The Sunday evening big shopping outing

Jimmy.

Never again, kids hanging off trollies. Parents arguing over price of porridge, why waste your one day off work battling a supermarket.
Too many people are institutionalized.

JupiterKid

Jimmy. wrote: »

Never again, kids hanging off trollies. Parents arguing over price of porridge, why waste your one day off work battling a supermarket.
Too many people are institutionalized.

I have much better things to be doing on my valuable free time on a Sunday than being stuck in a soulless shopping Centre or supermarket. I can’t fathom how some people think going to a shopping Centre is considered a “day out?”

Jimmy.

Jimmy. wrote: »

Too many people are institutionalized.

Brooks was here, so was Red, and now Jimmy.

Mrs OBumble

Jimmy. wrote: »

Never again, kids hanging off trollies. Parents arguing over price of porridge, why waste your one day off work battling a supermarket.
Too many people are institutionalized.

Ya ever heard of Tesco online?

FixdePitchmark

Jimmy. wrote: »

Never again, kids hanging off trollies. Parents arguing over price of porridge, why waste your one day off work battling a supermarket.
Too many people are institutionalized.

Was out today - was shocked how big a shopping day Sunday is :eek:

Kind of a sign of how much time pressure people are under - that we don't have a day off

Some of the shops open on a Sunday seem nuts.

Mobile phone shops
Hairdressers

Undoubtedly - people getting not extra wages for working ?

Jimmy.

Lads ease back on quoting my opening post. Mobile user here.

FixdePitchmark

Jimmy. wrote: »

Lads ease back on quoting my opening post. Mobile user here.

you need to go shopping right now to solve that ****

HeidiHeidi

I made the (big) mistake of going to Ikea today about lunchtime, to do a quick smash'n'grab at what I thought would be a civilised hour for a couple of small items that weren't in stock last week. I didn't even hit the showroom upstairs, only the market hall.



O.M.F.G.


Carparks all jammers, kids screaming, queues a mile long for the tills, impossible to do more than a shuffle with the trolley anywhere in any direction.



Never, ever, again.


:eek:

lisasimpson

On the plus side great time to go to the gym or for a swim only 3 of us in my local pool at 2pm today.could do a proper swim

Wheety

You only get 1 day off a week?

Oh, and going to Ikea at the weekend is an amateur mistake. If you have to, be in there before 10 and know what you're looking for.

andekwarhola

Shops are just places in which I purchase groceries. It's not generally a prerequisite for them to be 'soulful'.

HeidiHeidi

Wheety wrote: »

You only get 1 day off a week?

Oh, and going to Ikea at the weekend is an amateur mistake. If you have to, be in there before 10 and know what you're looking for.

Now ya tell me?


Anyway, thought it didn't open till 10?


And yeah, rookie mistake I will not be making again.

FixdePitchmark

A haircut on a Sunday - Is Ireland that vain and pathetic.

Just relax - read a newspaper.

Think the Tattoo shop was open too

How Soon Is Now

Do the main food shop for the week on Tesco online if i need anything spur the moment just grab it in Dunnes round the corner never normally much so its all good!


I buy most stuff online or i at least review what i want to buy first so if i do buy it in store its a case of going there grabbing it buying it and im done! No ****ing around spending whole day looking at ****e i don't want and cant afford.


The odd time ill follow herself if she wants to go into town or whatever other big supermarket but as soon as i get a pain in me arse with it all ill usually vanish outside with the kids and wait there :pac:



Three of my most hated holes on the face of the earth are in no particular order Tiger Pennys and Lush!!!

Wheety

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Now ya tell me?


Anyway, thought it didn't open till 10?


And yeah, rookie mistake I will not be making again.

Restaurant and showroom opens at 9:30. You can be nearly ready to leave at 10.

dxhound2005

Do the main shop around 4 am on Tuesday or Wednesday, when it's usually fairly quiet. Nip in during the week after work for the drink and a haircut.

freshpopcorn

I live in a small town Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Supervalu all located within minutes of one another. Doing a weekly shop is a doddle. Never any issue with traffic/crowds/etc.
The odd time they might be a little busy but know where near as larger towns/cities.
The only reason I avoid doing the main shop on a Sunday is because I feel things are poorly dated/not overly fresh.

sdanseo

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Undoubtedly - people getting not extra wages for working ?

Law requires there to be a Sunday premium rate, I've never heard of or been paid less than 33%

Not religious in the least but it would be nice for Sundays to be a day off for everyone. The rest of Europe do this right, I was in Frankfurt on both a Sunday and Bank Holiday in May and literally everything except convenience stores, bars and restaurants were closed. We're also second worst for public holidays in Europe. You'd think a country with a net effective tax rate of nearly 50% would be able to do better.

Graces7

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I live in a small town Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Supervalu all located within minutes of one another. Doing a weekly shop is a doddle. Never any issue with traffic/crowds/etc.
The odd time they might be a little busy but know where near as larger towns/cities.
The only reason I avoid doing the main shop on a Sunday is because I feel things are poorly dated/not overly fresh.

That is unusual... I can sometimes score 2 or 3 but never all 4 ! Now thankfully I get the bulk delivered from supervalu.

I do enjoy supermarkets though, especially the reduced counters. and gazing in awe at the displays of fruit and vegetables we have these days.

No boats on Sunday unless you book and pay a private crossing. I did once try Sunday shopping in Killarney but it felt wrong somehow.

sdanseo

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I made the (big) mistake of going to Ikea today about lunchtime, to do a quick smash'n'grab at what I thought would be a civilised hour for a couple of small items that weren't in stock last week. I didn't even hit the showroom upstairs, only the market hall.



O.M.F.G.


Carparks all jammers, kids screaming, queues a mile long for the tills, impossible to do more than a shuffle with the trolley anywhere in any direction.



Never, ever, again.


:eek:

A weekday morning or 10 minutes before it closes is the only time IKEA is bearable.

It is the absolute worst of horrible places when it's busy, people blocking the walkway at every turn meaning you can't even walk through at your own pace.

Malayalam

sdanseo wrote: »

A weekday morning or 10 minutes before it closes is the only time IKEA is bearable.

It is the absolute worst of horrible places when it's busy, people blocking the walkway at every turn meaning you can't even walk through at your own pace.

I have never been to IKEA yet, and had a mad idea to go there a couple of weekends ago, but it didn't pan out. This settles it though...I am not going to bother. Ever.
Hate every kind of shopping anyway. At the best of times.

freshpopcorn

Malayalam wrote: »

I have never been to IKEA yet, and had a mad idea to go there a couple of weekends ago, but it didn't pan out. This settles it though...I am not going to bother. Ever.
Hate every kind of shopping anyway. At the best of times.

My take on IKEA being a guy it's better than a shopping center full of clothes shops.

Will I Am Not

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I made the (big) mistake of going to Ikea today about lunchtime, to do a quick smash'n'grab at what I thought would be a civilised hour for a couple of small items that weren't in stock last week. I didn't even hit the showroom upstairs, only the market hall.


O.M.F.G.


Carparks all jammers, kids screaming, queues a mile long for the tills, impossible to do more than a shuffle with the trolley anywhere in any direction.



Never, ever, again.


:eek:

Ha!!! There’s no such thing!!!

Malayalam

freshpopcorn wrote: »

My take on IKEA being a guy it's better than a shopping center full of clothes shops.

Hell would be better than a shopping centre full of clothes shops.

HeidiHeidi

freshpopcorn wrote: »

My take on IKEA being a guy it's better than a shopping center full of clothes shops.

I'm a gal, and I wholeheartedly agree

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Ha!!! There’s no such thing!!!

Even allowing for mayhem hell, I was still in and out in well under half an hour. But only because I knew exactly where each item I needed was, and the shortcuts to them.



But yeah, I'll be timing the visit a bit better next time!

Del2005

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

A haircut on a Sunday - Is Ireland that vain and pathetic.

Just relax - read a newspaper.

Think the Tattoo shop was open too

When are people who work 9-5 Monday to Friday supposed to find the time for a hair cut during the 5 days they are working. Sunday is a day off for most people so the services should be open then, why take time off work or rush after finishing a hard day in work?

Wishbone Ash

sdanseo wrote: »

Law requires there to be a Sunday premium rate, I've never heard of or been paid less than 33%....

The law doesn't specify how much extra should be paid but the Labour Court has determined that anything below one third extra to be 'unreasonable'.

Graces7

Malayalam wrote: »

I have never been to IKEA yet, and had a mad idea to go there a couple of weekends ago, but it didn't pan out. This settles it though...I am not going to bother. Ever.
Hate every kind of shopping anyway. At the best of times.

I love it! But I had decades of being totally housebound and having to get everything by mail order or by others and it palls after a while. Half way back there now but will not give the rest up easily! Love Mr Price! Got a good solid rain cape there for E2 and today will see it well used.

Malayalam

Graces7 wrote: »

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I love it! But I had decades of being totally housebound and having to get everything by mail order or by others and it palls after a while. Half way back there now but will not give the rest up easily! Love Mr Price! Got a good solid rain cape there for E2 and today will see it well used.

Ah I understand Grace, really, as I live far from towns too, but shopping makes me feel sad beyond the irritation of it. You have to pretend not to know where most of the stuff available to buy has come from and play your part living on the sweat of others. I know that sounds morose and political but it is nonetheless true. I prefer to go to the cinema in town and watch some Hollywood propaganda

optogirl

Jimmy. wrote: »

Never again, kids hanging off trollies. Parents arguing over price of porridge, why waste your one day off work battling a supermarket.
Too many people are institutionalized.

There may be a clue here

LirW

I agree with the IKEA hell, oh my god.
I sometimes go when I'm up in Dublin which is usually in the weekend, they have really cheap planters and I stock up on various sizes.

So I park which in itself takes half an hour. Go in, go down and from the tills to the plants, fighting my way against the stream of sad husbands and angry wives wheeling around whingy kids. Grab what I need, queue 1,5 hours to pay and afterwards somehow the whole afternoon is gone and I feel exhausted and need a nap and I wasn't anywhere but downstairs to get a few planters.

My theory is that IKEA is some sort of time rift that feeds off people's dispair and anger.

Neyite

Never take kids on a grocery shop.



I do my shopping on a Saturday in the local lidl. I go with a list and earbuds and listen to podcasts in peace so I don't actually mind it.

DoozerT6

Regarding IKEA, just pick a suitable day, pack the kids in the car and get there when the doors open at 9.30 am. You'll have no trouble finding a parking spot at that stage. Have a hot breakfast, make it part of the whole experience - you could feed the whole family for around €10-12 total, then just put your head down and get around the shop and throw what you need into your trolley. At least you're parked and fed. You will probably always have to queue to pay at the tills, but at that stage, you're just about done and you just have to get out and pack up the car. Buy the kids an ice cream to keep them quiet

Dr Strange

Only go on Monday or Tuesday mornings. Nice and quiet.

Not sure I’d agree with it being mad busy on Sunday evenings. We nearly always do our food shop for the week around 7pm Sunday evening and I find the shops nice a quiet (around us anyway).

Handiest day to so the shopping imo as you can usually get dates to stretch the full week (until Thursday evening) on items and I hate having to go getting bits and pieces during the week if I can help it prefer to do one shop and be done with it (would pop in Friday evening if not going out after work or else Saturday late morning to get stuff for the weekend like stuff for the frys etc). If it’s not Sunday we would go Monday evening for the weekly shop.

Wanderer78

Shopping, jesus what a truly boring pass time

inforfun

I shop because i starve if i dont eat.
And to make it easy on myself, my shopping is done on Saturday or Sunday.
At 07.00 when Tesco opens.

If i reaheaheahealy need something badly from Ikea, i go on a midweek evening.

Anything that can be ordered on line, will be ordered on line and home delivered.
I know tesco, supervalu can be done on line too but It is just that i like to pick my fresh food myself.

whisky_galore

Fcuk shopping, it shouldn't be classed as a pastime or leisure activity.

Go in, buy your sh!t, get out, like a military operation.

Graces7

Malayalam wrote: »

Ah I understand Grace, really, as I live far from towns too, but shopping makes me feel sad beyond the irritation of it. You have to pretend not to know where most of the stuff available to buy has come from and play your part living on the sweat of others. I know that sounds morose and political but it is nonetheless true. I prefer to go to the cinema in town and watch some Hollywood propaganda

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about?

I am referring to simple basic groceries ....not sweat shop clothes? Is that what this is about? Please do not answer that!!!!

Just simple basics like bread, milk, fruit, cheese.. YOU know!

You make life so complicated. And unenjoyable. Shopping for me is a rare freedom, a liberty of choice. A deep pleasure on the increasingly rare occasions I can do it

You sound so depressed and I sincerely hope you feel better soon.

suicide_circus

sdanseo wrote: »

Law requires there to be a Sunday premium rate, I've never heard of or been paid less than 33%

ever heard of composite rates? it's where employers claim that the Sunday premium is included in the gross salary but somehow get away without providing a breakdown of what the premium is

Zebra3

I had no idea people had a big shopping outing on a Sunday evening.

kerryjack

I have the solution a 4 day working week.

GLaDOS

I usually get the shopping done in about 30 min in the local Aldi on a Sunday afternoon. No problems.

Berserker

JupiterKid wrote: »

I have much better things to be doing on my valuable free time on a Sunday than being stuck in a soulless shopping Centre or supermarket. I can’t fathom how some people think going to a shopping Centre is considered a “day out?”

It's occupies the children for a day, I believe.

We were in Liffey Valley a few Sunday's grabbing something to eat. The family beside us Dad, Mam, toddler and young child ruined it for us. The young child went ballistic, walking around the restaurant with food in his hand and he even set up camp under our table at one point. Parents just looked over at him and resumed their conversation.

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

A haircut on a Sunday - Is Ireland that vain and pathetic.

Erm, I work with women who get up early in the morning to go to the hairdressers before work.

Franz Von Peppercorn

inforfun wrote: »

I shop because i starve if i dont eat.
And to make it easy on myself, my shopping is done on Saturday or Sunday.
At 07.00 when Tesco opens.

If i reaheaheahealy need something badly from Ikea, i go on a midweek evening.

Anything that can be ordered on line, will be ordered on line and home delivered.
I know tesco, supervalu can be done on line too but It is just that i like to pick my fresh food myself.

You are probably right about that. I mostly do online and every piece of meat I got last week was 2 days from the best before date.

Alun

Zebra3 wrote: »

I had no idea people had a big shopping outing on a Sunday evening.

Me neither. In fact Sunday evening is probably the last time I'd consider going shopping of the whole week.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Obviously families have to shop for the week one day of the week. For reasons also obvious the weekend is a good choice. Saturday tends to be more busy with other entertainment - like watching the football, pub sessions, other activities. Sunday evening makes sense.


I don’t do this but am pretty amazed that people don’t get it.

Franz Von Peppercorn

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

A haircut on a Sunday - Is Ireland that vain and pathetic

You’re right mate. No more haircuts from now on. Except Tuesdays at 11am. Peace.

Alun

Alun wrote: »

Me neither. In fact Sunday evening is probably the last time I'd consider going shopping of the whole week.

Why? It makes the most sense to me anyway. The week is starting Monday so you need stuff in for the week, it gets it out of the way so doesn't have to be done monday evening. Doing a full shop Fri or Sat would take up time from doing other stuff (watching sport, going out for pints, working at home etc) and means stuff might not last the week and doing a full shop say mid week would make no sense as we tend to eat out/get takeaway at weekends or cook random less healthy food so doing a Wednesday to Wednesday shop would make no sense.

Its really just dinners I shop for anyway as I buy lunch so its not that it takes up much time to do the food shopping for the week on a Sunday and then its out of the way until Friday (to get weekend stuff) bar needing to pick up something that you ran out of/forgot.

Austria!

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

The law doesn't specify how much extra should be paid but the Labour Court has determined that anything below one third extra to be 'unreasonable'.

Really? In my last place you got Sunday overtime pay was higher than regular overtime, but if you only worked the standard monthly hours (as was usually the case) then Sunday was payed the same as any regular day.

Hotblack Desiato

Nothing worse on a Sunday evening than getting stuck in the queue behind some fûcker with a full trolley when you only popped in to grab a few beers, there's only one checkout open and the queue for the self service checkouts has 30 people in it!