Women sniffing bakery item in Lidl

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I found myself in Lidl today. I was initially quite impressed, as haven’t been to Lidl in many years. It looked much smarter than I remember. However, my initial delight was somewhat squashed as I walked past a woman in the bakery aisle whom picked up an item using the tongs of course, but then proceeded to sniff it. And I mean really sniff it, like it was a centimetre away from her nose, then return it to the thing that it was sitting in. I was somewhat disgusted and I don’t know if this is reasonable or not. I’m not a germophobia in general, but I certainly won’t be buying any bakery products from that Lidl anytime soon.

I was in marks and Spencers recently - a child of about 9 was licking multiple bakery items. That’s it for me buying unwrapped stuff.

Eeeuuww.

This thread has reminded me that whenever I shop at Tesco on a Sunday afternoon, they wheel out all the bakery products that are on their best before date on a large plastic shelved trolley priced at 75% off. There are some great bargains but I can never bring myself to buy the posh loaves because they don’t have any wrapping other than a paper strip around the middle with the rest of the loaf resting on the trolley surface and on top of that being handled by the other bargain snafflers. Such a shame because they look really nice.

Last year I saw a woman put her hand into the Lidl bakery display and squeeze every single item in that section, before deciding she didn't want one after all. When I called her out, her response was "my hands are clean."

Fortunately, I'm quite loud and the staff all know me. The entire lot was binned and the woman asked to leave.