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Why do they do that ?

  • 19-11-2012 9:19pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭


    I'm amazed at the amount of people who buy perishable items in the supermarket but take the one at the front ..... I thought it was common knowledge that supermarkets rotate their stock and put the newer (i.e. longer lasting) items at the back ??? There can be a 4/5 day difference in the expiration date between the front and the back !

    ........ so .. what else have you seen someone do and thought "Why on earth are they doing it like that" ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    they're supposed to but some of the people working on shop floors are lazy cretins who don't bother and put the new stuff in front cos it's easier.
    it's alottery


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    plus there are times when you know the stuff is going to be consumed the same evening, or next day, and so the date doesn't matter as much.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Stock rotation?
    In Ireland?
    Really?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    People in queues who leave a massive gap. Like move up the damn line you knob.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,833 ✭✭✭✭Armin_Tamzarian


    People in queues who leave a massive gap. Like move up the damn line you knob.

    Sometimes the gap is there to allow traffic through.
    Anyway, who cares? it won't affect the time taken to reach the till.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭kingtut


    Where To wrote: »
    Stock rotation?
    In Ireland?
    Really?

    On occasion ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,527 ✭✭✭RichT


    kingtut wrote: »
    I'm amazed at the amount of people who buy perishable items in the supermarket but take the one at the front ..... I thought it was common knowledge that supermarkets rotate their stock and put the newer (i.e. longer lasting) items at the back ??? There can be a 4/5 day difference in the expiration date between the front and the back !

    ........ so .. what else have you seen someone do and thought "Why on earth are they doing it like that" ?

    I'm amazed when you think you have a little secret for yourself, and then someone spoils it by letting the cat out of the bag!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭franktheplank


    What if the supermarkets have wised up to our tricks and now put the new stuff at the front? Or we've wised up that they've wised up, so it's at the front? Or they've wised up that we've wised up that they've wised up so it's at the back? Or we've wised up that they've wised up that we've wised up that they've wised up so it's at the front? Or......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭kingtut


    RichT wrote: »
    I'm amazed when you think you have a little secret for yourself, and then someone spoils it by letting the cat out of the bag!

    Thankfully in my case I never thought it was a secret, just something that not many people knew ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    Sometimes the gap is there to allow traffic through.
    Anyway, who cares? it won't affect the time taken to reach the till.
    Maybe you're right, maybe there was actually a yellow box on the floor.

    The gap also leaves us open to queue skippers.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Anyway, who cares? it won't affect the time taken to reach the till.

    He's scare a Ninja will queue jump if you leave more than 4 inches.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,527 ✭✭✭RichT


    kingtut wrote: »
    Thankfully in my case I never thought it was a secret, just something that not many people knew ;)

    It was only me and you. Now the whole of the interweb knows.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭kingtut


    RichT wrote: »
    It was only me and you. Now the whole of the interweb knows.

    :eek::eek::eek:

    Now I can't get rich by selling the idea :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭conspiracycat


    kingtut wrote: »
    I'm amazed at the amount of people who buy perishable items in the supermarket but take the one at the front ..... I thought it was common knowledge that supermarkets rotate their stock and put the newer (i.e. longer lasting) items at the back ??? There can be a 4/5 day difference in the expiration date between the front and the back !

    ........ so .. what else have you seen someone do and thought "Why on earth are they doing it like that" ?

    Also.. I pick from the back because you dont know who might have been poking and mawling the item at the front!! .....shudder..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    People in queues who leave a massive gap. Like move up the damn line you knob.

    so you're one of those "space invaders" then??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    I love the people that queue up for ten minutes, get to the front, have their stuff scanned and then suddenly act surprised that they have to actually pay and start rooting for money. On occasions like that I wish I had Terminator style extendable metal hands to spear them with.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Pottler wrote: »
    I love the people that queue up for ten minutes, get to the front, have their stuff scanned and then suddenly act surprised that they have to actually pay and start rooting for money. On occasions like that I wish I had Terminator style extendable metal hands to spear them with.

    they're the same people who will wait in a line at an ATM, and wait til they're next before thinking of taking their card out of their purse
    or when a bus comes barge their way onto a bus, and only then start rooting around for loose change, blocking anyone else from getting on the bus.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    they're the same people who will wait in a line at an ATM, and wait til they're next before thinking of taking their card out of their purse
    or when a bus comes barge their way onto a bus, and only then start rooting around for loose change, blocking anyone else from getting on the bus.
    Terminator hands. Yer only man. Swoosh,urrrgh, "NEXT!".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭The_Gatsby


    kingtut wrote: »
    I'm amazed at the amount of people who buy perishable items in the supermarket but take the one at the front ..... I thought it was common knowledge that supermarkets rotate their stock and put the newer (i.e. longer lasting) items at the back ??? There can be a 4/5 day difference in the expiration date between the front and the back !

    ........ so .. what else have you seen someone do and thought "Why on earth are they doing it like that" ?

    I work part time in a supermarket and this is one of my pet hates about people! For example, you get the aul ones who'll go rooting around for a litre of milk that lasts an extra day than the ones at the front even though the use by date isn't for another 4 days. How long does it take to use a litre of milk ffs?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    Even if bread has the same date I still have to give a few loafs a squeeze just to make sure I'm getting the freshest one. You would be amazed at the difference sometimes.
    Well probably not amazed.

    And I thought it was common knowledge to check the best before dates on everything before putting it in the trolley?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Even if bread has the same date I still have to give a few loafs a squeeze just to make sure I'm getting the freshest one. You would be amazed at the difference sometimes.
    Well probably not amazed.

    And I thought it was common knowledge to check the best before dates on everything before putting it in the trolley?
    Just buy Brennans - it always passes the squeeze test. I always open the packets of eggs to see if one is broken, don't know why, just always saw people doing it and it's stuck. Never actually found a broken one, but I still take a peek.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭yeahimhere


    Oh I've found a few broken ones and even missing ones - who steals an egg ffs!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,902 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Why are you standing talking at the top of the escalator/stairs.....i can barely get fúcking past you while you stand talking shít


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭Wade in the Sea


    People who eat and drink the stuff before they get to the till.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    yeahimhere wrote: »
    Oh I've found a few broken ones and even missing ones - who steals an egg ffs!
    This must be why my inner shopper makes me check - it knows there are bad people out there..


  • Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lukebray wrote: »
    I work part time in a supermarket and this is one of my pet hates about people! For example, you get the aul ones who'll go rooting around for a litre of milk that lasts an extra day than the ones at the front even though the use by date isn't for another 4 days. How long does it take to use a litre of milk ffs?

    I take a litre of milk from the back of open fridges because the ones at the front aren't cold enough for immediate consumption.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    If everyone reached around the back for food, all the food at the front would be wasted. I don't like the idea of supermarkets throwing out loads of food. If I know I'm going to eat something that evening I won't buy something with an expiration date of two weeks just for the sake of it.
    ........ so .. what else have you seen someone do and thought "Why on earth are they doing it like that" ?
    People at the self service checkout that try to scan their items while I'm waiting for my change or putting my shopping in a bag.

    Apart from being rude it's just stupid. If I haven't picked up my items from the scale or if my change hasn't come out of the machine the machine just won't let you scan your items. It's designed for one person to use it at a time.

    If I'm standing in front of the machine it means I'm still using the thing. Just wait your turn instead of acting like a total moron.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25 Frederica Beauregard


    People in queues who leave a massive gap. Like move up the damn line you knob.

    It really annoys me when someone motions me annoyed cause I have left a little gap, so what! It could only be minutes while you looking at phone or menu on wall or something and clown behind starts pushing up against you want you to move two feet. I hate those ****ing anal uptight assholes.
    Anyway, who cares? it won't affect the time taken to reach the till.

    Exactly Armin. I bet they tailgate in multi car parks too. I like to drag them from their cars and throw them to their deaths.

    I'm sorry, but they grind my gearstick.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,392 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Pottler wrote: »
    I love the people that queue up for ten minutes, get to the front, have their stuff scanned and then suddenly act surprised that they have to actually pay and start rooting for money. On occasions like that I wish I had Terminator style extendable metal hands to spear them with.
    Having worked in retail for many years its always and only ever women who do this, absolute imbeciles, does my head in.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭kingtut


    Lukebray wrote: »
    I work part time in a supermarket and this is one of my pet hates about people! For example, you get the aul ones who'll go rooting around for a litre of milk that lasts an extra day than the ones at the front even though the use by date isn't for another 4 days. How long does it take to use a litre of milk ffs?


    As I don't drink a lot of it it could take me 6/7 days, and besides when I am paying for produce I think I am entitled to the freshest produce available.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    If everyone reached around the back for food, all the food at the front would be wasted. I don't like the idea of supermarkets throwing out loads of food. If I know I'm going to eat something that evening I won't buy something with an expiration date of two weeks just for the sake of it.

    The amount of perfectly food that is thrown out by supermarkets is a disgrace. Loads of stuff will be good beyond the expiration date anyway.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 806 ✭✭✭getzls


    Yes we know they do that.

    If i am going to eat it soon i will pick a near date.

    Saves them wasting it.


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