Or is the pandemic Bringing Out the Power Trippers?

[LadyofTheManners]

Just that really

It's a difficult situation to manage, if it's even possible to, but Christ. Some people seem to be actually happy as Larry that their inner twat is able to roam free and they get off on making people's days difficult

It's the ones who patrol lines at shops, like some club doorman, looking for excuses to snap at innocent shoppers for nothing in particular except their own amusement

Was in a queue earlier, supermarket has had system in place for weeks now but has suddenly decided only one person per trolley. No prior warning which isn't difficult when most people have Facebook and will be on a local group.

This miserable self appointed do gooder was going up and down the row, but was allowing people she blatantly knew in with partners and some with teens who easily were old enough not to have to go with mummy to do the shopping.

Yet she got a couple in front of me and very patronisingly said they couldn't go in. The woman of the couple asked why she had allowed three other larger groups in, to be told no couples anymore than used the "child" excuse for the lady with older teens and that one couple couldn't not shop together as the female has a bad hip. The woman said that was ridiculous and she herself has issues with her knees and was going to be doing 3 separate households shops so needed a hand.
Little bully power trip wouldn't have none of it, then said either separate or go away.

I was alone but why do some of these stores allow it? Seen it at quite a few and thought it ridiculous.

Anyone else seen any moronic behaviour?

No, but I would have asked to speak to that woman’s manager if I had. What a cunt

@Magicbabywaves I wish the couple had, I think they were embarrassed as the do gooder was really loud!
When she got to be she asked if the guy behind me was with me, when I said no, she said well if we see you together I can ban you. I was quite tempted to say as I'd never seen him and definitely never shagged him I was sure I would be fine but I think she would have chucked me out the queue.

When I went to pay at the till I mentioned it to the shop assistant and she raised her eyes and said it was ridiculous to change it, people have been allowed in for weeks now. Apparently it hadn't come from head office, do gooder gate keeper had brought it up and went ahead outdoors. Get the impression her colleagues were not fans either.

You need to complain and get her talked to.

I hate the expression do-gooder and it's used incorrectly in this incident. She's supermarket staff, she isn't doing good. I don't know why you've used it.

I saw someone try to split groups up going into Sainsburys. He didn't get far.

It's the policing of neighbours that we keep seeing on here that shouldn't be happening. People need to mind their own business.

I've seen a shop assistant march up to a customer (who was standing in the middle of the aisle looking a bit lost for all of 5 seconds), and stand really close to her and yell, "if you can stand to the side instead of blocking the gangway. Other people need to do their shopping too!" The poor customer looked like she might cry. Everyone is just trying to get through their shopping trip and it's stressful enough without this kind of nonsense.

@Ponoka7. She was self appointed, clearly someone who has convinced herself and attempted to convince others she is doing good, hence do-gooder.
All she will actually be convincing anyone to is that she's a self important twat.

I don't see the point of the people policing neighbors, I know our neighborhood WhatsApp group have become like the secret police. One had the right arse as she had reported another (non-whatsapp member) to the tattle line for having loads of relatives in due to Ramadan and the Police never responded and never went to investigate or fine him. I just think the Police have got to the point where they've been slagged off so many times in the press and online for asking people to move on that they think if people won't follow advice or take it seriously at this point despite deaths then screw them.
She was convinced though they hadn't come out due to his ethnicity. Apparently she is going to complain about the fact they didn't deal with her complaint to the IPCC

I didn't see the point of complaining, I just laughed at her. No point getting her in shit, I know loads of people are pretty worried by all this so possibly she is one (she had a plastic visor thing on so she obviously is taking it very seriously). I would imagine someone will probably tell her to eff off and she will scuttle back indoors soon anyway.

@B0bbin I saw similar about a fortnight ago, poor woman looked lost by all the one way arrows that appeared overnight. She was just standing, not in anyone's way, at the top of the aisle looking at a little stand of crisps with its own standee. Shop assistant came over and moaned that she was standing at the wrong end of the one way arrow as she had approached from the wrong direction.
Poor love looked like she wanted to run away

I think stores do need to deal with these type of staff, they probably believe they are doing a good job but if anything it will put some customers off returning

Agree OP. It’s quite sad actually. For every decent person doing their job, there are ones who have become self appointed overlords. I’d just say ‘That’s nice dear’, and go on in anyway (FYI I always shop alone as the thought of taking the family is not a happy one, even before this!)

@Roundtoedshoes see I would have done but I'm a gobshite. The couple she picked on were quietly trying to explain whilst not drawing attention to themselves or to look bad but she wouldn't have any of it, telling them they had two options either do it separately or leave the queue. She then loudly berated them about lockdown and deaths and selfish people and it's company policy (forgetting that for the last 6 weeks no such policy had existed). They left the queue looking mortified and she then said to the next person whilst sighing about covidiots (I hate that bloody expression).
I would have told her to show me where it was policy and why it hasn't been for over a month.

Yanbu at all.

Threads like this make me really appreciate the staff at the supermarkets I have been to, though. In fact I might write to the managers of each and say so.

Yes me too, some are great despite the madness

Just thought of something else though, she clearly had no clue on hidden disabilities. Either of the couple could have needed the other there, for example, hearing issues, autism, epilepsy.

You do wonder what they'll do for kicks once the rules are relaxed (oh and please god, let it be soon)

So have you complained to the management?

Either she's been told to say this - which apparently the rest of the staff have no idea about - or she is indeed "self-appointed" (though definitely not a do-gooder) and should be - ahem - retrained as soon as possible.

Name and shame.

I had this at Morrisons last week. The assistant in charge of the queue by the checkouts made me walk from the top of aisle 8 around the side of aisle 7 and back to the tills. There was no queue, she just would not let me walk past her to the checkout because I was in aisle 8 and she wanted me to be in aisle 7! Then she kept trying to police where I was standing at the checkout. Pointing to a spot on the floor about 6 inches away from where I was standing and saying, "I need you to step back." I eventually waved my cash card and said, "I want to pay for my shopping!" and the cashier who as scanning my shopping said I could come up to her. It was totally stupid and I wont be giving them my custom again.

This was Morrisons too

It's a shame because locally they've been by far the most sensible of the Supermarkets, Asda have been shocking, Lidl was a nightmare.

The staff in store are good, very friendly, I guess you always get one who goes completely OTT, especially considering none of the other staff had face mask, plastic apron and a big visor. She must have brought those from home (but then that I find annoying as the NHS has far more need of them than some woman outside a Supermarket. In fact she was by far getting closer to people than she should.

I doubt there's any point bitching, as I said in store I said to the assistant who served me, I don't doubt others probably will too so I would imagine the manager will sort it at some point.