Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[Zumbruk]

Voldemort said:

Zumbruk said:

No ****, Sherlock.

I got a ban for evading the swear filter in exactly this manner. The moderation on this site annoys me.

Bother. Thanks for reminding me. And -ditto-.

[Dermot O'Logical]

Self-scan was installed in the local Sainsbury when I used to do the weekly shopping in my pre-divorce days, and there were helpful assistants at the store entrance to guide any new users who were a bit unsure how to operate a device which you pointed at the barcode on your desired item, and pressed the single button on the device.

I had just assured the assistant that I would probably be able to master the intricacies of the new technology, when a man who I didn't know, and who had just finished his shop stopped his well-laden trolley next to mine, and said in a hushed voice "It's brilliant, I got all this for a fiver" and went on his way.

[LunarOne]

Zumbruk said:

No ****, Sherlock. "And" sometimes they do shoplifter checks. "And" those checks have a euphemistic name. "And" they get sniffy when that's pointed out. "And" I will not use the self-scan system for that, among other reasons. "And" now do you get it? ("And" this is a forum on a car site, not "Pedants-R-US". "And" it is perfectably acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunctiom.)

Never mind perfectably - what's a conjunctiom?

[Zumbruk]

LunarOne said:

Zumbruk said:

No ****, Sherlock. "And" sometimes they do shoplifter checks. "And" those checks have a euphemistic name. "And" they get sniffy when that's pointed out. "And" I will not use the self-scan system for that, among other reasons. "And" now do you get it? ("And" this is a forum on a car site, not "Pedants-R-US". "And" it is perfectably acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunctiom.)

Never mind perfectably - what's a conjunctiom?

Bujjereb if I kniw.

[MartG]

Shoppers buying food, usually older folk, who feel compelled to handle several items before putting one in their trolley - leaving someone else to buy stuff they've had their grubby mitts all over :/

[Milkyway]

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the checkout said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:28

[cuprabob]

Milkyway said:

Today... an Senior Citizen & tons of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier, but couldn’t process or pack her items at the same time.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

But I bet they knew when to use "an" and "a" correctly.

[Milkyway]

cuprabob said:

But I bet they knew when to use "an" and "a" correctly.

Already edited... Anne before a Vowel

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:11

[Mercdriver]

Never mind the correct use of an Ampersand

[Zumbruk]

Milkyway said:

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:06

One day, you too will be old. Unless we're lucky.

[Milkyway]

Zumbruk said:

Milkyway said:

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:06

One day, you too will be old. Unless we're lucky.

Knocking on the door... that’s why I don’t bag at the checkout.
( ‘Singlebaggers’ & ‘Doublebaggers’)

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:32

[popeyewhite]

Zumbruk said:

Milkyway said:

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:06

One day, you too will be old. Unless we're lucky.

That's a bit much. I'm all for being respectful to our elders but if people are queuing behind you you shouldn't stop for a chinwag. Don't know why but Fridays are particularly bad for dawdling and poor trolley etiquette in Sains.

[Cotty]

Zumbruk said:

Cotty said:

Milkyway said:

Really tempted trying one of those scan as you go things... haven’t swallowed the brave pill yet.

I used them for years before I switched to delivery. Really easy to use and you get to use a manned till. As you don't need to unload and reload your trolly

Except if you have alcohol. We always have alcohol. And the first 5 times we used them. And the supervisor got sniffy when I called her "enhanced check" a "shoplifting check". So fk That Noise.

Never had an issue. If its a bottle of spirits then you have to present it to get the security tag taken off and the crates of lager they can clearly see in the trolley.

I was behind a couple once and the man was getting annoyed as like you they had had a few rescans back to back, mind you he did look dodgy

Edited by Cotty on Wednesday 29th March 22:57

[GroundEffect]

Cotty said:

Zumbruk said:

Cotty said:

Milkyway said:

Really tempted trying one of those scan as you go things... haven’t swallowed the brave pill yet.

I used them for years before I switched to delivery. Really easy to use and you get to use a manned till. As you don't need to unload and reload your trolly

Except if you have alcohol. We always have alcohol. And the first 5 times we used them. And the supervisor got sniffy when I called her "enhanced check" a "shoplifting check". So fk That Noise.

Never had an issue. If its a bottle of spirits then you have to present it to get the security tag taken off and the crates of lager they can clearly see in the trolly.

I was behind a couple once and the man was getting annoyed as like you they had had a few rescans back to back, mind you he did look dodgy

Edited by Cotty on Wednesday 29th March 22:25

Missing the e in trolley.

Also who gets alcohol on EVERY supermarket trip?!

[Dr Murdoch]

GroundEffect said:

Missing the e in trolley.

Also who gets alcohol on EVERY supermarket trip?!

Depends how often one visits a supermarket, no?

[popeyewhite]

GroundEffect said:

Missing the e in trolley.

Also who gets alcohol on EVERY supermarket trip?!

I was thinking that as well. Some do I suppose.
Recently I've noticed just how much alcohol some people buy per week from the supermarket. Two people in particular seem to shop at the same time as me, one middle aged lady with a trolley full of wine (once was attractive but excess booze has seen to that), and a bloke who gets through 3 bottles of spirits a week I think (red face, very skinny legs and looks aged prematurely, like his liver), struck me as a bit sad.

[captain.scarlet]

redrabbit29 said:

I hate the way programmes spend the first 2-3 minutes before the title card showing you all the highlights. Does my fecking head in. Even when you've recorded it or it is streamed you then have to skip forward to the actual start of the show.

One of my favourite clips satirising this very issue!

Edited by captain.scarlet on Thursday 30th March 00:09

[captain.scarlet]

Killer2005 said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Clearly you're not the only person annoyed by that at our now says passed away

Unless someone from the BBC happened to be browsing PH this morning

Just seen this. They really must be on PH, as they've changed it to 'died' since I last viewed the article.

[captain.scarlet]

popeyewhite said:

Zumbruk said:

Milkyway said:

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:06

One day, you too will be old. Unless we're lucky.

That's a bit much. I'm all for being respectful to our elders but if people are queuing behind you you shouldn't stop for a chinwag. Don't know why but Fridays are particularly bad for dawdling and poor trolley etiquette in Sains.

I'm going to give a non-expert opinion here on people who clog up the supermarkets* and say that if Fridays are for the elderly, then Saturdays are for families and Sundays are for uni students.

Mondays for people who didn't get round to anything over the weekend and don't want a takeaway, and Wednesdays are for people planning ahead.

Which leaves Tuesdays and Thursdays as the quietest days to shop. Probably the former more than the latter as well.

• (the above is part anecdotal and part nonsense - shop with care and planning)

[FiF]

captain.scarlet said:

popeyewhite said:

Zumbruk said:

Milkyway said:

Today... a Senior Citizen & a trolleyful of shopping;
Liked a good natter with the cashier as she packed... very slowly.
A wry smile & an eye roll from the cashier said it all.

Just waiting for her to get the purse out & start rummaging for the correct money.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 29th March 18:06

One day, you too will be old. Unless we're lucky.

That's a bit much. I'm all for being respectful to our elders but if people are queuing behind you you shouldn't stop for a chinwag. Don't know why but Fridays are particularly bad for dawdling and poor trolley etiquette in Sains.

I'm going to give a non-expert opinion here on people who clog up the supermarkets* and say that if Fridays are for the elderly, then Saturdays are for families and Sundays are for uni students.

Mondays for people who didn't get round to anything over the weekend and don't want a takeaway, and Wednesdays are for people planning ahead.

Which leaves Tuesdays and Thursdays as the quietest days to shop. Probably the former more than the latter as well.

• (the above is part anecdotal and part nonsense - shop with care and planning)

Whilst the rest of you are whining about the elderly in supermarkets may I point out the WAGs in Waitrose, dolled up as if for a night out on the town, standing or rather posing artfully in the middle of the aisle while they slowly study at great distance various products. Clearly they will have abandoned their trolley without a thought to other shoppers who may have limited time to complete their shop. Or is it just our Waitrose who seem to have an excess of selfish posing Milfy Wags.

On the issue of those who are slow, I'll nominate Mrs FiF. Stuff me she's irritating, having scanned the product the amount of time spent blocking others while she farts about packing it away in the multitude of bags, especially the cool bags for chilled, one for fresh meat, one for cooked, one for dairy etc, not to mention the one for frozen. On my own, ten minutes flat, maybe 15 if it's really busy and a big shop.