tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post1882245056268508111..comments2023-11-05T03:13:13.383-05:00Comments on I'll Bite: Grocery store etiquette: Gaffe on Aisle 5?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-20690927130035619152021-12-26T23:33:14.736-05:002021-12-26T23:33:14.736-05:00grocery pickup app I am impressed. I don't thi...<a href="https://fishwebsite.com/" rel="nofollow">grocery pickup app</a> I am impressed. I don't think Ive met anyone who knows as much about this subject as you do. You are truly well informed and very intelligent. You wrote something that people could understand and made the subject intriguing for everyone. Really, great blog you have got here.ROCKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113701002124510973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-76879003511682994682019-10-03T15:06:13.755-04:002019-10-03T15:06:13.755-04:00I am glad that I saw this post. It is informative ...I am glad that I saw this post. It is informative blog for us and we need this type of blog thanks for share this blog, Keep posting such instructional blogs and I am looking forward for your future posts.<br /><a href="http://www.venizia.ca/?lang=fr" rel="nofollow">Grossistes d’épicerie à Montréal</a>Venizia Inchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238598654406362996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-44098397035175413242015-08-15T14:41:43.849-04:002015-08-15T14:41:43.849-04:00Ran into someone today who decided to block the ai...Ran into someone today who decided to block the aisle, and tut at me loudly that I tried to get by after saying excuse me.<br /><br />Okay, here's a tip. If you're looking at something on the left side of the aisle, position your cart on the left side. Don't stand on the right side of the aisle with your cart while looking at something on the left side, then tut at people for wanting to get by.<br /><br />The aisle is for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-19194278636668967742014-12-03T03:27:20.530-05:002014-12-03T03:27:20.530-05:00Those "customer in training" or "sh...Those "customer in training" or "shopper in training" super tiny carts with the big flags that parents think are so vitally necessary to teach their kids or keep them well behaved, pretending they're shopping! What's really pathetic is when the "little" kid who's pushing one of these stupid things is like 8 years old! Gee, when I was 8, you couldn't have fooled me with one of these stupid things. When I was 8, if I wanted to feel grown up, I'd want to push a REAL, adult shopping cart, not a plastic little toy cart.<br /><br />Kids got by very well BEFORE these stupid things came along. Now, the only purpose they serve is to block people in the store because the stupid parents don't monitor their kids, and the kids are all over the place with these things. DUMB parents. One of these days I'm going to pick one of those things up and carry it away from the child. I swear, no joke, it's only a matter of time. Idiot parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-26068311820649762932012-01-10T17:55:01.385-05:002012-01-10T17:55:01.385-05:00aisleaisleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-33591869915673714362011-09-01T14:53:46.409-04:002011-09-01T14:53:46.409-04:00WOW. All of you posting comments here need to tak...WOW. All of you posting comments here need to take a deep breath, exhale, and then practice a little forgiveness. Though we ALL wish WE were the only ones at the grocery store, that's not the case. I doubt that mom with 2 kids can leave them with a babysitter every other day when she needs to go to the store to get groceries. In case you've never taken kids to the store before, it's not that easy. AND if you have 2 kids, where do you put both of them and groceries in one of those normal sized carts? Hence the huge race car carts that I despised too before I became a mom. SO how about next time, giving that mom or that old lady a little bit of help. Forget that you are not ever going to be the ONLY person at the grocery store and have a little patience.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754092325231758021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-15414387405845657402011-09-01T14:49:22.590-04:002011-09-01T14:49:22.590-04:00WOW. All of you need to take a deep breath, look ...WOW. All of you need to take a deep breath, look around and have a little forgiveness for everyone. Ironically, YOU are not the only one in the grocery store either. Though we ALL wish we WERE, let's face it, we're NOT. NO, that mother with her 2 screaming kids can't leave them at home with a babysitter every other day when she needs to go to the store. Taking kids to the store is incredibly hard, in case you've never tried, so perhaps you could try helping her?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754092325231758021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-49639484258794497502010-08-21T21:31:06.816-04:002010-08-21T21:31:06.816-04:00Any public place will get you some annoying person...Any public place will get you some annoying person, but this is all just a day in the life. You wake up and feel good , you been granted another day on earth, be happy for it and don't sweat the small stuff folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-30258261176038009832010-06-30T12:49:13.014-04:002010-06-30T12:49:13.014-04:00Thanks for bringing up this topic, Kathleen, the c...Thanks for bringing up this topic, Kathleen, the comments made for great reading! I can't complain of pet peeves because everything that really bothers me, I have found myself doing at one point or another. And I didn't until this moment realize that since I have only one child, I am not supposed to be using the car cart even though my child enjoys riding in them. I always thought those were first-come-first-served. I guess that people with two children are allowed to corral their children, but I'm expected to raise my one to be so well-behaved that he doesn't need the car cart. Good to know!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-6724661392876010842010-06-28T16:52:35.873-04:002010-06-28T16:52:35.873-04:00My peeve are parents with just one kid who use the...My peeve are parents with just one kid who use the car carts. Then I arrive with my twins and need two carts to do my grocery shopping. Yes, my son loves them too, but when I have just 1 kid with me, I leave the car carts for someone who actually needs it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-10041536344556576802010-06-18T12:32:30.499-04:002010-06-18T12:32:30.499-04:00I always hate to see someone on their cell phone i...I always hate to see someone on their cell phone in the checkout line. It seems so rude to the cashier.<br /><br />On the other hand, if some stores would open the self-checkouts they have closed all day, it may not be an issue. Regardless, you should hang up the phone when face-to-face with another human.Julie @ Willow Bird Bakinghttp://willowbirdbaking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-11720413067138736442010-06-17T07:31:52.068-04:002010-06-17T07:31:52.068-04:00For me, it has to be leaving the shopping carts ou...For me, it has to be leaving the shopping carts outside the store. I've seen people spend more time trying to put the cart up on a curb than it would have taken for them to actually take the cart to the corral area. To me, it's just rude and inconsiderate to not spend the extra minute to return the cart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-36148325678105549282010-06-16T13:54:49.341-04:002010-06-16T13:54:49.341-04:00Well, I am one of those 'dinosaurs' who st...Well, I am one of those 'dinosaurs' who still writes checks, but I always fill out the check with store name, date, and sign my name, BEFORE I go in to the store. I also fill in the check register at the same time. Since my checks have a carbon, I can fill in the amount of the check in the register AFTER I leave the store. It doesn't take any longer for me to write in the check amount after the total is rung up than it does for someone who is using a debit or credit card to pay for their food or whatever. Oh...and I always have my store discount card and checkbook in my hand when I get to the resgister for checkout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-9979167558473395542010-06-11T15:07:27.083-04:002010-06-11T15:07:27.083-04:00The best thing Wal-Mart ever did was install u-sca...The best thing Wal-Mart ever did was install u-scan lanes. I don't mind shopping there now because I can get in and out, because the average Wal-Mart shopper isn't smart enough to know how to use u-scan. Education, isn't it a terrific thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-46704668216724037682010-06-11T14:19:19.830-04:002010-06-11T14:19:19.830-04:00This was fun and makes me feel better about my lif...This was fun and makes me feel better about my life. I have to go to the grocery store tonight because I live the life of a rock star and who wouldn't want to spend Friday night at HT. I find myself hoping that someone gets in my way so I can sneak something in their cart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-38764428448528873222010-06-11T07:46:08.469-04:002010-06-11T07:46:08.469-04:00People definitely have passionate feelings about t...People definitely have passionate feelings about this! As with everything, I'm sure that there is a converse to each observation. <br /><br />1. People who think that Aisle 5 is the PERFECT spot to park their buggies for a quick 30 minute catch up on life in general. It's hard to resist, I know, whether you're a 9-5er, working mom, stay at home mom or dad or WHATEVER you do during the day but 5.30pm at the Harris Teeter is just not the time. <br />2. We've all done it but, even with a list, when you get to the checkout and realize that LAST (and usually most important) thing you forgot. Then trilling 'I'll be right back' as you go on a 10 minute hunt for that jar of whatever. Even worse, send your child. We're all guilty. Admit it. At least sprint and look pained as you do so.<br />3. Not using re-usable bags. It's green, it's hippy, it's whatever. Try living in Europe. Most countries A) Charge you money per bag B) Make you feel like you are personally choking the baby dolphins (see PETAs campaign to re-name all fish 'sea kittens') and C) rarely help load your bags beyond the first one. It's a pain to try and remember the bags but doable. <br />4. Haranguing stock boys and girls over pricing, availability, brand and nutrition. They didn't pick the items so why are you yelling at them?! Find a manager who is at least paid to listen and then ignore you :)<br /><br />To be honest, I hadn't thought about the purse in cart thing. Why it annoys others than the person who left it is beyond me. Unless you're the beleaguered manager handling the police report. Or the police. Or the child of now hysterical woman. Leaving cart in parking space....grrrrrrr. Most of the time there is a stock person who'll meet you halfway, make a little effort!<br /><br />Ah, for the space-age set: using your iPhone app to look up and compare the price of EACH ITEM before you put it in the cart. Yes it's very cool how the camera reads the bar code but if you continue to scan every can of peaches before deciding to buy them later I will personally dismantle your phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-3304455162850237352010-06-11T07:45:26.516-04:002010-06-11T07:45:26.516-04:00People who stand around in la-la land while their ...People who stand around in la-la land while their giant order of groceries piles up at the end of the belt. If there is no bagger please take the initiative and start putting away your own stuff! Packing groceries is not rocket surgery, have some courtesy for others that are waiting.erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-17102289652180921982010-06-11T07:25:53.921-04:002010-06-11T07:25:53.921-04:00I can't stand it when some grocery punk stock ...I can't stand it when some grocery punk stock boy tells me to quit eating all the kid's cookies at the bakery. I am doing those fat little pigs a favor by eating their cookies. I just start knocking over stuff and tell them to pick it up, because it is in my way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-56833535187143568322010-06-11T05:58:53.453-04:002010-06-11T05:58:53.453-04:00I'm trying to be solution-oriented here.
To A...I'm trying to be solution-oriented here.<br /><br />To Anonymous @ 5:16 pm:<br /><br />"Stopping right at the door to grab a sani-nap and spend time wiping down their cart" - I'm a sani-nap wiper, but I usually go straight to the dispenser & get the nap before even selecting my cart. This way I can wipe it down as I'm pulling it out.<br /><br />"Not offering to let you with less items to go ahead" - I have to disagree here. If people with full or even partially-full carts let EVERYONE with fewer items than them go ahead, they'd never get to the checkout. If you want to check out more quickly, go to the store at a less-busy time, pick a different line, an express line, or do the self-checkout. Asking to cut in front of them or worse yet EXPECTING them to let you cut in front is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-66414204018900875432010-06-11T05:56:58.002-04:002010-06-11T05:56:58.002-04:00I've always suspected that Charlotte has been ...I've always suspected that Charlotte has been over run by mobs of rude intolerant transplants. The comments here don't surprise me, they simply embarrass me.<br /><br />It's a grocery store, not your office or your backyard so lighten up! Shopping for my dinner is always fun, because I could care less how you shop, where you leave your cart, if you write a check or if want to show a picture of your new grandbaby to the cashier. <br /><br />The kids make me laugh, and if you leave you half filled cart unattended and I load it up with Oreo cookies and instant grits by mistake you should thank me.Cedar Postshttp://cedarposts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-10705759185385656052010-06-11T04:09:31.723-04:002010-06-11T04:09:31.723-04:00One thing I think many people here may be unaware ...One thing I think many people here may be unaware of regarding the number of items in an express checkout (not self checkout). I have worked in both grocery and other retail, and it is a hard and fast rule that a cashier may NOT do anything to enforce the number of items allowed at an express checkout. You aren't even allowed to make the customer feel uncomfortable about it, let alone say anything about it.<br /><br />If you have a problem with a customer taking too many items to express, you need to talk to the manager and ask that the cashiers be allowed to police this, otherwise it will not change. The cashier is not in control of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-15149603006266905162010-06-10T21:59:54.151-04:002010-06-10T21:59:54.151-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-37108869841195872532010-06-10T21:03:06.830-04:002010-06-10T21:03:06.830-04:00Oh, and I almost forgot. The people that break th...Oh, and I almost forgot. The people that break things and don't tell anyone. Is it that hard to find the first employee you see and tell them? Not like they are going to force you to pay for it. As the fellow said earlier, "the customer is always right."<br /><br />Oh how I dislike that phrase.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520859179617642504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-36810309976527158112010-06-10T21:01:04.878-04:002010-06-10T21:01:04.878-04:00As an employee it's the people that complain n...As an employee it's the people that complain no matter what you do. It's never good enough for them. They DEMAND discounts or free items like we, the employee, control the store.<br /><br />As a customer, it's a tie between slow check writers and the people who obviously have no idea what they want but are still going to take up as much space as possible on the aisle while they try to figure it out.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520859179617642504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9046185673819980880.post-49899417665133260492010-06-10T20:49:16.589-04:002010-06-10T20:49:16.589-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com