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She stole my sherry trifle!

266 replies

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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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 15:41

HelloCanYouHearMe · 23/12/2025 15:39

Not quite the same, but I got shoved out the way by a fellow shopper whilst I was reaching for some pigs in blankets in Morrisons this morning.

I may have wondered off with her abandoned trolley and left if half way down the aisle.... that'll teach the ignorant twat

LOL, brilliant!!!!!!! Sounds like you and me would get on well in real life. 😆

Same goes for everyone posting on this thread! 😄

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Catwoman8 · 23/12/2025 15:42

Completely unhinged! Karma will take care of her. Hopefully she gets the 💩💩💩

chickenfucker · 23/12/2025 15:45

I think I would have had some sort of mental break, grabbed it off her and thrown it across the car park.

HelloCanYouHearMe · 23/12/2025 15:47

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 15:41

LOL, brilliant!!!!!!! Sounds like you and me would get on well in real life. 😆

Same goes for everyone posting on this thread! 😄

She deserved it!

I hope you, and everyone else on this thread have a wonderful xmas

SanDimasHighSchoolFootballRules · 23/12/2025 15:49

What a cow. Fingers crossed she dropped it in the car park.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 15:54

DeftGoldHedgehog · 23/12/2025 15:39

I caught someone stealing from my trolley once, not at Christmas. Clearly they just fancied whatever it was and couldn't be bothered to find it on the shelves. They did put it back, looked sheepish and apologised.

Clearly you should have rugby tackled her to the floor and caught the trifle neatly as it flew in the air. Not really, but I'd like to see it in real life.

😆

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TimeForATerf · 23/12/2025 15:55

This is why I hide yellow sticker bargains under boring food like bread and cereal as I once caught a man rooting through my trolley and taking my reduced stuff.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 15:56

HelloCanYouHearMe · 23/12/2025 15:47

She deserved it!

I hope you, and everyone else on this thread have a wonderful xmas

Thank you. Smile I will enjoy my sherry trifle free Christmas!

I'm popping out for an hour tomorrow to the shops, so I will have a look just in case there's another one. (I doubt it!)

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 15:56

TimeForATerf · 23/12/2025 15:55

This is why I hide yellow sticker bargains under boring food like bread and cereal as I once caught a man rooting through my trolley and taking my reduced stuff.

WTF is wrong with people? Confused

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TokyoSushi · 23/12/2025 15:59

Oh my goodness!

I’ve been to M&S, Asda and Tesco today and seen literally hundreds of trifles, is it specifically a sherry trifle that’s hard to get hold of?

fruitypancake · 23/12/2025 15:59

What a bitch , I would have been raging

Dustyfustyoldcarcass · 23/12/2025 16:00

Next time remove the sleeve of it and hide it so it won't scan.

What a twat. Let's hope her fridge breaks tonight eh?

Could have just said "you've just paid for some of my spit love". Of course it would be sealed so she'll know you're lying, but she probably won't enjoy it as much.

Netcurtainnelly · 23/12/2025 16:00

OneMoreProfiterole · 23/12/2025 14:54

Bitch would have gone home wearing the fucking trifle.

Then the police might have come, you wouldhave had everyone staring at you. You might have been banned from the store.
What a kerfuffle for a trifle.

Definitely not worth it.
Op you played it fine.

WonsWoo · 23/12/2025 16:01

Picture this @GoldAndSilverBells , she gets home with her shopping, starts unloading it, the doorbell rings and while she is busy at the door, her over excited toddler/Labrador gets hold of the trifle and knocks it on the floor, smears it about a bit and it takes her ages to clean it and the toddler/Labrador up.

Enjoy your raspberry trifle. You have inspired me to go to the coop up the road to see if they have any trifles!

Arlanymor · 23/12/2025 16:01

This is when I hope that there are some commissioned scriptwriters hanging around in the forum... this would make an epic scene in a comedy and so many additional ways it could play out!

B1anche · 23/12/2025 16:02

One good thing has come out of the theft of your sherry trifle @GoldAndSilverBells ...you have managed to start an MN thread where literally everyone agrees (very rare). I'm sure you will be rewarded at the shops tomorrow with a lovely fresh sherry trifle.

Terrytheweasel · 23/12/2025 16:02

Respect for keeping your cool - I don’t think I would have been able to!

Noshadelamp · 23/12/2025 16:04

I wonder if she's going to tell the story of how she got the last sherry trifle by nicking it out of someone's trolley. Imagine hearing this from your mother or sister or oh, it's not normal behaviour!

HermioneWeasley · 23/12/2025 16:04

I hope this thread gets picked up by the daily mail and the trifle stealing cow is publicly shamed

MangoPizza · 23/12/2025 16:04

I'm wondering if she's going to show off about this to her family with everyone congratulating her on being the saviour of Christmas, or if she'll be ashamed of herself and keep it secret.

GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 16:05

TokyoSushi · 23/12/2025 15:59

Oh my goodness!

I’ve been to M&S, Asda and Tesco today and seen literally hundreds of trifles, is it specifically a sherry trifle that’s hard to get hold of?

Certainly where I live @TokyoSushi !

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GoldAndSilverBells · 23/12/2025 16:06

Dustyfustyoldcarcass · 23/12/2025 16:00

Next time remove the sleeve of it and hide it so it won't scan.

What a twat. Let's hope her fridge breaks tonight eh?

Could have just said "you've just paid for some of my spit love". Of course it would be sealed so she'll know you're lying, but she probably won't enjoy it as much.

Oh I really hope her fridge breaks!!! 😆

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cocog · 23/12/2025 16:07

26 years ago on Christmas Eve my sister had a physical fight with a lady in a toy shop she had pre ordered a whole set of teletubby teddy’s and had already paid for them walked into toys r us to grab some last minute bits and a lady tried to take out of the child seat from the bag was shouting and pushing them tried to punch her my sister hit her and she fell on her bum! My nephew had wanted them for months my sister said she would have died rather than give up tinkywinky dipsy Lala and po she was still outraged the next day🤣
I honestly laughed the whole Christmas Day that year! My nephew loved those toys for years!

I hope your sherry trifle gives her the shits!
🙈🤣

Cursula · 23/12/2025 16:07

Appalling behaviour, and I hope she has the most awful squits.
but it does also highlight one of the benefits of self scanning (it took me a long while to become a convert), as she could hardly have pinched it from your shopping bag, could she?
Good luck on the sherry trifle hunt tomorrow

Dustyfustyoldcarcass · 23/12/2025 16:08

I hope you see the thief this time next year. Go primed with an identical trifle, except instead of a delicious fruity layer, it has dog food on the bottom.

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