to move them out of the way, its rude to shove them right in front of the items.

Also on the list: people who cling on to their trolley for dear life, and in the process block the entire cold meat counter.

My 68 year old mum would be totally offended to be called an old biddy

5p buns now that's a bun fight and all trolleys, pink elephants, unicorns will be moved without any warning to get to them.....

I don't get why some people stand at the side of the aisle looking (often dithering) at what to put in their trolley, whilst the trolley is, side on, blocking the goods to the side of them, then think it's rude of people to move their trolley out of the way. In my view it's rude of them in the first place to position their trolley so as to block others from reaching the goods on display.

And don't get me started on those who stand nattering blocking an entire aisle with their trolleys, or worse still just bugger off elsewhere leaving said trolley in the most inconvenient place for others to negotiate.

All trolleys get in the way, wherever they are, empty or not. Other people's trolleys get in the way of us and our trolleys get in the way of them. Other people's trolleys are more annoying than ours.

The salad/veg is usually nearer the door hence a greater probability that trolleys will be empty unless you know to go to heavy goods aisles first so as not to crush the veg.

I'm not sure who is more U - you for not saying excuse me, the lady that was older than you that didn't tell you to feck orf directly because she was too polite to do so, or me, for even bothering to write this.

I thought she was reading it out loud, then wondered if she wanted help reading the ingrediants. I said "are you talkign to me"

Yeah right you thought she needed help reading ingredients!

We werent born yesterday!

It's fine to put it in because then all the other bi people the same age can say 'well I'm the same age and I would l always say excuse me. I suppose the younger generation just don't value manners'

Of course, you would just say "excuse me" if you were going to move someone's trolley, if you absolutely had to move it - that is simply good manners. Otherwise, why not wait until the trolley driver has moved off? It can surely only be a minute or so. If the trolley is unattended (as mine often is) then that's absolutely fine to move it.

I've just asked my son and his friends (all aged about 18-21) at what age would you consider someone to be an "old biddy" and they all said they wouldn't call someone by that name because it's totally disrespectful, and they would be happy to wait.

Personally, I think OP is being a little self-righteous and disrespectful of someone a little older. Supermarkets, by their nature, inhabit shopping trolleys. All the customers with all their trolleys get in the way of someone. You don't own the supermarket floor or shelves, just be patient and wait your turn.

Don't forget, Slarty madam, you will be an "old biddy" before you know it. What a totally disrespectful comment. Combination of these two things make your post very unreasonable indeed.

ya both bu.

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YANBU

I once asked a lady to move her trolley so that I could reach something. She evil-eyed me and moved her trolley a third of an inch and returned to looking at the Pot Noodles or whatever sub-human sustenance she was planning on buying to keep her great looks up.

So, without thinking, I pushed the trolley about 25ft down the aisle.

She was AGOG.

So was I, tbf.

i always move trolleys to move them out of the way, its rude to shove them right in front of the items.

So when you are shopping, libertytrainers, where do you place your trolley as you browse a shelf? In a supermarket, you are 99% of the time going to be in the way of someone. Or do you think your space is more important than all the other shoppers? Just wondering . . . .

Usual.... It was you who moved me.... Should have know