View Full Version : Shopping Chaos !! What is wrong with people...
fizzwheel
09-01-10, 12:38 PM
I had a skinful last night. I decided I would make myself a nice fry up and see if that will shift the hangover I have acquired.
I walked to the local supermarket, rather than spend ages faffing about defrosting the car.
Its like Dante's Inferno in their, screaming kids, p*ssed off adults, people everywhere, getting each others way. Bedlam... I negotiated my way round, picked up what I wanted, and then I saw the queues at the checkouts :mad:
It looked like a plague of locuts were sysmetically stripping the entire shop bare. Complete and utter panic buying...
Mental...
TheOnlyNemesis
09-01-10, 12:40 PM
best trick, use self chekout, people still don't know how to use em so you very rarely get a queue
GeneticBubble
09-01-10, 12:58 PM
I hope you pity me now working in a supermarket
i dunno the only reason you get shortages is cause of these ****ing morons panic buying no reason for it either.
yorkie_chris
09-01-10, 01:05 PM
What are they all panic buying for?
I often wonder what's wrong with people.
I was late into work yesterday, after following a complete ****ing idiot the 12 miles to work- at 15mph. No place to overtake at all, as traffic was busy coming the other way, not to mention overtaking could be a little bit risky in these conditions.
Supermarkets get on my nerves at the best of time, I try and go later on at night but sometimes it can't be avoided.
if i were to bother de-icing the car and sliding to the supermarket i'd make it worth while and buy loads :-)
It looked like a plague of locuts were sysmetically stripping the entire shop bare. Complete and utter panic buying...
Mental...
Great :D
Perhaps it will give the economy the boost that is so needed right now :D
maviczap
09-01-10, 02:53 PM
What are they all panic buying for?
Because they can :confused: I blame the news for scaremongering again
My neighbour tried to buy bread the other day, none left. Asked one of the floor staff when the next delivery would be & he didn't know.
But he did say one woman had bought 15 loaves. Why:confused::confused::confused::confused::confus ed::confused:
Hope shes got a big freezer otherwise its all going to go off.
Stupid stupid people
I have a bread maker :p
But why can't people bake their own bread, its not hard :confused:
missyburd
09-01-10, 03:05 PM
But he did say one woman had bought 15 loaves. Why:confused::confused::confused::confused::confus ed::confused:
Hope shes got a big freezer otherwise its all going to go off.
Perhaps she plans to feed the birds :rolleyes::p
Our morrisons literally had no food left...
robh539
09-01-10, 03:13 PM
I know what you mean, i have just got back from the local supermarket. I shop weekly, and went as normal to get a basket of food. the place was rammed as you say, stripping the place pushing each other for space. Its never that busy on a sat afternoon.
Should that moronson? hahaha
Fizzy Fish
09-01-10, 03:25 PM
I just got back from a trip to Snow & Rock to buy a thermal top for my stable management course on Tuesday evening (brrrrrrr!)
FULL to the brim of raahaha Surrey types kitting their kids out for their ski holidays - aggghhhhhhh!! :shock:
littleperson
09-01-10, 05:03 PM
best trick, use self chekout, people still don't know how to use em so you very rarely get a queue
You obviously don't shop when everyone else does!!!!!!!!
The ones round us are always busy/broken or waiting cos they got "unexpected item in the bagging area":help:
We go to a lovely human being to make their day:smt052
littleperson
09-01-10, 05:07 PM
Our morrisons literally had no food left...
And how much of it will they throw away as waste cos they didnt need it or they dont do left overs
Now us northerners we know how to frugal and thrifty or is that tight if transletd to southern speak lmao
missyburd
09-01-10, 05:08 PM
The ones round us are always busy/broken or waiting cos they got "unexpected item in the bagging area":help:
Blumin' replacing humans with machines, disgusting.....:cheese:
yorkie_chris
09-01-10, 05:09 PM
And how much of it will they throw away as waste cos they didnt need it or they dont do left overs
Lol christmas turkey gave us 5 or 6 meals. Even normal sunday chicken will make 3 meals and sarnies.
I went shopping for food last night and sainsbury was as busy as it normally is on the weekend (the reason I also go one of the evenings as i can't stand it when its busy) People's trolleys where stupidly full of food..... I just got our normal weeks shopping however the woman he started to put stuff on the till after me.... did ask me if thats all i was buying!!!
We have poped out this afternoon to the local shopping centre, as drew wanted a walk round somewhere and my parents wanted to pop up there, and its mental.... people buying everything!
maviczap
09-01-10, 05:13 PM
Blumin' replacing humans with machines, disgusting.....:cheese:
They'll regret this, when one day they'll open a store with no human checkout assistants, only security staff. Then a coach load of scally's is going to turn up and strip the store clean, as the security staff won't be able to cope. :rolleyes:
Getting rid of staff just to improve their profit margin will prove to be a mistake ;)
best trick, use self chekout, people still don't know how to use em so you very rarely get a queue
But you always tend to stand behind the ***** getting to grips with common sense and technology. End up standing second in the queue for 5 minutes. :smt101
Bluepete
09-01-10, 05:20 PM
They'll regret this, when one day they'll open a store with no human checkout assistants, only security staff. Then a coach load of scally's is going to turn up and strip the store clean, as the security staff won't be able to cope. :rolleyes:
I've been in stores when shoplifters make off, the staff just watch them go without chasing! Apparently, it's not worth the cost of a staff member being injured versus the value of the goods disappearing down the road!
One guy used to go thieving in Go Outdoors in Wigan so often without confrontation, he just walked in, grabbed some gear and runs for it!
Unlucky for him I was there one day eh?
As for the mad shopping, I'm going nowhere near a supermarket. The car-park at the Sainsburys was rammed full and queues of cars were blocking the roundabout outside.
Pete ;)
maviczap
09-01-10, 06:04 PM
One guy used to go thieving in Go Outdoors in Wigan so often without confrontation, he just walked in, grabbed some gear and runs for it!
Unlucky for him I was there one day eh?
Ha Ha nice one Pete :p
bikerchick82
09-01-10, 06:11 PM
I went down to Pets at Home this afternoon because I'd run out of dog food and the cats was running low.....I've never seen it so busy in there :smt101
I thought I'd wandered into Tesco's by mistake! :rolleyes:
dizzyblonde
09-01-10, 06:16 PM
Its worse than christmas shopping!
If they all had sense they'd have done their weekly shop earlier in the week like we did on Tuesday, because of all the scaremongering there was nobody in the supermarket :-)
maviczap
09-01-10, 06:21 PM
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If they all had sense they'd have done their weekly shop earlier in the week like we did on Tuesday, because of all the scaremongering there was nobody in the supermarket :-)
That's fine for people who are monthly paid. Pete is weekly paid, and didn't get paid until yesterday, so went shopping last night. The supermarket was fairly busy, but he had no problem getting anything.
We've just bought our normal amounts though. Panic buying is ridiculous, but I suppose if you've got children you worry more about them not getting food than Pete and I would worry about ourselves!
dizzyblonde
09-01-10, 06:43 PM
but I suppose if you've got children you worry more about them not getting food than Pete and I would worry about ourselves!
TBH, I was more worried yesterday at school. A supermarket these days is a 24hr thing. Trucks will get there, even in this weather. Our school was only closed for one day, and believe me its pretty bad here, Calderdale has no grit left, and even the main road outside the school hasn't been gritted. Deliveries haven't been made due to bad weather, and the headmistress said they nearly had to close yesterday because the cook didn't have much to feed the kids with!
yorkie_chris
09-01-10, 07:19 PM
Pft if it is owt like my school was then it is healthier with no food in
wyrdness
10-01-10, 02:17 PM
Just been to our local Morrisons. It didn't seem any busier than usual and there was no sign of panic buying. Though it's beginning to thaw here, so maybe people aren't so worried about being snowed in with no food.
Sainsbos here has no proper veggies. No sprouts, no leeks, no parsnips, no swedes. no spuds. All they have is Dutch polytunnel aubergines (what the hell can you do with an aubergine???), Israeli celeriac, and those tasteless Kenyan baby corn rip off things at £1.50/package. I won't buy them as it's such a rip off and they pay the grower didly squat. No wonder they can sell them at '2 for £2!!!' - as they pay the grower about 30p. I guess the grower pays the workers about 10p. What does a good liberal like me do - do I boycott the goods in protest at the exploitation, or do I buy piles of the stuff to try to get the workers a decent wage...
Anyway the staff were saying that there were no carrots etc as the ground is frozen and the crops are covered with snow so the farmers can't harvest them. At least they don't have that problem in Kenya...
maviczap
10-01-10, 02:39 PM
. All they have is Dutch polytunnel aubergines (what the hell can you do with an aubergine???), .
Make up a batter and coat a auberergine sliced lengthways then fry it :p Yum
Or just grill the same slice on a griddle ;)
I'm going to order a take away tonight :)
madnlooney
10-01-10, 03:25 PM
i dont understand if everyone can get to the supermarkets in there cars, why have so many people called into workplaces saying they cant get to work?
james160987
10-01-10, 03:36 PM
Because they can :confused: I blame the news for scaremongering again
My neighbour tried to buy bread the other day, none left. Asked one of the floor staff when the next delivery would be & he didn't know.
But he did say one woman had bought 15 loaves. Why:confused::confused::confused::confused::confus ed::confused:
Hope shes got a big freezer otherwise its all going to go off.
Stupid stupid people
I have a bread maker :p
But why can't people bake their own bread, its not hard :confused:
because a loaf of bread is around £1, whats a decent breadmaker cost, 70- 80 quid?
so if you buy 1 loaf of bread a week, you would brake even in 1.5 years, - and thats only if you got all the ingredients for free, _stolen from live at the apollo, dunno who.
because a loaf of bread is around £1, whats a decent breadmaker cost, 70- 80 quid?
so if you buy 1 loaf of bread a week, you would brake even in 1.5 years, - and thats only if you got all the ingredients for free, _stolen from live at the apollo, dunno who.
and cos the whole of the UK is a freezer at the moment. How much space do you want?
yorkie_chris
10-01-10, 03:42 PM
because a loaf of bread is around £1, whats a decent breadmaker cost, 70- 80 quid?
so if you buy 1 loaf of bread a week, you would brake even in 1.5 years, - and thats only if you got all the ingredients for free, _stolen from live at the apollo, dunno who.
It is possible to make bread without a machine you know! We make pizza bases sometimes, bloody lovely compared to prepacked ones!
maviczap
10-01-10, 03:45 PM
because a loaf of bread is around £1, whats a decent breadmaker cost, 70- 80 quid?
so if you buy 1 loaf of bread a week, you would brake even in 1.5 years, - and thats only if you got all the ingredients for free, _stolen from live at the apollo, dunno who.
Yes, but why does she need 15 loaves, I wasn't saying that the breadmaker was going to save me money did i :confused:
This thread started about people causing chaos in supermarkets by panic buying
And you used the wrong version of brake its - break :rolleyes: Brakes are what stops your bike when you need to stop
maviczap
10-01-10, 03:47 PM
It is possible to make bread without a machine you know! We make pizza bases sometimes, bloody lovely compared to prepacked ones!
Yes, even without my breadmaker I can bake nice bread. Then I'd BRAKE even very quickly :rolleyes:
yorkie_chris
10-01-10, 03:53 PM
I wouldn't want to try braking even a little bit in my kitchen, it's quite a slippy limestone floor and I'd probably lose the front. But to be honest because of the stairs down from the garage I probably wouldn't be carrying much speed out of "turn fridge" so wouldn't need to brake so deep into dishwasher...
maviczap
10-01-10, 03:54 PM
I wouldn't want to try braking even a little bit in my kitchen, it's quite a slippy limestone floor and I'd probably lose the front. But to be honest because of the stairs down from the garage I probably wouldn't be carrying much speed out of "turn fridge" so wouldn't need to brake so deep into dishwasher...
Mines tiled - lethal in the wet :p
dirtydog
10-01-10, 04:01 PM
I'm going to order a take away tonight :)
I went off to our normal takeaway on friday and it was closed, luckily the one about 4 doors down the road was open
i dont understand if everyone can get to the supermarkets in there cars, why have so many people called into workplaces saying they cant get to work?
Why go to work when you can have the day off without having to pretend you're ill? ;)
I walked to our local shop on Thursday morning just to get a bottle of milk and they were sold out of milk and bread and the queue was massive! So I dug the car out and drove up to Tesco and it was virtually empty and the shelves were full, yesterday they were queing from the main road to get into the carpark and today it was fairly busy but probably no busier than a normal Sunday
wyrdness
10-01-10, 04:16 PM
Sainsbos here has no proper veggies. No sprouts, no leeks, no parsnips, no swedes. no spuds. All they have is Dutch polytunnel aubergines (what the hell can you do with an aubergine???)
Griddle them. Lovely.
metalangel
10-01-10, 04:42 PM
But you always tend to stand behind the ***** getting to grips with common sense and technology. End up standing second in the queue for 5 minutes. :smt101
I've just accepted that I can't win.
The other day I went shopping and because there were lots of people around in wheelchairs/shopmobility things I DIDN'T join the slightly shorter line for a disabled checkout and instead joined the normal one next to it.
Then some B**CH joines the disabled checkout line and she was packed up and paying for her stuff before I'd even moved forward!
missyburd
10-01-10, 05:00 PM
Then some B**CH joines the disabled checkout line and she was packed up and paying for her stuff before I'd even moved forward!
That's the worst think in supermarket queues, you might spend ages deciding which queue to join, you pick one and don't move for over 5 minutes and you see the next one is moving quicker so you move tills...next thing you know someone has taken your place in the original queue and sailed through easy as pie...pi$$es me right off lol
Miss Alpinestarhero
10-01-10, 06:12 PM
Same thing happened to me - I went down to morrisons yesterday afternoon to buy some bits and it was PACKED with people! There was literally was no space to move, and people were barging pass other people and waking really fast and grabbing things off the shelves.
The car pack was also chaos as people were trying to park and trying to steal other peoples spaces
It was like the end of the world! :rolleyes:
Those self-serve check-out things dont help. Bloomin' machines replacing humans - they are no quicker and always complain "unidentified baggage, the item isnt in the bag, assistant needs to verify your age" etc etc...meh waste of time they are :smt069
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