People on phones all the time in supermarkets asking questions to person on other end of call

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If shopping for a friend or relative. Or your OH who doesn't do the shopping, please be more descriptive with your shopping lists!

As in Aldi today, I kept on being near to 3 different people who kept ringing whoever asking what do you mean by chicken? What size milk do you want?

Chicken - whole, portions or cooked for salads/sandwiches? Milk - size, type and fresh or UHT?

Everyone has their own way of writing shopping lists but only them can decipher it. Perhaps their OH if they actually know the workings of their partner's list writing.

Due to them standing right in front of the shelves, it made it difficult for other shoppers to just grab something they know what to do buy.

I'm with you OP. I find it annoying when it's the whole way around the shop!

But what's worse is when you are being served at the till by someone and they are talking to someone else through their headset and it doesn't even seem to be work related 😳 How are they allowed to do that 🤔

It doesn't bother me at all. One of my children is vegetarian and if I spot something new, or on offer, I will take a picture and ask if they want it. I don't want to buy it if it wont be liked. It only takes a moment.

Shopping online is easier

so people using phones for the purpose for which they are invented shocker!

My DH rings me if in the shop to ask what bread to get. I always say seeded brown as that’s what I like. He doesn’t like that. So I say why are you ringing. Get a loaf of bread you like that has a long BBE date. What a waste of my life.
I’m not dealing with incompetence when he can make decisions at work.

It does not bother me. I often ring my DM and DP to see if they want a bargain I have spotted.

What bugs me more is people bumping into someone they know, and having a catch up in the aisles.

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Think you’re right. I walked past a very animated man in Cardiff today, demanding to know why, WHY, he had been sent to a shop that was closed , CLOSED, I tell you, woman!!!!
(Roasties Cardiff for anyone who is wondering, I don’t know, maybe he had a point, is it particularly good? Would it be disappointing to find it closed?)

My DH does the majority of the shopping. I'm currently unable to walk more than a few steps, so it's mostly down to him.

(While my mobility was declining he used to come shopping with me, and he's been mainly doing this on his own for the last couple of years. We've been together almost 30 years. He knows everyones likes and dislikes.)
He has a list. He still rings me. Maybe he sees a bargain something and he's not sure if he should buy it. Maybe they don't have the exact thing on the list so he doesn't know what to do.

It drives me crackers. You're a 50 year old bloke. You manage a business. Make a decision.

Yeah I agree with this.

More to the point why wouldn't you know how much milk to buy? If I wrote milk on the shopping list I would expect DH to get 2 pints of semi and 4 of full fat (6 if they have it) because that's what we have every week and he lives here too

It doesn't matter.

You'll be happier if you accept it as part of shopping, like people who stand in your way while trying to make a decision or parents trailing two or three bored children down the aisles. Sometimes I'm in someone's way, too, and if I notice I step aside. But it's just part of the experience.

YABU. I shop for my 85 year old mum and sometimes I can't read her shaky writing or they don't have the particular thing she would like. Or she misses off something that I think she probably needs but forgot to put on. Please don't judge.

Errm, I do this all the time

You carry on doing the best for your mum ❤️ don't let the whingers worry you 🎖️

It's the same with my teen son. If it bothers other people it's their problem.

Agree with the person who thinks calls should end before the checkout and that for some fussiness comes into the equation.

When my parents could not do large scale shopping because of ill health, mum could still be descriptive enough. The only challenge was cat food, as by then it was not the cat of childhood whose whims I had to cater for!

I don’t know if it’s ever occurred to you - but you could try using your words like - excuse me, so you can reach for an item. Then if you really want to be polite and have a positive interaction with another human being you could also say thank you.

Then you could carry on with your day and not be wound up by things you can’t control.

It's usually men 😂

It's rarely a problem at 7.30pm on a Friday night or 8am on Saturday morning. I avoid mainstream hours, not because of the phones but the family outings!

My DH wouldn't do it, he's yet to discover where the supermarket is or how to use it. Not a problem BTW. It would be a problem if I were held to account about cost and purchases and I suspect some of this is about confidence and control.

Not quite what this thread is about but I'm irritated full stop by couples 'shopping together' when it's clear that one of them is just tagging along/watching.

Some so called 'fully functioning' adults should not be allowed out on their own if they have to phone the world and its wife for things like "What biscuits do we eat?" My 1st exh was like this, he had a good managerial job heading a large team but wasn't sure what brand of tea he drank, yet he was the only one drinking it and he always refilled the tea caddy otherwise it would stay empty! FFS

We have 5 family members with different allergies and intolerances, so every products ingredients get double checked, even simple purchase like milk- we drink different milks-organic,lactose free,almond (have to check for emulsifiers etc), normal. My husband takes pics of the shelf and ingredients.

Once there was a woman loudly singing The Wheels on the Bus to her toddler in the trolley. Non stop, all the way round.