Supermarket Etiquette

The eternal "old lady at the till not realising she has to pay for items until they are all bagged up, spending ages searching for her purse".

I always go for the queue with more grumpy looking men in it, regardless of length.
 
Not exactly etiquette, but more of a gripe that really boils my ****. Having to wait for an assistant to enter a code into the self-service checkouts because you have a box of Heineken 0.0 in your shopping. Even more galling when you see someone with a bottle shandy just sail through, despite that having an alcohol content of 'less than 0.5%'.
 
I tried some alcohol free Tennents a few months ago...was surprised at needing to get it 'approved' and the fact it's almost the same price as the normal version!
 
Old people shopping on a Saturday morning.

Why?

They have all bloody week to go, yet leave it until the weekend when the majority of working families have no other choice.

Then they potter around, have a chat to each other blocking the isles and take ages at the checkout.

***** me right off.
 
Jay343434 said:
The shelf blocker is the most annoying for me.
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Agreed. I've not done this yet, but I feel like carrying a green laser pointer with me and point at the item directly in front of them which I'm after. Passive-aggressive, or "pass-agg" if you're down with the kids :D

Malevolence said:
Not exactly etiquette, but more of a gripe that really boils my ****. Having to wait for an assistant to enter a code into the self-service checkouts because you have a box of Heineken 0.0 in your shopping. Even more galling when you see someone with a bottle shandy just sail through, despite that having an alcohol content of 'less than 0.5%'.
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I like my booze too much to go down the zero or low alcohol route, but I do like a refreshing shandy from time to time which is typically 2% when mixed. If I'm not drinking though, then I'll just have Pepsi Max. I understand the angle of people trying to lose weight while still wanting the taste of beer though.

BUDFORCE said:
They have all bloody week to go, yet leave it until the weekend when the majority of working families have no other choice.
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I had the same issue pre-covid with shoppers catching the same 08:20 bus as us commuters, which slows down our bus, just so that they can all be in the cafe for 09:00. They have all day, so they could have caught the next bus at 08:40 (runs every 20 minutes) after us lot have got to work?
 
BUDFORCE said:
Old people shopping on a Saturday morning.

Why?

They have all bloody week to go, yet leave it until the weekend when the majority of working families have no other choice.

Then they potter around, have a chat to each other blocking the isles and take ages at the checkout.

***** me right off.
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I’m positively ancient and we buy our groceries online, but if I need something sometime, I’ll go to a supermarket whenever I like, but this is never, repeat, never on a Saturday.
I cba with all the wage slaves crowding the store because it’s the only day they can get their stuff, plus weekends is when the car park is full of cretins who never learned how to park and got their driving licences out of Christmas crackers.
Do I get a pass?
 
Old people buying packet sandwiches at lunchtime. Why? You have all the time in the world to make yourself a fresh delicious sandwich there is no need to delay those forced to endure the cardboard crap ones.
 
Graetzbridge said:
Really? I am old and I don't do that.
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Me neither, my wife’s as good as a Cordon Bleu cook, but if I get peckish around midday I’m perfectly capable of knocking up eggs Benedict or a Spanish omelette, with feta and watermelon on the side, cardboard sarnies aren’t my bag.
 
LeeUK said:
If you've got a huge trolley full of stuff that actually takes up the whole length of the belt then you can't pre-plan your loading if you have to end up piling stuff on top of stuff cause some moron behind you started emptying their trolley also.
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Can't say I've ever experienced this. Surely you just say sorry mate I've not finished unloading yet and I'll need more room.
 
Jean-F said:
I’m positively ancient and we buy our groceries online, but if I need something sometime, I’ll go to a supermarket whenever I like, but this is never, repeat, never on a Saturday.
I cba with all the wage slaves crowding the store because it’s the only day they can get their stuff, plus weekends is when the car park is full of cretins who never learned how to park and got their driving licences out of Christmas crackers.
Do I get a pass?
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Hahaha.

Of course.
 
LeeUK said:
If you've got a huge trolley full of stuff that actually takes up the whole length of the belt then you can't pre-plan your loading if you have to end up piling stuff on top of stuff cause some moron behind you started emptying their trolley also.
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Always stand right at the back of the conveyor and unload from there so you block anyone from trying offload before you're finished. Won't stop them from coming through the aisle before you've finished loading bags of course so you can't reach the card payment device because they're blocking it, but still.

At least you get a checkout operator they seem to abandon them past 6 and its self service checkout only and with a trolley load it takes 2 goes to get it all done and have it piled up on the weigh in threatening to collapse all over the floor.

"Can you open a checkout please? I've a trolley full"
Nope.
 
Knowing there are cashiers yet everyone rams themselves into the self checkout.
It's like people are fast on some new ideas and think they will be out of the door faster if they wait in a 20 foot queue in ASDA.

Then there are people like me who are quiet yet move amongst the chaos. It's odd but most of them are young people too queing like that.
Maybe their brains can't do simple practical math?
 
Tired9 said:
Knowing there are cashiers yet everyone rams themselves into the self checkout.
It's like people are fast on some new ideas and think they will be out of the door faster if they wait in a 20 foot queue in ASDA.

Then there are people like me who are quiet yet move amongst the chaos. It's odd but most of them are young people too queing like that.
Maybe their brains can't do simple practical math?
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I love the self service ones, mainly as it's for stuff I'm just nipping in for I e. 5 items or less, it's so quick, but I do judge it if there's a queue (which is rare).
 
Blackjack Davy said:
Always stand right at the back of the conveyor and unload from there so you block anyone from trying offload before you're finished. Won't stop them from coming through the aisle before you've finished loading bags of course so you can't reach the card payment device because they're blocking it, but still.

At least you get a checkout operator they seem to abandon them past 6 and its self service checkout only and with a trolley load it takes 2 goes to get it all done and have it piled up on the weigh in threatening to collapse all over the floor.

"Can you open a checkout please? I've a trolley full"
Nope.
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My local Aldi doesn't have self checkouts (yet) but what happened was it came over on the PA that another checkout was opening so I started unloading my stuff at the front of the belt before the staffer came to the till while at the same time moron unloading his shopping at the end of the belt!
 
Malevolence said:
Not exactly etiquette, but more of a gripe that really boils my ****. Having to wait for an assistant to enter a code into the self-service checkouts because you have a box of Heineken 0.0 in your shopping. Even more galling when you see someone with a bottle shandy just sail through, despite that having an alcohol content of 'less than 0.5%'.
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Jack Daniels bbq sauce requires ID at self service, box of caustic soda crystals though, nothing
 
LeeUK said:
My local Aldi doesn't have self checkouts (yet) but what happened was it came over on the PA that another checkout was opening so I started unloading my stuff at the front of the belt before the staffer came to the till while at the same time moron unloading his shopping at the end of the belt!
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Maybe my thought process is out of whack, but providing he wasn’t mixing his stuff with yours, perhaps he was using his loaf and offloading his trolley secure in the knowledge that he’d be next to be served once you’d gone?
 
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