Supermarket Etiquette
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No you don't!
Trolley goes in front of you, you reach for produce on shelf while trolley is in front of you. You don't turn the trolley at right angles to you so it blocks the isle while reaching for items like the Isle Blocker Does.
Granted, the shelf is temporarily blocked but the whole point of The Shelf Blocker is that they don't acknowledge their block wheras a considerate shopper moves swiftly and grabs their item with minimum delay, ensuring other shoppers have their access to the shelves swiftly returned.
I do employ the trolley infront of myself tactic (when my mummy let's me push!) as you say above, but it's still blocking the shelves temporarily =p
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Sorry to be a pain, but I cant hold back any longer
ISLE = island
AISLE = passage between two shelves, eg in a supermarket
....sorry
Jeepers, I must be tired! Schoolboy error on my part, will change. I blame it on those fools in the supermarket earlier making me uberstressed.
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Milk in loo roll section, frozen pizza in cd aisle...why bother walking to put it back
lol, thats what i do, gotta keep the shelf stackers busy
I work in a supermarket myself. ASDA incase anyone wishes to know.
Since i have worked there I have met some of the stupidest and strangest people I have seen.
Around christmas time nobody can be botherd to have the slightest guess at where an item would be, an example, getting asked be numerous people where the yorkshire puddings are, Any guesses people
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There are people that come 30 mins before the shop opens every morning. It makes me wonder why,
It also amazes me the speed people weave in and out of you. I was doing a favour and takeing a large pallet of potatoes to the produce aisle nobody has the slighest bit of respect for you whilst trying to get from A to B.
oooh yeh and on a final note we have had a guy complain about the price of some bags of sweet which he coulden't get into his head. printed on the bags of sweets was something for example 3 for £2 and we wanted to get rid of them so the price was knocked down to 50p a bag. IF you bought 3 you would be £1.50, Perfectly fair. a gentleman complained and kept complaning s he thought he was being ripped off, also came back a week later and bought 3 more to see if he got charged £2.
Since i have worked there I have met some of the stupidest and strangest people I have seen.
Around christmas time nobody can be botherd to have the slightest guess at where an item would be, an example, getting asked be numerous people where the yorkshire puddings are, Any guesses people
.There are people that come 30 mins before the shop opens every morning. It makes me wonder why,
It also amazes me the speed people weave in and out of you. I was doing a favour and takeing a large pallet of potatoes to the produce aisle nobody has the slighest bit of respect for you whilst trying to get from A to B.
oooh yeh and on a final note we have had a guy complain about the price of some bags of sweet which he coulden't get into his head. printed on the bags of sweets was something for example 3 for £2 and we wanted to get rid of them so the price was knocked down to 50p a bag. IF you bought 3 you would be £1.50, Perfectly fair. a gentleman complained and kept complaning s he thought he was being ripped off, also came back a week later and bought 3 more to see if he got charged £2.
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It really gets my goat when somebody parks their trolley in the middle of a busy, narrow isle and wanders off to see whats on the shelves 20 feet away, with total disregard for other shoppers who have to navigate around their semi-abandoned goods.
Another one that gets me is when you choose a checkout where the load looks light, and then the person in front of you decides to let their partner do a 'supermarket sweep' and run around the store getting extra stuff as they unload their trolley.
Finally, the bloody jobsworth cigarette counter worker who won't let you simply buy a christmas card at the counter as all the checkouts have a 1 hour queue time.
Arrghh!
Another one that gets me is when you choose a checkout where the load looks light, and then the person in front of you decides to let their partner do a 'supermarket sweep' and run around the store getting extra stuff as they unload their trolley.
Finally, the bloody jobsworth cigarette counter worker who won't let you simply buy a christmas card at the counter as all the checkouts have a 1 hour queue time.
Arrghh!
The carpark at our local asda is on a slope so the trolleys have brakes on one wheel, but you still get people clinging onto the trolley with one hand whilst trying to load the car with the other or even worse angling the wheels in hope that it won't roll down the hill.
I work at ASDA too, produce department. I actually hate customers. But put on my fake 'I care' face when anyone asks me a question, simply because my ass is on the line if its the mystery shopper. So you see, ASDA colleagues aren't friendlier than Sainsburys or Tescos employees. ASDA just wave around a few disciplinary forms every time a mystery shopper visit is due and watch us all panic.
The OP is 100% correct though, I see this on a daily basis, If I wasn't wearing my uniform I'd be dealing with most of the things like you say in your OP - but I can't unfortunately.
If a customer is pretty rude when asking if we have a product in stock out the back in the warehouse, I simply go out the back and chat to a few mates - eat a couple sweets and walk back without checking.
"Sorry sir, I searched through all the stock and can't see any left I'm afraid... Really sorry! (wink wink) Is there anything else I can help you with?"
The OP is 100% correct though, I see this on a daily basis, If I wasn't wearing my uniform I'd be dealing with most of the things like you say in your OP - but I can't unfortunately.
If a customer is pretty rude when asking if we have a product in stock out the back in the warehouse, I simply go out the back and chat to a few mates - eat a couple sweets and walk back without checking.
"Sorry sir, I searched through all the stock and can't see any left I'm afraid... Really sorry! (wink wink) Is there anything else I can help you with?"
I almost lost it to an old couple the otherday.
Going down an escalator and tehy just stopped at the bottom. Talking about where they need to head
. It almost caused a pile up. I managed to get some of there attention and push past. Idiots. There where 4 people directly behind me. Who knows what would have happened. there wasn't anywhere for them to get of the thing.
I also hate people who stand and talk in the middle of isles,, doorways or anywhere else people struggle to get past argghhhh....
4am shopping and internet shopping for the win.
Going down an escalator and tehy just stopped at the bottom. Talking about where they need to head
. It almost caused a pile up. I managed to get some of there attention and push past. Idiots. There where 4 people directly behind me. Who knows what would have happened. there wasn't anywhere for them to get of the thing. I also hate people who stand and talk in the middle of isles,, doorways or anywhere else people struggle to get past argghhhh....
4am shopping and internet shopping for the win.
I would have thought free period either from "a" levels or Uni.
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I almost lost it to an old couple the otherday.
Going down an escalator and tehy just stopped at the bottom. Talking about where they need to head
I also hate people who stand and talk in the middle of isles,, doorways or anywhere else people struggle to get past argghhhh....
4am shopping and internet shopping for the win.
Had the escalator one this morning in M&S ... arrgh! They seem to have no understanding for other people being around them at all. And I always wonder why do the old people still go to the supermarket at peak times at weekends ... surely they could go at almost any time during the week ?!?!?
Most of the time I just go online and shop there .... a lot easier ...
getting asked be numerous people where the yorkshire puddings are, Any guesses people
Freezers!
Yes.. I work at Asda also.. :
i give this thread 5*, i rage like nothing on earth when people annoy me on shopping day
ive even got to pretend im enjoying shopping else the missus gets in a huff and doesnt talk me until we're home, i just want to complain like a regular british human being would do
and i know you supermarket workers pain, i used to work in tesco and sainsburys (granted sainsburys was night shift)
ive even got to pretend im enjoying shopping else the missus gets in a huff and doesnt talk me until we're home, i just want to complain like a regular british human being would do
and i know you supermarket workers pain, i used to work in tesco and sainsburys (granted sainsburys was night shift)
I try and get out of shopping when ever i can, people stopping dead in font of you, mothers meetings in the middle of aisles, kids wandering round un-watched, general shelf blocking.
Quite a few offenders are old people, the bus on the way to college is packed at 8am and half that bus is people over 65 "WHERE DO YOU HAVE TO BE AT THAT TIME OF DAY?!?" i would be sleeping until 9 at least.
Quite a few offenders are old people, the bus on the way to college is packed at 8am and half that bus is people over 65 "WHERE DO YOU HAVE TO BE AT THAT TIME OF DAY?!?" i would be sleeping until 9 at least.
What irritates me is when you are queuing up behind someone at the till. They have been stood there for the last two minutes, and yet when they are finally asked to pay, they almost act surprised. Fish around in their handbag and finally pull out their purse. But wait. "Do you have a *insert supermarket loyalty card here* madam?". Another 30s pause while she checks all 15 pockets before finally retrieving it. To top it off they will usually take half an hour over retrieving their bagged shopping from the ed of the till, delaying me even further.
It's common sense people. Make use of that queuing time to get everything ready. Christ, if I'm only buying a few items, I'll even start counting out approximately the right amount of money if paying cash.
It's common sense people. Make use of that queuing time to get everything ready. Christ, if I'm only buying a few items, I'll even start counting out approximately the right amount of money if paying cash.
This is pretty much how I negotiate supermarkets.