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  • Dan54D Offline
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    @Kiwiwomble Amen, had same shit this morning, seems to be all the time now!

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    Supermarkets are the fucking worst now. Covid enabled these fluffybunnies, and they have run with it. No fucking stock on the shelves. Profit gouging of the highest order. No fucking checkout staff. No refill on the weekend because penalty rates.

    A pox on their fucking houses.

    (as a separate rant, i curse the houses of fluffybunnies with terrible supermarket etiquette, you know who you are you fucking assholes)

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    @mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:

    No fucking checkout staff.

    I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.

    On the no stock they seem to cycle the brands of toilet paper. They'll have a few types (24 packs, triple ply, double length etc) but only of a few brands, go back a few days later and they'll have the same types but in different brands.

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    @Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:

    I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.

    i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day

    fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    @mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:

    I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.

    i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day

    fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.

    My supermarket is within walking distance of home so I only ever grab what I can carry, so no full trolleys, not even full baskets. Agree with you on what should happen to those fluffybunnies.

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    @mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:

    I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.

    i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day

    fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.

    my local coles has two different self check outs, the normal ones and then 4 large ones, no weight sensors and room for each to have own trolly...so good

    and what is your local supermarket? mine are always restocking during the weekend...when everyone else is trying to do their shop, hence the original gripe

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    Remember when kids could do the milk run, rubbish run, paper run, pump gas work inside Pizza Hut and now even the checkouts chicks (and boys) are being made redundant. I guess they will always have Macca's.

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    @Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:

    I'm a strictly self checkout guy so this doesn't effect me thankfully. My local Aldi recently got self checkout too so I can shop there now as well.

    i hope you are only in there getting your shit for the day

    fluffybunnies in the self checkout with a trolley full of groceries deserve to burn in hell.

    my local coles has two different self check outs, the normal ones and then 4 large ones, no weight sensors and room for each to have own trolly...so good

    and what is your local supermarket? mine are always restocking during the weekend...when everyone else is trying to do their shop, hence the original gripe

    I have Coles, Aldi and Woolies all within walking distance. The Woolies is the closest but also the one I use less frequently as, due to the weird way Oz supermarkets don't stock all brands, they don't have most of my regular products.

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  • BonesB Online
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    Shop n scan is the only way, I'll be fucked if I'm putting my stuff in my trolley just to take it all out again and plonk it on the counter, then pack it...after I've queued for 5 or more minutes.

    Just scan it as you pack it, go to the till when you're finished and scan the barcode, pay and fuck off.

    And if you have your trolley fucking horizontal across the isle while you squint at something on the shelves, I'm gonna do my best to hit it.

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  • Victor MeldrewV Online
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    @Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:

    when did supermarkets start doing their shelf stacking during the day? i had friends that did shelf stacking whilst at highschool and it was always at night...doing the shop yesterday and every isle had 2-3 people either stacking shelves or fulfilling online orders...blocking the isles just makes things even more unenjoyable

    Agree with this one. It's bad enough having to deal with middle aged women who think it's the 1980s and therefore it's their god given right, and only theirs, to shop during the day and everyone else needs to make way for them. Now we have to contend with boxes in the aisles as well.

    Those middle-aged women are almost as bad as people of working age doing their shopping during the week at lunchtime and in the evenings, rushing around with their trolleys and sometimes screaming kids.

    Do your shopping online or at the weekend, FFS.

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    @mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Supermarkets are the fucking worst now. Covid enabled these fluffybunnies, and they have run with it. No fucking stock on the shelves. Profit gouging of the highest order. No fucking checkout staff. No refill on the weekend because penalty rates.

    A pox on their fucking houses.

    (as a separate rant, i curse the houses of fluffybunnies with terrible supermarket etiquette, you know who you are you fucking assholes)

    I blame Brexit.

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    Anyone wondering at the average age of people on the fern need only look at the last few supermarket related posts for their answer.

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    @MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Anyone wondering at the average age of people on the fern need only look at the last few supermarket related posts for their answer.

    Mum still doing your shopping for you hun?

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    @Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Anyone wondering at the average age of people on the fern need only look at the last few supermarket related posts for their answer.

    Mum still doing your shopping for you hun?

    I need to call her actually, I’m running dangerously low on socks and undies.

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    @No-Quarter said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @Catogrande it is not often a woman says she has low standards in men...

    fluffybunny

    But I don't know any other way to read "but I figured if I didn’t fancy you, no other woman would either" unless of course ... she has a great sense of humour...

    Clearly what she is saying is @Catogrande has the chiseled features of a Greek God, so covering that up with a big ugly beard suited her just fine as other women would be throwing their underwear at him otherwise.

    Just seen this.

    What he said.

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  • Victor MeldrewV Online
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    @MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Anyone wondering at the average age of people on the fern need only look at the last few supermarket related posts for their answer.

    gom.jpg

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    Young men today have no idea how much courage it took to ask a girl out (In Person) then ring their family home on the landline not knowing if her parents would answer the phone first.

    And imagine not being able to message or talk to your girlfriend 100 times a day because neither of you had a phone. You actually like had to talk in person. So weird.

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    @chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Young men today have no idea how much courage it took to ask a girl out (In Person) then ring their family home on the landline not knowing if her parents would answer the phone first.

    And imagine not being able to message or talk to your girlfriend 100 times a day because neither of you had a phone. You actually like had to talk in person. So weird.

    And the effort to send dick pics!

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    @antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Young men today have no idea how much courage it took to ask a girl out (In Person) then ring their family home on the landline not knowing if her parents would answer the phone first.

    And imagine not being able to message or talk to your girlfriend 100 times a day because neither of you had a phone. You actually like had to talk in person. So weird.

    And the effort to send dick pics!

    Especially if you had to fork out for 2 stamps per envelope.

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    @chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Young men today have no idea how much courage it took to ask a girl out (In Person) then ring their family home on the landline not knowing if her parents would answer the phone first.

    And they no idea (or need) to photoshop age-reduction when dating on the internet....

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