To think if you behave like a twat in the supermarket...

[SachaStark]

... then you kind of deserve to be treated like a twat in the supermarket?

I went into our local 24 hour Asda yesterday (NEVER usually brave this on a Saturday. DH and I either shop extremely early or extremely late, so it’s only shelf stackers around. Plus, we live in a tourist area, so it’s particularly overrun at the moment) because I hadn’t realised I’d run out of hair conditioner, and I didn’t want to wash my hair without it.

Run in, run out. A couple of minutes maximum.

Fuck me, but there are some twats in the world.

People stopping at the top of the travelator- you have an extremely slow journey to make up your mind, with a very clear view of what’s at the top. And there are only two options, clothing or toiletries! Make up your damn mind, and move out of the way!

People gathering their ENTIRE family to have a reunion with another ENTIRE family in the middle of an aisle. What the fuck? This is not a social outing, and your combined mass of 20 people are blocking everything.

And grown-ass adults with their mates having a ride. On. The. Fucking. Trolley. Oh my word, grow up and get on with your shopping! One of these guys was having a slow whizz ride right in front of the aisle I needed to get to. I’m not waiting for his twattery to finish, I grabbed the front of the trolley to stop him, and carried on with my day.

AIBU to think this sort of behaviour just isn’t on in the supermarket?

Well, yes, of course, I am being facetious, because it DID put me in a bad mood. I’m sure there were other competent people somewhere in there, but I was too focused weaving my way around adults riding trollies and casual chat clubs to see them.

I agree, @cardibach ! I reckon it was everybody arriving for their half term holiday and just switching off.

How hard is it to say "excuse me" and just walk around people. You are being unreasonable.

I’m afraid so, Worra!

But seriously, the chemist and nearest corner shop are more than a mile from my house, and don’t have what I need. Asda is literally next door, and has the stuff I want, of course the answer is to shop there! Going elsewhere to buy something different would be a waste of time and money.

YANBU op but “it’s been a very long, hard half term”??? It’s only been four weeks here.

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Oh well then you'll have to get over it for the sake of your hair

People are twats, there's no getting away from it.

I've been back in Australia 1 month now, and I swear I've seen someone driving in the dark without lights on 4 out of every 5 days since we got back. I know winter is a-coming, but ffs, how hard is it to work out that it's DARK outside, and put your fecking lights on? The occasional one - fair enough. But almost every day?!
Idiots.

The supermarket ones that get RIGHT on my tits are probably the same ones at bus stops, train barriers etc. - no forethought that they might need their purse/wallet/ticket, so it has to be ferreted out from the depths of whatever bag they're carrying AFTER everything has gone through the till/they've got on the bus/ reached the barrier.

You KNOW what's coming, get it out while you're waiting!

The hair is the most significant thing here, Worra. THE HAIR. It was going out for a meal in the evening...

I think the OP is right: there are loads of clueless people in supermarkets. I get trolley rage every time I go to Lidl because someone is blocking the entire aisle with their sideways-on trolley while they daydream over the frozen fish. I (gently) move their trolleys and get either a ‘sorry’ or a filthy look depending on the person.

I agree I would never have ventured in for just 1 item given your level of hatred for busy supermarkets. However I also cannot for the life of me fathom why some families treat supermarket shopping as a family day out. Do not get me started on performance parenting....!

It's basic manners to not act like an idiot in the supermarket and to be considerate of everyone else. Just reading this stressed me out, yanbu in the slightest.

Yes, @Thumb, I agree!

I had to train DH to get his card out in advance to pay when we were waiting in the queue once we started living together. He now does it the moment we finish putting the items on the belt.

If we continue thus, there is every chance he may graduate from the Stark Finishing School of Fucking Public Behaviour by our golden wedding anniversary.

Hell is other people, no doubt about it.

@PuppyMonkey ah, it’s been seven weeks here, and I have a Year 11 tutor group. I’ve mopped up so many crying fits, I’ve run out of tissue boxes at work.

Another trip to the supermarket for that, I suppose.

YANBU. The amount of utterly oblivious people wandering round does my head in. I always try to be considerate and not get in other people's way.

It's not quite the same, but I live in London, and I hate tourists with a passion. Yes I'm sure you all want to stand in a group to take a photo but you're literally blocking the ENTIRE pavement and I'm carrying a heavy bag and just want to go home.

Can I add my twat to yours? Go to buy some parsnips - don't need a whole bag so head to the loose ones. I'm on mobility scooter so need room to reach what I'm after. Elderly woman (80s I reckon) is standing in front of parsnips, picking up and examining each one intensely before putting back down. She didn't buy any of them and moved onto examining carrots one by one. I decided to buy a bag of parsnips, untouched by elderly person's hand.

I’ve never understood why people need to carry on a phone conversation whilst steering the trolley around badly. Fair enough, if you need to enquire whether to get a particular item, but chatting for the entire shop seems ridiculous.

The ones that really are irritating, are in Sainsbury’s. The cashier has finished putting the shopping through, but they’re nowhere near loading it into bags. Then, as well as deciding what method of payment to use, they go through every pocket and purse to see if there are any vouchers. Of course there are, but at least half of them are out of date. Meanwhile the queue gets longer and longer.

It is hardly breaking news that some people can be annoying sometimes. Nor is it surprising that they fail to realise that your need to buy a hair care product quickly trumps their need to greet their friends or take a look around before deciding which section to visit first.

I am defensive about this as I very seldom visit our local massive supermarket preferring to have shopping delivered but I know that when I do go I will probably be one of those hesitant shoppers, loitering at the end of an aisle deciding where to go next. I have lived in the area for decades and also used to work in the same massive supermarket so am likely to bump into old friends there and will stop and chat to them, temporarily oblivious to someone behind me who is in a massive hurry.

YANBU

I don’t get the ones who seem to treat it as some sort of family outing and don’t start me on the people stopped chatting for ages right in front of the very shelf you need to get to and look at you like you farted in church when you say “excuse me” to get past

OP I'm with you. Supermarkets are the one place I cannot prevent myself having an internal dialogue about the amount of twattery I see, I have chronic trolley rage. I'm so reassured to see other people are also irritated by similar things. I'd also like to add the chatty cashier when customers are six deep at the tills. Why do supermarkets insist the cashiers try to make conversation? If you work in a supermarket and encounter a customer who doesn't seem to want a chat at the till then please don't assume they're being rude. If there's no one queuing behind me I'll happily chat but if other people are waiting I aim to pack, pay and leave as quickly as possible so I'm not holding anyone up.

Oh and inept people on the self checkout. For fucks sake how slow are some of them?! Hurry the fuck up!

I hate Big wide people blocking entire pathways with no spatial awareness of whose behind them!

People who put their shopping on the conveyor, so it's merrily gliding on its way, while they continue to stand at the beginning of the aisle, with their trolley, instead of moving up with their shopping so the next customer can get in to unload their shopping on the conveyor.

And I'm all in favour of having a friendly word or two with the cashier as you pass through, but only if you're capable of chatting and packing your shopping at the same time.

(Sigh)
I long ago came to the conclusion that while some people holiday on a beach, in a resort, at Disneyworld, many people holiday in supermarkets.
There can be no other reason they behave the way they do while in there.

Don't forget the people staring at 500 identical tins of baked beans, wondering which one to take, while their children run screeching up and down the aisle or a completely different aisle

Anna yes I hate them! Your shopping has gone up the other end. Why are you still standing next to an empty conveyor belt and blocking the way with your trolley while I stand here with a trolley full of stuff waiting to put it on? Arrrrgghhh! One time I reach around the person (politely and didn't touch them) and started putting a few bits on and said "excuse me" - also politely. She looked really furious and said "Oh! I suppose you want me to MOVE." Well yes

It’s like a really shit video game level. :o

I bet a supermarket based game where you zap irritating twats would be a huge seller (if it isn't already).

The other thing that I really hate though it's not anyone's fault, is where you somehow get entangled with another shopper all the way round. They are your shopping twin and want all the same stuff, so wherever you go, there they are again, getting in your way in front of the cheese/coffee/wine/pasta and you have to keep exchanging awkward glances.