Supermarket Slobs

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of
Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!

And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of
what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)

Jill

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The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean
up after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

Carol

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was

so

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disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic

bottle

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of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo

candies.

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These people have no class, and they're thieves!

The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean

up

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after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

Mac

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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
These people have no class, and they're thieves!

The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

My pet peeve is what I perceive as dirty carts. Do these carts ever get a
good scalding after kids with wet diapers or worse sit in the seats where
eggs and creams are put? Or the bottom of the cart where kids have stood
that have also stood on restroom floors rife with urine.

Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman comes
up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I know
she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast! She may
know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can get it NOW!
Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

dee

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I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

Mac

Hmmmmm. This must partially explain the Cart Wipes I encountered on
entering my local Kroger. I asked the manager whether I was supposed
to use them before or after I used the cart. Laughingly he said that
depended on what I did with the cart. Guess he's seen lots of
atrocities.

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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
These people have no class, and they're thieves!

I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind
that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty
back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that
I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have
deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that
soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.

nancy

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I
know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast!
She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can
get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
plenty of
times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it is to
find *the*
perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever. After what
feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn around and shop for
something
else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.

But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and their
cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is annoying because
you
just have to wait. And wait.

nancy

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was

so

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disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic

bottle

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of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo

candies.

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These people have no class, and they're thieves!

These kinds of misdeeds (partially eaten products) are much more apt to
have been commited by the store employees... typically most shelf
restocking is done by the night shift, and typically they are poorly
suppervized, if supervized at all... mostly they are itinerate temps,
and not paid very well... and in fact in order to recruit them the
store management often offers the 'all you can eat on premises' perk.

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The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean

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after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but
many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public
restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores
don't offer a terlit to the patrons it should come as no surprise that
putrid pampers will be changed and discarded out in the parking lot...
and generally there are no trash recepticals, at least not handy, so if
garbage ends up in the carts rather than strewn about the streets
that's a good thing (lesser of evils)... for that kind of trash I place
the *entire* blame on the Municipality Officials for not enacting
commercial building code REQUIRING _adequate_ public restroom
facilities in *ALL* retail establishments, and that the municipality
must require that all retail establishments contract with private
sanitation companys to maintain adequate trash recepticals with timely
pick up thereof.

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The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Not the entire world, only those in charge... how those pinheads become
in charge is the true sorry state of affairs.

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Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
wanna know.

Sorry, but I can't place the blame on the public.

Nancy Young said:

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!"
and I know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping --
and fast! She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the
way so she can get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.'
They must wait?

Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
plenty of
times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it
is to find *the*
perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever.
After what feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn
around and shop for something
else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.

But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and
their cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is
annoying because you
just have to wait. And wait.

nancy

Let's don't even talk about those people who bring their 5 kids and their
cousin and their cousin's kids and use those annoying carts that are
designed to look like small cars (and probably should require a license
since they take up as much room as my car does in the parking lot). Heh...
I'd like to look at the selection of pork or perhaps the squash in the
produce aisle - but NO - two small car(t)s filled with kids and the
chattering cousins are blocking whatever. "Excuse me" is about the *only*
polite thing I could possibly say.

Jill

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I've never seen a public
restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY

Every supermarket has a BATHROOM. Where the hell do you think the
employees pee? In your cole slaw? Don't answer that.....but anyway
don't make blanket statements. **Every single Shop Rite and Aim and
Pee in my NYS stomping grounds has a public restroom and it's usually
quite clean.**

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suppervized, if supervized at all...

Spell much?

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"Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
possibly say.

It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

The Ranger

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"Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
possibly say.

It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

The Ranger

Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way and if you want to
stand around and chit-chat take it to the parking lot. But I was raised
better than that. Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
shopping.

Jill

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I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
that kind that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done,
just put the empty back on the shelf. I thought that was just
unbelievable, so much so that I went back and checked for
the empty, thinking, my eyes must have deceived me. Gross,
too, imagine the next person who wants that soup and picks
up someone's trash. Yuck.

I'm not so much worried about what the next person thinks as much as the
norms that type of "parent" is passing on to her child. "Stealing is
a-okay... As long as you don't get caught." I say something to people like
that -- especially when my three are present -- because food-theft costs me,
both directly and indirectly. Her feelings, or problems, aren't my concern.
The messages she's broadcasting are.

I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even though
there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away but please use
clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods display at being called on
their gauche behavior is sadistically entertaining.

Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
impression.

The Ranger

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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night,
and I was so disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found
a nearly empty plastic bottle of Mountain Dew. Later,
we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.These
people have no class, and they're thieves!

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Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

The hit-and-run eaters are not too big a problem where I live. When I've
seen it, I call them on it. It can drive SWMBO nuts at times because she's a
very passive-aggressive Gandhi type; you enact social change through
non-violence. I'm more, call them now and handle the consequences quickly
and (in many cases) painfully. Make them fear the reprisals and they'll not
do it again.

Have you brought this up with the manager? He might be blissfully ignorant
hiding away in his office all day/night.

The Ranger

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"Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
possibly say.

It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way
[..] But I was raised better than that.

As you prove, it's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

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Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
shopping.

Hmmm.

The Ranger

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
These people have no class, and they're thieves!

The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

Carol
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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as he
could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame even
when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!
Sarah

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I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
that kind that's in a styrofoam cup

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I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
entertaining.

Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
impression.

The Ranger

Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
buffet.

I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children to
shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
*all* pay for theft in the long run.

Jill

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I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a
cup of soup, that kind that's in a styrofoam cup

I've also seen people sample the soups with the
same spoon, even though there are six dispensers
with signage reading, "Sample away but please
use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these
clods display at being called on their gauche
behavior is sadistically entertaining.

Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so
you leave a lasting impression.

Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup?

Safeway. That new marketing display is right there. There are mini-cups
(2-oz souffle) available, but I've yet to see someone actually use them.

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I believe Nancy was referring to something like that
Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a buffet.

Ah. My misread. I've never witnessed that level of laziness _in_ the store.
It's usually outside at the jerk's car where he empties his week's-worth of
trash into the basket and quickly drives away.

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I do, however, agree with your basic message.

It's a shame the tide's currently going the other way...

The Ranger

Sarah said:

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
These people have no class, and they're thieves!

The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as he
could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame even
when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!

No shame? You're the one with no shame, lady.

Growing up in a small town, you see a lot of people who can't afford food
for their kids... I've known people who worked at grocery stores, who
deliberately turned a blind eye to people they knew couldn't afford
produce for their kids.(to the point of putting out almost-rotten produce
for them to take) I mean, you've got a consistent customer, who
buys what they can afford, when they can afford it, and who occasionally
takes food. This isn't the person who steals because they want to. It 's
not the person who steals cars for a joyride. It's a person who finds
that they can't afford enough to feed their kids.

I can hope that that old man was suffering from some form of dementia, and
didn't realize where he was.

Lena

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I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
that kind that's in a styrofoam cup

Quoted message said:

I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
entertaining.

Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
impression.

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Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
buffet.

Oh, definitely, I didn't realize there could be any confusion, I meant a
packaged product on the soup aisle. I'm now thinking she must have
come prepared with a spoon or did she steal a plastic one from the
disposable plates aisle?

At any rate, it wouldn't have even struck me as strange if she'd taken
the container with her to pay for it. I've opened stuff in the store if I
*really* needed to eat or whatever, but I paid for the product.

Honest, I never heard of being able to sample the soup at the salad
bar. I wouldn't like that.

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I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
to
shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
*all* pay for theft in the long run.

I'm with you. I only think of one place where it's common to see people
eating the whole time they shop, pisses me off. Produce market. I don't
mean just test one grape. I mean the whole bunch.

nancy