To think they were rude & we were singled out ?

[jemi01]

Today I went to a supermarket with partner.

As we approached the entrance , a security guard and member of staff raised their voice and stated " we can only let one of you in"

So one of us went in..

We then saw other couples entering together and not a thing was said !

Wtf

Very stern and shouted at us . It was not pleasant at all. Why didn't they say the same to others who were in twos ? Plenty of couples entering .

Why didn't you go to customer services and ask?

Did you not ask him why you were not allowed and others were?

The supermarket in question policy on this is " shop alone where possible " so not sure why it was put across as we can only allow one of you in.

So could you have shopped alone or did you decide rules don’t apply to you?

Wondering if anyone else had this experience? I don't mind being challenged but no one else was

My young adult daughters were stopped yet me and DP at the same supermarket weren’t questioned at all.

Perhaps the security guard didn’t see the other couples or perhaps they knew they and knew that they lived separately. 🤷🏻‍♀️ You should have asked at the time to get the answer.

It’s also really well known that people shouldn’t be shopping in couples so I’m amazed this even came up.

Is it possible that it was a carer with a vulnerable person?

There is no reason ever for anyone to be rude about it though. Id make a complaint.

I was helping my partner with some shopping as he was picking things up for his gran , I also needed to get some naproxen from the pharmacy so just thought I would be ok to go in with him then depart for the pharmacy . We haven't been shopping together for around 1 year I completely forgot to be honest. It was the way they spoke to us that was rude.

Why would you go shopping as a couple?

@Member869894 you should ask many many couples I saw today

Ask the shop

@BlueTimes so are you allowed in if separate household even? Only they didn't ask us they just told us we both couldn't come in.

Id make a complaint.

I’m not sure I would. Unless there’s a dripfeed coming, OP was in the wrong. Unless it was excessively rude then if it were me I doon’t think I’d bother complaining when I didn’t have a leg to stand on in the first place.

Did the security guard really shout at you?
Or did he/she shout across from a way away so that you could hear them?
I'm always incredulous that whenever there is an issue in a supermarket, the other part almost without fail will have shouted, screamed, threatened, yelled etc.

That aside, I thought it was pretty widely known that people should ashop alone unless unable to? So they weren't rude to you. Simply,pointing out the policy which you had tried to ignore. But I agree the rules should be applied to everyone. Unless, of course, the other couples had a valid reason for shopping together.

@Gazelda shouted good job we had a mask on as he came right up to my face

Did you have a trolley? Me and my partner went to Aldi last week and were told if you have a trolley one one can come in. I was about to volunteer DP, but when I turned round he'd beat me to it and ran off back to the car 🤣🤣

@Keeping2ChevronsApart no trolley , I was going to use the pharmacy in there and partner was going to get a basket

Why didn’t you tell them you were shopping for 2 households? They’d have probably let you both in then.

So why didn’t you say ‘I’m going to the pharmacy and then leaving’?

So which one of you went in? Did the one who went in visit customer services to discuss it?

No didn't discuss as didn't see all the couples going in until I exited !

I went in but left after a minute as was all annoyed that I'd been yelled at

So contact the supermarket and make a complaint if you feel you were unfairly treated.