Shopping Rant

[Caribeing]

Was in Sainsbury's today behind one customer with her shopping, she was almost finished and I had just five items hoping for a quick getaway, but she produced a pile of vouchers etc and rummaged through them, felt sorry for the poor girl on the till, she had out of date vouchers and kept checking I took my shopping to the paper counter couldn't wait for this inept customer why don't people have the necessary stuff ready, rant over!

[sunny-dave]

There should be separate queues for men ... with chairs, complimentary snacks, tots of whisky ... why not, every other *** gets some sort of inducement.

[Caribeing]

Agree Tilly and save all that aggro, you end up with enough vouchers to paper the walls and then when you want use them they are out of date!

[jennyjoan]

Cash back - how is this beneficial to a store. Another thing usually these supermarkets have ATM where it is easy enough to get your money.

[boxtops]

Blow that, s-d - it's OH who gets the treat of packing the trolley :-)

[hc4361]

Supermarkets LOVE cashback. Cashing up and getting the cash to the bank costs them a lot more money than card transactions. They'd be very happy with no cash at all in the tills.

Anyhow, I love my Tesco vouchers. Why haven't people got time to breathe these days? I can do without people behind me huffing and puffing and tapping their feet. As it happens I am pretty nifty through the checkout but I really dread getting old and infirm with these attitudes.

And the people who just want to buy a paper at the paper counter are probably just as fed up as you with people taking their groceries to be checked out. All they want is their blerdy paper!

[boxtops]

OK - then do what I do with my vouchers - keep them in a separate little plastic wallet with my shopping list, and make a list of the vouchers and their expiry dates. I appreciate that sounds a bit nerdy, but I never have to forage in my bag nor attempt to spend an out of date vouchers. All it needs is a bit of pre-planning :-)

hc - I could hug you.

[Caribeing]

There was none at paper counter that's why I went there I wouldn't hold anybody up, people with vouchers should have them ready, even the assistant was frustrated!

[ladyalex]

What was your plan for the minutes that you lost waiting for someone infront of you to finish her shopping ?

[boxtops]

I guess I'm just not the sort of person who gets frustrated with queuing - it's doesn't bother me at all. What DOES irritate me is the people who insist on doing all their packing before they even think to start looking for their purse.....

[Mamyalynne]

I use money off vouchers, can't afford not to - always check they are valid and have them in my hand ready along with my debit card when the total is up on the till.