making assumptions based on shopping on belt in front of you

10-09-2013 9:11pm #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 9:13pm

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 9:16pm

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

smash · 10-09-2013 9:17pm

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

Ted_YNWA · 10-09-2013 9:18pm

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 9:21pm

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 9:21pm

Women.

Ice-cream
Wine
Chocolate
Kleenex

I'm assuming chickflick night.

Frosty McSnowballs · 10-09-2013 9:21pm

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 9:21pm

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 9:22pm

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 9:23pm

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

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 9:23pm

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 9:24pm

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 9:24pm

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 9:24pm

MadsL wrote: »

Women.

Ice-cream
Wine
Chocolate
Kleenex

I'm assuming chickflick night.

Great call bro!

...

10-09-2013 9:25pm

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 9:25pm

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 9:26pm

Rope, gloves, shovel

999!

10-09-2013 9:27pm

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 9:28pm

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 9:29pm

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 9:29pm

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 9:30pm

at lidl checkout

gloves
shovel
rope
night vision goggles
vodka

serial killer.

10-09-2013 9:31pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Where do you shop????

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

darced · 10-09-2013 9:31pm

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xxerogravity · 10-09-2013 9:31pm

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 9:32pm

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 9:32pm

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

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 9:33pm

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 9:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

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

It's cheap.

Legs.Eleven · 10-09-2013 9:33pm

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?

10-09-2013 9:34pm

MadsL wrote: »

It's cheap.

More like laziness.

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 9:34pm

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

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?

It was hot out and they were thirsty?

Mickey H · 10-09-2013 9:35pm

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

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

You absolute bastard. That image will haunt me for the next week.

xxerogravity · 10-09-2013 9:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

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

It's cheaper to get a recommended daily calorific intake from processed food than it is from more nutritious healthy food. Also it is less perishable due to preservatives in it so less chance of it spoiling.

Compare the cost of a cheap 1000 calorie frozen pizza to having to get that same 1000 calories from fresh fruit, lean meats, nuts, etc.

Frosty McSnowballs · 10-09-2013 9:35pm

Mickey H wrote: »

You absolute bastard. That image will haunt me for the next week.

Heh, creamy!

10-09-2013 9:35pm

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

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?

Surprised they weren't buying umbongo. I hear they drink it in the Congo.

10-09-2013 9:35pm

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

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?

Oooh the intrigue!

Polka_Dot · 10-09-2013 9:36pm

I always feel like I'm being judged if I'm in the queue in front of and behind people doing a proper shop and I'm just buying a bottle of vodka or something

MonaPizza · 10-09-2013 9:36pm

bubblypop wrote: »

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?

The lad was obviously about to get lucky that night by sprucing himself up and making a delicious quiche for some French hussy

Stheno · 10-09-2013 9:36pm

Bambi wrote: »

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

I make the assumption that they will not stop for a friendly chat with the cashier, and then contemplate murder when they do.

MadsL wrote: »

It's cheap.

It's crap.

My regular shop a couple of days a week is blueberries, a salad mix of some sort not containing spinach or iceberg lettuce, sweet potato, occasionally some wine, and some red peppers.

I'm buying food for my bearded dragon, and intending on having a nice night in

My food is in the freezer/defrosted for me to have along with a nice salad

shopaholic01 · 10-09-2013 9:36pm

xxerogravity wrote: »

It's cheaper to get a recommended daily calorific intake from processed food than it is from more nutritious healthy food. Also it is less perishable due to preservatives in it so less chance of it spoiling.

A lot of people can't cook, they really wouldn't know what to do with fresh food. Others are just too lazy.

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-09-2013 9:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

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

Even simple things like a proper lasagne, fish pie , or chicken Kiev have had their true taste and texture destroyed by cheap processed imitations!

Mickey H · 10-09-2013 9:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Surprised they weren't buying umbongo. I hear they drink it in the Congo.

You're a poet and you didn't know it.

Contributor 2013 · 10-09-2013 9:38pm

4 bottles of whiskey, 7 frozen pizza's, a 12 pack of beer, some fruit, ham, bread, all life's essentials. The thing that p's me off is when the person working the checkout shows a look of disdain, it's like...My money, my body, mind your own ya nosey pig.

Ihatecuddles-old · 10-09-2013 9:38pm

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I never really notice tbh. Usually I just want to get the fuck out of there. I hate supermarkets.

Love supermarkets, I could spend hours in them. Just floating around, planning out meals!

Legs.Eleven · 10-09-2013 9:38pm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

It was hot out and they were thirsty?

Mystery solved. Case closed.

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-09-2013 9:39pm

MadsL wrote: »

It's cheap.

cheap does not excuse laziness!

xxerogravity · 10-09-2013 9:39pm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Love supermarkets, I could spend hours in them. Just floating around, planning out meals!

I love standing in the self check out line when 4 out of 6 of the check outs are out of order. And on one of the remaining two, the person needs an operator sign on to void off a transaction but there's no employee in sight. Sheer bliss.

MadsL · 10-09-2013 9:39pm

Stheno wrote: »

I'm buying food for my bearded dragon,

A box of live crickets would look odd on the conveyor in fairness. Give the poor fecker some protein though would ya?

10-09-2013 9:40pm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Love supermarkets, I could spend hours in them. Just floating around, planning out meals!

I quite like them too. I only go when I've plenty of time so I don't rush the experience.

God that sounds so sad

making assumptions based on shopping on belt in front of you

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