AIBU to think DH should stop taking discounted food out of peoples trolleys.

[ByWarmViewer]

This happens every time we're in Tescos on a Sunday and they put the discounted stuff from the bakery out. Lots of customers surround the racks and DH just waits outside pushing each other over the goods and DH just waits a couple metres away then takes the goods out of peoples trolleys and shouts at people if they try taking it back.

AIBU to think he is completely in the wrong here, even if he other customers are pushing each other? I don't even know why he does it when we're not exactly short of money.

Eh I’d go my ends over a loaf of bread out of pure principle for being gutsy enough to do this. Weird behaviour

@HoppingPavlova most people I know have a standard fridge freezer either free standing or integrated but one part on top the other, typically 60/40 split with the fridge part being 60%. So plenty wouldn't have room for 7 or 8 chickens.

WTH. Your husbands behaviour is appalling. What a prince! I can’t believe you are shocked about the replies. Not taking food out of someone’s trolley is a well-understood social convention that everyone adheres to. Legally of course they haven’t paid for it yet so don’t own it but everyone understands it’s as good as theirs and their property once in their trolley. I would be apoplectic if my husband behaved liked this. Taking something from anyone’s trolley is horrible behaviour but taking food from peoples trolleys who are desperate for a bargain price just for lolz when he is so well-to-do is grotesque. Like, what am I reading here?! WHY is it always the ones on £100k who act like this?!

Sociopathic behaviour.

I think its fair for you to be disappointed.

But also good for you both to be aware that others will consider you "a couple of complete throbbers to be avoided at all costs".

But at least you have each other, so there's that I guess. Small little world though, with time split between 'earning over £100k' and taking food out of other people's trolleys lol.

I'm only joking of course, this is clearly a troll thread to get reactions. Nobody is this thick.

This is a control thing. He sounds like a bully. What's he getting out of doing this? Very odd behaviour.

The Saturday episode of jackanory.

Seriously? He takes yellow sticker goods out of other people's trolleys? That's absolutely unhinged. Aside from the fact that you have plenty of money, it's weird. If my partner did that once he wouldn't do it again because I would give him a proper dressing down. Absolutely ridiculous.

I’d say he’s done well not to get more than a push if he does it on the regular…

So he is one assumes big enough to be intimidating (as not worried about being hit) uses that to take food from potentially children (as old people is his line one assumes parents aren’t) even though he grew up in care and knows what a tough childhood is like.

a tough childhood doesn’t not give you the right to not respect social norms such as this. He doesn’t need the food, you don’t need it. Stop taking it away from those who do

because I frankly would report him if I saw it and happily get him banned

I actually think it is quite entitled that he on 100k thinks he deserves those discounted items more than anyone else. That is a high wage and chances are most people around him won't be earning near that.

He could be snatching out of the trolley of a single mum and she was getting a rare treat for the kids.

I'd be quite disgusted if I was you.

Well obviously you’re not being unreasonable! That’s ridiculous- I wouldn’t go near a shop with my oh if that’s how he behaved. That’s mortifying.

I don’t think who he’s snatching it from is the deal here. He shouldn’t be snatching it at all.

Has anybody reported this thread for trip trapping around the supermarket?

I’d be embarrassed writing this. He’s clearly unhinged. Where do you live? Never seen people pushing over the reduced section, and I don’t exactly live in a posh area!

He’s a dickhead!

@ByWarmViewer what is his justification for it ? does he also take non reduced out of peoples trolleys ?

That is a VERY odd thing to do!!
I would be mortified if my DH did this

Then it’s possibly food hoarding instinct, children and teens who have been kept short of food will do this even when they have food security.
Or it’s a nastier instinct —- he looks down on people who need to buy discounted food and wants to deny them that by showing his superiority. He won’t queue or join in the scrum for reduced food but takes from those who’ve done the work.
Either way I think he needs help.

Aye right

Why are you disappointed in the replies? You clearly also think he's a dickhead or why did you post?
He'd be fucking bothered if he took something out of my trolley.

This is awful

I wonder how he'll react when he does get a punch

And he's got no idea of anyone's circumstances either

The 4% presumably think this is made-up trolling. Can't decide if I agree or not.

That's mad. How is he not ashamed🤦‍♀️

the rule i have for yellow label is if im at the shelf then its fair game, if i get something and i relise someone else wanted it then i offer to share as i have done in the past.

but if its in my basket then im chasing you around the shop and taking it back the cheaky pickle.

The 4% may also think the op is being unreasonable to have to ask this/not to have already divorced. Or assume trolls.

there will be zero % of people not aware that this is not a thing it’s reasonable to do