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AIBU?

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

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derxa · 18/03/2015 00:06

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.

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ChocolateCherry · 18/03/2015 09:08

I managed to piss myself of the other day.

In my usual supermarket trance I swung the trolley round in a U turn in the veg aisle and nearly crashed into a poor woman and her pushchair behind me. She was very nice about it (probably through gritted teeth understandably) but even so what a twit. I gave myself a right earful.

Supermarket social gatherings get to me. You know where one family bumps into another and block a complete aisle whilst having a big conflab. Aargh!

Mrsjayy · 18/03/2015 09:10

French school children will be in my town soon drive me insane if it's raining they sit in groups of 10 in the shopping centre eating their bloody lunch you need to step round them over them i have visions of kicking them out the way

Mrsjayy · 18/03/2015 09:11

Just want to say i don't actually kick french school children

whattheseithakasmean · 18/03/2015 09:12

Maybe karma will come along and give all you enraged women something that is worth being enraged about.

I have plenty in my life to be enraged about - still doesn't stop me getting riled by irritating slowcoaches.

Yes, I am busy, lots of people rely on me, I am probably over committed with far to much to do. So your head tilty 'oh dear' is really unpleasantly passive aggressive when I am just trying my hardest to keep the show on the road.

Pagwatch · 18/03/2015 09:12

Kids in supermarkets on wheelies.
I imagine stopping suddenly so they crash into my massive arse. I would be fine. They would be knocked into next week.
[happy sigh]

Pagwatch · 18/03/2015 09:13

C'mon mrsJay. Kick the French children. You know how great it would feel.

EveBoswell · 18/03/2015 09:13

Online shopping is the solution surely - for both the impatient - and for those who find getting their card out, packing etc difficult

Yes but you're never able to look at the shelf with 'reduced price' goods, are you, if you do that?

blackheartsgirl · 18/03/2015 09:16

viva yyy to the petrol station faffers.

I also give you the ones who get petrol, go into the shop..and then spend ten minutes shopping, by that time theres a massive queue which takes another ten minutes, then they go back to the car where they faff again ARGHHH. Move already.

I did miss an important appointment once because of this. I probably should have left earlier but there you go

Icimoi · 18/03/2015 09:20

What really irritates me is the neatness freaks: the people who have to arrange all their shopping into neat sections on the conveyor belt before it goes through, spending ages doing it, and then rearrange it all at the other end. I get it completely that you want to keep cold things together, and indeed that you might want to group other parts of your shopping together, but you can do that very quickly on the other side of the till just be putting it into different bags. There is just no point in doing it all beforehand when it means you are holding up everyone behind you.

blackheartsgirl · 18/03/2015 09:21

oh another one (I am guilty of some of this myself so I am aware I'm a hypocrite)

Cash machine faffers.. not only content to check their balance, top up their phone but do it on every fecking card they own so they are at the machine for 5 minutes.

I so know iabu now

Mrsjayy · 18/03/2015 09:22

Might nudge 1 or 2 instead somebody wrote a fist shaking letter to our local paper once about the french kids he was furious they were littering the precinct with their bags and jackets

Brainnotworking · 18/03/2015 09:23

Have you met Spanish tourists, Jassy??! Always go round in "gangs" of at least 20 and have no spatial awareness!! I think "kicking subtly" is deffo the way forward.... Oh; and trying to control my temper here... the people who spend their time chatting on escalators, and get to the top and can't decide which way to go so the rest of us are falling over you? HINT: use that 20 seconds on the way up to decide upon which way you want to go BEFORE you step off....

Sparklingbrook · 18/03/2015 09:24

there are trolleys at our local Sainsburys petrol station.

Mrsjayy · 18/03/2015 09:25

My dh does the conveyor belt thing he does it for the bag packing and emptying when we get home it saves loads of time tbf

blackheartsgirl · 18/03/2015 09:25

icimoi dp does this, its embarrassing. I just bung it on and dp is hissing under his breath and and frantically rearranging as it sails down the belt. fruit with fruit, tins with tins...

I just stand there and refuse to help now. with folded arms

JassyRadlett · 18/03/2015 09:27

Yes, the Spanish are bad but the French teenagers trump all!

Also: people who wait to get to the train/tube barrier before fishing out their ticket or Oyster card.

Mrsjayy · 18/03/2015 09:29

I let dh get on with it while i faff with my purse we must be a hoot to be behind

Brainnotworking · 18/03/2015 09:33

Luckily the rest of us are all so perfect ;-)

FryOneFatManic · 18/03/2015 09:34

I keep the trolley behind me, as so often I get the huffers jabbing me with their trollies, although I do move as fast as reasonably possible in packing.

I do, however, keep my purse in my bag until it's time to pay. I foiled an attempt to snatch my purse once when I had it out ready to pay, so I don't take the risk any more.

OTOH, if I need the time, I'll take the time. No one customer has any more rights than another customer.

FrankTurnersGuitar · 18/03/2015 09:35

people who really get enraged about this kind of stuff should do online shopping.
My DS gets his wallet out only when the checkout person tells him how much he has to pay.
He has autism, he also has tolerance and manners.
Ds always notices the people queuing behind him, he will ask if they would like to go in front of him if they only have a few things.
I observe from arms length, thankfully most people are tolerant.

ShanVanVocht · 18/03/2015 09:38

I linger on purpose if there is a huffer behind me. I'll slow them down as much as possible. Your time isn't that valuable nor your self that important.

Pagwatch · 18/03/2015 09:43

For the people being offended by my comment about looking for ones purse at the last minutes - could you note I said looking

So not sensibly waiting until asked for money to produce your purse /wallet but waiting until asked for money and then rummaging through your bag and checking your pockets to look for your purse as if the idea that you might need it is a bit of a shock.

I bet the Queen does that one.

PiggyPlumPie · 18/03/2015 09:44

Not sure if I'm a faffer or not?

I only have one pair of hands and so I pack all my shopping before getting my purse out of my bag. I always do all my packing before paying as well - is that allowed?

JassyRadlett · 18/03/2015 09:45

I linger on purpose if there is a huffer behind me. I'll slow them down as much as possible. Your time isn't that valuable nor your self that important.

And your self is?

Just like they've not got any idea of what's going on in your life, you don't know what stressors there are in their lives. Maybe they're just arses, maybe they're having an epically bad time.

What's the matter with behaving like actual grown-ups?

TheFairyCaravan · 18/03/2015 09:46

This is why I rarely go in shops and if I do I give my purse etc to the person with me to put away. M

I am disabled, I have to juggle my crutches as well as my handbag, my purse and my card when I pay. I have problems with my hands and it takes me longer to do things.

You would have had to come down from fecking Mars to not notice my bright purple crutches but still people get right up behind me, bump me along and start huffing and puffing. It is fucking rude, it is not your world sometimes you have to wait. Not all disablities are visible, try having some consideration for other people, you never know one day you might be in the same situation.

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