Most annoying things abut supermarkets

bobbyss

The French Log Experience

Buy a French Log. The long bag it is in is always shorter than the actual length of the bread itself. The end sticks out. Waiting for it to slide out and fall to the floor. This probably happens just as you are at he checkout. During Covid some places had the bag made bigger so that all of the log was covered. No touching.

But by and large it is back to normal now because we all want to buy bread that other people have handled.


I used to blow a fuse when I was in a queue and the cashier left his/her station to do something. Maybe get a bar code sorted. However I have got over that. Not his or her fault. Could be me that they have to leave their station.

But that French log.

Kylta

Easy remedied. Take bag of another french log and put it on the uncovered end of your. I do it all the time.

agoodusername

Being left looking around the place for 5 minutes when the self service machine asks for a member of staff.

Deebles McBeebles

Pretty sure The French Log Experience is a porno I saw in the 90's.

uptherebels

People, generally middle aged women, who stop to either look at something on the shelf, or stop to chat to someone and park their trolley sideways across the aisle, blocking it.

Padre_Pio

Baguette.

Never heard it called a French log.

Feisar

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Baguette.

Never heard it called a French log.

French loaf maybe?

gifted

The paying for stuff part....

biko

A french log is confectionery
You're thinking of a baguette.

punisher5112

There is already a supermarket thread....

Un expected item in the baggage area.

punisher5112

biko wrote: »

A french log is confectionery
You're think of a pain riche or baugette.

Baggette

biko

Baguette even

AMKC

Ye eh no that has never annoyed me. People walking around with them sticking out of thetr arm or trolley might do. I hate when something is at a shelf that should not be there especially at the special shelfs. I always put it away.

Princess Calla

punisher5112 wrote: »

There is already a supermarket thread....

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Ah that's in covid.... Where if you say anything negative another poster will come along and tell you that you are too stressed /annoyed to be shopping and avail of home delivery

phormium

We would have called that before we knew the fancy baguette name a French stick

Princess Calla

biko wrote: »

Baguette even

Or French stick

Princess Calla

phormium wrote: »

We would have called that before we knew the fancy baguette name a French stick

You just beat me

bobbyss

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Baguette.

Never heard it called a French log.

Staff understand when I call it a French Log. I would never call it a baguette. That long bread yoke. French bread thingy. Baguette's a bit on the posh side.

gigantic09

2 for 1 or buy 2 get a euro off etc offers on the Isles but when you go to checkout you get charged the regular price, happens alot at self service checkout.

bobbyss

The price labels on shelves are usually obscured or falling away. The labels at the bottom shelf are as small as those at eye level but in any event are usually not there at all when you bend down to find out the price of something.

punisher5112

Mine is 2 foot long

Church on Tuesday

OP's post had me seriously confused there for a bit.

Rockbeast2

Women of all ages at tills.

That look of surprise when asked to pay.

The 2 minute root in handbag for purse. Looking for exact change when she has a €50 note. Not finding it. Paying with €50 note.

Remembering an item she forgot/voucher she has/item to return. Cashier has to call a supervisor to open till...

This happens CONSTANTLY in my local Aldi. I'll join a queue of 10 men before one of 3 women!

bobbyss

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Women of all ages at tills.

That look of surprise when asked to pay.

The 2 minute root in handbag for purse. Looking for exact change when she has a €50 note. Not finding it. Paying with €50 note.

Remembering an item she forgot/voucher she has/item to return. Cashier has to call a supervisor to open till...

This happens CONSTANTLY in my local Aldi. I'll join a queue of 10 men before one of 3 women!

Yes, I know the feeling. I size up the opposition before joining a queue. I know which queue I would rather be in.

But worst of all is if a customer has bought clothes. Don't ever get in that line. The clothes have to be folded separately, each item put carefully in a brown paper bag. Just throw them all in one f...... bag and get on with it.

Pkiernan

There should be a separate queue for respectable folk.

murpho999

Still have to put stuff in trolleys then taken out individually at checkout. Surely with tech nowadays you should be able to pack in bags as you go along and products get scanned together with RFID tech or something. So you just pay your bill and go.

People at self check outs who do not put their bags on first and then put shopping in bags as they scan. Then they could just take their items instead of having to pack everything after paying.

Women who wait until required to look for money, bank card, supermarket card, vouchers, instead of having ready whilst queuing.

Staff blocking aisles with big cages when packing shelves.

So much plastic packaging.

FixitFelix

uptherebels wrote: »

People, generally middle aged women, who stop to either look at something on the shelf, or stop to chat to someone and park their trolley sideways across the aisle, blocking it.

Similar sort of thing, people who block the shelves or fridges with their trolley and proceed to walk off leaving it in the way.

bobbyss

bobbyss wrote: »

The French Log Experience

Buy a French Log. The long bag it is in is always shorter than the actual length of the bread itself. The end sticks out. Waiting for it to slide out and fall to the floor. This probably happens just as you are at he checkout. During Covid some places had the bag made bigger so that all of the log was covered. No touching.

But by and large it is back to normal now because we all want to buy bread that other people have handled.


I used to blow a fuse when I was in a queue and the cashier left his/her station to do something. Maybe get a bar code sorted. However I have got over that. Not his or her fault. Could be me that they have to leave their station.

But that French log.

And just think about the exposed part of the baguette passing along the conveyor belt that has recently been home to hundreds of other items that have been handled by shoppers who may or may not have the greatest hand hygiene.

Esse85

If you don't check dates and you get home and find something out of date that same day.

Tesco are brutal for having a product advertised at a cheaper price than what you actually get charged for.

Idiots taking up the whole aisle with little regard for other shoppers.

Idiots faffing around at the toll through forgetting their pin for their atm card or running back down the aisle having forgotten something.

touts

At the moment it's idiots walking around the supermarket not wearing masks.

I was in Aldi on Friday and this young lad in his mid 20s was walking around without a mask. I reached the till and started unloading my fairly full trolly. He came up with just 3-4 items. He stood there for a minute or two doing his best to make sure I noticed him. Eventually he asked could he skip past me as he only had a few items. I told him to put on a mask and he could. He told me to **** off and sulked for the rest of the time. The checkout girl thanked me for speaking up and said she wished the management would enforce mask wearing.

GT89

murpho999 wrote: »

Staff blocking aisles with big cages when packing shelves.

The type of people who complain about pallets, cages and likes blocking aisle would also be the first to complain if stock levels are poor. They are nessecary in order to ensure YOU the customer has a wide range of products to choose from. I will normally try my best to keep pallets and cages out of the way of customers but sometimes it's unavoidable

As a staff member in one of these establishments the thing that annoys me the most is customers who seem to be of the impression that there is a massive warehouse out the back with all the stock they could possibly want what is on the shelves is what we have. Why would any business keep stock in out of reach of customers.

RandomViewer

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Women of all ages at tills.

That look of surprise when asked to pay.

The 2 minute root in handbag for purse. Looking for exact change when she has a €50 note. Not finding it. Paying with €50 note.

Remembering an item she forgot/voucher she has/item to return. Cashier has to call a supervisor to open till...

This happens CONSTANTLY in my local Aldi. I'll join a queue of 10 men before one of 3 women!

Got stuck behind one who decided to pay in Lotto tickets,

The other people.

The greatest annoyance about any place is always other people.

MrMusician18

The constant moving things around really annoys me, though to be fair Aldi and lidl are less guilty of that behavior.

Although they are guilty of stopping carrying items with no notice, which is equally irritating.

Dr. Bre

bobbyss wrote: »

The French Log Experience

Buy a French Log. The long bag it is in is always shorter than the actual length of the bread itself. The end sticks out. Waiting for it to slide out and fall to the floor. This probably happens just as you are at he checkout. During Covid some places had the bag made bigger so that all of the log was covered. No touching.

But by and large it is back to normal now because we all want to buy bread that other people have handled.


I used to blow a fuse when I was in a queue and the cashier left his/her station to do something. Maybe get a bar code sorted. However I have got over that. Not his or her fault. Could be me that they have to leave their station.

But that French log.

I had a French log when I went to Paris last year

How Soon Is Now

I normally check the section of reduced items that are out of date at the end of the day. You get bargains sometimes especially on meat I can just freeze and use at a later date.

Anyways the amount of auld ones who huddle around the area checking every single thing talking to each other while blocking anyone else from actually getting something is a pain in the hole!

I also hate it when you're at the self-services checkouts and one of the staff with nothing better to do can't wait to grab the bloody basket right from under you to put it back. Ffs I'll bring it back myself I always do I'm not gonna leave it there or God forbid bring it home ha.

whisky_galore

Local MediocreValu is absolutely rubbish at keeping stock on shelves.

Spot something on offer in Lidl or Aldi, it's sold out. Forced to buy something, anything in order to get out of the place.

The manic race between scanning and packing at Lidl/Aldi.

In contrast at other supermarkets, the fúcking hold ups, nattering about weather and Mary down the road, fcuking around with loyalty cards, cash, lotto tickets.
Input pin, wrong pin. Wrong card etc...
Smokers. Another additional delay farting around getting fags from the anonymous cupboard that they're stored in.

scudzilla

Most annoying thing about supermarkets for me is those little barstard kids trollies, ya know the type, mammy wandering around everywhere and her 3 little angles each have one of these ankle slammers and are running riot.

These contraptions led me to one of the most embarrassing moments for me in recent times, went into our local Supervalu and there's a largish foyer, to the right is way in, to the left is people coming out, so i go in with wit my wife and i'm pushing the trolley, stadning right in the doorway is a little kid, maybe 5/6 years old with one of these trolleys, not budging, his dad just standing 5ft inside the doorway looking at him smiling.

After 30 seconds of this kid not budging and a few people starting to queue behind me i shout out "Ah come on, will ya get out of the way""""

He turns around and looks at me with his little down syndrome head :(:(

The mutterings from ladies behind me, the second he turned around my wife legged it, found her by the bread breaking her shite laughing

murphyebass

whisky_galore wrote: »

The manic race between scanning and packing at Lidl/Aldi.

****in love this. It irks me no end when **** fanny about chatting to the till person.

Pack your ****, pay quickly and leave. Particularly in covid times. Just move on ffs. No one wants to hear your stories.

murphyebass

whisky_galore wrote: »

The manic race between scanning and packing at Lidl/Aldi.

****in love this. It irks me no end when **** fanny about chatting to the till person.

Pack your ****, pay quickly and leave. Particularly in covid times. Just move on ffs. No one wants to hear your stories.

murpho999

GT89 wrote: »

The type of people who complain about pallets, cages and likes blocking aisle would also be the first to complain if stock levels are poor. They are nessecary in order to ensure YOU the customer has a wide range of products to choose from. I will normally try my best to keep pallets and cages out of the way of customers but sometimes it's unavoidable

As a staff member in one of these establishments the thing that annoys me the most is customers who seem to be of the impression that there is a massive warehouse out the back with all the stock they could possibly want what is on the shelves is what we have. Why would any business keep stock in out of reach of customers.

Of course shelves have to be packed to ensure stock levels but I don't think it's right to block off an entire aisle to do so or have more than one cage and pallet on an aisle at a time?
A bit more management and planning would just help for all.

GT89

murpho999 wrote: »

Of course shelves have to be packed to ensure stock levels but I don't think it's right to block off an entire aisle to do so or have more than one cage and pallet on an aisle at a time?
A bit more management and planning would just help for all.

Well I can't speak for whichever supermarket you go to but I have never more than one cage/trolley or pallet on an aisle at any one time. If ever this was the case would be late at night when there are less customers in the shop and in order to het the shop packed for the next day.

seamusk84

murphyebass wrote: »

****in love this. It irks me no end when **** fanny about chatting to the till person.

Pack your ****, pay quickly and leave. Particularly in covid times. Just move on ffs. No one wants to hear your stories.

The point is not to pack at the Aldi/Lidl tills.
You Are suppose to stick your stuff back in the trolley/basket after scanning and then go pack at the big ledge against the window at your leisure.

Nevin Parsnipp

GT89 wrote: »

The type of people who complain about pallets, cages and likes blocking aisle would also be the first to complain if stock levels are poor. They are nessecary in order to ensure YOU the customer has a wide range of products to choose from. I will normally try my best to keep pallets and cages out of the way of customers but sometimes it's unavoidable

As a staff member in one of these establishments the thing that annoys me the most is customers who seem to be of the impression that there is a massive warehouse out the back with all the stock they could possibly want what is on the shelves is what we have. Why would any business keep stock in out of reach of customers.

Why don't they load the fcukin shelves when the supermarket is CLOSED ...?

Nevin Parsnipp

seamusk84 wrote: »

The point is not to pack at the Aldi/Lidl tills.
You Are suppose to stick your stuff back in the trolley/basket after scanning and then go pack at the big ledge against the window at your leisure.

That's only for the Germans luv......they like logic and efficiency.

Pat likes to pack at the till and keep everybody waiting...wha ?

Yyhhuuu

Ignorant staff of which there are many with a chip on their shoulder & shops which omit to have price or as is a common practice deliberately place the offer price in front of the wrong product.

freshpopcorn

The main thing that annoys me about supermarket shopping is poor dates and bad looking meat, fish, fresh food on the shelves. I've no idea how people just pick up a packet of discoloured meat and throws it in the trolley without looking at it.

whisky_galore

seamusk84 wrote: »

The point is not to pack at the Aldi/Lidl tills.
You Are suppose to stick your stuff back in the trolley/basket after scanning and then go pack at the big ledge against the window at your leisure.

Oh **** that.

Nevin Parsnipp

The fcukin beuers that pack everything carefully into six different bags on their trolley so that THEY can save time unpacking at home ...and hold up the rest of us in the line while they do this...

Grrr.......

amadangomor

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

Ignorant staff of which there are many with a chip on their shoulder & shops which omit to have price or as is a common practice deliberately place the offer price in front of the wrong product.[/QUOTE]

Happens in some Tescos a lot.

My local Tesco not too bad but was going to the tills in Tesco Maynooth the other day and had 3/4 products that I wasn't sure if they were part of a deal or not.

Surely a manager should be going around checking for this or maybe it is deliberate.

I will leave the product if the price is not what I expected. Pain in the hole if it something you need.

amadangomor

whisky_galore wrote: »

Oh **** that.

I will roughly pack and sort out a few things on the ledge. No harm thinking of others and being efficient in keeping things moving.