Food Shopping - really makes me ANGRY

[muchlovex]

I've just been to a local well known supermarket and I it REALLY annoys me when people leave their trolleys just left in the middle of the aisle or an an angle so others can't get past.
Also, when people have conversations whilst blocking the aisle also. this is REALLY annoying.

Please can I ask the general public, to at least show a little consideration with their trolley and when blocking aisles whilst having a conversation with a neighbour. Maybe this will help to make our lives that little bit easier.

Does anyone else get really annoyed by others with their careless attitudes with trolleys.

(rant over)

[joeluke]

If someone's trolley is blocking my path I nudge it out of the way and carry on

If looks could kill!

[LoftyLottie]

Let's face it. We are all different - some shop alone, some take their family, some discuss every item they buy on their mobile phone, some block the aisles and some have chats. Let's just practice a bit of patience and stop getting het up about something that, at the end of the day, isn't harming us or ruining or lives. Lighten up, smile at everybody, be patient and hence be less likely to fall down down dead with a stroke or heart attack by the time you reach pension age. Life is too short!!

[sherrardk]

Hear Hear Loftie - if I want to take all my kids shopping with me then I will (although it is a bit of a pain if I go to Aldi or Sainsburys with them all as I have to let the two little ones 'walk' (can't get a double toddler trolley in these shops) and they spend all of their time swinging off the sides of the trolley).

[LoftyLottie]

Yep, Supermarkets can be frustrating and shopping isn't a great pleasure so just make the best of it. Smiling at people can work wonders and some old people really do struggle to cope.

We all get old and I hope some of those who complain on here regularly about old people being a nuisance will think back when they are older, there abilities aren't what they were and they are perhaps tired and tottery on their legs.

Shopping with young children isn't easy but children need to learn about shopping and how will they learn if they are left at home.

All age groups need to be tolerant of each other, young and old alike.

Here endeth the first lesson ;o)

[tara20]

And don't do your shopping five minutes before closing - the staff deserve to get home on time after a day spent dealing with customers who think they're always right,and have left their manners (if they ever had any) at home!

[Eve]

I'm usually pretty laid back about stuff like that though I tend to shop a lot in mini supermarkets in the city centre and don't tend to do big shops so more of an in and out more often thing for me.

I'm used to busy and crowded and tend to just wait or use a polite "excuse me" though there are so many of the places now they never tend to get stupidly busy.

I did venture into one of those massive Asdas on NYE to get myself some treat munchies, never again! It was like the world had gone mad!!! I ended up hiding in one of the aisles at one point haha :)

[sherrardk]

Now I think about it, where I do most of my shopping never has any 'old' people in it (maybe it's too far from the buses or something?) - it is the staff that are a pain, as if you are getting in their way by wanting to get stuff off the shelf (and the occassional ditherer - the person who forgets what they are supposed to be doing as soon as they enter the shop - as if the bright lights have momentarily rendered them idiots).

[LoftyLottie]

I can't stand Asda. It frightens me too!! Too loud for words. Fortunately the nearest one is 25 miles away!!

[LoftyLottie]

"and the occassional ditherer - the person who forgets what they are supposed to be doing as soon as they enter the shop - as if the bright lights have momentarily rendered them idiots). "!

^ That's me!! ;o)

[TTG]

Go to supermarkets when they first open. Saturday is good. Shelves are fully stocked and less trolleys blocking the aisles.

[askyourgran]

I hate it when I get behind the old dears who lean on the trolley handles and shuffle down the aisles sl...o...w.l....y.

[LoftyLottie]

It takes me two hours at least to even function as a human being in the mornings, let alone go to a supermarket first thing!!

[sherrardk]

Hi TTG - I think it depeneds upon where you live. I never go to Asda on a Sunday (nothing left) and never go to Aldi on a Thursday (always absolutely heaving with people).

[LoftyLottie]

That's me as well Gran :o(

[gingejbee]

As a bloke who does the shopping, can I suggest Waitrose? It's like shopping in heaven - all the staff are friendly and helpful, the customers are all polite, there's acres of room and they have the best "self-scan" system going (different from all the others).

[LoftyLottie]

and it's somewhat expensive ;o)

[LoftyLottie]

Actually, I have to say I love our local Morrisons, it's friendly, the staff are great, I can get what I want and meet all my mates and then have a cheap cuppa.

[gingejbee]

Granted! but think of the quality (food and shopping experience).

[askyourgran]

My local Asda (a large store) annoys me by stocking their shelves and checking prices at busy times of the day. There were large wheeled trollies blocking some of the aisles today about 11.30 am. making it difficult to get around when the store is busy.

[tara20]

My pet hate is standing at the check-out and getting a trolley pushed into your back/heels/knees and when you turn round you get the evil eye. Hey, my backside isn't a buffer!