Supermarket Etiquette
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I wonder if people have become more inconsiderate or oblivious over time?
Reading OP's post reminded me of the days of WHSmith, or any place that sold (computer) magazines back in the day (80s and 90s). That part of the magazine isle used to be crammed full of people that just walking past there was a different job. Everyone would be picking up the magazines and standing reading them. So if you wanted to buy your favourite magazine you had to reach around them, or push in between 2 or more people. Everyone was polite as everyone was doing the same thing.
I did wonder whether this is why magazines started coming in plastic wrapping to stop people reading them without paying.
Reading OP's post reminded me of the days of WHSmith, or any place that sold (computer) magazines back in the day (80s and 90s). That part of the magazine isle used to be crammed full of people that just walking past there was a different job. Everyone would be picking up the magazines and standing reading them. So if you wanted to buy your favourite magazine you had to reach around them, or push in between 2 or more people. Everyone was polite as everyone was doing the same thing.
I did wonder whether this is why magazines started coming in plastic wrapping to stop people reading them without paying.
Even worse are the ones who have a purse full of them and hand them over to the cashier for each one to be checked to be told that out of 50 only 1 is valid because they bought the item on the coupon.
The big question about supermarkets is on the occasions you have second thoughts about buying something do you go the trouble of putting it back where you got it from or do you just ditch it on the nearest shelf?
I personally think its acceptable to put a chilled item on any chilled shelf, frozen on a frozen shelf etc. People who dump a bag of frozen oven chips in the wine isle for example need to take a long hard look at themselves.
I personally think its acceptable to put a chilled item on any chilled shelf, frozen on a frozen shelf etc. People who dump a bag of frozen oven chips in the wine isle for example need to take a long hard look at themselves.
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Those were the days, I find it funny everyone did it when you think about it lol.
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This is a game we play at the supermarket: figure out why the person abandoned the item. Often there's a really obvious swap or the person decided they couldn't be bothered with a tricky recipe. Once found a tin of chick peas in the houmous shelves, clearly realised they'd rather just buy the end result instead of making it themselves
You're that lazy and inconsiderate? I bet you leave the trolley in the car space too.
Out of whack. If I haven't finished unloading my trolley onto the belt at one end, and someone else is unloading their trolley onto the belt from the other end, I'm going to run out of space.
I don't know what it is when I'm explaining this but every one things I'm on about packing after it's been scanned. This is before it's been scanned.
I think I can see it clearer now, you did say in your post that you’d started loading the conveyor before the checkout operator had arrived, if you had a fair whack of groceries then you’d need as much room as possible.
I was thinking of how it all goes down under normal circumstances, when the person at the head of the line’s stuff is going through, and the conveyor is gradually moving, making more room for the following customers.
Sorry for the misunderstanding, (wrings hands nervously).
just stand at the very back of the conveyor belt to unload - block the numpties attempting it
also - is there not usually little 'Next customer please' divider things? that you put up when you're finished/so the next persons shopping doesn't get mixed wi yours
also - is there not usually little 'Next customer please' divider things? that you put up when you're finished/so the next persons shopping doesn't get mixed wi yours
Yes but that doesn't mean I'm not going to run out of space to finish unloading my trolley of goods onto the belt.
Why are you loading at different ends? The belt moves in one direction so surely if you're loading at the end/back of the belt then no one else can load?
I mean why load at the other end? If you load at the back then stuff just moves forward until it hits the sensor.
Surely if the cashier is not there (as has been stated) and the belt is off, you immediately run out of space
I don't know how strategic most people unload, so they're packing in the right order, but to start at the back and work forward and at some point the belt gets turned on and you're adding to the other side again... I can see why you might rather go to the front and unload in a certain order.
Surely if the cashier is not there (as has been stated) and the belt is off, you immediately run out of space
Not really, just spread stuff out along the whole belt, it's not like they're massive. Trolley at the end and start loading up, if you've got plenty of stuff in your trolley then you might well have more to load still when the cashier arrives and the belt starts moving ergo you want your trolley to be at the end where everyone normally loads up.
To me, it's getting far more complicated. I think it was a reasonable point. 99% of people will load up at the front of the belt where the till is (yes, you could leave your trolley more central) the person behind should just leave some room.
I've started doing this recently. Just makes sense.