Couple In Front Of Me In Co-Op

[ferlew]

Reasonably normal shop, about £40 worth, cash sale.
Then, 3 large bottles of Brandy, and 3 of gin £95 ish, card sale.
Poor pensioners.

[Tilly2]

I'll drink to that, sweety. I love Buddy Holly.

[Zacs-Master]

I wish ferlew would qualify whether he was impressed of disgusted.

[scorpiojo]

I think he's a she :)

[Tilly2]

She, Zacs. Not he.

[Zacs-Master]

Ah right. Point noted. Still.....

[boxtops]

I don't know if ferlew meant it, but the OP sounds very judgemental..... who's to say they weren't buying for a special party, or buying Christmas gifts early? Or, actually, that they are wealthy pensioners with decent works pensions, and can actually afford it? I hope you're not behind me in the shopping queue, criticising my shopping habtis.

[EDDIE51]

Probably stocking up for Christmas . Why 'poor pensioners' there are pensioners who are millionaires and those who have pensions that give them an income way above the national average wage.
Anyway how do you know they are pensioners in the first place ? I know people who still work full time at over 70 years of age and get a pension on top of that.

[Jeza]

I'm 63, Mic is 65. We both have a work pension and a state pension. We are not rich but not poor either. What we spend our money on is nobody's business but ours.

[ferlew]

It was one of those "you had to be there" moments, to take in all the subtleties.

[Tilly2]

I hate it when I'm in Sainsbury's and meet someone I know. I imagine that they are scrutinising my trolley and clocking the beer, wine, cheeses and steaks. I try to avoid people I know by doing an aisle hop.

[Bathsheba]

I'm just crying with laughter at Hopkirk at 21.31 :-)

x x x

[Jeza]

I also hate people looking in my trolley and maybe judging me for what I am buying. A bloke once said to me 'two bottles of Bacardi, can I come to your house' I said sure you can if you pay for it.

[Mamyalynne]

Maybe Ferlew knew the couple in question - otherwise the trick of gauging someone's bank balance whilst queuing behind them could be a good one to know.

[hc4361]

I was doing my shopping today and this nosey old git behind me at the checkout practically had his nose in my trolley, tutting loudly at the bottles of booze I'd bought for the church's Christmas raffle.

He was salivating that much I was tempted to take him for a swift whisky mac

[Zacs-Master]

Her

[boxtops]

:-)

[Jeza]

HC the C word is not allowed until December.

[Obiter]

I wish I could afford to shop at the Co-op. I have to watch the pennies so am limited to Sainsbury's or Morrison's.

[hc4361]

Obiter, I agree. My local Co-op is poor on choice and high on price. To add insult to injury there is often only one checkout open, with a long queue. It's so bad that I drive an extra mile and half to go to Tesco, Morrisons or Waitrose

[DTCwordfan]

All I can afford to buy at the Coop is one of their coffins.