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To take all the reduced meat?

458 replies

ballipp · 03/08/2023 15:37

So last night around 6pm I went to the supermarket and specifically went for the 90% off bargains
I went to the main reduced fridge (after waiting for 15 mins for them to reduce ) and got 2 packs of roast potatoes 33p each ,3 packs of bbq chicken legs for 46p each
pork kebabs for 44p each
Then normally 15 mins later they bring down the reduced meat that day.
There was about 5 people waiting around and I seen the butcher fill his green tub up with the meat and leave it on the counter
So I walk up (everyone was just waiting by the reduced fridge and didn't see what he had done )
I walk up and got 2 steaks 59p each
A beef joint for £1.03p
A pork joint for 43p
Two chickens 38p each and 4 packs of burgers 26p each.
Would you have done the same ?
Or left some for someone else
My freezer is now full for the month and that came to well under £6/£7

OP posts:
BlastedIce · 04/08/2023 15:27

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:19

@BlastedIce it's not me who's been having a tantrum 😂

I think you’ll find it is……

Honestly, you’re like a five year having been caught red handed that they’re innocent. The five year old had the excuse of being a child though.

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:29

@Chickenkeev no I think the long and short of it is
You have been coming up with lots of ridiculous theories and assumptions and any attempt from me of clearing your assumptions up has then been turned around to me being "argumentative"
It's a bit silly really tho as everyone's entitled to an opinion
We have different opinions
There's no wrong or right
So no argument from me
Have a nice weekend 🙂

OP posts:
ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:30

@roses321 honey there's no wrong or right
Each of us do things differently
It's okay to have different thoughts /opinions
Life would be pretty boring if we all thought the same
Have a lovely weekend 😀

OP posts:
roses321 · 04/08/2023 15:34

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:30

@roses321 honey there's no wrong or right
Each of us do things differently
It's okay to have different thoughts /opinions
Life would be pretty boring if we all thought the same
Have a lovely weekend 😀

You're absolutely right... apparently people like you have a very unique perspective on the world, so take that and toddle please, and let's not hope you pass the same attitudes to your children.

BlastedIce · 04/08/2023 15:35

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:29

@Chickenkeev no I think the long and short of it is
You have been coming up with lots of ridiculous theories and assumptions and any attempt from me of clearing your assumptions up has then been turned around to me being "argumentative"
It's a bit silly really tho as everyone's entitled to an opinion
We have different opinions
There's no wrong or right
So no argument from me
Have a nice weekend 🙂

The long and the short of it is, you’ve AIBU, been told you are and then argued back that you’re not.

Just why not accept that people think you are?

After all we can have different opinions.

Lou670 · 04/08/2023 15:37

@ballipp Oh for goodness sake! Can this end now? You feel you are not selfish. We think you are. End of. Nothing else to say is there. Thank God I brought my daughters up to think of others are not to be selfish. Sorry your post has back fired on you. Have you not got one of your bargain joints to bung in the oven?

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:39

@Lou670 already in the oven now Biscuit

OP posts:
BlastedIce · 04/08/2023 16:03

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:39

@Lou670 already in the oven now Biscuit

Don’t share it!

Lou670 · 04/08/2023 16:05

@BlastedIce 😂😂😂she'll probably give her kids the knock off burgers!

Plumbear2 · 04/08/2023 16:22

ballipp · 04/08/2023 15:29

@Chickenkeev no I think the long and short of it is
You have been coming up with lots of ridiculous theories and assumptions and any attempt from me of clearing your assumptions up has then been turned around to me being "argumentative"
It's a bit silly really tho as everyone's entitled to an opinion
We have different opinions
There's no wrong or right
So no argument from me
Have a nice weekend 🙂

They aren't theories or assumptions. You just don't like the response you are getting.

ManateeFair · 04/08/2023 17:04

ballipp · 03/08/2023 15:42

There was plenty of fish left and lamb etc
I just took things I knew we would eat

Well, in that case you didn't take 'all the reduced meat' then, did you?

limitedperiodonly · 05/08/2023 20:17

Lou670 · 04/08/2023 15:37

@ballipp Oh for goodness sake! Can this end now? You feel you are not selfish. We think you are. End of. Nothing else to say is there. Thank God I brought my daughters up to think of others are not to be selfish. Sorry your post has back fired on you. Have you not got one of your bargain joints to bung in the oven?

I support @ballipp .

What's it got to do with you or the way you've brought up your daughters got to do with the price of reduced fish?

Catusrusty · 05/08/2023 20:55

God no, there's absolutely no way I would empty a big tub of reduced meat when I could clearly see other people waiting too, even if by some misfortune they were in slightly the wrong place. Who knows how badly in need those people may have been?

During the early days of Covid, when people were still genuinely frightened and there were stock issues in shops and lockdown had just began, a woman ran into the supermarket in front of everyone and used her arm to sweep all of the remaining items of meat off the shelf and into her trolley.

Things were running low by this point (no milk, pasta or loo roll to be had) and all meat was on just one shelf, she darted in and half filled a big trolley with every last remains pack of mince, meatballs, burgers etc. The people around me looked incredibly upset, including several pensioners. I was just really shocked that anyone could be so selfish. If I had had a chance to even get a single pack, I would have gladly given it straight to one of the more elderly people there, and I am definitely no angel, not by a long stretch By a weird quirk of fate we had loads of hand gel and pasta pre-covid and did share it amongst family, friends and co workers. Sometimes you have to do the right thing even when it might be to your own detriment. I spent hours queuing to get into supermarkets to buy things for multiple households to try and lessen the risk to people who were more vulnerable than I considered myself, and believe me, I am quite a mean and cantankerous bugger at the best of times. Again though, it was the right thing to do at the time.

I'm afraid for some people it is par for the course these days to always put themselves first. The culture of me, me, me is very pervasive.

I know what it is to be poor, really poor. So poor you can't pay your bills and there is no food at all in, and I still wouldn't do this.

Chickenkeev · 06/08/2023 02:12

Catusrusty · 05/08/2023 20:55

God no, there's absolutely no way I would empty a big tub of reduced meat when I could clearly see other people waiting too, even if by some misfortune they were in slightly the wrong place. Who knows how badly in need those people may have been?

During the early days of Covid, when people were still genuinely frightened and there were stock issues in shops and lockdown had just began, a woman ran into the supermarket in front of everyone and used her arm to sweep all of the remaining items of meat off the shelf and into her trolley.

Things were running low by this point (no milk, pasta or loo roll to be had) and all meat was on just one shelf, she darted in and half filled a big trolley with every last remains pack of mince, meatballs, burgers etc. The people around me looked incredibly upset, including several pensioners. I was just really shocked that anyone could be so selfish. If I had had a chance to even get a single pack, I would have gladly given it straight to one of the more elderly people there, and I am definitely no angel, not by a long stretch By a weird quirk of fate we had loads of hand gel and pasta pre-covid and did share it amongst family, friends and co workers. Sometimes you have to do the right thing even when it might be to your own detriment. I spent hours queuing to get into supermarkets to buy things for multiple households to try and lessen the risk to people who were more vulnerable than I considered myself, and believe me, I am quite a mean and cantankerous bugger at the best of times. Again though, it was the right thing to do at the time.

I'm afraid for some people it is par for the course these days to always put themselves first. The culture of me, me, me is very pervasive.

I know what it is to be poor, really poor. So poor you can't pay your bills and there is no food at all in, and I still wouldn't do this.

🥰🥰🥰

Holidaystress11 · 06/08/2023 02:44

If you had taken the whole counter I would have said that was mean. But you took what you would use and clearly it is going to help you. Also you snooze you loose. They should have been paying attention. Unless someone specifically wanted something and you know about it. (Which is unlikely) then carry on op and enjoy your bargains

Plumbear2 · 06/08/2023 06:36

Holidaystress11 · 06/08/2023 02:44

If you had taken the whole counter I would have said that was mean. But you took what you would use and clearly it is going to help you. Also you snooze you loose. They should have been paying attention. Unless someone specifically wanted something and you know about it. (Which is unlikely) then carry on op and enjoy your bargains

You snooze you lose? Sorry but that sentence alone is selfish. How about telling the other customers who where waiting. We elderly and disabled carnt move as fast for starters.

PankhurstismySuffregette · 06/08/2023 07:06

Woeful behaviour. What has happened to society?

ObiKenobi · 06/08/2023 07:48

I only ever want the NZ lamb when it’s half price in Tesco. Should I see anything else I take 2 if there’s enough on the shelf. Despite what they say most people would take the lot. If you were on MSE you would get praise for this, but here on MN most live in a bit of a fantasy world. All the best to you & your dear mom OP.

limitedperiodonly · 06/08/2023 19:12

I buy fresh boneless breast of lamb or shoulder of pork when I want cheap and wonderfully tasty meat. That's full price.

Or I buy beef or lamb mince, chicken, lamb steaks and legs or fish and seafood from the freezer also full price.

It's excellent and more reliable than the vagaries of the reduced aisle.

If I find a ribeye steak or a massively reduced duck or free range chicken I'll have them all. Why shouldn't I? I can cut them up, freeze them and know how to cook them.

Don't you people wringing your hands know how to do that or where to look first? These days it's not the reduced aisle.

Dunnoburt · 06/08/2023 19:14

Absolutely.....charity begins at home with cost of living.... you used your nous! Well done!!!!

limitedperiodonly · 06/08/2023 19:39

No one who wants good cheap food relies solely on the reduced aisles.

The freezer aisles are your friend - chicken. lamb, mince, fish, seafood, burgers, vegetables, and ready meals. All excellent.

I mooch the reduced aisles for things like ribeye steak or a whole Gressingham duck ,

It's a revelation but some of you might be too squeamish for frozen food,

limitedperiodonly · 06/08/2023 19:42

You could also go vegan

BlastedIce · 06/08/2023 20:17

limitedperiodonly · 06/08/2023 19:42

You could also go vegan

😂

cymbidium · 06/08/2023 20:20

limitedperiodonly · 06/08/2023 19:42

You could also go vegan

This will fill the next 22 pages.. 😂

Growuppeople · 07/08/2023 01:20

You have more money than so many people!! But as long as you happy I won’t say what I think about you