Stupid things customers ask on Xmas Eve Eve

[Mokel]

I have done enough years in supermarkets at Christmas.

I remember one question raised by a few customers when putting out bread.
”do you have any bread dated after 28th”
I said if you go to a supermarket on any other 23rd, the latest date on loaves is 28th. As the bakeries always put the date as X days ahead, regardless of the time of year. I remember seeing one of these customers on Jan 23rd and asked them could they find a date longer than 28th. They couldn’t. Retail worker 1 customer 0.

”Is it possible to collect my turkey on Xmas Day?” Erm no.

But if the conversation goes like this:

"Do you have any crackers?"
"No, sorry, we're all sold out"
"Ah ok, thank you, never mind!"

How is it stupid? If the person then kicks off about how Christmas is ruined because of the lack of crackers/smoked salmon/turkeys etc at 3pm on the 24th then it's different, but it's just a simple question and if the answer is "no" then that's fine

I agree. The OP seems to be one of those little people who thinks you're stupid because you don't know as much about a place as someone who works there.

(I don't know where the word "little" came from, but it seems appropriate so I'm leaving it.)

If you leave your Christmas planning to the 23rd December that is also stupid!

I really don’t see a problem with a customer asking for something on Christmas Eve? If they get huffy about it when it’s out of stock, that’s the problem.

I agree. Not getting the bread thing either. I can't imagine how that was such a significant interaction for the op that she clocked the customer a month later and thought she'd won some weird contest.

I did my Christmas food shop early yesterday and my Tesco was well stocked with everything, including turkey. The staff were great as well despite being very busy restocking. All smiley and helpful (before I get a hammering, I didn't have the temerity to ask them something, a nice worker saw me struggling to find something and offered help!). I don't think it would be wildly unreasonable to go there on Christmas eve on the chance they may have some crackers.

It's really not. If the shops are open it is not stupid to ask if they stock something that you might be looking for.
People always have last minute things to pick up.
What is a reasonable date for someone to have bought crackers by? October?
Mid Dec?
Sure, it might reflect a level or disorganisation, or that someone has had A LOT going on in their life and only had a few days to get Christmas organised, but that doesn't mean it's a stupid question.

I think it's more stupid to be able to buy Easter Eggs at 3pm on Christmas Eve.

Exactly - the huffiness is the issue not the question. God knows retail workers have to put up with enough genuine shit from customers, why go looking for offence?!

Yup - stupid to be sitting by a dying relatives bedside for 3 weeks and then having to try and scrape yourself together to make your kids' Christmas special.

Things happen. It is not stupid to ask a staff member if they stock something Christmas related if the shop is open.

Dunning Kruger effect very evident on this thread.

So you’ve forgotten 1 item out of around 150 items that you have to purchase for Christmas Day - and that makes you stupid?
tbh I can see why you don’t work in a supermarket - I doubt you’d pass the interview.

This thread is making retail workers look a lot more stupid than customers. It's never unreasonable to ask where something is or whether something's in stock.

@SledgingSlide are eggs dairy 🧐?

Nailed it

No, it’s not.

🤣🤣🤣

Yes? Christmas is the same date every year. You need the same things every year.

I bought bagels with a date of 31/12 yesterday so there are bread-like options with longer dates even if not the loaves of bread. This is the sort of thing someone who works in retail might recommend/ suggest rather than just being smug.

Why would they be in the dairy section?

I agree, I had no idea . Why would I ?!

I have to say, I agree that asking these questions isnt weird. Dd and I were in dainsburys on Sunday, early. But they were doing shelf stocking even then - I assume because things were flying off the shelves. I dont think its weord to ask kd there are crackers... it may be that there's big box that just hasnt been unpacked yet.

Crazy would be getting rude and aggressive with staff because what you need isnt in. Or the story from one poster about customers stealing from.eavh others trolleys or fighting over the last tub of cream.

You've got to be pretty wrapped up in yourself to think this is a sensible question.

Perfectly reasonable expectation. It's still two days till Christmas actually starts. If someone wants to decorate only for the actual season of Christmas and wants to buy the things for it a couple of days ahead of time not weeks they should be able to. I hate that nobody is allowed to do things at the actual time of them.

Excellent 😂

Many years ago i worked in Asda. On Christmas Eve a lady picked the last turkey out the freezer then later on when she was walking about /distracted someone stole the turkey out of her trolley.

She was rightly furious but took it out on the staff, demanding we get it back, but we didnt know who stole it and neither did she, we couldnt stop every customer to check the trolley and she couldnt identify that specific turkey.

I did feel sorry for her until she started to scream at my colleagues, my sympathy disappeared.

Eggs in my old tesco were at the end of the aisle for home baking but the ones in sainsburys are at the end of the jam aisle. I always forget them in sainsburys as I look at the end of the aisle and think I dont need jam so dont go up it then wander from the bread into the frozen section and miss them completely.