People Who Take Ages At The Supermarket

[Chew Chew]

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Despite being at least 3 metres away, I got tutted at and told to my distance by a terrified pair of middle-aged women shopping together in Tesco Express the other day. They then proceeded to queue for the tills in the wrong isle, messing up the one-way system, and then finally split up to use the two available checkouts separately. One of them bought a few groceries, while the other one bought her essential items - a bundle of lottery tickets. I just had a little chuckle to myself. No point in getting judgemental.

My local supermarket is an absolute nightmare.

They have put tape on the floor to introduce a one way system but it is completely ignored by some and take their kids and let them run about. Likewise the social distancing aspect, some people just don't care. The thing that did grind my gears though was the guy the other week who spent about 5 minutes, probably closer to 2 in reality, looking at the ingredient on a tub of cottage cheese whilst 3 of us, all distancing properly, had to stand about like spare you know whats at a wedding.

 

[Bletchleyite]

My local supermarket is an absolute nightmare.

They are put tape on the floor to introduce a one way system but it is completely ignored by some and take their kids and let them run about. Likewise the social distancing aspect, some people just don't care. The thing that did grind my gears though was the guy the other week who spent about 5 minutes, probably closer to 2 in reality, looking at the ingredient on a tub of cottage cheese whilst 3 of us, all distancing properly, had to stand about like spare you know whats at a wedding.

You could put yourself in his shoes - he's perhaps shopping for someone else with an allergy who can't shop themselves and wants to get it right. Those of us with allergies get used to doing it very quickly, those who don't will take some time. An anaphylactic allergy is more life-threatening than COVID19, though admittedly they would probably read it themselves too.

Life is a lot nicer when you assume most people mean well, as indeed they do.

 

[Chew Chew]

You could put yourself in his shoes - he's perhaps shopping for someone else with an allergy who can't shop themselves and wants to get it right. Those of us with allergies get used to doing it very quickly, those who don't will take some time. An anaphylactic allergy is more life-threatening than COVID19, though admittedly they would probably read it themselves too.

Life is a lot nicer when you assume most people mean well, as indeed they do.

Apologies if this sounds harsh but the reality at the moment is that you get in and out of shops as quickly as possible.

If you are buying on behalf of someone else you stick it in your trolley/basket and if it is the wrong thing then tough.

 

[bramling]

Apologies if this sounds harsh but the reality at the moment is that you get in and out of shops as quickly as possible.

If you are buying on behalf of someone else you stick it in your trolley/basket and if it is the wrong thing then tough.

Some of the supermarkets are also instructing people not to pick up stuff they're not intending to buy, which rules out spending time analysing labels.

Another problem for which there's no immediately straightforward solution.

 

[Ianno87]

Some of the supermarkets are also instructing people not to pick up stuff they're not intending to buy, which rules out spending time analysing labels.

Another problem for which there's no immediately straightforward solution.

Checking the ingredients where it is necessary to do so I would argue amounts to "intent to buy" - i.e. not just idly "browsing".

 

[yorksrob]

Apologies if this sounds harsh but the reality at the moment is that you get in and out of shops as quickly as possible.

If you are buying on behalf of someone else you stick it in your trolley/basket and if it is the wrong thing then tough.

I don't stand around for ages, but I do take my time and shop more carefully. I don't want to rush around then find out that I've forgotten half of what I needed.

 

[Domh245]

Apologies if this sounds harsh but the reality at the moment is that you get in and out of shops as quickly as possible.

If you are buying on behalf of someone else you stick it in your trolley/basket and if it is the wrong thing then tough.

It may shorten your time in the shop by not being stuck behind them, but now they've got to make a second trip to get the right thing the second time around..

Some of the supermarkets are also instructing people not to pick up stuff they're not intending to buy, which rules out spending time analysing labels.

Not entirely unreasonable, but (for example) - does that mean that I have to buy the first loose pepper I pick up, or if I pick it up and realise that it's too small, going off (a very real possibility in Lidl), or otherwise not what I want?

As usual people just need to take precautions - wash your hands before you go out, try to minimise the amount of things you touch (rather than completely eliminate), and wash or otherwise disinfect anything that might be a risk (ie, it's going in your mouth)

 

[Chew Chew]

I don't stand around for ages, but I do take my time and shop more carefully. I don't want to rush around then find out that I've forgotten half of what I needed.

That is why I make a list.

It may shorten your time in the shop by not being stuck behind them, but now they've got to make a second trip to get the right thing the second time around..

Or, instead of crying over spilt milk, they forego it until the next time they have to go shopping? We're not speaking about necessities after all.

 

[bramling]

That is why I make a list.

Don't be daft, we can't possibly expect people (using all the time they're supposedly going stir-crazy at home) to do some pre planning!

It's a good job we don't have a situation where lives depend on people being judicious in the way they conduct themselves and their business. Wait, hang on...

To be fair, I think most people *are* making an effort, however the minority that aren't really do show up.

 

[yorksrob]

That is why I make a list.



Or, instead of crying over spilt milk, they forego it until the next time they have to go shopping? We're not speaking about necessities after all.

Don't be daft, we can't possibly expect people (using all the time they're supposedly going stir-crazy at home) to do some pre planning!

It's a good job we don't have a situation where lives depend on people being judicious in the way they conduct themselves and their business. Wait, hang on...

To be fair, I think most people *are* making an effort, however the minority that aren't really do show up.

Oh yes, I take a little bit more care and time when doing my weekly shop.

That must make me the modern day equivalent Genghis Khan.

 

[Domh245]

Or, instead of crying over spilt milk, they forego it until the next time they have to go shopping? We're not speaking about necessities after all.

They could, but that's presuming that they didn't need it until after they went shopping again. Who are you to judge what he was buying and if it counts as a "necessity"

 

[Chew Chew]

Oh yes, I take a little bit more care and time when doing my weekly shop.

That must make me the modern day equivalent Genghis Khan.

I don't know about that, Genghis had some redeeming features.

Seriously though, I make a list. If I forget to put something on that list or don't see it when I'm following the system round the store then that is tough on the people in my house. I'm not going to suddenly go back to the shop the following day for some bacon or a tub of ice cream. We'll just do without.

 

[Chew Chew]

They could, but that's presuming that they didn't need it until after they went shopping again. Who are you to judge what he was buying and if it counts as a "necessity"

Is cottage cheese a necessity?

 

[yorksrob]

I don't know about that, Genghis had some redeeming features.

Seriously though, I make a list. If I forget to put something on that list or don't see it when I'm following the system round the store then that is tough on the people in my house. I'm not going to suddenly go back to the shop the following day for some bacon or a tub of ice cream. We'll just do without.

I'm not too bad - I tend to get the same things every week anyway !

 

[Domh245]

Is cottage cheese a necessity?

It's not for me to judge if it's a necessity or not, nor anybody else. As soon as we start questioning whether purchasing certain foods is a necessity or not, we end up on the slippery slope of being issued nutrient bars and ration packs and being told to put up with it. Quoting the latest NPCC guidance (from the other thread) - "There is no need for all a person’s shopping to be basic food supplies; the purchase of snacks and luxuries is still permitted." - ie let the man have his cottage cheese!

 

[Chew Chew]

It's not for me to judge if it's a necessity or not, nor anybody else. As soon as we start questioning whether purchasing certain foods is a necessity or not, we end up on the slippery slope of being issued nutrient bars and ration packs and being told to put up with it. Quoting the latest NPCC guidance (from the other thread) - "There is no need for all a person’s shopping to be basic food supplies; the purchase of snacks and luxuries is still permitted." - ie let the man have his cottage cheese!

Indeed, let him have his cottage cheese. As long as he picks it off the shelf and puts it in his trolley in a reasonable time as determined by me.

 

[CM]

Is cottage cheese a necessity?

Well, why don't you list what people should and shouldn't be buying? If some of the people on here had their way we'd all be living on nothing but bread and water! When people go for their weekly shop during the lockdown they are obviously going to buy the things they like, and if someone likes Cottage Cheese instead of normal Cheese then why shouldn't they buy it? Food is a necessity and Cottage Cheese is food!

 

[Bletchleyite]

Apologies if this sounds harsh but the reality at the moment is that you get in and out of shops as quickly as possible.

If you are buying on behalf of someone else you stick it in your trolley/basket and if it is the wrong thing then tough.

Clearly you have never lived with an allergy, then. I think you need to be more considerate of other peoples' problems, and more patient of their needs.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Don't be daft, we can't possibly expect people (using all the time they're supposedly going stir-crazy at home) to do some pre planning!

It's quite hard to pre-plan regarding allergies if you can't get your usual brand.

 

[Bletchleyite]

You've no idea what issues I have to live with every day.

Making assumptions only makes you look foolish.

If you do live with allergies, then you'll understand. If you don't, it simply calls for a bit of consideration for the position of others. Waiting for a short while while someone checks the thing they need to check is not going to hurt you. Just give people space and time. Near enough everything about this situation calls for empathy, patience and understanding - everyone is finding it hard in some ways or other.

 

[bramling]

If you do live with allergies, then you'll understand. If you don't, it simply calls for a bit of consideration for the position of others. Waiting for a short while while someone checks the thing they need to check is not going to hurt you. Just give people space and time. Near enough everything about this situation calls for empathy, patience and understanding - everyone is finding it hard in some ways or other.

30 minutes between coming off duty and going back on duty. 15 minutes to queue outside, X minutes to grab something, X minutes to eat it. I can understand why some people may be short on patience at the moment.

 

[Bletchleyite]

30 minutes between coming off duty and going back on duty. 15 minutes to queue outside, X minutes to grab something, X minutes to eat it. I can understand why some people may be short on patience at the moment.

Make sandwiches.

 

[bramling]

Make sandwiches.

No good if you haven't had the opportunity to buy bread!

The example I gave wasn't my own, but it's been typical for many.

 

[CM]

30 minutes between coming off duty and going back on duty. 15 minutes to queue outside, X minutes to grab something, X minutes to eat it. I can understand why some people may be short on patience at the moment.

If the shops are still open when you finish work then perhaps you could try buying what you need the day before and take it to work with you the next day. It works for me as there is no shops opened near me at 6:30am when I leave my house to catch the bus to work.

 

[matt_world2004]

No good if you haven't had the opportunity to buy bread!

The example I gave wasn't my own, but it's been typical for many.

I could make sandwiches but given tbere is no where to store them on a bus that could keep them cool, or at least below summer temperature. I am still pretty dependent on buying food during my lunch break

 

[Bantamzen]

Before this turns into another debate about what is & isn't "essential", shall we all remember that the Police have been issued with updated guidelines that allow luxury goods & alcohol to be bought along with the regular shop, as per this post?

Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

I've been poring over these guidelines this afternoon. Moving to a friend’s address for several days to allow a ‘cooling-off’ following arguments at home. The Regulations allow people to move house. This means that individuals can move between households. But this should be a genuine move...

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As for checking ingredients, whilst I understand the OP's concerns, many people have alternative diets, ethics and of course allergies. So checking ingredients may be important, even life-saving to them. Additionally when it comes to checking meat & veg, many people are living on lower budgets now so they might also like to check that they are getting the best value possible.

The solution, as always, is not to touch your face until you have had chance to wash or sanitise your hands.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I could make sandwiches but given tbere is no where to store them on a bus that could keep them cool, or at least below summer temperature. I am still pretty dependent on buying food during my lunch break

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[Islineclear3_1]

Is cottage cheese a necessity?

Yes!

It's packed with protein

 

[causton]

Another place on the internet where everyone thinks they know better than everyone else. Yes let's make fun of someone for reading the labels on the products they're buying.

I suppose when I had to find the right packet mix for a casserole the last time I shopped in Tesco I would have been similarly ridiculed... After all, if I picked up the wrong one, tough, I'd just have to go back again, right? Or just let the ingredients go off. What a joke

 

[AM9]

Another place on the internet where everyone thinks they know better than everyone else. Yes let's make fun of someone for reading the labels on the products they're buying.

I suppose when I had to find the right packet mix for a casserole the last time I shopped in Tesco I would have been similarly ridiculed... After all, if I picked up the wrong one, tough, I'd just have to go back again, right? Or just let the ingredients go off. What a joke

I agree, although I think that it's more a case of them being too impatient to allow others the time to see what they are purchasing. Of course, the old 'me first' and <insert appropriate expletive here> to everybody else is still alive and kicking. It's only under the cover of social media anonymity that they have the nerve to utter such abuse.