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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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wrt the online shopping issue: i have found it to be a godsend when trying to shop for a brownie (girl scout) pack holiday: cooking for twenty to thirty people for a weekend means a lot of food, so getting someone else to do the trolley/queuing part for you rocks. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
not so sure for everyday use however.
Evidently correct use of the "10 items or less" (YES: i did scowl. a lot.) line has not reached cheam yet... i was enraged in tescos last week when a man with two full baskets of bread rolls (maybe twenty packets) and his wife, carrying another full basket, joined the line, pushing in front of me. AND they had the cheek to stand whining about someone else who was taking a while due to being a solo adult with small children and shopping to pack. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
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Sparrow
Shipmate
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Until recently I ordered my housebound mother's shopping on line at Tesco. There were occasional blips, wrong items delivered etc, or substitute items she didn't want, and of course it's not as good as being able to select your fruit and veg for ripeness exactly as you would want, but we found it a godsend, especially for routine, packaged, bulky or heavy stuff like detergent, soap, loo paper and the like.
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Sinistærial
Ship's Lefty
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Last Friday night - I went to Woolworths. Thinking that I would be buying several items, I took a trolley. I ended up selecting nine items.
When I went to the checkout I had the choice of two regular aisles with many full trolleys waiting to be served and three "express checkouts - handbaskets only" aisles. I considered transferring all of my purchases to a handbasket and leaving the trolley in the store - but to be nice I thought I would take the trolley back to the entry for them so I did not do this.
When I got to the checkout girl I was told - "I'm sorry, this is a handbasket counter only" I persisted with "But I only have nine items." She insisted, but by that time I had already unloaded and my girlfriend had taken the trolley back.
Am I in the same league as our habited friend?
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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When I got to the checkout girl I was told - "I'm sorry, this is a handbasket counter only" I persisted with "But I only have nine items." She insisted, but by that time I had already unloaded and my girlfriend had taken the trolley back.
Am I in the same league as our habited friend? [/QB]
Generally No because you upheld the spirit of the law, but if it were the Hilton Woolworth's then I'm afraid you are going to burn in Hell.
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Left at the Altar
Ship's Siren
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Sinestrial from Adelaide writes: quote:
Last Friday night - I went to Woolworths. Thinking that I would be buying several items, I took a trolley. I ended up selecting nine items.
When I went to the checkout I had the choice of two regular aisles with many full trolleys waiting to be served and three "express checkouts - handbaskets only" aisles. I considered transferring all of my purchases to a handbasket and leaving the trolley in the store - but to be nice I thought I would take the trolley back to the entry for them so I did not do this.
When I got to the checkout girl I was told - "I'm sorry, this is a handbasket counter only" I persisted with "But I only have nine items." She insisted, but by that time I had already unloaded and my girlfriend had taken the trolley back.
Am I in the same league as our habited friend?
I think not. Your local Woolies does seem a tad beaurcratic. Write to the store manager and move your business to Coles or IGA.
[ 15. August 2005, 06:32: Message edited by: Left at the Altar ]
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