My pet hate is people who take a ticket at the delicatessen and then duly form a queue so when your turn comes, you can't get near the display for people queueing to be served. For goodness sake, take a ticket and stand back and wait for your turn.

Those blumin electric wheelchairs, can never get down isles with a buggy when one of those is coming the other way

When you are browsing a shelf and someone cmes and stands directly in front of you and blcks your view.

Or, when someone has stopped with a trolley on one side of the aisle,and some other plonkers stops ot the other side a nd blocks it completely.

people who hold conversations in the middle of the aisles

When people just discard their trolley/double buggey in the middle of the aisle, blocking loads of peoples way and take forever to pick what they want... looking puzzled when they see lots of impatient people waiting lol

When dozy pensioners knock a display down resulting in me being covered by cereal boxes :loopy:

How about people who select chilled goods and then just discard them elsewhere in the store?

all of the above :rant: :hihi:

People from behind who crowd you when you are paying with your card.

people who hold conversations in the middle of the aisles

People who hold conversations with the checkout lady whilst there is a big queue of people building up (Co-op in Stocksbridge is a nightmare, "Hows your Kevin...." etc.|)

People from behind who crowd you when you are paying with your card.

people paying with cards do my head in, why not just use the cash machine?

people paying with cards do my head in, why not just use the cash machine?

Its easier to pay with the card :P

People who can't control bloody trolleys. People who decide to have a full on conversation with their buddy in the middle of the isle and proceed to cause chaos yet fail to move. In fact, supermarkets annoy me full stop!!

Its easier to pay with the card :P

Nipped in Lateshopper up Stocky the other day (To buy beer I think!) and the girl in the queue in front of me bought two chocolate bars which came to about £1.50, and she paid with her card!!! :loopy:

Nipped in Lateshopper up Stocky the other day (To buy beer I think!) and the girl in the queue in front of me bought two chocolate bars which came to about £1.50, and she paid with her card!!! :loopy:

Now that is stupid, I never use the card for anything under tenner (as that is always the least amount I have on me)

The question I get asked every week at Morrisons by the cashier ... 'would you like any saving stamps?' Why on earth would I want to deposit money with Morrisons until Christmas? The money is better in my pocket than theres

Now that is stupid, I never use the card for anything under tenner (as that is always the least amount I have on me)

And the girl behind the till asked her if she wanted any cash back and she said no!!! I would have laughed if I hadn't been running late for work!

People who pay by cheque and people who carry on loading their shopping bags after the cashier has finished putting everything through but don't get money/card out until they finish.

And the girl behind the till asked her if she wanted any cash back and she said no!!! I would have laughed if I hadn't been running late for work!

I thin there should be a minimum spend (as there is in some shops). I just can't see the point of anything less than a fiver or so

People buying lottery tickets and scratch cards at the newspaper/tobacco counter. There ought to be a special booth for those transactions.

When one has to lower ones self and buy from Aldi as Tesco has run out of tinned tomatoes.

People who think it is ok to 'fast track' through the Customer Service till because they don't want to queue like the rest of us.

People who treat supermarket shopping as an outing for the family and amble about the aisles 3 or 4 abreast. :mad: I've taken to going to Tesco really early (even before 7am some days) just to avoid them. Its bliss, empty car park, no queues at the checkouts, no-one desperately trying to get through the checkout whilst your still paying, etc.......... ;)

Do you want help with packing, do you have a nectar card, yaddah, yaddah!!!

people holding meaningless conversations on their mobile while blocking the whole aisle. I'd love just one to take the phone off them and end the call. The look on their face would be priceless. :suspect:

People who put their hands down their trousers and scratch their genitals, then start handling the soft fruit.

Women with new born kids.

The buggy is just a guided missile.

' This is what I want for my baby and I want it now. I don't care if there are any other people in here because I can't see you anyway '

I've been in the supermarket with my missis, and it happens.

People who put their hands down their trousers and scratch their genitals, then start handling the soft fruit.
Good God Basil, what supermarket do you use?? I must admit I like to stick my hands down my trousers and scratch my soft fruit!!

I hate people that buy all the bread and milk because the shop will be closed for a bank holiday so they must have twenty pints and ten loaves just in case.

People who treat supermarket shopping as an outing for the family and amble about the aisles 3 or 4 abreast. :mad: I've taken to going to Tesco really early (even before 7am some days) just to avoid them. Its bliss, empty car park, no queues at the checkouts, no-one desperately trying to get through the checkout whilst your still paying, etc.......... ;)
On the rare occasions I go to supermarkets I have found that the best time to go is very late in the evening when there is hardly anyone there to irritate me other than the shelf stackers bellowing at each other about their nights out. They also flog some stuff off ridiculously cheap so I buy bread for 5p a loaf then chuck it away a few days later cos I didn't want it.

On the rare occasions I go to supermarkets I have found that the best time to go is very late in the evening when there is hardly anyone there to irritate me other than the shelf stackers bellowing at each other about their nights out. They also flog some stuff off ridiculously cheap so I buy bread for 5p a loaf then chuck it away a few days later cos I didn't want it.

oh I'd love to go to one of the 24hour supermarkets, in the middle of the night to see what it's like

Two for one offers and when you check the bill they've charged you for two items. Morrisons are really bad at that!

Supermarket music :roll: thats about all, not much else bothers me while shopping :)

people who sneak up behind you and give you a deadleg when you have a badly slipped disc !!! net result; yours truly ended up in the freezer cabinet with a variety of frozen fish produce, in agony. (cheers lucy !! you know who you are) It wasnt funny at the time but it makes me chortle now.... Also evil little old ladies that know just how to cause maximum pain in the shins with a shopping trolley. Oh and that git that allways beats me to the last 8 wings of fire from morrisons halfway:rant: :rant: :rant: :hihi:

People who when taking their empty trolley back won't sell me it for a pound cos they think I'm up to no good when I'm just saving us both a walk.

People who when taking their empty trolley back won't sell me it for a pound cos they think I'm up to no good when I'm just saving us both a walk.
A woman once conned me like that, when I took it back there was nothing in the coin slot!

Assistants who shout to their colleagues "JULIE! CAN YOU SHOW THIS GUY WHERE THE PILES OINTMENTS ARE?" when you try to make a subtle enquiry.

oh I'd love to go to one of the 24hour supermarkets, in the middle of the night to see what it's like

it is good if you like to get your stuff stress free
you just have to mind the shelf stackers lol but yes recomend it for most of you that have commented on here it is so chilled :)

A woman once conned me like that, when I took it back there was nothing in the coin slot!Ok, done with some justification then. I was sitting waiting in a supermarket car park recently, which is my preferred way of supermarket shopping and watching the lad collecting trolleys pocketing pound coins from abandoned trolleys, I wondered who the money actually now belonged to but it looked like a nice little earner.

People who maul all the bread (or fruit and veg) poking and squeezing and rifling through it, then don't buy any.

Assistants who shout to their colleagues "JULIE! CAN YOU SHOW THIS GUY WHERE THE PILES OINTMENTS ARE?" when you try to make a subtle enquiry.
And they just thought you were scratching your soft fruit??

That fish counter at Morrisons at Halfway. I've never yet seen anybody buying anything from it... and it stinks!! They must have to chuck most of it away every night!

Old people who always travel BANG in the middle of the isle, really slowly, so you can't get past them when all you want is some milk and a loaf of bread.

what about motorists in the supermarket petrol station who queue because they can't be bothered or haven't thought to pull the nozzle over the other side of their car.

Am I the only person who, when he sees a "Buy One Get One Free" offer goes up to strangers and says "I only need one. Fancy going halves on this?"

You'd think so, judging by the way they back away.....

Am I the only person who, when he sees a "Buy One Get One Free" offer goes up to strangers and says "I only need one. Fancy going halves on this?"

You'd think so, judging by the way they back away.....:hihi: :hihi: Wonder what they would do on customer services if you took one of them back.

People who pay by cheque and people who carry on loading their shopping bags after the cashier has finished putting everything through but don't get money/card out until they finish.
yeh, that really gets to me as well!!

Am I the only person who, when he sees a "Buy One Get One Free" offer goes up to strangers and says "I only need one. Fancy going halves on this?"

You'd think so, judging by the way they back away.....

Depends on the product.

Washing powder I may willingly accept, condoms on the other hand I'd maybe have my reservations and back away.....

on the rare occasion i venture into one of those places, all thats been said here gets my goat, but my own real hate are the folks who get £5 worth of goods and then spend five minutes looking for their credit card :gag:

Supermarkets that cram so much stuff in every aisle that it's really easy to miss what you were looking for. Also, when I go shopping to get some things for a specific recipe, then find out one of the ingredients (usually an important one) has sold out.

Am I the only person who, when he sees a "Buy One Get One Free" offer goes up to strangers and says "I only need one. Fancy going halves on this?"

You'd think so, judging by the way they back away.....

I have done that successfully

The minority of mothers, fathers, grandparents, guardians or whoever who seem to think that the supermarket is a nice big playground for their badly behaved little brats, and that they have absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for making sure the little so and sos don't make a nuisance of themselves.

And that goes for all shops, actually, plus Meadowhell. Some parents seem to think that once they're indoors, they can abdicate all responsibility for what their kids get up to.

Dozy

Those blumin electric wheelchairs, can never get down isles with a buggy when one of those is coming the other way


Charming. You might be in one of those "blumin electric wheelchairs " yourself someday! My dad has suffered 3 major strokes in the last couple of years and the only way he can get about now is in "one of those blumin electric wheelchairs". So until you are in the same possition yourself I think you should keep your criticising opinions to yourself.

Charming. You might be in one of those "blumin electric wheelchairs " yourself someday! My dad has suffered 3 major strokes in the last couple of years and the only way he can get about now is in "one of those blumin electric wheelchairs". So until you are in the same possition yourself I think you should keep your criticising opinions to yourself.

Must admit I was thinking that. Lets hope the child that grows up and out of there buggy doesnt have the same sort of attitude as there inconvenienced parent and are grateful they dont have to use a "blumin electric wheelchair"

People who let their kids go round the supermarket in those lovely new shoe like contraptions Heelys (trainers with wheels in the back)

Some child neally took me, my son and the trolley out the other day :rant:

Charming. You might be in one of those "blumin electric wheelchairs " yourself someday! My dad has suffered 3 major strokes in the last couple of years and the only way he can get about now is in "one of those blumin electric wheelchairs". So until you are in the same possition yourself I think you should keep your criticising opinions to yourself.

Well said :thumbsup:

Why does anyone still use these abysmal places called supermarkets anyhow? online shopping is so much easier, and comes with the added bonus of not having to mix with those working class chappies :confused:

Must admit I was thinking that. Lets hope the child that grows up and out of there buggy doesnt have the same sort of attitude as there inconvenienced parent and are grateful they dont have to use a "blumin electric wheelchair"

Hey its nice to see that someone is on the same wavelength as me, it seems that there is quite a few people here willing to spread doom and gloom about elderly people, I think they are all forgetting they will be old themselves one day.

On the subject of morrisons halfway my little un allways runs to the loose change recycler to see if anyone has left any pennies in it, last night he made his usual b line for the machine only to be pounced on by no less than THREE morrisons stormtroopers who snatched the pennies from his hands and swiftly pocketed it themselves.... A BIG BOO TO MORRISONS HALFWAY....and yes the fish stall does stink but they give you herrings and sprats for pike fishing when out of date....:rant: :rant:

and yes the fish stall does stink but they give you herrings and sprats for pike fishing when out of date....:rant: :rant:You're lucky to get that, our local butchers had to stop giving us bones for the dog cos environmental health said that they may be for human consumption.

i hate walking around a busy supermarket, and someone leaves there trolley in the isles as they look at stuff on the shelves, then theres a big queue cos the person infront of you waits for the person to move the trolley, rather than moving it aside to let us all pass:rant:

Oh god, most of the above, but especially:

1. People who get visibly and vocally impatient at the checkout and especially people who push your stuff down the belt so they can start unloading theirs. I HATE that, as I lay everything out according to if it might get squashed or not. I have been known to chuck the offending moron's stuff back off the belt..:twisted:

2. People who can't be @rsed putting the trolley away and just fling it vaguely in the direction of the shop, whereupon it bounces back and hits some poor s*d's car and dents it.

3. The scroungers round the reduced goods shelf who stand there for hours and hours and buy everything with stickers on even if they won't eat it. Why waste your money?

4. People who push in front of you while you're looking at something without saying 'excuse me'. This is invariably a snotty cow who then gets all upset and confused when you sneak off with her loaded trolley when she's not looking and hide it somewhere else in the store..:hihi:

Yeah, I stick to t'internet these days..

when you get to the checkout behind one customer only to be told it's closed

It's the trolley-aisle-blockers and the do-you-need-help-with-your-bags that are the worst for me.. especially when you have 4 items..:roll:

People who dawdle round as in some kind of a trance.
Being in those hell holes is bad enogh, get in and get back out again ASAP

Being asked if you have a 'loyalty' card, if you wanted to use one you would give it them

People who pay by card, then cant remember their PIN number

Women who wait until everything is cashed up and then start searching in a massive bag for an elusive purse

The embarrassed or infuriated looks I get from the above people, when I am crowding them, puffing and sighing, and making pointed remarks about credit cards or whatever.
If they want to use those things (which are the devils invention), they should shop on line, or use the self service tills.

People who dawdle round as in some kind of a trance.
Being in those hell holes is bad enogh, get in and get back out again ASAP

Being asked if you have a 'loyalty' card, if you wanted to use one you would give it them

People who pay by card, then cant remember their PIN number

Women who wait until everything is cashed up and then start searching in a massive bag for an elusive purse

The embarrassed or infuriated looks I get from the above people, when I am crowding them, puffing and sighing, and making pointed remarks about credit cards or whatever.
If they want to use those things (which are the devils invention), they should shop on line, or use the self service tills.


you've been spying on pattricia and I whilst we've been shopping (massive bag syndrome)

I get women following me round the isles and i wonder how do they know i would be a super meal ticket?

when someone at the 8 items or less plonks nearly twice as much down on the conveyor belt

when someone at the 8 items or less plonks nearly twice as much down on the conveyor belton a similar note - people who use the "basket only" aisle but have one of those smaller trollies. It still isn't a basket no matter how small it is!!

for all of the reasons posted, I hate going to supermarkets and avoid them at all costs.
we go to costco for the main stuff (i love it there) but any supermarket shopping my oh does, bless him!

I hate the supervisors that will drop a five pound note near the checkout girl to check how honest she is, I saw this done to a student check out girl in somerfields Dronfield i was obviously disgusted , i also hate the way they price things ,and put a different product there and just say that offers not on anymore when you challange it.

3 pet hates..

Seeing kids who are old enough to walk, sitting/standing in the main part of the trolley - who knows what's on their shoes which gets scraped off into the trolley.. I've also seen a trolley overturn because a kid was moving about in it!! :hihi: :hihi:

People who leave their empty trollies in the nearest available car parking space, when the trolley-park is all of 10 yards away.. and car parking space is at a premium in my "local" supermarket!! :mad:

Spending 3/4 hour doing the shopping - and then spending the same amount of time trying to get out of the car park!! :mad: :mad:

People who try use the self scan tills but don't know how to use them.

abandoned trolleys still blocking the aisles (usually left sideways for some reason)

How about people who select chilled goods and then just discard them elsewhere in the store?

Here here! Seen it many times. Imagine the chaos if everyone did this.Same mentality as fly-tippers. These trollops should be banned from the supermarket.

People who put their hands down their trousers and scratch their genitals, then start handling the soft fruit.

People??Men doing this as well as women?

From the view of an ex-checkout monkey..

People who make the same jokes over and over and over again..'Would you like any help packing?' "No, but I wouldn't mind some help paying!"

'Would you like any help packing?' "No, thats what i'v got the wife for!"

'Would you like any help packing?' "Please"..I WAS ONLY BEING POLITE! You're not supposed to say yes! :P :P

When dozy pensioners knock a display down resulting in me being covered by cereal boxes :loopy:

:hihi: :hihi: Don't ever get behind me then, I normally take a stack of tinned goods out, by selecting a tin from the bottom :hihi: :hihi:

And Baileys Mum, You may need one of them blumin electric wheelchairs one day. Just remember that the people in the blumin electric wheelchairs were once young and healthy, disabilitating illness can strike anyone of us at anytime, just pray that it doesn't happen to you.:loopy:

:hihi: :hihi: Don't ever get behind me then, I normally take a stack of tinned goods out, by selecting a tin from the bottom :hihi: :hihi:

And Baileys Mum, You may need one of them blumin electric wheelchairs one day. Just remember that the people in the blumin electric wheelchairs were once young and healthy, disabilitating illness can strike anyone of us at anytime, just pray that it doesn't happen to you.:loopy:

Those things can be lethal though! :P
There is an elderly woman near my mum (everyone knows her as the bat out of hell) who goes at top speed round corners when there are kids about! The scooter actually goes on its two side wheels!

Those things can be lethal though! :P
There is an elderly woman near my mum (everyone knows her as the bat out of hell) who goes at top speed round corners when there are kids about! The scooter actually goes on its two side wheels!

:hihi: A woman of my own heart, I would do the same too if I was ever confined to a mobility aid :hihi:

Its easier to pay with the card :P

I find it much quicker than cash.

It's probably been said loads but anyway..

I HATE it when people block the isle with trollys and then ignore you when you are trying to get through :rant: stupid, ignorant, thick turds!

People wasting time what don't get their money out ready to pay :mad: then they stand for ages searching in their bags/pockets to find their purse/wallet. Stupid farts know they are going to have to pay so why not get ready for it :rant:

My partner used to do both of these :hihi: I've made sure he doesn't do them now :mad:

I do my shopping on the net now so I don't have to see these thick turds anymore, thank god!!

i understand why they do it but when you pay with cash they check every note to make sure its real but if you get a note in your change hold it up to the light and check it, just watch the tellers face :hihi:

I hate it when your doing a perfectly good job of pushing the trolley round . And the missus plays hell with you for standing in the middle of the isle staring into space, then re positions you next to a shelf . Hey i'm a man what can i say ;)

Right here we go:

People who have 3 items and comes to about £2 and pay by credit card :loopy: , surely they must have some change.

People who block isles by turning their trolly sideways, this really annoys me. :rant: :rant:

At the checkout and they ask if you want help with packing, do they think I cannot put a few tins into a carrier bag.

The person infront of you stops packing their carrier bags towards the end, as they are busy searching in their purse for some money, and when they pay, they decide to continue putting their items in the bag. :rant:
which holds everyone else up.

People that make phone calls while in the ice cream section, What flavor did you say you wanted ? Ooops, I forgot, I'm one of them :blush:

Charming. You might be in one of those "blumin electric wheelchairs " yourself someday! My dad has suffered 3 major strokes in the last couple of years and the only way he can get about now is in "one of those blumin electric wheelchairs". So until you are in the same possition yourself I think you should keep your criticising opinions to yourself.

I was refering to the type that sit in the middle of aisles, and humph at you when you ask politely to get by, maybe I should have worded my reply better. This thread asked for opinions, I am entitled to convey mine

I find it much quicker than cash.
I need to shop where you do then - I've never seen a till/operator/customer combination that can process an EFT transaction quicker than cash..
My biggest gripe with supermarkets is the inconsiderate 'parking' of trollies. There seem to be some people who think their role in life is to impede the movement of others. I've given up now and have nearly had at least two rows in Tesco because if someone leaves a trolley in my way I just push it 10 metres down the aisle.
Second on my list of annoyances would be slow-moving (generally the elderly) in the Fargate M&S food section at lunchtime. I have one hour to go and grab some food, they have all day, everyday - why do they feel the need to clog up the supermarket between 12:00 and 14:00? Why? It's darn inconsiderate.

My pet hate is the gonzo's who sit in their car in the car park (while the wife obviously does the shopping) with the ENGINE RUNNING. Shheeesh :mad:

My second one is gonkers who park their car in the "Drop off" bit next to the supermarket entrance (typically Sainsburys on Archer Road) and do the same..

Spiderpete:
"At the checkout and they ask if you want help with packing, do they think I cannot put a few tins into a carrier bag."

Do you think they actually want to help you pack?! They have to ask or they get in trouble. I worked on checkouts for about 2 years and believe me, the customers who say 'yes' are the most hated customers of them all.

I didn't realise that the till operater didn't want to pack for me as I always say yes.
She/he is much quicker than I would be and leaves me free to find my card to pay without holding up the queue.
hazel

The minority of mothers, fathers, grandparents, guardians or whoever who seem to think that the supermarket is a nice big playground for their badly behaved little brats, and that they have absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for making sure the little so and sos don't make a nuisance of themselves.

And that goes for all shops, actually, plus Meadowhell. Some parents seem to think that once they're indoors, they can abdicate all responsibility for what their kids get up to.

Dozy

I'll second that !

Spiderpete:
"At the checkout and they ask if you want help with packing, do they think I cannot put a few tins into a carrier bag."

Do you think they actually want to help you pack?! They have to ask or they get in trouble. I worked on checkouts for about 2 years and believe me, the customers who say 'yes' are the most hated customers of them all.

Surely it's just as quick to put things in bags as it is to push them off the conveyor?

People who pay by cheque and people who carry on loading their shopping bags after the cashier has finished putting everything through but don't get money/card out until they finish.

i do this because the bloody cashiers here are always rushing me. let me pack how i want to pack my stuff up. i loaded the belt how i wanted the pack and they just scan it out of order so i have to reorganise everything. so once i get everything done, i then pay and then get out of there in a timely manner.

as a former cashier i never rushed a customer to pay or if i had to, would cash them out but wait till they were finished packing to start the next order. before someone get their knickers in a twist its common practice in the US and how we are trained to handle an order.

People who try use the self scan tills but don't know how to use them.

to be fair no one really does and those machines are REALLY sensitive. i have a hard time using them and i cashiered for 4 years.

Kids running around shouting and screaming ... been there myself, but I cannot cope with it anymore.

old people indulging in sado-masochistic orgies in the frozen meats aisle always annoys me. Why can't they do it in the streets like normal people?

Packs of feral little old ladies with those box on wheel things and a shopping cart all standing in a bunch right in the middle of the aisle rabbiting on and on about our Ritas ingrown toenail and the state of Mrs Grubbins` front doorstep.

Then, to add insult to injury, you get to a shelf where theres something you want and as your looking at the products, one of the little old vampires creeps in between you and the shelf.


Hang them. Hang them all, I say!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg

old people indulging in sado-masochistic orgies in the frozen meats aisle always annoys me. Why can't they do it in the streets like normal people?

be quiet you might start a trend lol

It always annoys me when the assistants start forming human pyramids and doing dangerous motorcycle stunts down the pet foods section.

It always annoys me when the assistants start forming human pyramids and doing dangerous motorcycle stunts down the pet foods section.

Have you been watching us ?? :suspect: :hihi:

Little old ladies who ask you if they can go in front as they only have a couple of items ad when you say yes they then suddenly out of no where produce a trolly full of stuff!

Then when they pay they start counting it all out in 2ps and 1ps aaagh!

As I work in a supermarket, there are many things that annoy me..
The main one is being punched, kicked, pushed, scratched and yelled at by customers who are fighting to get to the price reductions that I'm doing...:rant:

It always annoys me when the assistants start forming human pyramids and doing dangerous motorcycle stunts down the pet foods section.

I always get annoyed when I go late at night to the 24 Hour Tescon on Abbeydale Road. I JUST want to buy some milk - I DONT want to see the staff from the closed deli counter in a circle conjuring the Forces of Darkness (TM) in to corporeal existance.

Sheesh. Last time I was buying some reduced price bread I'm sure I saw a baker in a wizard costume. Why oh why does the manager let them mess round so much? :huh:

people paying with cards do my head in, why not just use the cash machine?

Or you could use the "cash only" till?

I rarely carry cash.

1. Money in my pocket is too tempting to spend.

2. Having been mugged in London, it makes more sense to carry as little sterling as possible.

Queues 20 people deep and half the checkouts closed.

Yes Morrisons on Holloway Road, that means you.

People who go shopping as a whole family, why??

People who go shopping as a whole family, why??

they are the same people who never liked going to the loo on their own:rolleyes:

People who fidget and tut loudly when they're waiting more than 5 minutes in a queue to get served, Mum was saying earlier that she was in Tesco's on Monday night, and the young lad on the till, who was clearly disabled, couldn't do the till fast for obvious reasons, but the people in the queue were tutting at him for being slow :loopy:

I don't want to go on a long rant here about people's attitude towards the disabled, but what the hell? Come on people where's your compassion? This poor kid can't HELP being slow for chuff sake!

I mean OK I'm not the most patient bloke in the world but I wouldn't go off like that just because someone took more than a couple of minutes to serve me, it's hard work messing with all those cards etc, what with switch cards, credit cards, Tesco club cards for example, Staff discount cards, and in some cases NUS cards if the shop in question does NUS discounts! And even without cards handling cash is fiddly, even moreso for a disabled person, and I speak from experience of that having worked in retail myself.

Parents who allow young kids to push trollies...the red mist descends:loopy:

Women who ,having paid for their shopping, plonk their handbag on the checkout and take ages to put their money in their purse, then their purse in the right pocket of their handbag whilst the cashier and I wait to put my shopping through. Just move out of the way AAARGH.

Spiderpete:
"At the checkout and they ask if you want help with packing, do they think I cannot put a few tins into a carrier bag."

Do you think they actually want to help you pack?! They have to ask or they get in trouble. I worked on checkouts for about 2 years and believe me, the customers who say 'yes' are the most hated customers of them all.

Of course its not! It takes just a second to scan something and put it on the conveyer belt, it takes ages to pack for people though! You're not allowed to chuck it in in any old fashion; you're supposed to put things in bags according to where people would put stuff in their homes. Besides that, having to operate a till, scan and pack takes a long time anyway! Regardless of how you have to pack things.

My pet hate is outside supermarkets - men who sit in the car smoking, reading the paper, listening to the radio while the other half is doing the shopping. Or is it the women, for letting them get away with it :loopy:

People who take their kids to supermarkets to shout at them. I'm sure they do it on purpose.

People who put their hands down their trousers and scratch their genitals, then start handling the soft fruit.

I was trying to quietly view the forum in the office, pretending that I am slaving away, when I read this, I just burst out into uncontrollable laughter. Now every one knows my game:mad:

The thing that does get annoying in going to the supermarket is people who clutter up the middle of the isle. Something else that is worse if there is an offer in the paper or on an advertisement and your local supermarket does not do it, they always say "(this promotion is for bigger stores not ours)". I mean how frustating is that. The is one more that does annoy me and that is people standing at the top of the isles blocking the way for you to get down that isle.

What does everyone think about the new F1 style shopping trollies Tesco are going to introduce?

Personnally I think people will get frustated with them. You know something they are going to issue everyone with helmets.

People who take their kids to supermarkets to shout at them. I'm sure they do it on purpose.

Haha probably!

People Using The Parent And ChilDs Spaces When They Have No Kids !!!

People Using The Parent And ChilDs Spaces When They Have No Kids !!!

How do you know they have no kids? They may be hiding in the boot.

If they're called parent and child spaces, surely they are for parents AND/OR children.

Personally, I'd rather see the parents leaving the kids at home and driving to the supermarket, rather than it being the other way round.

People Using The Parent And ChilDs Spaces When They Have No Kids !!!

At Tesco, its mainly the staff who use them! Cos they are too lazy to walk to the staff enterance (right next to the parent and child spaces!). I must admit I used them once when I had to be super quick running some paper work in...

To use the child spaces, is it suffiecient just to have a child seat in the car?
I have one sometimes for my grandaughter, but we dont often go to the supermarket with her.
Children in supermarkets should be banned forthwith IMO.

I saw someone today using the child spaces when all the kids were in the back of a van, they did not need extra side room, as all the kids just jumped out, from the back doors, into roadway infront of people looking for parking spaces.

Another thing, earlier today I went to a trade builders merchants, they have disabled and child spaces painted on the carpark, as required by law.
Have you ever seen anything as daft? :confused:

I hate it when I go to my local supermarket only to find that some IDIOT is playing with fireworks. How many times muct we tell these MORONS!!!!???

Wouldnt We All But Sometimes Its Not Possible - Id Love To Have A Child Free Shop

WHAT I WAS SAYING ITS THE MEN WHO WAIT FOR THEIR OTHER HALFS IN THE CAR ARE More Often Than Not Parked In The Parents And Child Spaces

Child Free Shop ... sounds good to me joanne5600.

French behaviour is worst. British supermarkets: at least you know you aint gonna get bashed.

Child Free Shop ... sounds good to me joanne5600.
A child and old biddy - free shop would be best ;)

A child and old biddy - free shop would be best ;)

No one seems to like shopping with other people in proximity.
Why don't they try on-line shopping and get it delivered.

French behaviour is worst. British supermarkets: at least you know you aint gonna get bashed.That's just overconfidence, mate. That sentence will come back to haunt you.

Child Free Shop ... sounds good to me joanne5600.
Sometimes, parents have no other option than to take their children shopping with them; it isn't always practical to leave the children with friends/relatives/babysitter. Yes, it can be irritating to have the little buggers throwing tantrums and getting under people's feet, though such behaviour can't be pleasant for the parents either.

I find the number and position of parent and child parking spaces annoying. Surely, they're mainly needed by parents who have small children who need the use of a pram and car seat, and require the extra space to manipulate the kid in and out of the car without the risk of hitting surrounding cars?

I don't see any reason for the spaces to be close to the entrance of the shop; once the potential problem of negotiating getting the child out of the car has been dealt with, they're just as capable of walking/being pushed to the shop entrance as any other able-bodied person.

People who walk between me and the shelves I'm browsing when there is just the same amount of room behind me.

The people who hog the reduced sections by putting their trolleys sideways across the reduced cabinet and hover over the shoulder of the store assistant who is reducing goods,then snatch the reduced item before it even makes it to the shelves.Especially when they are usually able bodied and wealthy and you see them loading their shopping in a 4x4 parked in the disabled bays.Have they no shame???

I hate it when I go to my local supermarket only to find that some IDIOT is playing with fireworks. How many times muct we tell these MORONS!!!!???

Can you not just report the Manager to HER/HIS superiors, or are they at as well?













Sorry , not much to do today.

The self service checkouts that keep saying, 'please put the item in the bag'. 'Please wait, an assistant is coming'. People who stand around and block the aisles with their trolley's next to the reduced section so you can't see anything. Saw a muslim family buy 12 packets of bacon.... I mean come on... 1 or 2. Not 12! Surely they should be a limit.

I hate to see the place full of prams so you cant get round the place.

that fact you walk in, theres no queue at the till...you run to go get your loaf..........
get back to the check out..and theres hundreds of old gitz with trolleys pilled high enough to cure world hunger...............

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM ...there watchin me :(

People buying lottery tickets and scratch cards at the newspaper/tobacco counter. There ought to be a special booth for those transactions.

its definetly even more annoying though when they buy one and dont move out of the way to scratch it.

The self service checkouts that keep saying, 'please put the item in the bag'. 'Please wait, an assistant is coming'. People who stand around and block the aisles with their trolley's next to the reduced section so you can't see anything. Saw a muslim family buy 12 packets of bacon.... I mean come on... 1 or 2. Not 12! Surely they should be a limit.

At the risk of being inflammatory, did you ask their religion? Or count the packets of bacon?

In either case, you might want to seek a new hobby. :rolleyes:

Trolling is quite trendy, I hear.

Also "hello my names roger and i am your greeter" everytime i go in the asda he says it lol!

Also "hello my names roger and i am your greeter" everytime i go in the asda he says it lol!Please tell me you are joking

Please tell me you are joking

Roger is a lovely man. Leave him alone.


Barry... on the other hand...

12 was an estimate but it was definitely more than 10. They were piled up on each other.

The self service checkouts that keep saying, 'please put the item in the bag'. 'Please wait, an assistant is coming'. People who stand around and block the aisles with their trolley's next to the reduced section so you can't see anything. Saw a muslim family buy 12 packets of bacon.... I mean come on... 1 or 2. Not 12! Surely they should be a limit.

Muslims don't eat bacon for a start and just because they look brown in colour doesn't mean they are muslims, they could have been Hindhu or Sikh.:loopy:
Muslims come in all colours, even white ones's.

Muslims don't eat bacon for a start and just because they look brown in colour doesn't mean they are muslims, they could have been Hindhu or Sikh.:loopy:
Muslims come in all colours, even white ones's.

Bacon comes in different colours too.

This could become a bit tricky:)

Woah chill people. I am mixed race myself, don't try and criticise me. I know people come in all shapes, sizes and colours.

Mod Note

This is a thread discussing annoying behaviour in supermarkets, there's plenty of scope for discussion in that.

If you want to discuss race or religion then start another thread.

Roger is a lovely man. Leave him alone.


Barry... on the other hand...

im not debating he isnt i just wish i could meet someone else ha ha ha:hihi:

i understand why they do it but when you pay with cash they check every note to make sure its real but if you get a note in your change hold it up to the light and check it, just watch the tellers face :hihi:

they check its real as it goes into the till for two reasons.
firstly, they dont want fakes as its a loss to them.
secondly, (if they arent spotted) they dont want to be handing fakes back out to customers as change or cashback. the papers would have a field day with that.

Thing I dislike

Prams, a trolly left, trolly blocking, things left to put out on the shelves in cages etc.. etc.. children, parents shouting at children, parents not shouting at misbehaving children, chavs, miserable staff.

Things I like

Fit girls, <REMOVED>, offers on beers, till staff having banter with us at the till, making funny structures on the conveyor belt and hoping they last till the end of their journey, free samples, reduced damaged products, seeing how many crates or how much shopping I can carry without a basket or trolly aaaaaaaand going to Asda with £1 and seeing if you can buy an entire meal.

Plus, I'm one of those that pay on my card for everything, the reason being, I don't carry cash, your money also goes further, since you don't have that spare fiver in your pocket you can just waste on meaningless stuff, it takes about 30seconds longer, but you save money in the long run :)

So to add to my dislikes

People who spend an absolute age counting cash out infront of us all, including the pence, and if no exact amount is given, spending another age waiting for the cashier to count out the change, give it to the customer, who then counts their change, and checks their receipt to make sure they've payed correctley,got their offers, and again...received correct change.

Old people who always travel BANG in the middle of the isle, really slowly, so you can't get past them when all you want is some milk and a loaf of bread.

Or even the younger people who let their kids run off and run riot in the shop, and dont give <REMOVED> what the kids are doing, out of sight out of mind.
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I also hate when you have you're child in a trolley having a whinge, then people come along and tut, but get them out and let them walk round and they still tut. It's in their nature to whinge and want to explore. You were all kids once upon a time and probably behaved like some of the kids these days.

Security guards following you around, funny when you turn round and wave 100 quid in front of there barnet though lmao.

My hates are :

People who have conversations in an isle and decide to park their troliies sideways so no bugger can get through, and when you ask them to move, they give you a funny luck.

People who are at the till and buy 3 or 4 items for something like £2.98 and pay by credit card, ffs dont you have the cash for that small amount.

When you get to the counter and they say : want any help packing, ffs do I look like I cannot pack bags, I have 1 pair of arms.

People who are infront of me in the till, and are a slow packer, and they have loads to put in bags, and they then decide to stop packing and pay for their goods, and take ages paying, and then decide to finish packing, ffs get some help.

Beside the above I am happy shopper :)

The way Asda is now stacking pallets at the ends of aisles and people who stand there talking creating a blockage.

My pet hates, customers who slam their money down on the counter when
the checkout operator is holding his or her handout for the money. Customers who don't say please and thankyou. Customers who say do I look disabled
when asked if they want help with packing. Packing is offered to everyone no discrimination or ageism.

My loves, the same people coming back to me to be served as surprise surprise they like me ! A customer saying thankyou it was great service.

Have worked in retail all my life, all supermarkets are the same to work for, its the people you work with that make it enjoyable, and dare I say it the
customers good or bad .

Hand held portable price scanners....in and out shopping :)

People who treat supermarkets like a free buffet and eat and drink their way round - including their kids - then leave wrappers on shelves and don't bother to pay for it! Thinks thats called theft?

Ok, done with some justification then. I was sitting waiting in a supermarket car park recently, which is my preferred way of supermarket shopping and watching the lad collecting trolleys pocketing pound coins from abandoned trolleys, I wondered who the money actually now belonged to but it looked like a nice little earner.

I once went to ASDA and found two trolleys in the little shelter both with pound coins still in the slot. Someone must have put their trolley back and then forgot about the pound coin, so I took them.

People who treat supermarkets like a free buffet and eat and drink their way round - including their kids - then leave wrappers on shelves and don't bother to pay for it! Thinks thats called theft?

I've opened a drink bottle when I've been really thirsty and the queue is taking ages, but I've always paid for it.

I don't like people in queues that push their trolley right up to me so it hits me in the bum/legs.

I don't like cashiers that scan your stuff really fast so you don't have time to pack it.
There are some good ones who time it right so you don't end up scrambling about trying to pack while the next person looks at you impatiently.

people paying with cards do my head in, why not just use the cash machine?

Im sorry paying by card offend you -- but there have been too many stories of robbery at a cash machine and card numbers being cloned

I once went to ASDA and found two trolleys in the little shelter both with pound coins still in the slot. Someone must have put their trolley back and then forgot about the pound coin, so I took them.

Think I might have done that today.:hihi:
I also hate it when they ask for your postcode, last year I gave a Warrington one and when I was asked this year I said no and asked why. The look she gave me, I asked why but never got an answer, it is relevant to marketing I would imagine. Maybe I should ask them for the name of the plantation owner whose pineapple I bought.

I've been to Morrisons in Hillsborough today. Driving into the lower carpark is quite simple, its straight on under the upper park, and there are 'no entry' signs to the right, except for taxis, bikes etc. Why do many car drivers ignore them? Does it only apply to some of us?

Considering that a couple of the drivers who I watched drive through the signs parked in the wider spaces for parent/toddler parking (no children with them) and another pulled up in the loading area so he could use the cashpoint - I guess there are some who just can't read, or who believe they are more special than us ordinary mortals.

Once upon a time there used to be small items counters or a rule that you paid for single items like newspapers or gum at the tobacco counter. Now dummies stand there unloading their weeks shopping while the gormless staff say nothing. I stand behind in anger with my paper which takes 2 seconds.

Why are there no cash only counters to stop the plastic people?

People who drive round and round and round the car park trying to get a space practically inside the store. I just park wherever, and have usually finished my shopping before they've found the holy grail.

People that turn their trolley 90 degrees to the isle whilst they look at stuff, blocking most of the isle off.

I've often thought if you dropped a bomb on the Morrisons off the parkway at lunch, the world would be a better place ;D

On this subject I had my massive monthly Sainsbury's delivery today as I grew so irritated with all of the above. I only go inside now for one or two items.

The shelf stacking staff - most of them seem hell bent on annoying customers. even when the store is busy they seem hell bent on putting obstacles in the middle of the aisles and woe betide anyone who gets in their way when they are moving the stock around in the large wheeled cages. Why can't it be done at night when shop is shut, better for customers and easier for staff:huh:

Bumping into Michael Buble.

Or I should say people off their trolley.

Its not so much as what annoys me in Supermarkets but what annoys me outside them.
My wife and I went to Sainsbury's last week for our shopping, the carpark was so full people were driving round trying to find a parking space.
Having driven around the carpark a few times, saw someone backing out so I drove towards it and signalled my intention to drive into the space, a middle aged couple were unloading their trolley in the next space, and having done so pushed the empty trolley into the space I was about to drive in............... how idle can you get, instead of taking the trolley to the collection point they just dump it for someone else to move !
I wound the car window down and shouted some abuse at the bloke, he gave me a stern look and drove off.
I had to move the trolley before I could drive into the space.

My wife and I went to Sainsbury's last week for our shopping, the carpark was so full people were driving round trying to find a parking space.
Having driven around the carpark a few times, saw someone backing out so I drove towards it and signalled my intention to drive into the space, a middle aged couple were unloading their trolley in the next space, and having done so pushed the empty trolley into the space I was about to drive in............... how idle can you get.

This is where the refundable £1 coin trolley's come into their own. It stops the idle one's just dumping their trolley's.
We first saw this idea in France some years back and we thought it was crazy.........not so crazy after all, eh?:hihi:

The question I get asked every week at Morrisons by the cashier ... 'would you like any saving stamps?' Why on earth would I want to deposit money with Morrisons until Christmas? The money is better in my pocket than theres

They give you £3 free for every £97 you save! So technically that's a lot better interest than you would get from most easy access ISAs at the moment.

EDIT: Doh! Just realised how old the thread is.

Couples who think it's cool to take their young children still with their pajamas, shopping at 2am in the morning.


How selfish do you need to be?


Then they are probably wondering why they are failing at school and always tired.

Those who forget that loaf of bread when they are at a counter with a huge queue behind them, and have to walk (at a canter despite the huge queue they have left behind)

People who break wind in the checkout queue.