AIBU to wonder about the contents of other people's shopping trolleys?

[BruceAndNosh]

Yesterday bloke in checkout queue behind me had 8 sliced loaves and a tray of dog food tins.
And 3 bottles of orange squash

The sandwiches at his kid's party are going to be dreadful

@MaverickDanger, they all say that!

My supermarket shops are reasonably sensible but I get very random in Wilkinsons- I think my best to date was a kitchen sieve, a dozen Bic pens, fat balls for the garden birds and a tin of wood perserver

@Whentheydontmeanwhattheysay Yep, you're absolutely right but I'm waiting for spine surgery and can't lift the trays up and carry them so I have to painstakingly put a few items in a million carrier bags (whilst sitting on the doormat!) and then spend half an hour traipsing them through to the kitchen when the driver has gone! That was a long sentence!! Actually, no wonder my neighbour came out to gawp - I'm quite a sight!! 😂

@Fiercestcalm

Not sure what anyone would have made of my trolley, they have started selling Happy Hippos in hazelnut in boxes of 5 in this country ( soo so happy) my enthusiasm was so remarkable the checkout woman asked if I was hosting a children’s party……. And was I doing the hippo cake and hippo party bags……… fortunately this distracted her from the amount of wine gums in my trolley ……

Said child is 22, lives in the Uk and is not as enthusiastic about Hippos as his Mum is!

My excuse is that I only shop in town ( an hour away) when dh has hospital so have two freezers, two fridges and a snack drawer that looks as if we have quadruplet sugar monsters

Did you know you can buy Happy Hippos on Amazon on subscribe and save? When I bought them last they were less than £10 for a box of 10 boxes so 50 hippos (they are the kids favourite and I had them delivered during lockdown as bribery for doing schoolwork lol)

One lady in front of me had two deep trolleys of crisps,biscuits,chocolate and coke.that's it..(coca cola btw😀).

I always remember many years ago (20+) when I worked on the checkout at Tesco serving a guy who looked a lot like Tosh Lines from the Bill (but in character so not the actor) who bought a frozen ready meal for one, a bottle of whisky, a copy of Loaded and a box of tissues...

@LukeEvansWife

I am always amazed by people who notice other people's shopping.

Amazed? It's hardly amazing to see what the person in front of you puts on the conveyor belt!

I don't even register it. But then I tend not to be nosey interested

@MaverickDanger

I can remember coming back from work late one night & popping into Aldi next to my house to get some snacks. In front of me were 5 blokes in their 20s who were buying a crate of beer, some tequila, strawberries, whipped cream and a cucumber.

One of them turned to me and said …it isn’t what it looks like.

I love dodgy looking shopping baskets

Ah I notice everything without putting any thought into it.

Hope I never need you as a witness @LukeEvansWife

I don't know that I even look. Still, at least I know that people are looking and judging my shopping now

@JaneJeffer

Hope I never need you as a witness *@LukeEvansWife*

Yes really - I don't notice, other people just aren't that interesting

When I worked in pubs I would go out to my local big Sainsbury’s every morning to buy dozens of packs of bread rolls from the in store bakery for the day’s service. Some people must have thought I was a bit odd....

other people just aren't that interesting
To you.

@ScumbagDave

I know someone who does 'picking' at Waitrose. One time he had to pick a shop for someone who had ordered £75 worth of crisps and prosecco. We couldn't work out why when we were talking about it. Even if you were having a party, JUST crisps and prosecco? I did enjoy speculating about it! I thought maybe it was like that episode of Friends when Monica gives Phoebe cups and ice to look after. "Just the crisps and prosecco will you John"? Oh if you want crisps and prosecco, crisps and prosecco you will get mwahaha!

Haha - this could have been me! We had some friends to stay one weekend and I ordered the "proper" food from Ocado and the crisps, wine and beer from Sainsburys because they had better offers.The Sainsburys delivery man nodded with approval and said "so, just crisps and booze then?"

@JaneJeffer

other people just aren't that interesting To you.

Well obviously to me.

And I usually use self checkout so that I can buy what I want without someone being nosey!

It's strange that someone so disinterested in other people would be on Mumsnet.

What happened there then? What was going on "behind the scenes"?

I don't tend to take any notice of what other people are buying but I couldn't help notice one guy had a trolley with nothing but whole chickens yesterday. Was full up chickens that's it all. I can only assume he is a chef of some kind.

I was once behind a large middle aged man in Boots who had nothing but 3 large bottles of Johnson's baby oil in his basket.

@Chicchicchicchiclana

I was once behind a large middle aged man in Boots who had nothing but 3 large bottles of Johnson's baby oil in his basket.

He sounds very slippery.

I do a couple of voluntary roles. Quite often, if the organisations are running events we will buy different things from different shops depending on what's best value. I often end up with the aldi list. Last time I bought 10 jars of hot dog sausages, 2 boxes of chocolates (prizes), 10 multi-packs of haribo and my own top-up shop consisting of headache tablets, dog food and stilton. I did wonder if other people look at baskets like this and wonder what odd meals are being served. Now I know!

12KarmaStar

One lady in front of me had two deep trolleys of crisps,biscuits,chocolate and coke.that's.(coca cola btw😀).

It's been a hard week

I once saw a middle aged man in a business suit buying only a single packet of party rings...thats the only time I think I've ever noticed someone elses shopping

Oh and he's local, me and DP see hom around from time to time and he is now known as "party ring man"