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What is the most annoying thing about food shopping
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i always hate it when am in a queue and a guy behind is jingling he's money as if to say 'i have a couple of items so can i go before you please?' as if they think its wrong to wait behind someone with more shopping then them. It happens a lot and usually if they have a newspaper only. |
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"People, products and prices "
And another thing. When they keep moving the divider right up to your shopping even though you purposefully left it a bit further back to keep some distance and not having them breathe down your neck as if they were about to whisper sweet nothings to you. Why do people do that. |
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By *.T.Man
over a year ago
Belfast |
The crowd of vultures who hover round the reduced aisle at delivery time who take all of one product instead of just taking what they need.
You see them then loading it into their catering van and it will be served up tomorrow as a chefs special... |
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By *iasubTV/TS
over a year ago
Ilkeston |
"When the scanner stops working halfway around the shop
That's the youngsters for you and their gismos. Go with old well and tried methods.  "
That means talking to people and i really dont fancy it  plus its so much quicker, scan and tap card and out |
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"The crowd of vultures who hover round the reduced aisle at delivery time who take all of one product instead of just taking what they need.
You see them then loading it into their catering van and it will be served up tomorrow as a chefs special..."
I have seen the odd little group of regulars doing it sometimes. I have never noticed anything of that scale |
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"When the scanner stops working halfway around the shop
That's the youngsters for you and their gismos. Go with old well and tried methods.
That means talking to people and i really dont fancy it plus its so much quicker, scan and tap card and out "
Oh I like chatting to them at the till. Apart from ine miserable one that I keep stopping myself from telling her to just try a smile once in a while |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me."
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up! "
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
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Supermarket coffee...   |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
Supermarket coffee... "
Oh yeah sorry forgot you was posh. I'm sure there's a Starbucks nearby Rupert. |
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me."
When I very deliberately put a pineapple in my trolley upside down and nobody flashes their breasts at me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
Supermarket coffee...
Oh yeah sorry forgot you was posh. I'm sure there's a Starbucks nearby Rupert."
Like that's much better! I have much to teach you  |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
It’s boring. Traipsing up and down busy aisles aimlessly looking at things to eat. B o r I n g!
Trying to mentally put together a meal plan for the week. B o r I n g!
I find grocery shopping a real chore.
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"When the scanner stops working halfway around the shop
That's the youngsters for you and their gismos. Go with old well and tried methods.
That means talking to people and i really dont fancy it plus its so much quicker, scan and tap card and out "
And another thing. I no longer use a card to pay. Always in cash as many people apparently are now doing to ensure that there are no daft ideas about abolishing cash any time soon. Anything I pay when I am out whether shopping, petrol, cafes etc is now in cash only |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
Supermarket coffee...
Oh yeah sorry forgot you was posh. I'm sure there's a Starbucks nearby Rupert.
Like that's much better! I have much to teach you "
Like Yoda on viagra? In  |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
North Norfolk area |
When you get home, start putting stuff away, and suddenly think......why the f*ck did I buy that....as you add it to the (insert number) of the same you've already got in the cupboard/fridge/freezer/wherever! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I innocently put a pineapple in my trolley and people keep flashing their cock at me.
Well stop sending the wrong signals and put it the right way up!
Oh just shuffle off to the coffee aisle you and shut it.
Supermarket coffee...
Oh yeah sorry forgot you was posh. I'm sure there's a Starbucks nearby Rupert.
Like that's much better! I have much to teach you
Like Yoda on viagra? In "
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"I love grocery shopping - wandering through the aisles, turning all produce around several times to inspect for freshness, sell by dates etc, chatting with those hovering lonely old folk, taking my time at the checkout tills, carefully bagging produce according to a well thought out system, counting out my cash, rummaging for the change to get rid of all the coppers in my purse while chattering with the checkout staff Mrs
Perfect and works well very eatly in the morning if you want to chat to some old folk or around midnight at the 24hrs shop if you want some more peaceful experience "
24 hour shopping?! I'm in rural Ireland |
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The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products! |
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"I love grocery shopping - wandering through the aisles, turning all produce around several times to inspect for freshness, sell by dates etc, chatting with those hovering lonely old folk, taking my time at the checkout tills, carefully bagging produce according to a well thought out system, counting out my cash, rummaging for the change to get rid of all the coppers in my purse while chattering with the checkout staff Mrs
Perfect and works well very eatly in the morning if you want to chat to some old folk or around midnight at the 24hrs shop if you want some more peaceful experience
24 hour shopping?! I'm in rural Ireland "
Oh well, early morning it is then. At least you can get few bits and pieces from local farms too I assume. |
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Chiller cabinets with shitty cheap plastic doors which have an annoying refractive index when you try to see what is in there.
Open shelves where you could easily look for items are a thing of the past.
Net result, I can't be bothered looking for new things so unlikely to make impulse purchases or be inquisitive. |
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"The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products! "
I am not one to introduce politics in here but it does have to do with a major political event sadly no matter what people think. Even managets at shops themselves have often alluded to that. |
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"The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products! "
You ain't looking for butter popcorn by any chance or juste |
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"The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products!
You ain't looking for butter popcorn by any chance or juste "
Pickled pink onions
Own brand apple shampoo
Various dairy free things
All in Sainsbury's. They briefly got rid of our favourite Thai crackers that we have with Thai curry, but they brought those back eventually. Fun fact, they show on the receipt as "spicy Thai crack" |
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"The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products!
You ain't looking for butter popcorn by any chance or juste
Pickled pink onions
Own brand apple shampoo
Various dairy free things
All in Sainsbury's. They briefly got rid of our favourite Thai crackers that we have with Thai curry, but they brought those back eventually. Fun fact, they show on the receipt as "spicy Thai crack" "
Lol, that last bit was so funny |
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"The fact things seem to disappear off the shelves (not just out of stock temporarily) literally overnight. No notice. And no, it's not big brands I'm talking about, but usually own brand products!
You ain't looking for butter popcorn by any chance or juste
Pickled pink onions
Own brand apple shampoo
Various dairy free things
All in Sainsbury's. They briefly got rid of our favourite Thai crackers that we have with Thai curry, but they brought those back eventually. Fun fact, they show on the receipt as "spicy Thai crack"
Lol, that last bit was so funny "
We say to each other in the shop "shall we buy spicy Thai crack". Probably offended a pensioner or three inadvertently  |
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"Kids pushing the trolleys. "
What about slobby bone idle men who slouch on the trolley and constantly call across to the wife "Djoo want one them (XYZ item)?". I feel compelled to scream "It's one of those, not 'one them', you ignorant illiterate git!" |
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The thing in supermarkets that annoys me is the bloke with a phone on his ear, standing in the aisle, explaining to the wife at home which options are available on the shelves.
"Well they've got Kingsmill or Hovis or there's Warburtons".
Just pick one up! Make a decision yourself! |
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Self service tills.
Card Only machines.
Staff filling "online shoppers" trolleys getting in my way.
10 checkouts yet only one of them in operation...... "There's a self service till down the end Sir". Always met with my response, "I'm sorry, I don't work here"
Gosh, I'm getting old! |
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"The thing in supermarkets that annoys me is the bloke with a phone on his ear, standing in the aisle, explaining to the wife at home which options are available on the shelves.
"Well they've got Kingsmill or Hovis or there's Warburtons".
Just pick one up! Make a decision yourself!"
I do not miss this.
I make it up as I'm going along. Do that |
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"people. Px 
Second this. Its why i do mine at 6am on a Saturday im regularly the only one in there "
Likewise for me except my supermarket does not open until 7am, usually about a dozen people in there at that time.
Back home by 8am and the rest of the day is all mine. |
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Nothing.
1. Login
2. Open basket
3. Move favourites to basket.
4. Order & Pay
5. Delivered on day of choice.
Takes 5 mins if you use favourites and have the same things week in, week out.
Boom, done ! |
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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago
Near Wells |
I don't like grocery shopping at all, I try to go in, runaround, get what I want and go.
Loads of things I could list that I don't like but the worse one is the double pricing with club card prices.
A big number in a yellow star then in small letters club card price only.
Winds me up and I've fell for it a few times. |
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"Unexpected item in the bagging area"
WTF was you expecting in the bagging area 0.7 seconds after I scanned the item?
If a bloke cashier kept saying that to you after every 3 or 4 items then I doubt he would get to say it more than 4 times before you stuck the head on him |
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By *ashMan
over a year ago
Westhoughton |
I love my grocery shopping.. But I make sure I don't go empty stomach otherwise u end up buying loads of stuff which u shouldn't, lol.. I like to mix up my fruit selection every week..
Most annoying thing is obviously buying extra things or lots of things when u don't need them in the same week and can come back for it later.. |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"Never shop when your hungry "
I actually like this , but then purposely choose to stay hungry quite often.it’s good to let your body tune in when shopping especially fresh fruit and veg areas.
Maybe never shop when hangry is better advice
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By *ames-77Man
over a year ago
milton keynes |
"Never shop when your hungry
I actually like this , but then purposely choose to stay hungry quite often.it’s good to let your body tune in when shopping especially fresh fruit and veg areas.
Maybe never shop when hangry is better advice
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Fasting massively benefits the body |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
People strategically loitering at 6:30pm , pretending to be reading random food labels, we know who you are , wink, wink . Don’t think those whole roast chickens that were £1 yesterday are making an appearance again today , but I’ll give it another 10mins…. |
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By *Wman15Man
over a year ago
Merseyside |
People eating while shopping in the store - as quickly as possible to avoid paying for the particular item
Those that decide they don't want an item that's in their trolley and just leaving it randomly round the store
Oh....and those people who seem to have forgotten to bring any children when parking in parent and child spaces |
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"People strategically loitering at 6:30pm , pretending to be reading random food labels, we know who you are , wink, wink . Don’t think those whole roast chickens that were £1 yesterday are making an appearance again today , but I’ll give it another 10mins…."
Mr KC worked PT in a supermarket when he was at uni and used to get hassled by customers demanding he do the yellow stickers right now, because they were there right now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not being able to set up a picnic in the alcohol aisle  
Surely you need aisle 12 snacks and crisp if you going for a picnic "
Full of kidz innit.. Over 18s aisle |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When you make the effort to walk 20 minutes each way to only realise they shut at 4pm on a sunday when the doors automatic doors won't open
I'm aware I might be a little at fault here but none the less |
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"Why have they stopped putting dates on the fresh produce? You buy some tomatoes and they're off the next day, what is this fuckery? "
To stop people throwing perfectly fine food in the bin because a label says no. |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"Why have they stopped putting dates on the fresh produce? You buy some tomatoes and they're off the next day, what is this fuckery?
To stop people throwing perfectly fine food in the bin because a label says no. "
I think it's so the consumer loses out on rotten produce. Instead of the supermarkets throwing it away, we do.
You can't always see the veg inside the plastic bags, to see if it's all still ok.
They should do away with packaging altogether so we can squeeze and sniff the fruit and veg.
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