making assumptions based on shopping on belt in front of you

10-09-2013 10:11pm #1

so, there was a guy infront of me today in the dunnes grocery dept.

he had the usual boy toilet things, linx shower gel, deodarant, and shave gel.
he then had parmessan cheese.
broccoli
spinach
eggs.

i totally made an assumption about him!
he looked in his 30's

not married, sharing with people he doesnt know too well.
but seems to be interested in healthy food.

trying to be healthy but didnt really look like he goes to gym too often!!
( maybe he is only starting!)
am i terrible making assumptions???!!

do u make assumptions based on grocery shopping ahead of you on belt?

Mickey H · 10-09-2013 10:13pm

I do this in my head all the time. It's fun, and it passes a few minutes while you're waiting.

Dyr · 10-09-2013 10:16pm

I make the assumption that the person in front of me better pay and f**k off pronto

smash · 10-09-2013 10:17pm

Cat food and a single portion microwave dinner... Sends out all the right messages!

Ted_YNWA · 10-09-2013 10:18pm

Also do this, but get a bit self concious that someone is doing it to my purchases also. so try & have an eclectic mix just in case.

Duvetdays · 10-09-2013 10:21pm

I do this all the time then get really self conscious and usually try to hide my toffee pops and Mr Kipling under my one bag of lettuce.

MadsL · 10-09-2013 10:21pm

Women.

Ice-cream
Wine
Chocolate
Kleenex

I'm assuming chickflick night.

Frosty McSnowballs · 10-09-2013 10:21pm

Vagiclean - I assume there's a little extra cheese on the taco, some old chick has a full-on fallopian fungus. She's baking a loaf of bread and I think it's sourdough

Nabber · 10-09-2013 10:21pm

When I go shopping with the wife I always mess. One of the things I always do is grab 3 boxes of condoms and bury them in other peoples shopping. Its great when you see them up a the till.

10-09-2013 10:22pm

I think everyone makes assumptions like that.........have often been surprise by sundried tomatoes, anchovies, expensive olive oil ie a foodie type basket from some randomer that you wouldn't expect & then the reverse of a basket of crap from "Mrs Bouquet" type...I love it like other poster says it passes the time in the q

not yet · 10-09-2013 10:23pm

I tend to make assumptions about the post before me....!!

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 10:23pm

I was in tesco last week. I had 2 bottles of wine, 2 apples, 2 bananas, 2 pears and 2 of other fruits. 2 cupcakes, 2 bottles of orange juice, 2 packets of crisps and a bottle of lube.

The way I put them on the belt was like they were all going on Noahs ark, and then the lube trailing along paddy last.

Everyone took a double take, the cashier started laughing and my sister said 'at least its not singular items and lube'

shopaholic01 · 10-09-2013 10:24pm

Mother pushing trolley packed with 5 bottles of Country Spring soft drinks, frozen chips, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, spice burgers, several multi-packs of cheap crisps, lots of chocolate, bisuits etc. No fresh food, fruit or veg.

Assumption: Her children are, or will soon be, obese. Sometimes the children are with her and my assumption is correct.

10-09-2013 10:24pm

bubblypop wrote: »

he had the usual boy toilet things, linx shower gel, deodarant, and shave gel.
he then had parmessan cheese.
broccoli
spinach
eggs.

i totally made an assumption about him!
he looked in his 30's

do u make assumptions based on grocery shopping ahead of you on belt?

Any man in his 30's who uses Lynx is definitely single.

I do this a lot. I long for something different - an elderly couple with multiple packs of lube and six organic cucumbers, or a priest with thirty eight bottles of vodka and eighteen variety packs of condoms, but usually people buy what they look like they should be buying.

rustedtrumpet · 10-09-2013 10:24pm

MadsL wrote: »

Women.

Ice-cream
Wine
Chocolate
Kleenex

I'm assuming chickflick night.

Great call bro!

...

10-09-2013 10:25pm

I know a girl who was approached by a man in the supermarket who told her that she should have meat in her trolley that it wasn't healthy not to have meat. She told him promptly that she wouldn't give her family shyte supermarket meat and only goes to get butcher for it. He didn't know what up say. Eejit.

I am guilty of rolling my eyes when I see an family with overweight kids buying pizzas and bags of frozen chicken nuggets. Does my head in tbh. Don't think that's the same thing though.

Gee Bag · 10-09-2013 10:25pm

Lots of sweeties
Lots of biscuits
Lot of ice cream
Ice cream
3 x large bottles of coke
Bag of mars bars
Multiple bags of crisps
Frozen Chips
Pizza
Chicken nuggets
Big bottle of cooking oil
Glue
Tin foil
Kitchen knife

Probably from Glasgow

mikemac1 · 10-09-2013 10:26pm

Rope, gloves, shovel

999!

10-09-2013 10:27pm

Gee Bag wrote: »

Lots of sweeties
Lots of biscuits
Lot of ice cream
Ice cream
3 x large bottles of coke
Bag of mars bars
Multiple bags of crisps
Frozen Chips
Pizza
Chicken nuggets
Big bottle of cooking oil
Glue
Tin foil
Kitchen knife

Probably from Glasgow

Only if it's lidl you're in.

shopaholic01 · 10-09-2013 10:28pm

Candie wrote: »

I do this a lot. I long for something different - an elderly couple with multiple packs of lube and six organic cucumbers, or a priest with thirty eight bottles of vodka and eighteen variety packs of condoms, but usually people buy what they look like they should be buying.

Where do you shop????

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-09-2013 10:29pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I am guilty of rolling my eyes when I see an family with overweight kids buying pizzas and bags of frozen chicken nuggets. Does my head in tbh. Don't think that's the same thing though.

On that point I think there is a lot to be sais for the art of family cooking, you know buying raw ingredients and turning them into a meal.
Not only is it healthier, but it also teaches an appreciation of food, and can be a very social experience.
In that respect we could learn from the Mediterranean countries and their food and family culture.

Mickey H · 10-09-2013 10:29pm

Nabber wrote: »

When I go shopping with the wife I always mess. One of the things I always do is grab 3 boxes of condoms and bury them in other peoples shopping. Its great when you see them up a the till.

Even funnier when you throw them into a man's trolley with tampons. Cue hilarity at the till.

crazygeryy · 10-09-2013 10:30pm

at lidl checkout

gloves
shovel
rope
night vision goggles
vodka

serial killer.

10-09-2013 10:31pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Where do you shop????

Ah that's what I want to see. Sadly, it never happens

darced · 10-09-2013 10:31pm

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xxerogravity · 10-09-2013 10:31pm

I see it often in the supermarket near where I live - frozen pizzas. crisps, chocolate, microwave dinners, cans of beer. Then I look up and see a haggard looking overweight 35 year old woman who looks 50, wearing a badly fitting unclean tracksuit. Then she asks for 20 John Player blue.

And fair play to her, she can do whatever she wants.

10-09-2013 10:32pm

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

On that point I think there is a lot to be sais for the art of family cooking, you know buying raw ingredients and turning them into a meal.
Not only is it healthier, but it also teaches an appreciation of food, and can be a very social experience.
In that respect we could learn from the Mediterranean countries and their food and family culture.

I don't really understand why people buy processed food. It's muck.

krudler · 10-09-2013 10:32pm

My last aldi shop was bog roll, ice cream, grapes, ham, and a bonzai tree

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 10:33pm

xxerogravity wrote: »

I see it often in the supermarket near where I live - frozen pizzas. crisps, chocolate, microwave dinners, cans of beer. Then I look up and see a haggard looking overweight 35 year old woman who looks 50, wearing a badly fitting unclean tracksuit. Then she asks for 20 John Player blue.

And fair play to her, she can do whatever she wants.

Hey, leave JPB out of this!! :mad:

MadsL · 10-09-2013 10:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't really understand why people buy processed food. It's muck.

It's cheap.

Legs.Eleven · 10-09-2013 10:33pm

People have a right auld gawk into your basket/trolley here in Madrid and make no bones about it! Not subtle in the slightest! This gives me permission to do the same. There were 3 black African men dressed in traditional [insert African country here] gettup with 3 trolley loads full of Capri Sun in the supermarket yesterday. You'd wonder what 's going on there, wouldn't you?

making assumptions based on shopping on belt in front of you

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