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She stole my sherry trifle!

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:26

In a certain big supermarket this morning, I was getting a few last minute things, and I grabbed a sherry trifle. The last one! As I popped it into the trolley, a woman next to me sighed and huffed and puffed, and asked a shop assistant near me if they had any more. He said 'no, sorry.' The woman asked if any more were coming in tomorrow. He said 'I don't think we'll be having any more now til after Boxing day.' The woman scowled at me. I thought 'bloody hell it's not my fault I got the last one.'

I walked around the store and got some more things I needed, with the trifle placed at the bottom of the trolley where nothing could crush it, and the bloody woman seemed to be 10 feet behind me for the next 10 minutes I was in the store.

The last item I wanted was a loaf of bread. I reached up to check the dates, and popped the bread into the trolley. I started making my way back to the checkout, and noticed the trifle was gone! Shock The woman in question was practically jogging to the self checkout! I followed quickly, and sure enough, she had my fecking sherry trifle! I said 'are you kidding me?! You've taken my bloody trifle!' She said 'no I didn't! I found this mixed in with the cheeses, it's mine.'

I knew she was lying, as there was no more left after I took mine, and now she has one and mine is gone! She definitely took my sherry trifle! I told a member of staff, but they said there's really nothing they can do, as technically no-one has stolen anything. I was so pissed off! Never going to get another one the day before Christmas, and I'm not chasing around the county to look for one. Also, this store is the only one I have seen selling sherry trifles!

On the way out, she smirked at me and said 'Merry Christmas!' I was like Shock

AIBU to hope the sherry trifle gives her the shits?! Hmm

I went back in and got a raspberry trifle by the way, but I'm so pissed off.

P.s. No, I'm not making my own. It's too late to source all the ingredients now anyway!

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REP22 · 23/12/2025 14:30

That's really nasty. I hope the custard goes off and ruins her thieved pudding.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:30

REP22 · 23/12/2025 14:30

That's really nasty. I hope the custard goes off and ruins her thieved pudding.

Me too! Angry

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CrushingOnRubies · 23/12/2025 14:32

what a horrid cow. I’ve heard karma works in mischievous ways

PsychoHotSauce · 23/12/2025 14:32

I'm so sorry OP, I know you're annoyed but this really made me laugh. How unhinged that she stalked you around the supermarket waiting for you to turn your back so she could pinch it Grin

ConnieHeart · 23/12/2025 14:33

What a fucking cow. I'd have struggled to not say that to her, despite it being Christmas. She obviously isn't bothered about goodwill to all men. I always remember a colleague nearly had her brie taken from her trolley one Christmas, till she caught the woman in the act

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:36

Thanks everyone, and yes, what a cow! It really pissed me off. She was like the woman in the episode of Friends in Las Vegas, stalking Phoebe and following her around, in the hope she could jump on a slot machine Phoebe had been on, and get a big jackpot!

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Snipples · 23/12/2025 14:38

God imagine how sad her life is to steal a trifle from someone’s trolley! That’s horrendous

Romebreak · 23/12/2025 14:38

I’d have pierced the top of it with my car keys! So no one could have it! What a silly woman, hopefully she is overcome with guilt when she eats it so doesn’t enjoy it!

Arlanymor · 23/12/2025 14:40

People are mad aren't they? I think when she said 'Merry Christmas' to me I would have said: "I hope the custard curdles - we both know what you did and it's really shabby behaviour."

Maddy70 · 23/12/2025 14:41

Christmas makes is all slightly unhinged doesn't it. Utterly bonkers but thanks for cheering me up :)

TittyGajillions · 23/12/2025 14:41

You should have given her the famous mumsnet hard stare, she'd have handed it back and paid for it!

Pumpkinpiefilling · 23/12/2025 14:41

What an utter cunt.

oh and by the way, people have been utter twats in the shops today too - it appears to be every man for himself, barging, huffing, complaining and I’m done!

I also hope she gets the shits

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:43

Romebreak · 23/12/2025 14:38

I’d have pierced the top of it with my car keys! So no one could have it! What a silly woman, hopefully she is overcome with guilt when she eats it so doesn’t enjoy it!

Oooh I should have done something like this, or just punched down on it, and smashed it onto the floor. (The trifle, not the woman! 😆)

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:45

Pumpkinpiefilling · 23/12/2025 14:41

What an utter cunt.

oh and by the way, people have been utter twats in the shops today too - it appears to be every man for himself, barging, huffing, complaining and I’m done!

I also hope she gets the shits

Yes, the Christmas spirit is lovely from late November to about 19th December, then you get people out who realise it's only 3-6 days away, and there's lots of stuff they haven't got yet, and they turn into demons! Angry

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OhMelons · 23/12/2025 14:46

Well now I am absolutely dreading going to the shops 😂😂 I've been putting it off for as long as I can 😭

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:48

OhMelons · 23/12/2025 14:46

Well now I am absolutely dreading going to the shops 😂😂 I've been putting it off for as long as I can 😭

Whatever you find (that you really wanted) GUARD IT WITH YOUR LIFE! 😬

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FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 23/12/2025 14:49

Yeah, she’s a mean spirited cunt.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:51

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 23/12/2025 14:49

Yeah, she’s a mean spirited cunt.

That made me LOL! 😂 Bah humbug to the sherry trifle stealing bitch! 😆

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mrsmumbles · 23/12/2025 14:52

I applaud you for your restraint! I would have knocked it out of her hands and stamped on it. I'm fully aware that this would have been a massively petulant overreaction but I just know I would have!

You might be down a sherry trifle but you obviously have a much better character than she does. She'll get her reward somehow.

OhMelons · 23/12/2025 14:53

@GoldAndSilverBellsoh fucking hell😂😂 i'll have my 9 year old with me, ill get him to guard the trolley with his life incase I need to turn my back 😂

OneMoreProfiterole · 23/12/2025 14:54

Bitch would have gone home wearing the fucking trifle.

SillyNavyTiger · 23/12/2025 14:55

Someone did something similar to me. I got my photo and started to take photos of her while bursting out laughing.

That didn't go down too well, she left in such a shitty mood, her entire day was ruined by the look of it, while I actually amused myself a lot. Stupid cow, but it's always worth being more petty than they are.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:55

mrsmumbles · 23/12/2025 14:52

I applaud you for your restraint! I would have knocked it out of her hands and stamped on it. I'm fully aware that this would have been a massively petulant overreaction but I just know I would have!

You might be down a sherry trifle but you obviously have a much better character than she does. She'll get her reward somehow.

Aww, thank you. I think I was just gobsmacked! And no it wouldn't have been an overreaction from you! 😆

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:55

OhMelons · 23/12/2025 14:53

@GoldAndSilverBellsoh fucking hell😂😂 i'll have my 9 year old with me, ill get him to guard the trolley with his life incase I need to turn my back 😂

Yes, take a bodyguard/lookout!

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 14:56

OneMoreProfiterole · 23/12/2025 14:54

Bitch would have gone home wearing the fucking trifle.

😂

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