Women, Supermarkets, and 'Reduced Items'... why??

[DominicStar]

Always annoys me when there really is a good bargain and you have like the mother, son and daughter each with a trolly snaffling up the whole lot between them.

I normally look out for the reduced items. Nothing like stocking up on 7p sliced bread. whack it in the freezer and defrost as necessary.

Me too but I draw the line at freezing bread it tastes minging and devoid of water when it defrosts.

 

[utajoker]

i once bought 9 french stick loafs for 9p each just because they were 9p each. kept one because i wanted one but me and a mate had sword fights with the rest of them in the car park

 

[Brian Stuart]

My mum is exactly like this. Once when the kitchen was redone we cleared out the cupboards and found a tin of salmon that was 8 years out of date.

If you talk to the tin and it answers back, don't open it for Gods sake

 

[Brian Stuart]

We did have quite a lot of that. Especialy after my mother started offering aubergenes to complete strangers.

Why does that sound faintly disturbing ?

 

[Rwac]

Argh, why do women always think that because they see 10 reduced items on a supermarket shelf (usually only each reduced by something lame like 30p as well) they think they've just found a goldmine and then decide they must buy ALL of them, only to later realise that 75% of it ends up in the bin, as there's no physical way it can all be eaten before it goes off, meaning we would've been better off buying the higher quality stuff with better taste, and spent exactly the same money without throwing away any food .

Ladies, some would think you'd learn from your mistakes as you're dropping your 900th expired pack of reduced ham into the bin, but NO, the very next time you go shopping you insist on doing it all over again! What in gods name is wrong with you? Why do you do it? Do you not realise that there's a reason these items are reduced??

My theory is that purchasing something with a bright red "SALE" sticker or bright yellow "reduced" tag gives you ladies some kind of buzz. Then later on you have the cheek to say we all need to save money by turning the heating down to 15°C and that we should all wear wooly sweaters indoors to stay warm...

I don't know about anyone else, but for me personally, I don't like wearing jumpers/sweaters indoors. I kinda like having my forearms naked

Discuss.

She's your mother and she's buying your food - her way wins.

 

[moon man]

bought 12 sausages for 40p this morning sell by tommorow ,dont like it when they reduce by say 10p ,might as well price to sell

 

[tisonlyme]

I'm a woman and the only 'reduced' signs I'm attracted to are the ones on the cakes in the bakery section

Get to tesco in the evening and they're all down to 20p or something! Buy cakes, go home, eat cakes straight away!!

 

[Cosimo]

There is nothing wrong with picking up a few reduced items in the supermarket, you must live in a very strange world if you think otherwise.

 

[uber soldat]

I'm a woman and the only 'reduced' signs I'm attracted to are the ones on the cakes in the bakery section

Get to tesco in the evening and they're all down to 20p or something! Buy cakes, go home, eat cakes straight away!!

Thats a one way ticket to obesity for you then

 

[a1ex2001]

you must live in a very strange world if you think otherwise.

He does, he lives in one where you sit around you house in a t-shirt with the heating on wasting money left right and centre but gets stressed about a few quid on some reduced goodies.

 

[tisonlyme]

Thats a one way ticket to obesity for you then

Not really, I only venture into tesco once a week

 

[bledd]

1. remove reduced sticker from biscuits
2. discard biscuits
3. place sticker on £5 block of cheese
4. win

 

[uber soldat]

1. remove reduced sticker from biscuits
2. discard biscuits
3. place sticker on £5 block of cheese
4. win

5.Get arrested for fraud
6.lose

 

[Andy]

No no no no. Frozen bread tastes carp.

Women cannot food shop unless they're actually good at cooking which i must admit is becoming a lot less in today feminist society.

Food and cloth shopping is not the same!! i know in the Next sale you all buy 10 items of the same garment in different sizes and return the ones you don't want.

But hear this... Food goes out of date!

And just because you can't control yourselves from eating all the chocolate doesn't mean that you shouldn't buy it. What the **** am i supposed to dunk in my brew?!?!

Women.... know your limits

 

[Talbs13]

Women are women. Nobody will ever understand them.

 

[snowdog]

I like frozen bread more than bread left in room temp . Bread in room temp gets terribly dry after a day.

 

[Heofz]

There is nothing wrong with picking up a few reduced items in the supermarket, you must live in a very strange world if you think otherwise.

"a few reduced items" ...? Did you even read the OP ? I'm talking about things like buying 6 of those huge packs of large sausage rolls which expire in 2 days' time, just cos they have a "50p off" reduced sticker on them, then they end up in the bin because there's way too much food that can't be finished.

He does, he lives in one where you sit around you house in a t-shirt with the heating on wasting money left right and centre but gets stressed about a few quid on some reduced goodies.

"some reduced goodies" ?
"wasting money left right and centre" ? Just Because I like to wear tshirts indoors? err ok chap, whatever you say

I think this guy lives in a world where you can selectively pick and choose words from a thread post and infer your own completely wild and completely guessed conclusions

 

[tisonlyme]

I think the real question here is....is it really that important?

Seems like a silly thing to get annoyed about to be honest

And what makes you think its just women? My dad does it.

 

[Heofz]

never said it was important per sé, just something that's irritating that can easily be fixed by some normal logical thinking and common sense, and I don't think its ONLY women who do it, but I'm convinced they are the majority of culprits.

 

[Kell_ee001]

"a few reduced items" ...? Did you even read the OP ? I'm talking about things like buying 6 of those huge packs of large sausage rolls which expire in 2 days' time, just cos they have a "50p off" reduced sticker on them, then they end up in the bin because there's way too much food that can't be finished.

Well I have never seen anyone do that. I always checked the reduced section, get stuff I can use straight away or freeze. You can often get much better stuff for less and it's foolish not to even have a look.