Why do people do ignorant things in grocery stores

[bottomfeeder]

I was at the grocery store today and in one of the aisles someone left an expensive cut of meat and a tub of ice-cream on the shelf. The ice cream probably melted and the meat probably going bad as well. Is it too much to ask someone to walk 50 m in the store to put the food away that you don't want anymore?

Earlier today I was at Sam's Club - I wanted to buy a rotisserie chicken but there weren't any. I asked what happened and the chicken lady told me that one customer ordered 16 chickens for pickup at 10 am. They did not show up and so by 2:00 pm they had to throw the chickens out. The customer came in at 3:00 and cleaned out all the chickens. Because of the dufus not picking up his chicken they had to throw out 13 chickens.

I guess this is a sign of the growing selfishnesses and self-centeredness of modern society. People getting more and more rude because they are more and more inconsiderate.

Sorry - I had to vent.

[hatsee]

I don't care about that, the people that take 17 items or more through the express lane piss me off though. :mad:

[nahim.a.a]

I asked what happened and the chicken lady told me that one customer ordered 16 chickens for pickup at 10 am.

Very good...

[red_roses101]

Very good...

http://www.aish.com/graphics/articles/ChickenLady230x150.jpg

[jedijome]

people who hit me with their carts and don't even apologize, really annoy me.

[Paolo]

Someone who leaves icecream in their shopping cart for over an hour to the point where its now turned into pudding, then decides at the very last minute they dont want it anymore, so they return it back to the freezer and your the next guy to buy that tub of ice cream, and have no way of knowing its been thawed out previously untill you take it home and find out its been re-frozen... thats bad. and someone who left out a case of yogurt in room temperatur for too long, and some kid who makes 7/hr doesnt know any better and puts it back in the fridge and your the next guy to buy the yogurt, you get sick, and have to get tested for e-coli poisoning and have to give a poo sample to the doctor and give them a sample of the yogurt and the doctor has to send it in to a lab and analyze it if they are found to match...

[second2none]

I guess this is a sign of the growing selfishnesses and self-centeredness of modern society. People getting more and more rude because they are more and more inconsiderate.

Here's another one Bottomfeeder.

I don't care about that, the people that take 17 items or more through the express lane piss me off though. :mad:

You don't care about that? So the OP's comment is not important as long as we're listening to you and what pisses you off?

[bubble.tea]

Ignorance is not the cause of this.

It's consideration for the well-being of others.

[bottomfeeder]

Someone who leaves icecream in their shopping cart for over an hour to the point where its now turned into pudding, then decides at the very last minute they dont want it anymore, so they return it back to the freezer

Ha ha ha - what kind of moron goes to the ice-cream aisle first? I thought common sense dictated that ice-cream is the LAST thing that you buy. Really makes you wonder about what some people think.

Ignorance is not the cause of this. It's consideration for the well-being of others.


Yup - I agree. The lack of consideration on the highways where people speed up when you try to change lanes or merge into traffic so that you can't merge or change lanes. Like they will get somewhere faster if they prevent you from getting into 'their' lane.

[masterhapposai]

I've had people throw items onto my pile of food(as it's about to scan), then try to take it away from me after I've paid for their food.

I get the attention of the cashier and make them intervene.

Always check your bill as soon as they give it to you is the lesson.

[haowong]

I've had people throw items onto my pile of food(as it's about to scan), then try to take it away from me after I've paid for their food.

I get the attention of the cashier and make them intervene.

Always check your bill as soon as they give it to you is the lesson.


Are you serious??? What city do you live in? That's pretty bad! Its a form of stealing actually......

[najibs]

I've had people throw items onto my pile of food(as it's about to scan), then try to take it away from me after I've paid for their food.

I get the attention of the cashier and make them intervene.

Always check your bill as soon as they give it to you is the lesson.

I've never experienced anything like that, although if I did, they'd get a piece of my mind, and maybe even a piece of my fist, that's for sure.

[hatsee]

Here's another one Bottomfeeder.



You don't care about that? So the OP's comment is not important as long as we're listening to you and what pisses you off?

Title - Why do people do ignorant things in grocery stores.

bottomfeeder went on to explain a few things that irritate him, and I posted something that irritates me.

Hard to understand?

I'm not saying that wasting food is not bad, however it's not a problem at a grocery store that directly affects me. ;)

[P__S__2]

I've had people throw items onto my pile of food(as it's about to scan), then try to take it away from me after I've paid for their food.

I get the attention of the cashier and make them intervene.

Always check your bill as soon as they give it to you is the lesson.


If anyone were to ever do that to me...they would get a permenant tattoo of my fist in there face.

[lil_c09]

If anyone were to ever do that to me...they would get a permenant tattoo of my fist in there face.

And your like 14?

[Keelie]

i find it hard to believe the chickens were thrown in the garbage. every grocery store i shop in cuts up the leftovers, they get packaged and sold in the deli

[zegerman]

people who hit me with their carts and don't even apologize, really annoy me.

OMG that drives me bananas. Also annoying is when people stop their cart right in the middle of the isle where people have to stop while they look at stuff to buy. Pull the cart over to the side you fkn morons!!!

[Oni-kun]

i find it hard to believe the chickens were thrown in the garbage. every grocery store i shop in cuts up the leftovers, they get packaged and sold in the deli

Nope, I work at a Loblaws and they throw it out. If you want stories about ignorant ass customers I don't know where to begin...

[ragin_pyro]

Nope, I work at a Loblaws and they throw it out. If you want stories about ignorant ass customers I don't know where to begin...
Anywhere is good...stories are always amusing..I say my fav is a link that was posted awhile back..with computers, some of that stuff was hilarious.

[superbundance]

who cares about these little things... what bothers me, crying babies

[Steeve Urkel]

I hate it when people just stand in the middle of the isle and start talking and you can't get by...

or when people ask you where stuff is in the grocery store and you have no idea...it's not like I work there!

[gh05t]

People do ignorant things everywhere in large impersonal cities like Toronto and New York etc.

I often think it's because they don't know any better because or their upbringing or their background and where they came from if it was ok in their country and customary, they think it's ok in a more civilized society to which they obviously have not adapted to in terms of etiquette.

Consideration of other plays a big role in what actions people take and in large impersonal societies consideration is highly diluted and I think that most people do know what they are doing is wrong sometimes but they are inherently shameless or just indifferent towards others and in cases where they are not indifferent it's just maybe them showing who they really are and maybe doing a little to upset people because they themselves are miserable.

Just my 2cents.

[unleashed]

And your like 14?

hahahhaha lol :lol:

[tanya16]

OMG that drives me bananas. Also annoying is when people stop their cart right in the middle of the isle where people have to stop while they look at stuff to buy. Pull the cart over to the side you fkn morons!!!
I do that, but if anothe person enters the aisle I move it before they can walk halfway to me

[CanadianN00b]

People do ignorant things everywhere in large impersonal cities like Toronto and New York etc.

I often think it's because they don't know any better because or their upbringing or their background and where they came from if it was ok in their country and customary, they think it's ok in a more civilized society to which they obviously have not adapted to in terms of etiquette.

Consideration of other plays a big role in what actions people take and in large impersonal societies consideration is highly diluted and I think that most people do know what they are doing is wrong sometimes but they are inherently shameless or just indifferent towards others and in cases where they are not indifferent it's just maybe them showing who they really are and maybe doing a little to upset people because they themselves are miserable.

Just my 2cents.

Are are you one of these people? :lol:

[john widow]

Well when I'm at the grocery store, like a big supermarket....Well, lets say I grab something and find out we shouldn't or cannot get this. And am expected to put it back. I just put it back, where it anywhere if we are far from the source. The reason is we are the public, we are the consumers. The workers must deal with this...some of this is reasonable, understandable. Some of it is not. Like yeah.....u can't put frozen meat and put it somewhere like in the tv department...I mean u can, but it's just not correct ethically as a person in society.

[PlayerOne]

I guess this is a sign of the growing selfishnesses and self-centeredness of modern society.
I don't care about that, the people that take 17 items or more through the express lane piss me off though. :mad:
I'm not saying that wasting food is not bad, however it's not a problem at a grocery store that directly affects me. ;)

yup, and here's another sign
I don't care about that, the people that take 17 items or more through the express lane piss me off though. :mad:
bottomfeeder went on to explain a few things that irritate him, and I posted something that irritates me.

notice how when other people list the things that irritates them they don't say "i don't care about what you're talking about"

show a little respect man

[Siefer999]

Well when I'm at the grocery store, like a big supermarket....Well, lets say I grab something and find out we shouldn't or cannot get this. And am expected to put it back. I just put it back, where it anywhere if we are far from the source. The reason is we are the public, we are the consumers. The workers must deal with this...some of this is reasonable, understandable. Some of it is not. Like yeah.....u can't put frozen meat and put it somewhere like in the tv department...I mean u can, but it's just not correct ethically as a person in society.
i get what your saying...

1.dry goods stay with the dry goods
2.refrigerated items stay with the refrigerated items
3.frozen goods stay with the frozen goods

you can put items you no longer want in a different spot as long as you follow those rules... its all good right? :) i think so

[CanadianN00b]

I guess this is a sign of the growing selfishnesses and self-centeredness of modern society. People getting more and more rude because they are more and more inconsiderate.


Actually, someone being conveyed as rude and/or inconsiderate would probably just give a bunch of their unwanted items to the cashier to put back when they check out. Someone who just leaves certain items like ice cream in the wrong places to just waste away is just plain stupid.

[EH100501AC]

people who hit me with their carts and don't even apologize, really annoy me.

Yeah that too lol. They can't even drive a shopping cart...that just means get out of the parking lot before they do :lol:

[smokeylovelove]

My favourite was when I was buying a frozen dinner, and I found $8 worth of fresh turkey breast slices(from the deli) frozen solid under one of the packages. I don't think the problem is rudeness or inconsideration - I think it's fat lazy society at it's finest!!

[corrupt123]

I work retail, not at a grocery store, but at a big box store none the less.

Let me tell you, the number of people that tell us to put things on hold so they can come back "tomorrow, first thing in the morning" and then never show up is insane. Probably 50% of the holds we do are never picked up. I avoid taking holds all together these days because of it.

And thats not all. I honestly have watched people fill their carts with items, then just leave! Yes... I'm making my money because it's my responsibility to clean up after you, but I honestly wonder what is going through your head when you decide that "hey, I just took all this stuff, and now I think I'll just leave it here!"

Worse still? When I cut $70 worth of wire, only to find it 20 minutes later chucked in the next aisle on the floor.

[UrbanPoet]

its worst at a movie theatre... ever see the floors after a show? people purposely make their "money's worth" by making a mess. they think the movie theatre owes it to them b/c everything is so expensive...
Movie theatres dont even make much money. they are just like a glorified mcdonalds. The business is still in the food/service industry.

[evanx]

I was at the grocery store today and in one of the aisles someone left an expensive cut of meat and a tub of ice-cream on the shelf. The ice cream probably melted and the meat probably going bad as well. Is it too much to ask someone to walk 50 m in the store to put the food away that you don't want anymore?

Earlier today I was at Sam's Club - I wanted to buy a rotisserie chicken but there weren't any. I asked what happened and the chicken lady told me that one customer ordered 16 chickens for pickup at 10 am. They did not show up and so by 2:00 pm they had to throw the chickens out. The customer came in at 3:00 and cleaned out all the chickens. Because of the dufus not picking up his chicken they had to throw out 13 chickens.

I guess this is a sign of the growing selfishnesses and self-centeredness of modern society. People getting more and more rude because they are more and more inconsiderate.

Sorry - I had to vent.
The term is inconsiderate, not ignorant.