Arguments in the Supermarket
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waaaat?
I have no idea why those chips are here now on our kitchen counter..... they must have fallen into my shopping cart when I wasn't looking .7 -
Arguments in the grocery store always take place in my head.
"Look! Your favorite ice cream's on sale!"
"We're not shopping for ice cream today.'
"You could put it in the freezer for another day!"
"Yeah, like that would happen. No."
"But...hey, is that a 2 for 1 on chips?"13 -
rickiimarieee wrote: »I have a 2 year old and a newborn, I haven’t been grocery shopping since my newborn came lmao. I have no idea how I’m gonna do it.
I remember switching to a store that had bigger carts so I could strap the baby carrier to the cart, and fit two toddlers into the seats.... with more straps. Lol still, timing was everything!1 -
I've started working for Instacart, and realized that I *loved* grocery shopping when I didn't have to worry about finding gluten-free foods, or worrying about food provenance, or finding organic, or the price difference between grass-fed versus conventional beef.6
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"People are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them." - Epictetus ( ).
I'm single, and retired. Shopping is easy, plus I get to do it off-peak. I like to use a handbasket, not a cart: Higher NEAT.
About the only thing that bugs me is people who park their cart and their body barrier-fashion, so that you can't possibly navigate around them in an aisle. ("Excuse me" <patient smile>.) Well, and people who treat their children
or the staff rudely.
When I had a husband (I'm widowed), I liked grocery shopping with him. "I'll go over a couple of aisles and get milk and cheese, while you grab the canned beans, tomatoes, and salsa." Teamwork: Very efficient. He shopped just fine solo, too, since he was neither resistant to needful chores, nor an idiot. (This is not a hard job, grocery shopping.) Kinda LOL-ed one time when we were camping, when he went to a convenience store looking like Joe Northwoods in camo neoprene chest waders and wide-brimmed cowboy hat, to buy a few things, including tampons for me. His friend tried to give him s**t about it; didn't work.14 -
Man.... all this venting makes me feel like I'm married to an angel. I should stop whinning about my other half. Now I feel guilty.10
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I order online and have it delivered. Since my husband had a workplace accident that resulted in a severe brain injury I do what I can to keep as much as possible as simple as possible.
We eat similar things but have our own preferences too ... so I order with both of us in mind.22 -
I plan meals for the next week or so and order online. No arguments.1
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Online shopping is my friend.
Helps me stick to my budget and I go through at the end before I finalise, and take out all those extras that I have put in the "trolley".1 -
rickiimarieee wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I order online and pickup at the store.
It saves a LOT of impulse purchases. I can also add to my order throughout the week, as I realize I need things.
See they have this at my store but I’ll iffy about it because I feel like they’d forget something. What happens if they forget to put something in there and you go home and unpack and realize. How does that work?
I also order online and pick up at the store and have no arguments. Family members can add to the grocery list up until I start ordering the day before pickup day. Same day every week. If they don't tell me they want something then they can't really complain. I have a pretty firm budget. If the total is too high I start removing things from the cart and non-essentials are cut. I try to get things people want but sometimes we can only get one treat item not five.
I've been ordering the same store for quite awhile. Very, very rarely does the person mess up and not put an item in that I am charged for. Sometimes an exact item is not available and I am not charged for it. I select the option for the shopper to substitute items so they would usually sub an equivalant item if possible. I check the receipt in the parking lot against what I ordered before I leave to see if anything is missing. I have had it happen more often that I get home and realize that I got an item that I was not charged for than the other way around. Almost always everything is exactly what I ordered. If they made a mistake and charged me for something I did not get then I could let the store know. They have decent customer service. I have observed that they are more likely to make mistakes during a really busy holiday time rather than an ordinary week.2 -
I shop by myself, Aldi is to small for the chaos that is my family3
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I shop with my husband or he shops alone. He's at least as good (probably better) at grocery shopping as I am, and it's something we enjoy doing together. Especially now that the kids don't have to tag along (having teenagers is good in some ways, at least )
So, no arguments or drama for us. We see a few other couples shopping together, usually cute older couple, which gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for our future6 -
I shop with my husband or he shops alone. He's at least as good (probably better) at grocery shopping as I am, and it's something we enjoy doing together. Especially now that the kids don't have to tag along (having teenagers is good in some ways, at least )
So, no arguments or drama for us. We see a few other couples shopping together, usually cute older couple, which gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for our future
@pinuplove That was my wife and I
We are on the same page - my wife and I have the same mind set for shopping. Make a list, go get it and get out lol. We do well together3 -
I shop on my own because I do 95% of the cooking and I like keeping track of our stocks. My husband is awful at shopping, in that he will only buy branded things for 2x/3x the price because he shops at eye-level only. He also buys ridiculous convenience foods for stupid amounts. He's a supermarket designer's dream shopper. When we moved in together and I took over the shopping his bills actually went DOWN because I shop frugally and sensibly.3
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I shop with my husband or he shops alone. He's at least as good (probably better) at grocery shopping as I am, and it's something we enjoy doing together. Especially now that the kids don't have to tag along (having teenagers is good in some ways, at least )
So, no arguments or drama for us. We see a few other couples shopping together, usually cute older couple, which gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for our future
@pinuplove That was my wife and I
We are on the same page - my wife and I have the same mind set for shopping. Make a list, go get it and get out lol. We do well together
@Phirrgus I'll bet you don't have as many years on us as you're thinking, especially since he's 12 years older than me0 -
I did recently see a couple + teenage daughter in the supermarket checkout line ahead of us. I don't recall the argument exactly, but the father was berating the daughter loudly and publicly about not helping enough. The daughter's body language was completely closed and defiant, and the mother was checked out and might as well have been on another planet Good way to guarantee you'll have no relationship with your children after they're grown. I hate to think what's said behind closed doors.2
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I shop with my husband or he shops alone. He's at least as good (probably better) at grocery shopping as I am, and it's something we enjoy doing together. Especially now that the kids don't have to tag along (having teenagers is good in some ways, at least )
So, no arguments or drama for us. We see a few other couples shopping together, usually cute older couple, which gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for our future
@pinuplove That was my wife and I
We are on the same page - my wife and I have the same mind set for shopping. Make a list, go get it and get out lol. We do well together
@Phirrgus I'll bet you don't have as many years on us as you're thinking, especially since he's 12 years older than meI did recently see a couple + teenage daughter in the supermarket checkout line ahead of us. I don't recall the argument exactly, but the father was berating the daughter loudly and publicly about not helping enough. The daughter's body language was completely closed and defiant, and the mother was checked out and might as well have been on another planet Good way to guarantee you'll have no relationship with your children after they're grown. I hate to think what's said behind closed doors.
I try not to think about it when I see things like that.0 -
I make a list and either hubby and I go together or he goes on his own. He's not picky and he never grabs junk, I can see it in his eyes sometimes he wants something but puts it back, so sometimes I will sneak it into the basket for him and he's so happy when he finds it lol! So no venting for me! I think it's harder when you have kids/picky eaters.2
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I just want to say that I'm terrified of running into people I know at the grocery store. I'm the definition of awkward turtle and nothing is more awkward than trying to say hello and make short conversation with a work colleague that you're not really friends with but are on somewhat nice terms with. I'm just awkward in general.
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I shop with my husband or he shops alone. He's at least as good (probably better) at grocery shopping as I am, and it's something we enjoy doing together. Especially now that the kids don't have to tag along (having teenagers is good in some ways, at least )
So, no arguments or drama for us. We see a few other couples shopping together, usually cute older couple, which gives me a warm fuzzy feeling for our future
Wish my husband and I could go together. We use to when we moved in together and before our little ones. But now we have kids and he’s ALWAYS working. He’s in the military so when I get to see him it’s a miracle. We’d be taking the kids grocery shopping past midnight lmao. But that’s a good thing, I love when I see couples shopping together.0
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