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Shop came while WFH

267 replies

Kiopa · 20/10/2023 13:55

I realise this is a ridiculous thing to be arguing about but interested in opinions of whose in the wrong here.

A orders the food shop to come 10-11am. B is working at home at that time. A expects to be home by 10 but ends up running late by 15 minutes. The shop arrives at 10am and B has to take it in and put the frozen things away. A puts the rest away. A says they would have messaged B that the shop was coming but normally this supermarket sends a text 15 mins before they arrive and they didn't this time. B thinks A was inconsiderate not to let them know the shop might come before they were home.

A and B are now in a stand off as B won't let it go until A apologises for being inconsiderate and A doesn't accept that they were inconsiderate.

YABU - A is in the worng
YANBU - B is in the wrong

If you can't tell we're both extremely stubborn.

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SillyAutomatic · 20/10/2023 15:36

B wouldn't like it where I live, the grocery slots are meaningless, they just come at a point where it makes sense on their round. Can be five hours early/late. To be fair, most people wouldn't like that either, such is the way of it in the Highlands, though.

Mostlyoblivious · 20/10/2023 15:36

Don’t book a shop for when you’re not there.

You both need to communicate but taking frozen in is not a huge deal at all. Think of it as a screen break / walk around the office / cigarette break / loo break / tea break / whatever break as really really really it is not a big deal (!!)

Also, if the supermarket did not text then I don’t understand how A is in the wrong by not communicating to B that the shop was coming prior to their return.

Sounds like B has beef with A and both need to communicate with each other.

Barney60 · 20/10/2023 15:36

Both as bad as each other, A should of let B know running late just in case shopping arrived at 10, which it did, B needs to just get over it , hardly a major life changing thing, just throw frozen stuff into the freezer, leave rest till A gets home, it would take roughly same time as to go to the toilet so work would be none the wiser.

saoirse31 · 20/10/2023 15:37

Get a life, both A and B.

2023shady · 20/10/2023 15:37

thequeenoftarts · 20/10/2023 15:33

Unless B was doing cpr then there is nothing that cant be stopped for 5 - 10 mins in life

Of course there is
If you're ringing a company and they put you on hold to unload their food shop you're not going to be too happy are you!
I'm working, I can't answer the door

bathrobeandpie · 20/10/2023 15:38

MargotBamborough · 20/10/2023 15:30

If you were my husband and you said that to me I would tell you to do the food shopping instead then.

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Fine, but then I"ll book the delivery for a time that actually suits me 😂

Thankfully I don't have a husband who assume it's fine for me to drop everything because my job "is not important".

bathrobeandpie · 20/10/2023 15:40

TheresaBouvey · 20/10/2023 15:29

Pointless bollox indeed

insisting someone apologise is always such a weird thing only a very insecure controlling person would do

if your relationship cannot survive such tiny hiccups it was not meant to be maybe?

I am not sure a petty squabble over a minor disruption is the beginning of divorce proceedings 😂

PoloMintRoll · 20/10/2023 15:41

A is in the wrong, as B was busy working and may have been on a call or in the middle of something.

If A had warned B it would have been more respectful. I'd be annoyed if I'd been A.

VWdieselnightmare · 20/10/2023 15:43

Thumbs down to B and no dinner for him this evening.

Universalsnail · 20/10/2023 15:45

I think B needs to get a grip

MargotBamborough · 20/10/2023 15:45

bathrobeandpie · 20/10/2023 15:38

Fine, but then I"ll book the delivery for a time that actually suits me 😂

Thankfully I don't have a husband who assume it's fine for me to drop everything because my job "is not important".

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I don't think anybody has said anybody else's job is "not important", have they?

The OP's husband was, as it turned out, not on a call, and taking in the shopping was a minor inconvenience for him. He has admitted that he overreacted.

Organising the shop probably took the OP a lot longer than it took him to put just the frozen stuff away, so he should be thanking her really.

Cakeandcardio · 20/10/2023 15:47

Maybe A should have let B know but there was a clear reason they didn't this time. Did A plan all the meals, organise the shop and do they then cook the meals? I suspect so. B seems like a right pedantic arse.

OhDoSitDownAndShutUp · 20/10/2023 15:47

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 20/10/2023 14:03

What a utterly pointless and pathetic argument. Have you (both) got nothing better to do? Hmm

That. How very childish A and B must be.

notacooldad · 20/10/2023 15:49

You're at stale mate over this!
🤣🤣
Ffs!

Calvinlookingforhobbes · 20/10/2023 15:50

A and B are both wrong to think this is what a relationship should look like. Run! Fast.

Theunamedcat · 20/10/2023 15:50

When you are working from home the emphasis should be on WORKING not home chores

TerrorAustralis · 20/10/2023 15:51

ilovesooty · 20/10/2023 15:16

No I didn't. I was talking about different types of work in general. Some WFH situations simply don't have interruptions as a possibility.

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Sorry, I didn’t realise this thread was about people telling us about their very important jobs, and not the OPs actual circumstances.

ilovesooty · 20/10/2023 15:51

thequeenoftarts · 20/10/2023 15:33

Unless B was doing cpr then there is nothing that cant be stopped for 5 - 10 mins in life

Yes there is.

MrsMurphyIWish · 20/10/2023 15:52

Theunamedcat · 20/10/2023 15:50

When you are working from home the emphasis should be on WORKING not home chores

I was just going to post something similar. Surely the question should be, “AIBU to have a food shop come when I should be working?”

(but I’m a jealous and tired teacher and have another week left to half term so I’m probably being petty!)

ilovesooty · 20/10/2023 15:56

TerrorAustralis · 20/10/2023 15:51

Sorry, I didn’t realise this thread was about people telling us about their very important jobs, and not the OPs actual circumstances.

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Your apology is noted 😂

IncompleteSenten · 20/10/2023 15:58

Why does one of them have to be right and the other wrong?

A should have let b know and b shouldn't have made a huge deal over it.

'Fault' on both sides.

Boska23 · 20/10/2023 15:58

Passepartoute · 20/10/2023 15:01

Why? If a shop turned up when I was in a meeting, I would just excuse myself, open the door and take the stuff in, and go back to my meeting. I'm afraid I would just have to let frozen stuff take its chances.

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Because it is unprofessional to interrupt the meeting to handle domestic, non-urgent matters?

MargotBamborough · 20/10/2023 15:59

MrsMurphyIWish · 20/10/2023 15:52

I was just going to post something similar. Surely the question should be, “AIBU to have a food shop come when I should be working?”

(but I’m a jealous and tired teacher and have another week left to half term so I’m probably being petty!)

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People taking five minutes out of their working day to take in a food shop are freeing up slots for people who can't WFH to have their shopping delivered outside of normal working hours.

BerriesNutsConkers · 20/10/2023 15:59

A should have mentioned to B that the shopping was due, especially as they were running late!

Wetblanket78 · 20/10/2023 16:00

Does it matter A was there to take the shopping in and put the most important freezer stuff away. B was late home so if A wasn't there the shopping would go back to the supermarket. Stop moaning about menial shit and get a life.