Supermarket hates?

[awa355]

Yea, I know this is a nothing subject but its a miserable day outside and I'm bored

The local Pac & Sav must have 60 shopping trolleys. I reckon, at least 58 of the bloody things have a seized wheel on one corner.

Pet hate no.2 is being behind some idiot who has to argue with the checkout operator over the a $1.00 saving on the specials, especially when they have stuff all on the conveyor belt, which is why I pick that aisle in the first place.

What's your pet gripe?

[FJRider]

After waiting in the queue with your trolly to be served ... you discover (too late to get in the next aisle) that the three people/trollys ahead of you are together. After all items in their trollys are scanned ... she decides that he got the wrong size of one item ... and wants to change it. An assistant is sent to get it, only to discover it's not in stock. So she decides she wants two of that item instead.

The likelyhood of this happening depends entirely on volume of customers in the store at that time.

[nodrog]

...What's your pet gripe?

Men that go to the supermarket? Sounds abit gay to me.

[maxlev]

Farting in the aisle and walking away without checking wind direction.

[awa355]

Men that go to the supermarket? Sounds abit gay to me.

One advantage of a man going to the supermarket, is the wife not knowing what disappeared between the checkout and getting home. I know of one man who lost a packet of eskimo pies one day. Luckily, his wife never checks the shopping dockets.

My wife and I have totally different ideas of what a shopping list should have on it.

[Road kill]

I'm not allowed to the supermarket with Mrs.
To many strays find their way into the trolly when she ain't looking.
I mean they sell beer an have delli's.:2thumbsup

[Gremlin]

People pushing trollies is an exact replica of people on roads... so everything that comes with it.

Also, stand in the middle of an aisle catching up and I WILL walk right through your little huddle...

[DrunkenMistake]

Try working in one,

Number three pain in the ass would be people who simply barge in and push you aside without asking you to move, apparently manors are extinct

Number two pain in the ass is the people who have a social gathering in the middle of an isle and despite anybodies efforts to get past, simply dont move.

Number one pain in the ass is the fuckwits that use my bike as a fucking trolley stand, Shit I know its Korean and a POS but cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[Maha]

Those slow old people at Supermarkets.
They need thier own little old folks aisle, an aisle where I can choose not to go!
I was walking towards a checkout aisle today, lady was free, I could see that from halfway up aisle two at the local Four Square. Just as I reach the wide open space of the shop front, hand already in the shopping basket, this old fucker looms into view to my right about three pace's out from the checkout!
Shit! come on Fuck!.... bugger he beat me!
He has a trolley tooooooooo oooooooohhhhh fucken' ell'!!
Slowly he reach's for his shopping (piece by fucking piece)..''how much you got there fulla'?
7-8 items, not toooo bad I guess.
Finally he gets all items out onto the counter, then searches for his wallet, please oh have your wallet!
Yes he does!
But which card?
Checkout lady helps him with that...ahhhhh good ole' Westpac...
So is that Chq? Sav? or Cred?....
That would be Cred, he squints and bends to about 3 inches from the eftpos machine...
Its only swipe and four numbers pops, come on mate, the queue is five deep now!
Transaction complete..!
His items are now loaded back into his trolley.
My turn, I have three items, swipe, tap tap tap tap enter goodbye..
Turn to leave and ahhhhhhh fuck! that old chap hasn't made it out of the shop yet, and whats more, he's bloking the doorway with his bloody trolley.

Bless em'. ..I wanna be like that one day.

[jellywrestler]

The local Pac & Sav must have 60 shopping trolleys. I reckon, at least 58 of the bloody things have a seized wheel on one corner.

Theres' a supermarket in TeAwamutu??????? you got the interweb there yet?

[neels]

Dopey middle aged women who stand there chatting while there groceries are being scanned, then when told the total get this stunned look as if they are surprised they have to pay for their groceries.

Then they start the several minutes of grovelling around in their cavernous rats nest of a handbag, looking for the card that they just chucked back in there last time they were shopping, ffs put it back where it belongs so you can find it next time.

[SMOKEU]

Monkeys gone wild.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2p7yWqP8k

[unstuck]

Fat unhealthy looking slobs with trollys full of softdrinks and chips and shit, and all the snotty filthy looking kids that tag along behind.:weird:

[sinfull]

Fuckin fly bys !


If they don't have it in their hands for fucks sake dont ask if they have flybys !!!! Of course they fuckin do but it will take an age for them to find the fuckin thing and this fucking box of piss i'm going to flick you the right fucking change for is getting fucking warm !


And No i dont have fucking flybys !

[Big Dave]

Go to web site.
Choose items.
Specify delivery time.
Party on.

[Akzle]

countdown at okara park stopped selling the smokes i buy (drum) so i stopped going there.

the pie warmer/hot chicken nibbles etc are at the BACK of the paknsave store, rather than somewhere sensible near the front next to the bakery, or beer.

tuesdays. that's DPB-day. it's always packed with pregnant bitches pushing a trolley with kids standing in the front, just how the bright yellow signs on the trolley say not to. how f*ing difficult is it?

. i think sunday morning is about the best (people free) time i've found yet.

[awa355]

Theres' a supermarket in TeAwamutu??????? you got the interweb there yet?

We got 3 of 'em. 1 sells expensive food, another sell more expensive stuff, and P &S sell all the junk that the great unwashed bring their kids up on. ( one wall full of chips and soft drinks. )

And yes, we got the intaweb. Infact, I know a gguy in town with sumpit called broadband. He must have a really wide computer.

[Oblivion]

Mum shopping. 315.30
Dad shopping. 199.50

:facepalm:

[Tigadee]

The local Pac & Sav must have 60 shopping trolleys. I reckon, at least 58 of the bloody things have a seized wheel on one corner.

I'm with you on that one - makes it so hard to get my knee down around the aisle corners...

[Spuds1234]

I hate that annoying lady inside the self checkout machine. There should be an option to mute that shit before you start.

[Virago]

I hate that annoying lady inside the self checkout machine. There should be an option to mute that shit before you start.

I reckon she's alright. You can abuse the hell out of her.

"Please place the item in the bagging area."

"I already have. Are you fucking blind as well as stupid?" etc etc...

[BuzzardNZ]

1) Scumbags picking up fruit and/or vege squeezing it then putting it back. don't know where their damn hands have been and even though I'll give it a good wash before I eat it, that sh1t gets up my nose.

2) passing by the beer isle during the week looking at the prices only to find out the ar$eholes have put it up on a Friday which is when I'm ready to buy it.

[Swoop]

I constantly wonder why there are no shopping trolleys that have a forward-firing M-60 mounted. Seriously.

An empty aisle is pure bliss. Get speed up and leap onto trolley, moving arms and legs = breast stroke swimming demonstration! Good fun!!!

[sil3nt]

I laugh at people who buy lotto on Saturday.

[Virago]

There's one issue with supermarkets I've always found rather intriguing.

People will occasionally change their mind about purchasing some item, and rather than take it back to its rightful place they will dump it somewhere. A packet of buns on the soft-drink shelf, a tin of shoe polish in with the frozen peas. You know the sort of thing.

But at our local (Countdown Dunedin Central) it often goes beyond random dumping, and actually seems to follow a pattern. Once you start noticing each item, you actually know where to look for the next. It seems to suggest that it's deliberate - someone is filling a basket with items and placing them in other (not quite random) locations. It suggests that some people do it as a joke - but I can't understand why...? :weird:

[sil3nt]

There's one issue with supermarkets I've always found rather intriguing.

People will occasionally change their mind about purchasing some item, and rather than take it back to its rightful place they will dump it somewhere. A packet of buns on the soft-drink shelf, a tin of shoe polish in with the frozen peas. You know the sort of thing.

But at our local (Countdown Dunedin Central) it often goes beyond random dumping, and actually seems to follow a pattern. Once you start noticing each item, you actually know where to look for the next. It seems to suggest that it's deliberate - someone is filling a basket with items and placing them in other (not quite random) locations. It suggests that some people do it as a joke - but I can't understand why...? :weird:People love putting things in the freezers. Seen chocolate bars in with the hot chickens as well.

Shoplifters will dump things around the store if they think they are being watched (and they are being watched).

[Hoon]

For me it's people that leave their trundler in the middle of the aisle blocking it off while they look at the shelves. I'll usually try to squeeze through accidentally collecting them or sending their trundler off, then offering a 'gee sorry' as they scramble to move their shit out of the way.

PARK YOUR TRUNDLER TO THE FUCKING SIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT ANYWHERE!!


People will occasionally change their mind about purchasing some item, and rather than take it back to its rightful place they will dump it somewhere.

Yep especially bagged deli/fish bar stuff. People will ask for it, gets weighed and price given for approval. Instead of saying "Oh no thanks nevermind that costs far more than I thought it would.", to preserve pride they just say "yep thats fine" and then later dump it somewhere when no one is looking.

To curb the wife's impulse spending we now have a rule which states that any purchases must be on the shopping list.

[george formby]

Kids at high velocity face planting your trolley as you take a corner then the breed sow giving me arseholes.
The zero spatial awareness person standing in front of my favourite beer texting while I figure out how to get one over on them & get my beer.
The short queue & slow cashier...
The person in front of me with two items which turn into twenty as the rest of the family turn up. "s'cuse me" "s'cuse me, am in the q".
Hoverer's, I hate hoverer's, usually Israelis or French for some reason, standing back but managing to cover 3 check outs at once while they figure out which is fastest.
The guy who puts his items through $40 at a time so he can get more 4c petrol vouchers. I nearly got into a fight with this one......
Leaking milk sachets
The twat who analyses every single mushroom.
Progressive Enterprises Full Stop. I do not want Aussie/Merckan/Spanish stuff when NZ stuff is in season.
3 generations of Indians in a huddle discussing rice in Hindi blocking 2 aisles & the cheese fridge.
Little fat kids drinking huge cans of Mothers..
The cashier throwing my stuff into bags, soft first, glass & tins last. Get theirs they will come the day......
The customer waiting for the cashier to untangle their re-usable designer sweat shop bags while the rest of the growing queue stares at them venomously.
Being to scared to read the ingredients.
The bastards who start at the wrong end of the shop.
Waiting for the one person in the shop allowed to let me buy alcohol to wander over & ascertain I'm nearly 50. FFS!

[pzkpfw]

Cashiers handling my loaf of bread with "the claw" technique. (Grabbing it in the middle of the loaf).

Fucks sake. A quarter of the slices are no longer rectangular. If I make a toasted sandwich, the cheese leaks out, all over my bench. Maybe they are trying to sell me extra cleaning products? The 4x4 ham doesn't fit properly. It also means I need a degree in analytical geometry to most efficiently butter the bread, in its weird shape. I want rectangular slices, you ham fisted bastards!

I'm pretty sure the Serb who shot the Duke and started WWI did it after a bad bread experience at a local market.

My kids hate shopping with me. They know I'm a hair-trigger away from lecturing the cashier, if I see "the claw" ...


(Other than that, I'd add to the list in this thread: lazy bastards who can't be arsed putting their trolley away propery. Shops should have cameras to watch for that, and have these buggers found and their cars scratched with the words "lazy c**t".

Geez, even the ones' who do put their trolley away can be dozy. There's three lanes in the car-park trolley-park. And dumb-arses stick all the different sizes of trolley up the one lane so they don't stack together properly. Thimk!)

[HenryDorsetCase]

We go to the supermarket once a month and spend a fuckload.

we buy our veges at the farmers market on Sunday morning. We buy bread from the cafe/deli next to where I work or from the farmers market. We get meat from our local butcher. We get grog from the grog shop up the road or if there is a special at the supermarket then there. I fucking hate supermarkets.

One of my friends does the online thing.

[george formby]

The new "please insert" bank cards. I can think of a good place to insert em! Our elders are still coming to grips with swipe cards, the new ones have increased the number of dementia incidents in super markets by 70%.

[blue rider]

the lack of people working at supermarkets......so many empty tills

[awa355]

I hate that annoying lady inside the self checkout machine. There should be an option to mute that shit before you start.

This morning I had to return to the supmkt to replace the 5 Eskimo pies that escaped from the packet I bought yesterday, before the wife found out.

Told the lady at the self serve, I was sick of the dumb tart inside the machine. She said they hear it all day. They get just as pissed off.

[Chris_r]

If you look at the bottom of the screen there is a picture of a speaker, bash that a few times and it shuts the talking woman up

[jellywrestler]

It suggests that some people do it as a joke - but I can't understand why...? :weird: to live rent free in YOUR head?

[schrodingers cat]

Improve your supermarket experience.
Like arses? Follow the crowd. More a boob man? Skip an isle and run against the tide.

Harm your supermarket experience.
Pretend you are riding the brand new bike o your dreams (sound effects optional). Imagine the other shoppers are fellow road users.

SCARY SCARY. THEY'VE GOT NO FUCKING IDEA. No periphial vision, no situational awareness, no idea where they're going or what they're doing.

Pay for your groceries and leave

SCARY SCARY. THEY ARE FELLOW ROAD USERS AND THEY'VE GOT NO FUCKING IDEA. No periphial vision, no situational awareness, no idea where they're going or what they're doing.

MMMwwaaahhhhaaaahahhhahahah

[Berries]

If you look at the bottom of the screen there is a picture of a speaker, bash that a few times and it shuts the talking woman up
Just like real life then. Sweet.

[nathanwhite]

My kids hate shopping with me. They know I'm a hair-trigger away from lecturing the cashier, if I see "the claw" ...


Just as well your not up in my neck of the woods :drop: I do this all the time. Never actually hard enough to squash the bread mind you, just enough to pick it up. This is because we have to keep up a (fairly high) scan rate and it's the easiest way to move a loaf of bread.

My pet hate/s?
Customers who decide they really need that something extra right before they pay and go hunting for it.
Customers who spend an age counting out the exact change nevermind it's faster for me to give the correct change and there is a massive queue.
Customers who try to be friendly by using my first name after (obviously) reading it from my nametag.
Customers who didn't read the special properly and its not this item, its that item.
Customers who come in five minutes before closing, hear the PA message that we are closing but still continue to leisurely browse the isles.

[nathanwhite]

The funniest moment I've had in a supermarket was when I was serving a female in her early 20's.
She was buying some 'lady items,' chocolate and a bottle of water IIRC. I did the usual "Hi, how are you today?".

Her reply?

"Good. . . . well kinda."

I had no idea what to say after that.

[mossy1200]

I hate people that park trolley and stand beside it to pick items blocking the lane. Also the double parkers that put their trolley beside another and block the lane. The lanes should be one way only.
I have trolley rage.

Also I hate the carpark. Its the park lurkers that I hate the most they cruise slow and stop everytime it looks like someone may get into a car or wait at the begining of the lane blocking the whole lane so they get the next park someone leaves from but traffic blocks up and nobody can go anywhere.

[flyingcrocodile46]

I have only one hate.

The bill

:mad:

[Sable]

And how do you guys suppose the cashiers feel about all this? It's much worse for them, trust me.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just as well your not up in my neck of the woods :drop: I do this all the time. Never actually hard enough to squash the bread mind you, just enough to pick it up. This is because we have to keep up a (fairly high) scan rate and it's the easiest way to move a loaf of bread.

My pet hate/s?
Customers who decide they really need that something extra right before they pay and go hunting for it.
Customers who spend an age counting out the exact change nevermind it's faster for me to give the correct change and there is a massive queue.
Customers who try to be friendly by using my first name after (obviously) reading it from my nametag.
Customers who didn't read the special properly and its not this item, its that item.
Customers who come in five minutes before closing, hear the PA message that we are closing but still continue to leisurely browse the isles.


Hey I found this picture of you from your "employee of the month" evaluation: Your surname is "Explosion", right?

[FROSTY]

Try working in one,
Number three pain in the ass would be people who simply barge in and push you aside without asking you to move, apparently manors are extinct
Number two pain in the ass is the people who have a social gathering in the middle of an isle and despite anybodies efforts to get past, simply dont move.
You have a job because of those people. End of the day really thats what it comes down to--THEY pay your wages. When a customer is REALLY being a pain I just look at em and see the big $$$ sighns

[HenryDorsetCase]

And how do you guys suppose the cashiers feel about all this? It's much worse for them, trust me.

He's just told us.




(sorry, I happened to watch this episode of METALOCALYPSE last night)

[bogan]

(sorry, I happened to watch this episode of METALOCALYPSE last night)

They got the thread title wrong too, it's called a food libraries, not a supermarket :D


I hate it when they tell me not to ride my bike through the isles, takes so much longer to walk, and people don't get out of the way either. I mean, I'm pretty sure they built the food libraries for just me, wtf are those other people :mad: doing there anyway :rolleyes:

[FROSTY]

Actually for me going to the supermarket is a unique experience.We found is a LOT cheaper to get our groceries delivered.
Not being smartalec but its chopped about $50 a week off of our bill

[wysper]

. i think sunday morning is about the best (people free) time i've found yet.

Damn straight, because we have young kids we are up pretty early on the weekends, so grocery shopping is 8.30am on a Sunday, place is deserted. Awesome.


Kids at high velocity face planting your trolley as you take a corner then the breed sow giving me arseholes.


My 4 yo boy did that the other week, ran straight into a trolly, fell on his arse and started crying. The poor lady was very aplogetic and all concerned.

I just said Don't be, he should be looking where he is going and carried on. She was still trying to apologise as we walked away. Not her fault, bloody kid should have been paying attention. Plus I was trying not to laugh. God I can be a mean dad sometimes. He cried for a good while after that little effort.

[pzkpfw]

Actually for me going to the supermarket is a unique experience.We found is a LOT cheaper to get our groceries delivered.
Not being smartalec but its chopped about $50 a week off of our bill

Can you be specific about how? As in, is it because you buy a list of things you know you need and don't impulse buy extra stuff? (Or is there some deeper thing, like specials available to on-line shoppers that on-site shoppers don't get?)

[Geeen]

Geez your a hard arse. Mind you I'd probably do the same

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I was meant to quote Wysper but stuffed it up

[nonie]

People who slop around in wincyette pajamas and hoodies handling the food..god you just know they have bad personal hygiene
Ditto for parents who take their toddlers and put them in the trollies and the poor kid only has a baggy disposable nappy on, usually a snotty nose and nothing but a grotty tee shirt on top.

[Headbanger]

Big fat sow hovering around the check outs at PnS, Sir, would you like to go through the self-check out asile?

Fig fat cunt holding a box of beer, a roll of salami,2 bottles of wine, a bottle of coke, and a bag of ice, "No I fucking would not, how about you fucks employ some people to work all these empty check-out counters instead?, Then you could fucking serve me"

Anyhow, Whats with the stench?

Every third person in the Pack n Save smells like vomit mixed with piss, soaked in BO.

Filthy cunts.

[FROSTY]

Can you be specific about how? As in, is it because you buy a list of things you know you need and don't impulse buy extra stuff? (Or is there some deeper thing, like specials available to on-line shoppers that on-site shoppers don't get?)

Theres a few things. Because you have the time you can comparison shop price/quantity.
Yes I THINK they do have internet special prices -but I can't say they are or arent different from the instore specials.
You buy what you need -if you aren't sure you can have a look.
Yes the impulse buys don't happen and you don't need to do "that" dash to the shop for the thing you forgot.
We also take advantage of the real big discounts on frozen or non perishable essentials when they come up. 2 boxes of nappies for example were $7.00 a box cheaper than retail.
Its only a saving if you actually need the item and if useage doesn't increase if you have a lot of that item.
The delivery charge also reduces as you buy more
Keep in mind we are a big family

[scumdog]

Lazy bastards that leave shopping trolleys scattered willy-nilly all over the car-park - and often they only had 6 or 7 items in the trolley anyway, how about they do something radical like CARRY their grotty two bottles of V, carton of smokes and big sized bag of marshmallows to their car from the store???

Whingers bitching about the 'price of groceries these days' as they fire a carton of smokes into their almost empty trolley.

Twats that come up to me and say "I know you're not working at the moment but..."

Pricks that sit their in their smokey Toyota Surf, waiting for somebody to load a gazzillion grocery items from their shopping trolley into their van and drive off so Mr Surf can get their park 'cos it's nearer to the door of New World - meanwhile nobody can drive down that lane 'cos fat-arse Mr Surf is jammed right in the middle of it.

No wonder I sit in the car like a big dog and let Mrs Scummie do the shopping.:mad:

[duckonin]

Lazy bastards that leave shopping trolleys scattered willy-nilly all over the car-park - and often they only had 6 or 7 items in the trolley anyway, how about they do something radical like CARRY their grotty two bottles of V, carton of smokes and big sized bag of marshmallows to their car from the store???

Whingers bitching about the 'price of groceries these days' as they fire a carton of smokes into their almost empty trolley.

Twats that come up to me and say "I know you're not working at the moment but..."

Pricks that sit their in their smokey Toyota Surf, waiting for somebody to load a gazzillion grocery items from their shopping trolley into their van and drive off so Mr Surf can get their park 'cos it's nearer to the door of New World - meanwhile nobody can drive down that lane 'cos fat-arse Mr Surf is jammed right in the middle of it.

No wonder I sit in the car like a big dog and let Mrs Scummie do the shopping.:mad:

:msn-wink: So SD, you are part of the real world then ?:niceone:

[Red39]

+1 for grown women who turn up at New World in their fleecy PJ's. If you're well enough and awake enough to go to the supermarket then you can stick a pair of jeans on FFS.

[nathanwhite]

+1 for grown women who turn up at New World in their fleecy PJ's. If you're well enough and awake enough to go to the supermarket then you can stick a pair of jeans on FFS.

At least they are decent. It's painful enough having to handle some customers level of stupidity without various bits hanging floping and dangling around.

[george formby]

Oh yes Scumdog, those misguided fools parking almost in the front door, disabled parking space etc. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, how they waddle. Funny thing is, I get half my shopping done while they faff about. (great word that, faff)

I park as close to the exit as I can for health reasons & to avoid the "pinball" approach to driving in a car park. Ding ding.

[jasonu]

Here ya go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNzwgrtdBo8&feature=related

Just incase you were wondering, SuperWalmart is a supermarket.

[unstuck]

I am not allowed to go shopping with the missus, apparently I can be a little embarrasing. :devil2: I would rather sit in the car boobie watching instead anyway.:drool:

[Tigadee]

When a customer is REALLY being a pain I just look at em and see the big $$$ sighns

LOL You've just enlightened me into a whole new way of looking at the customer service industry!


Hey I found this picture of you from your "employee of the month" evaluation: Your surname is "Explosion", right?

And when he works his 2nd job as a porn actor, his on-screen name is "Sexplosion"...

[george formby]

I am not allowed to go shopping with the missus, apparently I can be a little embarrasing. :devil2: I would rather sit in the car boobie watching instead anyway.:drool:

I must confess to a strange fascination for what goes on in the car park too. Small cars taking up two spaces is a particular favourite as is dropping the vino or the baby.

[Akzle]

look up some "walartians" videos, worth a laugh if nothing else.

[jasonu]

look up some "walmartians" videos, worth a laugh if nothing else.

Fixed it for ya (and some funny pix there too)

[Maha]

Stacking cucumbers like a card house...not funny fulla...:(
And I didn't even want one...:mad:

[unstuck]

Saw something a little disturbing outside new world today, the IHC chap that rounds up the trollys was having a real big dig up his nostril today, found what he was looking for, had a feed, then grabbed a hold of the trolly handle. Glad I never use the bloody trollys there.:nono:

[DrunkenMistake]

Saw something a little disturbing outside new world today, the IHC chap that rounds up the trollys was having a real big dig up his nostril today, found what he was looking for, had a feed, then grabbed a hold of the trolly handle. Glad I never use the bloody trollys there.:nono:

Seems to be one in every shop, ours thinks hes a kung fu master

[Maha]

Saw something a little disturbing outside new world today, the IHC chap that rounds up the trollys was having a real big dig up his nostril today, found what he was looking for, had a feed, then grabbed a hold of the trolly handle. Glad I never use the bloody trollys there.:nono:

We got one of them here also...oh, and a New World...

[Road kill]

The car park.
Was sitting waiting for the other half one day an this bush pig pulls up along side our car,swings the door open an smacks the car.
She says nothing even though I'm sitting in the side she hit with the window down,so I say "hey come on mate !.
She turns into an instant rabid cunt an starts the abuse an some threats about a husband.
Well you know when your pissing in the wind an I don't like getting wet feet so I said nothing more as she huffed off into the shop.

Mind you,when she came back from the shop I'd be willing to bet she found somebody had carefully removed both her tail lights.

Have Phillips,will travel<_<

[unstuck]

The car park.Have Phillips,will travel<_<

I find that a tire valve removal tool is quite handy.:msn-wink:

[FJRider]

I find that a tire valve removal tool is quite handy.:msn-wink:

About half a turn on each tyre ... all tyres deflate, but very slowly. Usually discovered flat ... first thing the next morning ...

[unstuck]

About half a turn on each tyre ... all tyres deflate, but very slowly. Usually discovered flat ... first thing the next morning ...

Nah, fuck em. Take all 4(5 if 4x4).:devil2:

[Berries]

Fucking old people. Shopping like they drive, slowly and all over the place.
The layout. I don't want fruit, why the fuck do I need to walk through the fruit to get to what I want? I spit in the general direction of the apples as I go past in protest, just so as you know.
People with no shoes on. Fucking twats.
Spastic shelf stackers - move your fucking trolley out of the way.
Trolleys with other peoples rubbish in them. Yeah, I get that the wheels don't work and it won't go straight, but is that plastic bag or a condom in it?
Disabled parks at the door. They shouldn't be fucking driving, let alone being encouraged to park where people are walking about.
"Do you have a One Card?" If I had one I would have fucking given it you.
The sensitive alarms. How am I meant to steal batteries these days?
Having to get a supervisor to approve my alcohol purchase.
Leaking milk cartons. FFS.
All checkout chicks. Except the long haired one at Countdown Mosgiel who swallows and the one at New World with the gammy eye and the smell of pepperoni about her. I'd tap that for 4c a litre.
Male checkout chicks. All of them.
The lotto stand. Good idea, put it near the door so all the wasters block the entrance on a Saturday evening.
People who just stand there and watch the checkout bint scan the items and pack the bags. I don't have all day, why not help her pack your fucking bags instead of standing there all high and mighty?
Pak and Save.
The guy from DOC who shouts at his kid. I'm tempted to get CYFs on to that dude.
Checking that your eggs aren't broken. For fucks sake, don't you think I checked them myself first? You think I actually want to buy broken eggs? Jesus.
Ditherers.
Dodderers.
You and the horse you rode in on.

Apart from that, I take the kids down a couple of times a week to piss off everyone else. We have great fun with random placement of goods, mouse trap with the tampons, condoms with the yogurt, washing up liquid in the fridge kind of thing. Doing my bit for youth employment, it gets a couple of teenage mums off the street as someone has to put it all back again.

[Berries]

PS - Dropped on to smaller nicotine patches today so am a bit shitty. I'd actually tap any checkout chick.




Except Four Square in Milton.

[bogan]

Fucking old people.

What, right in the isle? That's a bit rude, and not to mention an unsanitary pastime to engage in whilst in a food libraries.

[Berries]

What, right in the isle? That's a bit rude, and not to mention an unsanitary pastime to engage in whilst in a food libraries.
Best over the frozen peas apparently. Catches any escapees if you know what I mean.

[Maha]

What, right in the isle? That's a bit rude, and not to mention an unsanitary pastime to engage in whilst in a food libraries.

If theres one thing I have learned...its Aisle with an A not the watery one where Gilligan spent most of his time..;)

[Virago]

...The layout. I don't want fruit, why the fuck do I need to walk through the fruit to get to what I want?...

My biggest gripe.

The two daily basics we all "pop in" for - bread and milk. While layouts will vary, these two items will usually be at opposite corners at the rear of the shop. And yes, it's done on purpose, to force you to walk past as many alluring goodies as possible.

And it works. My wife will go in for two bottles of milk, and will spend $100. At times when we're a bit low on funds, she'll send me on my own.

[awa355]

My biggest gripe.

The two daily basics we all "pop in" for - bread and milk. While layouts will vary, these two items will usually be at opposite corners at the rear of the shop. And yes, it's done on purpose, to force you to walk past as many alluring goodies as possible.

And it works. My wife will go in for two bottles of milk, and will spend $100. At times when we're a bit low on funds, she'll send me on my own.

The local Pak & save dont have the small hand held baskets, so people push a trolly and finish up buying more than they would have. Pychological warfare on their part.

Another pet hate, people standing by a trolley texting, blocking the aisle ( people texting anywhere, for that matter).

[mattian]

And how do you guys suppose the cashiers feel about all this? It's much worse for them, trust me.

This is so true. I saw a cashier in tears after being yelled at for not "double bagging" the heavy items.....
As the tosser was finishing up I said "Nice, now you can go off and ruin someone elses day" he then turns on me telling me to mind my own business. I nearly got into a rumble during my supermarket shopping....lol Now that would have been a cool story!

[gammaguy]

About half a turn on each tyre ... all tyres deflate, but very slowly. Usually discovered flat ... first thing the next morning ...


better idea

remove valve core

quicky replace dustcap

loosen 1/2 turn.

then they will know you meant it:yes:

[Berries]

Why does everyone in the butchery department look like a mass murderer?

[DrunkenMistake]

Which supermarket do you shop at exactly?
This could be the reason haha

[Berries]

Countdown on the one way. I thought IHC only had three letters.

[BMWST?]

idiots who cruise the car park for a park as close to the entry as they can get...just take the first one free you dim wits

[Nova.]

Why does everyone in the butchery department look like a mass murderer?

speaking of which, a certain someone was found around red rocks wellington, dead, with no hands. guess where the hands ended up? minced and packed into beef packages in new world, they never found them so someone gobbled em up :laugh:

[Macontour]

I hate it when the checkout operators seem to be on a go slow. I have worked all day doing the best I can and just want to get home with my shopping. They are there to work, get on with it, especially when there is a big queue. I help them pack my stuff too, a) because it speeds up the process if they also pack and B) I jam as much as I can carry into each bag(trying to save the world one plastic bag at a time).

I also don't worry when I take my Countdown bags through New World...see B above.

[Woodman]

Paknsave.

Just put the groceries in the bag you lazy checkout chicks, how the fuck does this save money??

And checkout chicks who sit on their ass and serve you. Stand up FFS.

[EJK]

Paknsave.

Just put the groceries in the bag you lazy checkout chicks, how the fuck does this save money??


They are using the customer's time to pack, not using checkout chick's time.

Cut time, cut cost, save money.

Say, making the customers pack their own shit saves half a minute per customer (just an example right). Multiply that by thousands and calculate that by their minimum wage... Saving. Profit.

[DrunkenMistake]

Countdown on the one way. I thought IHC only had three letters.


you obviously havnt met their night fill team haha

[gatch]

- Vacant glassy eyed mouth breathing douchebags. The same kind of sloth like plebs you find should you be so unfortunate to stumble through a mall food court.

- Fat ugly parents, with fat loud mouth little cunts of kids, that need a serious dose of attitude re-adjusting fist to the face.

- Anyone that has no concept of spatial awareness. The gap to your left the is approximately 95% the width of a trolley, a complete waste of space, also it means you have to walk further to get your shit off the shelf. USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN ROOOOOOAR FUCK MURDER KILL KILL EYE LASERS


Why does everyone in the butchery department look like a mass murderer?

They have knives and they aren't allowed to stab people with them, it eats them inside.

[Virago]

...And checkout chicks who sit on their ass and serve you. Stand up FFS.

I don't really understand the problem with that one.

What do you do for a living?

Not many who haven't worked in retail service can understand the exquisite agony of standing in one position for a full working day.

[Woodman]

I don't really understand the problem with that one.

What do you do for a living?

Not many who haven't worked in retail service can understand the exquisite agony of standing in one position for a full working day.

Probarbly just me maybe, but for some reason it gets up my nose.

Believe me I know what its like to stand all day.

[Maha]

When you walk around the end of an aisle and right into some fucker yawning...eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! :sick:

[Nova.]

RICHARD TILL, UGHHH HE FUCKS ME RIGHT OFF :devil2:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbJcxVznps

[Headbanger]

Not many who haven't worked in retail service can understand the exquisite agony of standing in one position for a full working day.

Yeah,.....nah.

Try standing all day on a slope, or rubble, in water, or just good old fashioned concrete in a pair of steel caps for 10-12 hours a day.

Standing in a climate controlled, carpeted room in a nice pair of shoes would be luxery. Specially when they open late and close early.


And just for shits and giggles, swing a stupidly heavy sledge hammer into a large solid object all day, for a change of pace you can manually clear away the debris you created so you don't have to continue standing on it while you work that hammer.

Then, when you get to much to clear it, You can pick it all up and carry it somewhere else, with a bit of luck your 200m and 2 flights of stairs from where it has to go.



Fuck yes, My heart pumps pure custard for the poor fucks trapped in retail hell.

[Nova.]

Yeah,.....nah.

Try standing all day on a slope, or rubble, in water, or just good old fashioned concrete in a pair of steel caps for 10-12 hours a day.

Standing in a climate controlled, carpeted room in a nice pair of shoes would be luxery. Specially when they open late and close early.


And just for shits and giggles, swing a stupidly heavy sledge hammer into a large solid object all day, for a change of pace you can manually clear away the debris you created so you don't have to continue standing on it while you work that hammer.

Then, when you get to much to clear it, You can pick it all up and carry it somewhere else, with a bit of luck your 200m and 2 flights of stairs from where it has to go.

Fuck yes, My heart pumps pure custard for the poor fucks trapped in retail hell.

wah wah fucking wah.

[Headbanger]

wah wah fucking wah.

Is it just me or is this guys efforts incredibly poor?

The current era of trolls sucks pretty damn bad.

[Road kill]

Why does everyone in the butchery department look like a mass murderer?

Ha Ha Ha.:laugh:
My Mrs works in a New World Butchery an I've asked her that very question myself.
Usually shortly after I've been dropped in a drunken mess on our drive way by one of my chicken shit mates.
So it's a totally legit question as far as I'm concerned.

[Road kill]

speaking of which, a certain someone was found around red rocks wellington, dead, with no hands. guess where the hands ended up? minced and packed into beef packages in new world, they never found them so someone gobbled em up :laugh:

BS mate,New world make their own Sav's on site an even if some of the stuff that goes in is a little past it's use by,,,it still ain't hands:no::laugh:

[Nova.]

BS mate,New world make their own Sav's on site an even if some of the stuff that goes in is a little past it's use by,,,it still ain't hands:no::laugh:

he was a butcher at new world bro lol :laugh:

[Virago]

Yeah,.....nah.

Try standing all day on a slope, or rubble, in water, or just good old fashioned concrete in a pair of steel caps for 10-12 hours a day.

Standing in a climate controlled, carpeted room in a nice pair of shoes would be luxery. Specially when they open late and close early.

And just for shits and giggles, swing a stupidly heavy sledge hammer into a large solid object all day, for a change of pace you can manually clear away the debris you created so you don't have to continue standing on it while you work that hammer.

Then, when you get to much to clear it, You can pick it all up and carry it somewhere else, with a bit of luck your 200m and 2 flights of stairs from where it has to go.

Fuck yes, My heart pumps pure custard for the poor fucks trapped in retail hell.

Nah.

There's a difference between being active on your feet all day, and standing in one spot.

Don't believe it? Try it...

[unstuck]

I have trouble standing still long enough to do the dishes, hurts like fuck. But I can walk all day, no worries.:confused:

[Headbanger]

Nah.

There's a difference between being active on your feet all day, and standing in one spot.

Don't believe it? Try it...

:facepalm:

You didn't get from my post that I've had to be stationed in a single spot for days on end? And in real world conditions

In the scheme of things, its fuck all.

Damn, if someone can't pull that off, they might as well be dragged outside and shot.

And there is a difference between real physical work and standing still.

Don't believe it?

Get a few checkout operators, give them a sledgehammer, get them to "try it"

You could measure the fail rate in seconds.

[Str8 Jacket]

Lately when I read many threads on KB I get that song "I get soooo emoooootional baaaby" running through my head.

Happens every winter, not sure why I care really.

[sil3nt]

:facepalm:

You didn't get from my post that I've had to be stationed in a single spot for days on end? And in real world conditions

In the scheme of things, its fuck all.

Damn, if someone can't pull that off, they might as well be dragged outside and shot.

And there is a difference between real physical work and standing still.

Don't believe it?

Get a few checkout operators, give them a sledgehammer, get them to "try it"

You could measure the fail rate in seconds.We get it. Your big and tough and everyone else is weak :rolleyes:

You go stand in one spot for 9 hours without much physical activity. Completely different to what you do.

[Headbanger]

We get it. Your big and tough and everyone else is weak :rolleyes:

This is true. I have also recently ( a few minutes ago) grown a hulk hogan mustache to further exemplify this fact.


You go stand in one spot for 9 hours without much physical activity. Completely different to what you do.

Been there done that, No big deal.

You have no idea what I "do", I sure as fuck don't swing a sledge hammer anymore, that shits hard work.

[DrunkenMistake]

This is true. I have also recently ( a few minutes ago) grown a hulk hogan mustache to further exemplify this fact.



Been there done that, No big deal.

You have no idea what I "do", I sure as fuck don't swing a sledge hammer anymore, that shits hard work.



http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i50/5/1/17/fbz_2b99a13aae46ef5349fb0c572e635c03.jpg

[Headbanger]

Of course I'll tell you more.:bleh::bleh::bleh:

[george formby]

Not many who haven't worked in retail service can understand the exquisite agony of standing in one position for a full working day.

That's more or less what I do but, being self employed & aspiring to get child rates one day, I sit down now & again. The real hard part is trying to maintain a level of civility towards my customers. I suffer from trigger lips on occasion. The simplest of queries can turn me rabid after the 50th hearing.
Mind you, I've swung a sledge hammer too, or more accurately it swung me. Stuff that for a lark, I will stick to making the odd customer cry & sore feet.

[Big Dave]

Our groceries were just delivered to my kitchen bench. :bleh:

[gatch]

I used to work in produce at countdown.

I was close to the end of my engineering pre apprentice cert and had started a second job part time, at the firm where I am now just part of the furniture. Stacking capsicums on the cold shelf, I got nailed by some nameless nasty she-bitches trolley, who proceeded to fuck all of my carefully stacked capsicums around.

At that point it hit me, an epiphany. "FUCK IT !" says I, while the disgruntled then startled customer looks on. Into the store managers office, "consider this my resignation".

The worst part of supermarkets ?

Customers. Hands down.

[imdying]

Our groceries were just delivered to my kitchen bench. :bleh:

Same. They have an app that lets you scan all the shit on your shelves. They have a list of all the shit you normally buy from your previous bills (ok, not me cause I don't bother with their loyalty shit, but will probably be useful to some of you). Then it's simply a matter of surfing the web when you've got 5 minutes spare, over lunch, whatever, and pick a time for delivery.

[Headbanger]

Surely the women folk take care of all that crap?

I can't say I care how she does it, as long as its done, The only time I enter a supermarket is for refreshments, The other crap either appears in the cupboard or is served up on a plate.