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...to think it uncouth for an adult to be swigging from a large carton of Tropicana at the checkout.

251 replies

LIZS · 16/04/2007 11:35

Woman in queue behind us (very short queue by most people's standards, just one in front and her behind me) was unloading her trolley and had opened one of her several 1 1/2 or 2l cartons of Tropicana and was swigging away, replaced cap and placed it on the conveyor. There is a coffee shop in the store so she could have stopped for a drink before shopping or once through the checkout.

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nailpolish · 16/04/2007 16:57

gess
i see now that we agree

sorry i was on high horse

nailpolish · 16/04/2007 16:58

"obvious to all but the most idiotic"

100% agree

gess · 16/04/2007 16:59

oh no you wouldn't count hmc.

I doivide people into

  1. the supportive smilers 2)the gapers 3)the trying to ignorers and
  2. the tut tut brigade- the women tut or wince and the men shake their heads or wince.
gess · 16/04/2007 17:00

don't worry naily- I would have been on high horse as well if I thought you were disagreeing with that point of view if you se what I mean

FioFio · 16/04/2007 17:00

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newlifenewname · 16/04/2007 17:02

Do men actually notice ANYTHING?

bungalowbelle · 16/04/2007 17:03

Absolutely Fio. Men don't care so much what other men are doing.
Most women seem to hate other women for no apparent reason.

powder28 · 16/04/2007 17:04

You might have seen the people smoking crack, but ive seen a very young girl [under 16 definitely) servicing a man in his car outside a brothel in bristol. It was about midnight and the car was all steamed up. Don't ask why I was there, I wasnt looking for work!

FioFio · 16/04/2007 17:05

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powder28 · 16/04/2007 17:11

of course

noddyholder · 16/04/2007 17:12

I had to get an ice lolly out of the box in sainsburys as I was so hot I couldn't wait.I think its fine

bungalowbelle · 16/04/2007 17:14

PMSL @ 'uncouth'. That's so Hyacinth Bucket.

handlemecarefully · 16/04/2007 17:14

"Most women seem to hate other women for no apparent reason. "

Oh no - that's a bit strong, surely?

FioFio · 16/04/2007 17:16

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DANCESwithaFewExtraPounds · 16/04/2007 17:18

Well I couldn't do it without sloshing it all over the place so because of my slightly snobby upbringing I'd say yes I think it's uncouth but secretly I'd be quite impressed

Zeitgeist · 16/04/2007 17:20

Go on then, do your dps make such comments? Mine does, actually, about all drivers, cyclists etc..on the road....but in supermarkets, nope.

FioFio · 16/04/2007 17:21

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batters · 16/04/2007 17:28

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Zeitgeist · 16/04/2007 17:32

Would you dare to wear an orange trangle bikini AND swig tropicana in a supermarket...sounds like the makings of a rather successful advert....

Zeitgeist · 16/04/2007 17:35

oops... invented the orange colour of the bikini...lol

Zeitgeist · 16/04/2007 17:36

do you live in Battersea, batters....shurely not....?

powder28 · 16/04/2007 17:37

Would you wear the orange bikini and swig the orange juice without shaving your muff? Big bikini pant moustache would take away from the oj drinking I think.

pointydog · 16/04/2007 17:37

Tropicana ok

sunny D, deff not

bungalowbelle · 16/04/2007 17:38

ROFL.

Love the idea of billowing fanny sideburns in the supermarket.

Zeitgeist · 16/04/2007 17:40

PMSL powder....kind of like a female version of Borat, with the same moustache peeping out of the bikini bottoms....