to have slammed down my potatoes because of this rude man?

[PanickyPixie]

Loading groceries onto the conveyer belt in Tesco just now and a man comes up behind me breathing down my neck, throws down a divider and starts putting all the stuff from his basket on the belt. I then pushed the divider back and passive aggressively loaded my groceries on taking up as much space as possible, slamming my potatoes down and making him jump. He then folded his arms and leant on the belt whilst giving me a long hard stare.

Yes, he could probably see that my small trolleyful would not fill up the belt but isn't it good manners to wait for the person in front to unload first?

YANBU. Slamming down potatoes is sometimes the only way to learn them.

That is a very weird post.

Who cares as long as you do have room? If you don't, then you have the right to kill him

YABU Correct MN etiquette is to say loudly "Do you mind? I need that space for my naice ham, you cunty wankbadger."

I like potatoes with a sense of righteous indignation.

How do you passive-aggressively load groceries?!

i think you behaved far worse than he did.

Tell us the man was your FIL and that he parked in a parents & child spot, and we've got the perfect MN thread.

Is 'slammed down my potatoes' a metaphor, like 'lost my shit' or 'threw my toys out'?

I'm going to start using it!

'I properly slammed my potatoes over it.'

Yabu and behaved horribly. Do you always behave so aggressively. What wrong with just asking him to give you some space?

If he put the divider down, but left you enough room to unload your stuff, then your behaviour was ridiculous and unnecessary. He did nothing wrong.
If he put the divider down without leaving enough room for your stuff, you should have said "I'll need more room than that" and moved it back a bit and carried on calmly. No need for petulance or a tantrum. You're an adult.

If it's good manners you are after, you shop shop at Waitrose.

You now have bruised potatoes but it will have been worth it.
I'd have done the same or moved the divider to the verticle position!

Yabu.

I am worried about the bruised potatoes, too.

I would have just left my stuff in the trolley and handed it to the till person to scan it at the till, item by slow tedious item, in a flamboyant manner. Then taken half an hour to pay.

What is this even a thing? If there was a trolly in front of me with a few things in and loads of space I wouldn't wait for you either. If you slammed your potatoes at me I'd think you were a silly twat and deserve to have bruised potatoes.

I'm amazed at the posters who say they would have behaved the same as the OP did! What the hell for? How ludicrous and infantile.

If you want an aggressive vegetable, try parsnips next time. Much pointier.

kungfu I'm going to use "slam my spuds" as a euphemism in future too!

"Do you mind? I need that space for my naice ham, you cunty wankbadger."

Can't even explain properly to my dcs why I started laughing and choked on my coffee.

They're not hard as nails those belts. If it had broken down you would have felt like a right donut.

I did chuckle at the picture in my head though.

What was that thread where someone said 'Fuck spud'... or no, sorry 'Spud Cunt'

That was actually belly-laugh inducing.

Potatoes were uninjured thankfully although it wouldn't have mattered too much as they are now merrily boiling away for mash.

Ok well it seems IWB a bit U. Guy was a twat though, of the variety who manspreads no doubt. I would never have dreamed of touching the divider until the person in front of me had finished unloading. but I guess that's just me.

So there was room for him to put his shopping there, you just didn't like it?

YABU and unfriendly. What is wrong with people?