Annoying characteristics of supermarkets.

Their are many things about supermarkets I dislike. 

Things like the car park, the layout of and constant rearranging of the layout, people not being prepared to pay for their comestibles after waiting in the queue and then waiting until everything is rung up before hunting for their purse, the long queues, far too much choice in brands of goods.  But my gripe today is about bread.

There is always plenty of sliced bread.  But I don't like sliced bread except to toast.  I like a nice fresh bakery loaf. Most times.I bake a loaf myself using a breadmaker.  Bit with no yeast I found myself looking in the supermarket a full two hours before it closed both last night and today

And what did I find? The instore bakery had sliced all of a full score of loaves, both wholemeal and white leaving no loaves uncut.  When I asked about this, I was told they 'have to' slice the loaves when they have finished the day's baking which put me close to meltdown. it does not make any sense to me as I am sure that many  other customers would also prefer an unsliced loaf. I refuse to have a sliced loaf. I like my bread cut three inches thick so I can delight in the texture of the fluffy inner, feeling it melt away in my mouth. If I want sliced bread there is plenty of choice of sliced loaves, and I am quite capable of cutting it myself. Even a loaf sliced from the bakery loaf tastes totally different when it is cut into half inch thick slices rather than the chunks I like.

On both occasions they have lost a customer and I made do with a bowl of shredded wheat instead. And I will get some.yeast and continue continue to bake my own bread which will only be sliced at tje point of eating, and I can savour the flavour of a nice chunky piece.

What do others find annoying about supermarkets,, or is there anyone who thinks supermarkets are like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.

Parents
  • I went in Aldi yesterday and tried to pack my bags at the checkout. This is bad Aldi etiquette apparently. You're meant to quickly shove all items back into the trolley, pay the bill and then pack your bags on a shelf at the back of the store.

    Gradually I am getting the hang of how to blend in unobtrusively with other bipeds.

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  • I went in Aldi yesterday and tried to pack my bags at the checkout. This is bad Aldi etiquette apparently. You're meant to quickly shove all items back into the trolley, pay the bill and then pack your bags on a shelf at the back of the store.

    Gradually I am getting the hang of how to blend in unobtrusively with other bipeds.

Children
  • I usually pick up a basket in the supermarket. Armed with this new knowledge about how to pack your bags in Aldi, however, I decided on a trolley. All of the trolleys were chained together just outside the store. I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out how to free one of them. Then I spent another couple of minutes looking for a loose one in the car park. Eventually I realised that people were starting to stare, the very thing I'd hoped to avoid, so I used a basket as usual.   Disappointed

  • Yeah .... I refuse to pack my stuff twice and just pack at the till ... to the disapproving stares from everyone else in the queue. Usually the check out staff starts the next persons shopping but I refuse to move and keep packing my stuff. Ha, little things : p