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AIBU?

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to think eating products before you pay for them at the till is uncouth?

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lastfanjoinparis · 04/04/2015 21:46

OH and I disagree. He thinks eating a packet of crisps then handing the empty packet over at checkout to scan is perfectly acceptable but I think this is a no-no.

Where do you guys sit on this matter?

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Fairy13 · 05/04/2015 15:03

I don't like it. I once gave DS a banana while we went round (he's 21 months) and felt like every eye was on me!!

ExMiL thinks it's fine, however and once walked around sainsburys swigging goats milk from the carton.... But then she is the very definition of 'uncouth'. And gross.

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 15:03

I only gave DS the bread at the beginning, he wasn't even screaming or monaing. It was to pre-empt the moaning.

You shouldn't go shopping if you think your card might be declined at the till. best to get the cash out first if that's a worry.

Gralick · 05/04/2015 15:04

Are you allowed to shop online and eat at the same time? Or are there new rules for that too?

You are on form, Sparkling! Start a new thread for new rules!

Katie - Welcome to The Dark Side

gotthemoononastick · 05/04/2015 15:06

At last an explanation for the filthy trolley handles!Toddlers and banana!Look out for an old girl with wet wipes, ostentatiously cleaning her trolley and it will be me!

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 15:09

I don't think you are allowed to eat while shopping online thinking about it Gralick. In the new rules you are absolutely not allowed to snack unless at risk of collapse. So eating only at meal times.
No laptops/phones at the table during strict mealtimes- obviously.

So online shopping and eating=a no under the new rules.

gotthemoononastick · 05/04/2015 15:09

Purposely ignoring the competitive inverted uncouthness!

Dognado · 05/04/2015 15:13

gotthe, I do hope you paid for those wet wipes. I would have to wonder if I saw you. I do think you should try not to casually clean in between hand washing, it's a new subculture I find concerning.

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 15:13

No self respecting parent would leave the house without a packet of wet wipes. That is a very old ancient rule from ye olden days

Artandco · 05/04/2015 15:14

Sparkling - I've never owned a pack of wet wipes. Have 2 children. They stink!

LineRunner · 05/04/2015 15:15

Sparkling, are computers actually allowed now for online shopping? I was thinking about getting out a paper cup and string and screaming my order into it.

Though I am worried about the neighbours hearing my coupon codes and getting in there first with their fancy pants old school gadgets.

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 15:18

I have teens and always still have wet wipes. They even have a packet of their own wet wipes. Also a small bottle of hand gel. Take no chances.

Line you should fax your order through ideally.

gotthemoononastick · 05/04/2015 15:20

Don't worry Dog...the paid for wet wipes are decanted into a special little container at home!Laughing!

In olden days of yore,the 'wet wipes' were a wet flannel in a little container!

Gralick · 05/04/2015 15:21

'Competitive inverted uncouthness' would be ripping open a tin of beans & sausages, pouring them down your gaping maw and emptying the residue into a neighbouring shopper's handbag before simultaneously farting & belching, surely?

Must try that.

Admirably logical rule analysis there, Sparkling I'll dust off my corset in honour of buttoned-up behaviour while shopping online.

BigChocFrenzy · 05/04/2015 15:23

Artandco'You've just posted your DC stink < holds nose >

Dognado · 05/04/2015 15:33

gotthe, reassuring

limitedperiodonly · 05/04/2015 15:41

I resist online shopping. I like to interact with my fellow humans.

My Sainsbury's Market

is five minutes away.

I like to go there and annoy people at the checkout by chatting to the checkout operator and random shit.

Occasionally I love-bomb them by giving them bundles of school vouchers. I spend an enormous amount on alcohol so have a lot stashed in my purse.

It's a random act of kindness that costs me nothing. The woman queueing behind me was so grateful it was almost embarrassing. I say almost...

So, if you're collecting for some PE equipment, you really want to be near me in the queue .

Artandco · 05/04/2015 16:56

Big - the wipes dear, the wipes stink. The children smell of bubble bath

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 17:02

My children smell of deodorant and sometimes after shave. My wipes smell lovely, you must be buying bum wipes or something Art.

McColonel · 05/04/2015 17:12

What the fuck?? How could anyone have a problem with this? I do it all the time. I regularly eat my whole lunch from the supermarket and feed my daughter while walking round, then pay for the food at the till. What possible reason is there not to do that?

If you go to a restaurant, do you insist on paying your bill before you eat any food?

AppleAndBlackberry · 05/04/2015 17:14

I think it's only really acceptable for toddlers, medical issues aside. I'm surprised at the people saying they wouldn't distract a 1 or 2 year old with a snack during the weekly shop, all I can say is your children sound a lot calmer than mine at that age!

EastMidsMummy · 05/04/2015 17:43

If you go to a restaurant, do you insist on paying your bill before you eat any food?

No, because a restaurant is a place where you go to eat food and a supermarket is a place where you go to buy food. Did no-one ever teach you the difference?

MrsKoala · 05/04/2015 17:46

I have a baby who naps at DS1 lunch time. I often plan the morning at the park then, when baby is napping go to do my shopping as a screaming baby for 30 mins while i try to shop is fucking miserable for everyone. I go past Boots on the way and ds1 picks a sandwich and eats half while in the queue then the other half on the walk to Lidl. He finishes it just as we arrive and the first thing you see when you walk in is the bakery bit and he chooses a cookie then happily munches it and chatters away to it while i shop.

If i fed him before we went out it would remove the distraction and treat element and the baby would be awake and loudly complaining till he choked and vommed everywhere. It would be pure bloody minded of me to stop this routine to prove some kind of point to DS1 - who now loves shopping.

My Mum also let me eat in the supermarket and i don't now. Like a lot of things you do as a child you stop (so i don't understand the set in stone 'this is what you will teach your children' aspect of the argument). In fact i don't snack at all. But i don't see a problem with anyone else eating between meals.

I only ever pay in cash too.

Dognado · 05/04/2015 18:13

No, because a restaurant is a place where you go to eat food and a supermarket is a place where you go to buy food. Did no-one ever teach you the difference?

There are teachers for this stuff? Well that explains it then. We must bow down to the superior knowledge of those who are educated in these matters. Also, perhaps you should consider this as a profession. You're so irritating passionate about it.

Sparklingbrook · 05/04/2015 18:17

My local restaurant does a take away service.

MrsKoala · 05/04/2015 19:33

My local Londis sells bog paper - just sayin'

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