To be enraged by people who organise their purse very slowly and carefully before moving away from checkou

[derxa]

I suffer from irrational supermarket checkout rage. I especially hate people who stand there and slowly replace their card in their purse. I don't mean elderly people either.

Just going to say to anyone who feels angry/annoyed/frustrated at the "supermarket ditherers" that you've spent so much time moaning about how precious your time is that you've wasted a fair amount of it waffling on here! Why not use your time to do something productive with your time that's so obviously more valuable than anyone else's?

My dp is 6ft 3 and 17st, we're both 25 with a 1yo lg, he has severe m.e and somedays, he can't manage more than a shuffle and is that tired he doesn't know what day it is. People just need to be more tolerant of others and treat the world how they'd expect to be treated.

Line, Aldis have that shelf by the window where you can pack your shopping, or you can of course do it at the car (which is what I do). Cutting out that nonsense with people slowing down entire check outs by trailing an empty trolley behind them so the next person in line can't empty their's, and also cutting out faff with bags. Which means I've never waited more than a couple of minutes to get to the check-out, even at xmas in a packed Aldis.

First few times we shopped there, we thought it was just the luck of the draw we were in and out so fast, then we realised it's set up so you get through the check-out super fast, precisely because folk don't get the opportunity to fart about, as much!

I don't understand the issue with people pulling empty trolleys behind them. Both the person and their trolley have to go through together, the order doesn't make a difference to the space they take up, so shouldn't make a difference to where the person behind them gets to stand?

I thought that Theoretician, but thought people knew something I didn't. Is ot because people can reach around a person better than a trolley?

Hey, don't pick on people who stand at the end of escalators. I suffer from escalaphobia! The ones that are going down...up is fine. ??

But Zoe, do you stop once you get off for a think/look around, meaning others can't get off safely? I think that's what people are complaining about.

It's not worth staying calm, frankly. There was one time I told myself to chill out when the elderly lady in front of me counted out her payment in pennies then proceeded to pack incredibly slowly. She turned round to me and said something about being slow (the cashier subsequently said she'd been faffing at the checkout for a good 10 minutes!).
I just smiled at her and said 'Take your time,' at which point she decided I was being sarcastic and went off on one at me. No amount of 'I wasn't being sarcastic, madam!' would placate her. And I got a few looks off customers who seemed to think I'd started it . So let that blood pressure rise, ladies, you can't win!

I want to go to Lidl.

It's a 20 minute bus ride away but I want to explore with my shopping trolley.

However, I'm a bit slow on packing.

Will I be crucified?

Please bear in mind it's less than a month to Easter.

I must admit, you lot would have hated me today.

I've got a heavy cold and my head is seriously woolly today. It took me much longer than usual to get my shopping done, but it wasn't deliberate. Oh well, it's not permanent.

I may have been a slowcoach in Sainsbury's just now but I gave my school vouchers to the woman on the next till. She was very grateful. We had a brief chat about how her granddaughter's school is collecting for sports equipment. I don't know what the man behind me thought. But I don't care because it cheered me up and I bought three bunches of daffodils and a bottle of wine to celebrate the first day of spring.

Enjoy the wine - very pleased you're cheered, Limited - we all need to do more of this [pretend daffodil emoticon - why can't we have one to herald the start of spring] ???

Bear in mind that not everyone who looks fine & dandy (young, able-bodied) @ a checkout is actually a) young, b) able-bodied. I am nearly 40, but look around late 20s & have an unseen disability which impacts on my circulation & manual dexterity; therefore I am not always speedy at packing the bags / sorting out my purse at a checkout (especially now I am also 38 weeks pregnant)!! Its ok to ocassionally be patient during your equally as busy, full-time working life as mine, just in case person in front if you is someone like me.

hough When i started this thread it was meant to be light hearted. It certainly wasn't aimed at people who find shopping difficult. The ones I'm talking about have no problems packing. They slowly organise their cards and receipts in VERY expensive purses and bags. They then leap like gazelles with their shopping to load up their 4x4s. Good luck with your pregnancy.

Derxa - did you really think that? You start a thread in AIBU, don't announce it's 'light-heartedness', then go on to vilify anyone who has an expensive bag/purse/drives a 4x4.

People who are preoccupied with other traumas in their lives are actually allowed to own an expensive bag, leap like a gazelle or drive a 4x4, you know.

Personal traumas are not limited to bodily functions, things that you think you can't see.

Jeepers!

It really annoys me too. I feel like snatching the bag of them throwing it towards the direction of the exit.

All these selfish slow people who are annoyed by people "huffing and puffing" behind you and slow down further to hold them up...

How do know the huffing and puffing is at you? How do you know it's not a breathing disability?

I never huff and puff. It's possible to be annoyed and keep a cheery smile on your face.