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Who was in the wrong? Lidl row and 1st world issue ..

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MadameBee · 14/03/2020 10:11

Stood by closed checkout 1 about to put join queue to checkout 2.

Checkout one opens and 2 people in queue 2 stay put, I then start putting my goods on checkout 1 conveyer belt. Two people from queue 2 then transfer their goods from conveyer belt 2 to conveyer belt one, in the gap ahead of my goods. I was taken aback but said nothing, women behind me rolls her eyes at me.

Women transferring goods then says to me quite irritated “can you move your things back because I can’t fit all my stuff on” I say “that’s because I put my things on before you did” she then gets all angry and says “I was actually ahead of you in the other queue and you pushed in, but if it means that much to you, you can go in front of me if you like?” I said as I reached for shopping bags “it doesn’t, that’s why I didn’t say anything?” she continues “well it obviously does as you are saying something now!” Which I ignored.

Did I push in as I would usually let queuing baskets ahead of me if a new till opened Grin

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Comps83 · 15/03/2020 08:43

A few years ago a till opened in Lidl and this pathetic little man literally ran to the new til and threw his stuff on to get there before me. Now I wasn't in a rush and it wouldn't usually bother me that someone got there before me but what really pissed me off was ...... he did a little victory dance . Actually did this little wiggle thing like he was so pleased with himself . I could have put him through the wall. I was seething and he could tell . Then when I walked out he was driving out and I glared at him and he at me until he'd gone
Fucking victory dance!

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 15/03/2020 09:57

They open tills before the operator has arrived, so you have to wait a minute or two anyway.

You want Waitrose butler service, shop at Waitrose.

You're happy to rough it in Lidl, shop at Lidl.

But don't expect the former in the latter.

SpaceDinosaur · 15/03/2020 10:49

So crazy lady believed she was the front of her queue and also the other queue simultaneously yet physically could only be one but was in denial or refused to accept an absolution.

She's Schrödinger's Bitch!!!

sunfloweryy · 15/03/2020 10:57

She’s an idiot. New till, new queue and it’s a free for all. Can’t believe the neck of some people.

dontdisturbmenow · 15/03/2020 11:00

Sadly this thread shows that the notion of good manners is something that totally bypasses some people, so no surprise it ends up in arguments.

I can't understand why it is so difficult to comprehend. NOBODY likes to wait and queue. It therefore comes to common sense that nobody in a shop has an entitlement to get seem to quicker than everyone else and therefore whoever has queued longer should get to be served first. It's the whole point of opening another till!

This total self-centeredness and total oblivion of a growing number of people in society is really depressing. Like point poster wrote, it comes down to 'tough shit' in their mind, of course, tough shit when it negatively affect others, it's a complete different matter when it's tough shit to them!

Sadly, it is indeed why I avoid to shop in certain places and certain times (few of such people first thing in the morning on saturdays).

PuppyMonkey · 15/03/2020 11:14

The rules are quite clear on this, Im not sure why some people get so confused.

Once your shopping is on the conveyor belt, you have committed to that till and you can’t then just move all your stuff to another till that may have by chance opened.

You should let people with baskets or one item ahead of you where possible. Especially if you are still loading onto the conveyor belt. The limit to this rule imho is about two people, otherwise you will hold up the conveyor belt so much, you might not be able to continue to unload your shopping, or the person behind you will be unable to load theirs.

If anyone requires any further clarification, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

dontdisturbmenow · 15/03/2020 11:23

@PuppyMonkey, I think you need to address further clarity.

If someone has say 100 items, and have only put 5 on the conveyor belt, which they can grab in one go, then that should entitle them to move to the next till if there are 2 people in front of them with a full load, so at least another 10 minutes plus for them to wait until their turn comes.

As for the basket, that's a tough one... how many items in the basket makes it ok to offer to go ahead?

PuppyMonkey · 15/03/2020 11:31

No, I think once you’ve started unloading, you have to take it on the chin - it’s hard, but sometimes that is just the way the dice roll.

Yes by all means if you think baskets are too full, you are within your rights to make a judgment call and decline allowing them through. But generally, a basket will not be too much of a hold up.

One2Three4Five6 · 16/03/2020 17:55

I was horribly unreasonable at the weekend, I normally let people go in front of me in the queue if they have one or two items and I have a lot more, however at the weekend I joined a queue with a full trolley, while DH went back for something, I'd not started putting stuff on the belt yet, as the person in front of me also had a lot and there was no room, about 30 seconds later a man arrived with 2 boxes of cat food, and IMMEDIATELY started making loud huffy noises, and glaring at me, also very aggressive in his body language...
I literally wasn't given any time to ask if he wanted to go in front, like I usually would. I decided that due to his aggressiveness I would not bother at all. As the belt started moving, he went to move round me, but I started loading my stuff on so he couldn't. Cue more huffing.
When DH came back he clocked the bloke huffing and knowing me as well as he does also didn't offer for him to jump in front, cue more huffing, but not as aggressively... I told DH loudly that had the man behind me not made me feel intimidated, I'd have let him in front.
Shortly after, the till next to us opened up and he all but ran for it... but 3 other people were quicker. He huffed and puffed a bit more before accepting his fate...

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MadameBee · 16/03/2020 18:04

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Puffalicious · 16/03/2020 18:18

cheese I'm with you: saddened by the responses of you snooze you lose, it's only manners for those queuing longest to get first chance. I can't stand when people rush in from the back- like bloody motor racing.

My Aldi are quite vociferous about stating that those who have queued get served first- quite rightly.

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