What's Your Supermarket Pet Hate?

[ToraToraTora]

I have many but the main one is those eejits that take their trolley to the self service bit and clog it with a trolley full. Death's to good for them! The staff are useless, they refuse to enforce even their own rules in cae they annoy someone, so to avoid annoying one selfish pratt they'll annoy everyone else. aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh! rant over!

[boxtops]

I hope you've reported her, DT

[Greedyfly]

Children running around in aisles whilst parents take no notice. And the self scan tills in certain supermarkets are more of a hindrance than a help as they are so damn sensitive.

[gordie123abc]

Jingly music and adverts played over the store radio when I am trying to concentrate on my shopping.

[bibblebub]

old people, young people, anyone with a trolley, kids, people who read the newspapers with no intention of buying them, those who queue at the checkout for ages but still don't have any money ready when it's their turn to be served...

[Maydup]

Most of all I hate the people, usually two couples, who meet in the aisle and catch up with all the family news. Number 1's divorced, number 2 is just off the university. Cousin Susan's back from America, wasn't she your bridesmaid etc bloody etc!

Why don't they keep in touch more and then manage with a quick hello? Or failing that buy each other a coffee in the flippin cafe and let us get to the cheese biscuits.

[askyourgran]

Buying teabags and having to reckon up which is the cheapest option. Also lumping things together on the same shelf, 3 for 2 e.g soup or cold meats, and finding that they also put dearer ones next to them which are not included in the offer, so if you pick up 3 tins check it out, you could pay the full price for 2 cheaper soups and usually more for the third tin which is not part of the offer (or vice versa). M&S often do that with their sale stuff too.

[237SJ]

I don`t really have any supermarket gripes - I`m normally quite chilled when I`m there but I can`t stand the screaming kids. I don`t know how the staff cope with it - maybe they`ve got ear plugs.

[askyourgran]

Deciding to stack shelves and blocking the aisles with the huge trollies when the store is busy with shoppers in the aisles trying to dodge around them.

[Zacs-Master]

I don't do supermarkets.

[FredPuli43]

Zacs has Fortnum's deliver! Doesn't visit them, because their service is appalling (it is)

[Purple_Popple]

Screaming kids running amok in the aisles and left to their own devices, and/or pushing trolleys around which get rammed into the back legs of other shoppers!
Queuing for ages, only to find them open another till next to you which the other people behind you flock to so they get served before you do ! Grrr.
People who just stand in the aisle looking befuddled and wont move or get out of your way even though you say 'excuse me pleeeeese'.
Those few that run off after having all their items scanned as they have forgotten something!

[Purple_Popple]

Oh and thanks be to god they got rid of those terrible 'kiddy' trolleys, mini trolleys for kids to push around ! Nightmare!

[ferlew]

Oh yes THOSE!, Devil's own invention, was that Sainsbury's?

[ferlew]

And the inevitable tantrum when kids were not allowed to have what 'they' had shopped for.

[Purple_Popple]

I think it was Sainsburys ferlew :( bad idea

[puzzled54]

When you are standing in the checkout queue, then someone comes along and says to the person at the end of the queue that they will open a new checkout and would they like to move over - NO, I've been waiting longer than them!

[annieigma]

Women who do the quick isle thing, pack their stuff, then stand there, and, suddenly, realise they have to pay. unload the handbag, count the cash, not enough. search for the card, find the card, put it in, phaff about with the number, eventually complete the transaction, then decide to put the shopping into the trolley, realise there is too much in one bag, and get another and shuffle the stuff around.
they may have all day, but i don't.

[Zacs-Master]

You have no idea how relevant your comment was Fred ;-)

[askyourgran]

Zac is there are Fortnums in Yorkshire or are you having it helicoptered over?