What annoys you at the shops.....

[Stingo]

In the supermarket...

Those kids with grown ups that stand at the checkout wanting to bag up your stuff – the idea being that you contribute to their football club or dalek collecting fraternity or whatever the bloody thing is.

I’m all for supporting a worthy cause but I don’t really like supporting these things in this fashion. It’s like you are damned for all eternity if you don’t let them pack your stuff and chuck some loose change in their huge moon base alpha sized bucket. If you want to do something at the supermarket why don't you help your parents, or, or clean the toilets or something?

The other day, I was in the super market…and so were they. B*ll*cks I thought. It was my turn at the checkout and there were three kids and an adult looking wistfully at me…so I said to the woman “Would you mind if I pack my own things?” Let’s face it, they really haven’t got any option. So, I start packing my things. Did they get out of the way? Did they b*ll*cks – which really gets my goat. It’s my stuff and I don’t want somebody else stuffing my things in bags any old how. Anyway, the woman was slightly helpful in that she kept supplying me with plastic bags even though she wouldn’t bloody budge from her spot. Then one of the little gits sods off to tell his mate that “There’s another bloke that won’t pay anything”. Little f*c*er. Make me out to be the bad murderer @rse why don’t you. I so would have enjoyed kicking the little git in the shins – see how many daleks you can collect now you ****!! How I kept my patience I don’t know – In the way and not wanted – that’s what I felt like, and yet that’s what they were!! Oh the irony.

Angry? Don’t start me off….
:evil:

[Ping]

Grrr!!! As if you're obliged... Gits. :evil: I would've asked them to move as they were in my way... Then start complaining to the checkout assistant about bully tactics.

I had something similar once after I politely said 'no thanks' to some bloke in the street selling Big Issue. He calls after me 'It won't break the bank!!!'

I just wanted to go and punch him in the face. :lol:

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I had something similar once after I politely said 'no thanks' to some bloke in the street selling Big Issue. He calls after me 'It won't break the bank!!!'

I just wanted to go and punch him in the face. :lol:

You should have explained you can get cheaper toilet paper elsewhere.

[SoulKiss]

Complain to the Supermarket then.

Been on all 3 sides of this, Have been a "Checkout Assistant", a customer AND the Packer (when I was in Venture Scouts).

Packing bags to raise funds worked well, if done properly. We asked if they would like a hand packing (and carrying out to the car), if no we went back to a "pool" area - ie we did not just cover one checkout - with the car carying it wouldn't have worked.

As a customer, I always pack my own stuff - I was "trained" by Tesco's the correct way to pack as part of my "Checkout Assistant" role - at Christmas they would have more people working than tills so that there was enough people to cover breaks without closing a till, in the intervening space you did packing duty (never asked if people wanted it - you just did it - but then you were not looking for "donations"

But complain to them if the packers are being rude or obstructive - that will get them slung out.

David

[tigersaw]

I've rung the store manager to complain about the length of the queue's, using my mobile from within the queue. It worked, " will all till trained staff.. blah blah...."

[Reckless Rat]

What annoys me at the shops is the way people (old ones in particular) stop in the door way when walking out... and then look up and down the street as if they've just landed on some strange planet!

oooo-er.... maybe they have! :bigsmurf:

[the white rabbit]

Yes, I had my bags packed by a small member of some local kids football tem the other day. The small donation I agve him meant I might as well have gone to Waitrose in the first palce rather than the Coop

:roll:

But what most annoys me at the shops is other shoppers :lol:


Oh and the 'Give the nice lady the money' indulging a child scenario as the queue builds on up, and the smug look on the faces of the indulgers :evil:

[UlsterSV]

I've rung the store manager to complain about the length of the queue's, using my mobile from within the queue. It worked, " will all till trained staff.. blah blah...."

:winner: Class :lol: :lol:

[fizzwheel]

But what most annoys me at the shops is other shoppers :lol:

Me to. I f*cking hate going shopping. I'll do just about anything to get out of it. Especially if it involves going when the shop is likely to be busy.

:evil:

[BillyC]

What annoys me...

Apparently it's Christmas... and it's been Christmas at least since October, and perhaps the early signs were in September!

It's not Christmas... and it won't be Christmas for another 2-3 weeks!

[Smurf]

Women

Firstly if you're shopping with them they take far, far too long looking at Ginger paste and Guatemalan beetroot and a thousand other things they've seen Jamie Oliver use but have no real intention of buying and cooking for us.

Then there's their lane discipline, it's like motorway driving all over again. No knowledge of trolley etiquette, just park up next to the 15 year old unloading a pallet so the whole aisle is compromised while they take 5 minutes deciding whether to buy brown potatoes or the slightly less brown ones and they never look around for faster moving traffic before pulling out.

And worst of all is when they're in the express queue and they NEVER get their money ready until after they're told the total and then take 15 mins trying to find the exact total in 5p's from that stupid coin pocket they all have and end up giving the £20 note anyway, meanwhile there's 47 men now queueing up behind all with their money/card in one hand and imaginary guns/knives/lightsabres in the other ready to run that b**** through.

[Tara]

What annoys me at the shops is the way people (old ones in particular) stop in the door way when walking out... and then look up and down the street as if they've just landed on some strange planet!

oooo-er.... maybe they have! :bigsmurf:

That annoys me too :evil:

[philipMac]

The check out person slamming the change down on the counter, and looking away from you, when you are looking at them and have your hand out irks me sometimes.

Bags thing not so much.

[Ping]

Women

Firstly if you're shopping with them they take far, far too long looking at Ginger paste and Guatemalan beetroot and a thousand other things they've seen Jamie Oliver use but have no real intention of buying and cooking for us.

Then there's their lane discipline, it's like motorway driving all over again. No knowledge of trolley etiquette, just park up next to the 15 year old unloading a pallet so the whole aisle is compromised while they take 5 minutes deciding whether to buy brown potatoes or the slightly less brown ones and they never look around for faster moving traffic before pulling out.

And worst of all is when they're in the express queue and they NEVER get their money ready until after they're told the total and then take 15 mins trying to find the exact total in 5p's from that stupid coin pocket they all have and end up giving the £20 note anyway, meanwhile there's 47 men now queueing up behind all with their money/card in one hand and imaginary guns/knives/lightsabres in the other ready to run that b**** through.
Well now, there's a small sweeping statement or many if ever I saw one. :roll:

[tricky]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

[philipMac]

Women

Well now, there's a small sweeping statement or many if ever I saw one. :roll:

Smurf, this is the point when you make a witty remark incorporating the words "Women", "sweeping", and the phrase "up my bleeding kitchen floor if they know whats good for them".

I would love to, but I am busy at the moment.

[Stingo]

Women

Well now, there's a small sweeping statement or many if ever I saw one. :roll:

Smurf, this is the point when you make a witty remark incorporating the words "Women", "sweeping", and the phrase "up my bleeding kitchen floor if they know whats good for them".

I would love to, but I am busy at the moment.



:lol: Devon cream tea all over the screen!! :lol: :lol:

[Smurf]

Women

Firstly if you're shopping with them they take far, far too long looking at Ginger paste and Guatemalan beetroot and a thousand other things they've seen Jamie Oliver use but have no real intention of buying and cooking for us.

Then there's their lane discipline, it's like motorway driving all over again. No knowledge of trolley etiquette, just park up next to the 15 year old unloading a pallet so the whole aisle is compromised while they take 5 minutes deciding whether to buy brown potatoes or the slightly less brown ones and they never look around for faster moving traffic before pulling out.

And worst of all is when they're in the express queue and they NEVER get their money ready until after they're told the total and then take 15 mins trying to find the exact total in 5p's from that stupid coin pocket they all have and end up giving the £20 note anyway, meanwhile there's 47 men now queueing up behind all with their money/card in one hand and imaginary guns/knives/lightsabres in the other ready to run that b**** through.
Well now, there's a small sweeping statement or many if ever I saw one. :roll:

I see you don't deny it though, still at least you're not standing in doorways looking up and down the street yet. ;)



















Although if money got a bit tight.... Just joking

[DanDare]

When you leave the shop and the alarm goes off and everyone looks at you as if your a theiving little scouser!

Then only for the attendant or security guard to ask you to go back to the checkout to remove the flaming tag.

Why the F**k didn't you remove it in the first place you retard!


And relax............

[Davido]

From the tillperson's view:
-People who look at me as if I'm an idiot if I ask them if they want mayfair regular or superking cigarettes. I'm sorry if I can't tell just from "Mayfair".
-People who wait in the queue for about 2-3 mins and then deide that they've forgotten the milk once I've actually run everything through.
-Old people who put their pin in before I've entered in the details and then wonder why the transaction fails.
-People who demand a bag for a mars bar.
-Old people.
-Little kids who don't have enough money and just stare at you when you tell them.
-Old people.
-Looking for exact change, having it and then giving me a £20.
-Old people.

From a shopper's view:
-Checkout staff who read magazines and only serve you after they've finished the page or until you cough loudly.
-Having some woman refuse my request to move infront of her as I've only got a twix and exact change and she has a trolley load.
-Little kids that scream and throw tantrums. I hate them. Next time I'm just gonna find one of those family sized trolleys, take a big run up, leg go and watch the fun.

[Smurf]

Having some woman refuse my request to move infront of her as I've only got a twix and exact change and she has a trolley load.

Oh I love the dance that goes with that the other way around.

1) Person with Twix raises them self onto toes and then Bobs head as if scanning your trolley for a juicey worm

2) You notice and do the mime where you point at Twix then your trolley then mouth 'Only Twix' at them with a baffled look on your face.

3) Head bobbing increases in tempo

4) You do the hand by side wave and 90 degree body swivel (must be simultaneous and performed twice)

5) They do the 'Thank you' walk which requires slightly elongated steps.

6) You are now officially best friends for the next 47 seconds.

[Ed]

-Little kids that scream and throw tantrums. I hate them. Next time I'm just gonna find one of those family sized trolleys, take a big run up, leg go and watch the fun.

It's obvious that you don't have kids.

I have an 8 year old and when she was a toddler she could be very difficult, particularly if there were sweets by the till - she'd want them.

A tantrum is a form of attention seeking and the only way to control it is to ignore it. If you shout at the child, it's negative attention, and as far as the child is concerned any form of attention is better than no attention. As far as the parent is concerned it's horrible and you feel everyone staring at you, they're all thinking 'why doesn't he do something with that child' and in fact you ARE doing something - you're positively ignoring the tantrum so as not to reward it by giving the child attention. So why do these old dears undermine you by cooing at the kiddie and saying something like 'ah, little darling, what's wrong, why are you so upset, I'm sure daddy can cuddle you/buy you sweets/give in generally'

In Sainsbos once I even had a bloke bawl at me 'can't you shut that ****ing child up'. I told Sophie to scream louder, and bless her, she did.

[Stingo]

-Little kids that scream and throw tantrums. I hate them. Next time I'm just gonna find one of those family sized trolleys, take a big run up, leg go and watch the fun.

It's obvious that you don't have kids.

I have an 8 year old and when she was a toddler she could be very difficult, particularly if there were sweets by the till - she'd want them.

A tantrum is a form of attention seeking and the only way to control it is to ignore it. If you shout at the child, it's negative attention, and as far as the child is concerned any form of attention is better than no attention. As far as the parent is concerned it's horrible and you feel everyone staring at you, they're all thinking 'why doesn't he do something with that child' and in fact you ARE doing something - you're positively ignoring the tantrum so as not to reward it by giving the child attention. So why do these old dears undermine you by cooing at the kiddie and saying something like 'ah, little darling, what's wrong, why are you so upset, I'm sure daddy can cuddle you/buy you sweets/give in generally'

In Sainsbos once I even had a bloke bawl at me 'can't you shut that f*cking child up'. I told Sophie to scream louder, and bless her, she did.

:lol: =D>

[hovis]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

i did that today 10 chicken nugguts for 99p...i ate 5 then put them back with the fresh fruit :lol:

[philipMac]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

i did that today 10 chicken nugguts for 99p...i ate 5 then put them back with the fresh fruit :lol:

Ha ha ha. Its funny cause its true.

God bless you Hovis. You are a credit to all Wales. Nay, all Britain. Seriously. You should write one of those self help books : "Being a proper bloke", by Hovis.

[Razor]

Other shoppers.
For food I shop at night, 24 hour shopping isn't just so they can stock the shelves y'know.
I get to park right outside, speed shop for stuff without too many folk getting in my way. In winter I shop when Corrie is on, I can't do this in the summer as that's when I like to be out on my bike.

[Peter Henry]

Well personally I hate the impatience of my fellow shoppers. Oddly their patience only becomes tested when their numbers in the queue behind me are many.

I never understand how they can possibly object to my shuffling for my discount vouchers and trying to make up my purchase cost with as much change as I can find on my person. What is wrong with the world? :?

[Red ones]

I've rung the store manager to complain about the length of the queue's, using my mobile from within the queue. It worked, " will all till trained staff.. blah blah...."

I had a customer phone me and ask why we hadn't informed them of a change in opening hours. I asked them if they were on site. They were. "Can I ask whereabouts you are so I can meet you and deal with your feedback?" They told me where they were. "Oh, can I meet you at the large notice about 10 feet away from you? Easy to find, it's in a bright colour and has large lettering on it?" (Of course the lettering spelled out words along the lines of "Change of opening hours bozo!"

[Red ones]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

i did that today 10 chicken nugguts for 99p...i ate 5 then put them back with the fresh fruit :lol:

It's called theft by consumption. It is a form of shoplifting.

[CoolGirl]

Shop assistants annoy me. The job title kinda gives away what it is they're supposed to do, rather than chatting to their mates or doing anything other than be helpful to the customers.

Mind you, when I do get a good one I make a point of thanking them. I've even writeen letters commending them to their superiors, they are that few and far between.

[mysteryjimbo]

What a bunch of miserable people :lol:

Shopping is fine, i quite enjoy it. Only thing that gets alittle annoying is people who block isles and general access without thinking. Parking their trolley at an angle so no one can pass. I just ram em out the way. :twisted:

Best way to do shoppingis avoid peak times. Never do shopping on a Friday evening, Saturday before 8pm or all day Sunday.

[BILLY]

Shopping is one of the most stressful things you can do!! When I'm shopping with my wife I'm the bloke lent on the trolley and lost the will to live :cry:

[hovis]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

i did that today 10 chicken nugguts for 99p...i ate 5 then put them back with the fresh fruit :lol:

It's called theft by consumption. It is a form of shoplifting.

& your point is.................... :wink:

[gettin2dizzy]

'I want to pay with string....'
:P

[seedy100]

DITHERERS - I HATE THEM

They dither in the isles, dither about picking stuff off the shelves, dither about which queue to get in, dither about packing their stuff, dither about paying, dither about packing their cr dither about pulling out od the carpark, dither about at traffic lights, and dither about at roundabouts.

The experts even dither about using their mobiles - I quote
" They havent got any of that nice ham/cheese/fish/crap they had last week, should I get some dog poo instead". "Check in the fridge". "Should i get half a pound or 8 ounces". blah blah blah

I HATE DITHERERS.

sorry!

[Smurf]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.

i did that today 10 chicken nugguts for 99p...i ate 5 then put them back with the fresh fruit :lol:

It's called theft by consumption. It is a form of shoplifting.

What about when it's 50% extra Free? couldn't you eat your 5 free ones and then put them back?

[Steve W]

Personally my pet hates are:

(a) Retired people who insist on shopping at the weekend - it should be made illegal

(b) People who dawdle - what is the attraction of a supermarket (daytime TV is almost better)?

(c) People who pick up a banana (or similar), squash it around a bit, put it back, pick up another etc

(d) People who start looking for their wallet/purse after their shopping has been checked through

(e) Families who all turn up - man, woman, three children under 5 - shopping is not a family outing

(f) Shops who insist on re-arranging their stores when I have sassed out where everything I want is

(g) Check out assistants who don't treat like you a person after you've treated them like one

[21QUEST]

The check out person slamming the change down on the counter, and looking away from you, when you are looking at them and have your hand out irks me sometimes.

.

Hmm... same here. That's just sooooo rude and they are supposed to be customer service/checkout assistants.

I've been know to tell them to pick the change and and pass it on to me same manner the payment was handed over. Normally they look confused :roll: for a few seconds and then they get the message.


Cheers
Ben

[valleyboy]

I hate hate hate hate hate shopping :evil:
If I know what I want, and where it is in the shop... it will be like a quick military operation... in, grab the goods, pay, and leave.. no aimless wandering about looking at stuff I dont want/need.. I hate shops when they are busy for all the reaosns stated above.. especialy those who leave their trolleys RIGHT in the middle of the aisle, so you cant pass them.. people bumping into you, pushing about etc... and the worse thing.. people who deside to have a conversation with the till staff... and take longer talking than it does to get served... :evil:

[Razor]

Wow, some of you lot are a bit tightly wound :lol: :lol:

[hovis]

or when you have been queing for ever then the person in front has got somthing with the barcode missing, so they have to call somone else to go & hunt for another one

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH :roll:

[jenni]

I love dawdling at the supermarket, I reckon i spend more time deciding waht to eat as opposed to eating it- Although i usually take my entire record collection so its just an excuse to listen to tunes.

I hate the bag packers though- especially the snotty kids i had one that completly ignored me and then waved the bucket in my face :evil:

I hate when they don't give the money back in my hand although i think thats cos my mum always told me it cos they didn't wanna touch my black hands in case it rubs off :shock:

[Richie]

I hate when they don't give the money back in my hand although i think thats cos my mum always told me it cos they didn't wanna touch my black hands in case it rubs off :shock:

I though you were lucky enough to go on holiday a few times a year to top up your tan...

Next time I see you, I'll hold your hand when we go for a cuppa tea and tea cake :wink: :wink:

[philipMac]

I hate when they don't give the money back in my hand although i think thats cos my mum always told me it cos they didn't wanna touch my black hands in case it rubs off :shock:

Oh man. That's brilliant.
When I was really young, I saw this documentary about some African tribe, and it seemed that they did this sort of baptism thing when the baby was born.
They took the baby, and cut the chord, held it and quickly passed it through a flame. I suppose the baby was all wet, and the flaming was over before it began, so no harm done.

However, I had just worked out in my 6 year old head or something, where black people came from. They were flamed when they were born. And sure enough, all the people at the birth on the TV were black. Case closed.
I had it all worked out, some people were blacker, cause they had more of a flaming. I decided that I would like to be black too, and I headed out to the folks, and asked them would it be too late to be flamed?

I explained the whole deal to the old man, and he wasn't buying it. I wasnt worried though, cause I had seen it on TV. The long and the short of it was I never got flamed. I was quite disappointed. I would look at the people in the magazines and think that it looked excellent. I also wanted Maori style tattoos on my face when I was 7, after I saw the All Blacks playing rugby.

A little while later, I was in London, visiting the relatives, and people kept calling me Paddy. I was completely baffled. I kept looking around to see if anyone else was there.


God love my parents. There must have been more than a couple of anxious moments about where I was when god was handing out brains.

[instigator]

What grinds my gears are people, usually young/old women that stop in the middle of the aisle with their shopping trolley in hand and start nattering. Completely oblivious to the fact that they are blocking everyone's path. It is times like that when I nearly lose control of my temper. Times like those that I wish I was the incredible hulk.

I just try not go into any shops these days, very rarely do I feel happy and comfortable in any shop. Perhaps I'm just an unsociable sod... :?

[Amanda M]

There's some cracking rants in this thread you grumpy lot :lol: :lol: I hate shopping too. Dawdling women with 15 kids hanging off the trolley and pensioners paying with their 1p collection. gah!!!

Saw this couple ages ago with a bloody big trolley full and it came to them paying and she starts getting all these vouchers out, then goes to pay by cheque for a 90-odd quid bill, only to realise that her card only guaranteed a £50 cheque, so she then hed to get her husband to write another cheque for the rest of it on his card!!! The check out person hated them by this point :twisted: It would have been funny if it hadn't been so pathetic :roll:

[tricky]

I hate when they don't give the money back in my hand although i think thats cos my mum always told me it cos they didn't wanna touch my black hands in case it rubs off :shock:

They do that to me as well. I'd aways attributed it to them seeing me scratching my **** whilst waiting in the queue.

[Ed]

I hate when they don't give the money back in my hand although i think thats cos my mum always told me it cos they didn't wanna touch my black hands in case it rubs off :shock:

They do that to me as well. I'd aways attributed it to them seeing me scratching my @rse whilst waiting in the queue.

more likely that they'd seen you pick your nose.

When I left school I worked for Barclays - used to do a stint on the till. A local butcher's shop used to pay in - all these bloodied notes - yuck. I remember counting the £5s and a bit of mince dropped out, the butcher said I could take it home for dinner.

[wyrdness]

or when you have been queing for ever then the person in front has got somthing with the barcode missing, so they have to call somone else to go & hunt for another one

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH :roll:

Or when something you've picked up has the barcode missing, so you have to stand there with the rest of the queue hating you, whilst they send someone to find another one on the shelves.

[ArtyLady]

I hate the way I have to log on and then click the mouse on all the groceries I want and then put my card details in :x and then..............................when they deliver it they dont put in away in the cupboards :shock: :twisted: :lol: :lol:

[Davido]

-Little kids that scream and throw tantrums. I hate them. Next time I'm just gonna find one of those family sized trolleys, take a big run up, leg go and watch the fun.

It's obvious that you don't have kids.

Nope, can't imagine having them atm either, beiung only 17. As far as I'm concerned kids are just little noise-makers that just get in the way and are annoying. :lol:
As far as the parent is concerned it's horrible and you feel everyone staring at you, they're all thinking 'why doesn't he do something with that child' and in fact you ARE doing something

I can see how you'd feel though, but I may have been a little vague in my post. I know the parents shouldn't respond to it, but its still annoying. But I was also thinking of those kids that are spoiled rotten that do the whole 'put sweet in trolley thing and when parent puts it back and says no, they go mental. Also its just the way you get a lot of really badly behaved children, Like ones that ram the little trolleys into the checkout and laugh as if they've won something.

[Davido]

Sorry for double post, but I just had something else:

Shop assistants for the most part are fine. I'd consider myself to be helpful, friendly etc. But after a whole day of being nice and doing the whole 'fake smile and laugh at their jokes' thing when customers talk to you, it gets harder to be nice. I'm still pleasant to every customer, purely from a courtesy standpoint, but when you get some grumpy ******* who treats you like they own you and generally make you want to tell them to f*ck off, it just brings you down a bit.

[Ed]

but when you get some grumpy b*stard who treats you like they own you and generally make you want to tell them to f*ck off, it just brings you down a bit.

I'm sure that nobody on here would behave like that :wink:

[seedy100]

Oh yes I would!

[DoubleD]

When a person with 800 items in trolly goes to the self service till and blocks it for next 30 mins, they are always on there own and take ages to put it all through and then to pack it all on there own!

people who are on the left of an isle looking so I head to the right to go past and at the last min they decide to shoot to the right hand side to look at something else, bumping in to you in the process and then look at you funny. GRRRRR

[the_runt69]

It annoys me to take the wife and kids with me, because they buy so much stuff that runs out tomorrow I should be a fat git, but will always pack my own bags because I know what I want where.

H

[james160987]

oooo im a checkout operator at B&Q
now lets see what annoys me

1. stupid people- you cannot use decorating vouchers to buy your powerdrill, dont look surprised, dont compakn it says what you can buy on the back of the voucher

2. have you any idea how much that costs (when trying to locate something in book of different things such as strings, they all look alike so i an find the colour but ot sure weather its 8mm on 7mm think so identify with price,) "nope no idea" can you give me a rogh price at all "no no idea sorry" ok 50 pound then , "0h no it wernt that much" o so you do know a rough price then,

3. it said x price on the shelf, get there to find out theyve picked up the wrong one, read the wrong lable, its he only one of their type of hing on that shelf and someone else has put it back, and 9/10 im right customer wrong

4. people that say cheer up, - im stuck on a till at b&q doing a 8/6/3 hour shift, where they WILL NOT let us sit down, (bad company image sitting down apparently) and we have to stand in a 2ft square. no wonder we dont look happy

5. people that ask for a bag for something stupid like a light thats already in a box and there car is 10m away or they go can i have a bag dont want it to look like im stealing it, (no one will thing your stealing it weather you have a bag or not)

6, stupid woman that want help to the car but are more than capable of doing it, i know this becuase i ask "are you going to be alright getting this out later", oh yes ill be fine,

7. give it to the nice lady, ( im a guy with long hair, it does happen you know)

8,people that think they own you, want you to scan, process card and pack there 15 lots of nails into a bag, we are customer assistants not customer slaves, i did point this out to one assy customer befor.

9 . lieing customers, especially when it comes to barcodes, i had a customer come through with a tap connecter for a hose, there small and you would know if it didnt have a code on it,
this tap connecter did not, and he says to me none of them on the shelf had one, so i go there rather than call someone to see for myself, every single one apart from his had a code on it,, i did inform him of this

[lynw]

not an annoyance as such merely amusing atm...

but the local grocers where I am at the moment consists of a few areas of food and groceries, but practically 60% of the shop area is given over to alcohol. Ive never seen so many brands of vodka in one place, and its pretty much mainly spirits with one aisle set aside for beer. :lol:

The shop assistants take miserable to a whole new level. The British really can not compete with Russians when it comes to miserableness of shop assistants. :wink: :P :lol:

[MavUK]

I hate the people who stand and watch all their stuff going through. The spend an age finding the car to pay for it. *Then* start packing when I'm waiting behind, all my shopping on the counter and bags ready to pack as it comes through...


Oh as for the screaming kids - had the worst when I was working for Tesco whilst at Uni. Some kid wanted a mars. His mum said no, he screamed. Then he opened it and took a bite, looked at her and said 'There you have to buy it now'. She looked at me did a stupid smile and said 'Arr, what can you do with them.' Then gave the little git the mars bar. :evil: :roll: :shock: :?

Incidently there is a great advert over here at the moment, a kid wants a bag of crisps, mum takes them off him and puts them back and the kid starts a tantrum. Mum then fakes a huge tantrum confusing the kid. Wonder if it would actually work :?:

Stu

[Tomcat]

We are doing a meal for my mum's birthday this weekend. Boyfriend told me last night that he would shop for it because for two of us to hate it is unnecessary... apparently my hate for shopping makes it painful for him....bingo...I don't have to shop !

I HATE SHOPPING :smt013

[Ceri JC]

Shopping does my head in. I've "swapped" floor mopping for food shopping with my girlfriend. Half an hour with a mop and bucket is infinitely preferable to the afformentioned shoddy driving of other shoppers' trolleys and inability to actually get their bloody purse out before they come to pay. What is behind the mentality of these crones who leave their purses at the bottom of their hundred litre capacity carpet bag and look surprised when they're asked to pay £xx.xx? Were they expecting the assistant to say, "It's on the house this week, dear"? People who pay by cheque (invariably they have the wrong cheque guarantee card anyway) also do my head in. Thankfully, I'm beginning to see, "We regret to inform you that from xx.xx.06, we will no longer be accepting cheques" signs springing up in stores.

[SoulKiss]

When a person with 800 items in trolly goes to the self service till and blocks it for next 30 mins, they are always on there own and take ages to put it all through and then to pack it all on there own!

Got to love the self sevice tills - members of the public let loose on equipment that you normally would get at least 3 hours training on if staff...

Checkout operation is not THAT hard - but its not as easy as it appears.

[Viney]

Old people and parents that go shopping with prams, at weekends. Why cant they do it during the god damn week?

An i ALWAYS pick the wrong queue

[Viney]

People who wander round supermarkets eating stuff they've not paid for yet.My girlfriends does that

[Luckypants]

When a person with 800 items in trolly goes to the self service till and blocks it for next 30 mins, they are always on there own and take ages to put it all through and then to pack it all on there own!

Got to love the self sevice tills - members of the public let loose on equipment that you normally would get at least 3 hours training on if staff...

Checkout operation is not THAT hard - but its not as easy as it appears.It's that damn patronising voice instruction that drives me up the wall!

[Stingo]

:shock: Blimey!! I've unleashed a veritable plethora of readily identifiable moans/gripes/problems etc!! :lol: :lol: And I thought I was weird!! Now I know it's not me.....it's everyone else :lol: :lol:


The great British public - you gotta love 'em.

[Bear]

We are doing a meal for my mum's birthday this weekend. Boyfriend told me last night that he would shop for it because for two of us to hate it is unnecessary... apparently my hate for shopping makes it painful for him....bingo...I don't have to shop !

I HATE SHOPPING :smt013

But I bet you LUUURVE the BF, right? Taking one for the team...

I personally kind of enjoy shopping (if I'm in the right mood)

I find tantrumming kids absolutely hilarious (I feel for the parents, really I do, but the overacting is brilliant) :twisted:

Ditherers don't bother me, and I quite enjoy the jerry-springeresque observation of other poor souls at their lowest point. :twisted:

A game to play if you're shopping for a party: Buy loads of booze, mixers and snacks, then put a pack of nappies on top. When you get to the till and they're all rung up, check your wallet and say "damn." Ask them to put the nappies back and check out the looks you get...

:lol:

[UlsterSV]

I would like to see some sort of national shopping timetable, whereby between 9am and 6pm shops would only be open to women, and then any late night shopping would be for men only. For the weekend, Saturday is women's day because that's when men are keeping track of the football. Sunday is restricted to men only, because women are busy at home making the Sunday roast. This year my Christmas shopping will be done in 45 minutes at the most and restricted to no more than three shops. Job's a good'un. Done all on my own, of course. It's the only acceptable way for a man to shop.

[Jabba]

I hate shopping with Mrs Jabba.

When I go on my own I get what we need and what we like, it takes 30mins door to door.

Go with her and it takes 2hours......

What is it with you ladies?

1. You pick up something, give it a good look-over and put back on the shelf.
2. You then pick up the same item but a different brand, give it a good look over and put back on the shelf.
3. Then you go back to the original item..... you know, the brand that we always buy coz we like it, and put it in the trolley.
4. Repeat the above for every item that we buy............

Does my feckin' head in :evil:

[philipMac]

Getting caught robbing stuff. Its a right pain in the neck.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=96OljGZapv4

CHICKY McNUGGETS!!!!