/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Every time I go shopping there's always a group of boomers who seemingly haven't seen each other in years. They all just stand there having a reunion in the middle of the frozen food section oblivious to the people around them.

>>12413861
the security guard is always the one to keep track of me and where i go

as a plus side i like supermarket bathrooms better than fast food bathrooms if i need to sh*t

>>12413886
you would do that too if you were genuinely interested in the other person you were talking to, you city folk have your self awareness and consciousness when you respond lamely to each other and want to get on with your day so you can get back to your screens

>>12413886
suck my ass

When they have yucky produce and my hand gets wet with rotjuice when I try to check it

>>12413894
dont be looking suspicious then

>>12413899
Every fucking time I go shopping the produce guys just sprayed down all the vegetables. It is so obnoxious.

When customers are too lazy to put cold/frozen shit back and leave it random spots in the store. I've found margarine in the bread aisle and popsicles in the beauty/health section. It's not that fucking hard to put in the effort. Front end coordinator found meat hidden on a shelf once.

>>12414122
its automated where I'm at. a little sprinkler system is set to go on and off every hour

>>12413861
The hellscape Wal-Mart becomes when EBT balances renew. Even worse checking out behind them when they get $300 worth of stuff with a $250 balance and take 15 minutes to give up trying to charge different accounts while complaining and insulting the cashier the whole time.

>>12413861
fat slow lazy diabetic smelly rotting boomer fucks are my goddamn bane until the end of time. they have zero sense of awareness and seem to exist solely to piss you off

>>12414156
The one I usually shop at has auto sprinklers, but I swear to God every damn time I go there the guys see me and start spraying everything manually with a hose. Everything is dripping wet. You can't really dry off prebagged vegetables either. Half a cup of carrot bag water drips all over everything in my basket.

>>12414159
Just dont shop the first of the month or whenever those fucks are there. or find a different store to shop at. some things do have simple solutions.

>>12414253
I try not to, but my life doesn't revolve around EBT payouts, so sometimes I forget and suffer greatly for my mistake.

>>12414253
We should not have to schedule shopping trips around the pariahs.

>>12413899
>>12414122
I just use the plastic bag that I'm going to put them in as an ad hoc glove while I sort the produce. Then I just invert it around the produce when I find what I want.

>>12414295
Try getting a wet head of cabbage into one of those bags. Even with the bag inversion trick.

>>12413896
Everything you said is true. Are there any other diffrents between us city folk and you?

>>12413861
Zoomer kids hanging out in an aisle, blocking people from walking by

>>12414463
Phone zombies? They seem like they forgot they were shopping. I've observed some of them standing in the middle of aisles playing with phones for minutes. Imagine the world when these people are 60+.

>>12414454
im young and not a boomer but its just what i experienced. but its more prominent in young people, theyre especially retarded socially and even worse today

>>12414662
>I'm young
>young people
wut

>>12414685
Where's the confusion?

>>12414685
young should be anything less than 40 if youre liberal with age, so don't say youre fucking old if youre anywhere near 30

>>12414691
you're claiming to be young, but call out young people, basically shot yourself in the foot.

>>12414696
huh?

>>12414699
are you really gonna debate age over ideas?

>>12414699
Not that guy, but I don't see what's wrong about calling other members of your generational cohort idiots. Some people call it like they see it.

Customer...

Bluetooth slow walkers, 30 minute self checkout (easily doable in 10), diagonal aisle blockers, EBT time, holidays, loud mouths, kids running around, coupons, not bagging your own shit along the way in self checkout, moving at the absolute slowest pace possible, guys hitting on uninterested women in line...that's all I got right now.

Here's one: one time I was in the check out; all lines were pretty deep. This one younger black guy was in line next to me and for some reason he was doing Def Comedy Jam bits, "roasting peoples carts"...everyone was annoyed. He got to me and I had some juices (V8, Beet juice, and OJ) and he was like "yo my man right there, you know this dude regular--you know he be goin' 5 times a day!" I was a good sport but seriously, man...grocery stores...

>>12414845
But seriously, what's up with airline food, yo?

>>12414253
>just don't go to the no-go zone. simple solutions.

>>12413861
this
>>12414168

>>12414845
>guys hitting on uninterested women in line
A couple weeks ago I witnessed a tattoo-clad middle-aged "bad boy" failure of a man attempting to woo this semi-attractive woman by following her around the front of the store and making terrible conversation. You should have seen her pick up speed en route to the self-checkout (which is where I was also heading). He broke off to probably try his luck with someone else, but it was very uncomfortable to watch.

>>12414644
Maybe it's a generation-wide Benjamin Button thing. Where people used to become oblivious to their surroundings when they got old, these kids will suddenly become alert and considerate.

>>12414845
That sounds like an awesome way to hone your freestyle rapping. I'm going to the supermarket tomorrow to rap about what's in people's carts.

>>12413861

As an employee
>customers stay for 2 hours and who fill their cart past the brim, have a massive heap of items and don't check out until 2 minutes before closing
Just do us all a favor and check out earlier if possible.
>people who obviously look like they're crackheads or shady as hell
They're always slinking around and starting shit, causing multiple employees to be on high alert and keeping an eye them.
>people try to enter right when we close and try to force the door open
We're closed, fuck off, come back in 6 hours dipshit.
>kids
Don't bring your shitty snotty retard offspring into the store unless you got those little shits under control. I swear Mexican parents have the worst fucking kids in every retail job I've worked because they don't give a shit what their kids do.
>boomers and retards complaining about prices to people who have nothing to do with pricing
Go rant on Facebook about it you absolute downies, nothing you say means shit to management.
>people who leave trash, starbucks cups, stuff they didn't want, etc. somewhere it doesn't belong
I've even seen several bags of frozen fish sticks out behind those variety sacks of bagged chips.

I honestly think everyone should work retail for at least a month just for the basic experience or in case you just need a job to hold you over for something bigger, but get out of it ASAP. Customers can be the nicest and also the most retarded fucking people on the planet.

>>12414926
Take a video.

>>12413861
I always shop at my local publix, I don't like their rule to always greet people who come within a certain distance of them.
I realize it's a rule so there's nothing to be done about it, I just think it's kind of a waste when they could go back to stocking or whatever they're doing since if I needed help I'd stop them and ask for it.

>>12414921
Maybe! I doubt it though. Just based on the way technology keeps going. I think we're doomed to becoming ever more oblivious to our physical surroundings, being immersed in the VR overlay while simultaneously feeling more and more isolated. It's really strange and sad.

Think about it. You know how old fucks tell stories of their youthful exploits? Even after they've cycled through them a couple times (and forgot they've already told you 3 times before), they're still kind of interesting. Now imagine a generation whose youthful exploits are all about social media post dramas and internet memes.

>>12414939
Why do you think people decide they don't want frozen fish sticks anymore when in the potato chip aisle?

>>12414962
I can't wait to tell my grandchildren about this thread.

>>12414998
I already screencapped it so I can just send it to them without having to talk to them.

I avoid most annoyances by shopping at Asian stores, without annoying white people.

I hate it when a hot but shy customer stares at me openly, obviously interested but too scared to make a move. It's annoying because I could lose my job if I tried to hit on him, so I just have to let the opportunity go.

>>12414122
>>12414156
Only in America have I experienced this, why do y'all want to pay more for water weight? It's not actually benefiting the produce.

>>12415160
The customer doesn't ask for it, the stores have found it improves sales. It makes the produce look fresher, and prevents the leaves from wilting.

>>12415123
You are gay btw

>>12415164
I hate it. I think it makes some vegetables rot sooner because I can never really dry them out. I wish they would stop doing it.

>>12413886
FUCKING THIS!

>>12413861
That one boomer gal who watches intently while the cashier rings up their items, and spends 30 sec after they are finished examining the cashier's screen to make sure everything rang up properly, and only THEN does she start searching through her over sized purse to find her checkbook.

>Latinos who need to bring 5 generations of family members with them to shop
They all pile out of their shitty 1990s minivans with babies, children, teenagers, adults and grand/great parents. Wtf is that shit.

i had a minute long conversation with someone that ended with "hold on, this dude think im talkin to him"
my soul was crushed

>>12413886
Every time. Why is this?

>>12413896
imagine being such a triggered faggot that you think the issue is meeting up with someone and not blocking the flow of movement like a highschooler kissing their first bf/gf in the hallway
probably because you never graduated highschool but still

>>12414151
Shut the fuck up fag, I'm not doing your job for you.

>>12414962
>You know how old fucks tell stories of their youthful exploits? Even after they've cycled through them a couple times (and forgot they've already told you 3 times before), they're still kind of interesting.
No they aren't, boomer

>>12415101
>sketchy meat
>even sketchier fish
>entire place smells like rotting carp
yeah I'll take fatties in rascals any day over that nonsense

>>12415245
retard. wow
>>12415160
Big fucking retard here

>>12415764
XD MI FAMILIAAAAAAA
hispanics cling to family because it's all they have

I get annoyed in grocery stores when someone asks me what I'm going to eat next week. I think they're thinking "this person thinks I'm going to eat my last sandwich," or "what will happen to my lunch money if I eat this sandwich," but I never take a moment to think about them. I'm just going for it.

We had a fun time at a friend's wedding but I can't help but feel guilty when I want to bring my food to the wedding and someone tells me I'm too lazy. I've always felt that my lazy nature is the best thing about eating, but sometimes it's frustrating when I think, "It's better than watching my food." To be honest, there's nothing I'm more annoyed by than an idiot grocery store worker who wants to tell you how bad a sandwich is.

I don't know if this is a universal thing or if I need to start a new blog, but I really enjoy trying new foods and I always take a long, slow walk with some friends to check out the newest places. So far, there's got to be a food truck near me.

One night, I had a craving for a protein bar, so I looked at my fridge: my favorite protein bar was in the freezer. I had never eaten this kind of protein when I was younger, but I'm so

>>12415826
imagine being such a retard flip flopper you have to reconsider what you're buying
or maybe you're just poor? which is it, faggot?

>>12415863
based schizoposter

>>12413894
stop being black

The boomers who always try to pile up all their cart on the conveyor the moment there's a inch of space. They always have too much shit and will do that thing where they hold the next item in midair behind their shit on the conveyor as if they're saving time.

Also the weirdos who seem to think it's against the law to put your stuff of the conveyor if there's no separator.

>>12413861
The only problem I have is with the dickheads who steal a handful of peanuts or pistachios and leave piles of shells on the shelves all around the store.
>>12413886
Fuck off and go around

>>12415846
I don't eat meat so that's a non-issue.

niggers that stop dead in their tracks to bix nood on their phone or yell at their niglet, blocking the entance to the store. then when you say excuse me, they move like 3cm to one side instead of just going inside or out to get the fuck out of the way. this happens way too often, this is why people think gang stalking is real, because NPCs are programmed to do the same stupid shit, so its a confirmation bias that they are doing it directed at you.

>>12416033
I just hate that one person can be obese enough to block an aisle all of their own. when its built to have two lanes functioning, but no, here comes an obese boomer blocking everything

>>12414699
>>12414685
>y-you can’t be self aware!
NPC detected

>>12413861
When a couple or a group feels the need to have a five minute conversation about every item that goes in the cart.

>>12415101
foreigners are just as oblivious if not more so. plus they smell funny and don't know what excuse me means.

>>12414283
>We should not have to schedule shopping trips around the pariahs.
Got a tip for ya food stamps come on the 1 and the 15 so pick your time t food stamp 15.

>>12414939
>>customers stay for 2 hours and who fill their cart past the brim, have a massive heap of items and don't check out until 2 minutes before closing
>>12414939
>people try to enter right when we close and try to force the door open
I hate this shit.

kroger employee in Seattle here

fucking irks the shit out of me how many people walk around the store with airpods or earbuds in completely shut off from everything around them

also, people who glare at you from behind the counter as if you're going to mess up their order/don't know what you're doing, glaring, craning their necks and stuff, moving around. when customers do this I will do everything in my power to obstruct their view of what I'm doing.

this isn't a specific annoyance but I work in the deli, so most of our things are priced by weight. if a customer is friendly, polite, or even just particularly attractive, I will round down the weight of their order. if not, I will keep it as is or round it significantly less. for example if a customer orders a half pound of meat and I slice .6, I'll charge them for .5 if they're nice and .59 if they're a shithead. even better is to just aggressively throw away the excess in front of them until you get to the target weight.

fuck I love my job

>>12414939
>people try to enter right when we close and try to force the door open
>We're closed, fuck off, come back in 6 hours dipshit.
I used to work at an all-in-one small town grocery store during my high school years back pre-2005. The store would close at 9:00 each night. One night right around 8:55, right as a heavy snowstorm was about to hit. This "speak with your manager" woman came into the store and started loading up a full cart as everything was going to be close tomorrow if the snowstorm did hit us. The cool owner came out from his office and asked her to leave because he was telling us to go home. She obviously threw shit in and wanted to make a big scene. Rick told her to get the fuck out and go bitch to the paper about how he runs the store and how he is concerned with the safety of his employees. The snowstorm did hit the town and left probably at least a foot of snow everywhere. Myself and another employee stayed behind to help Rick restock everything. He went ahead and gave us both $200. The only thing that sucked about that night is I had to drive in snow and almost was in a wreck but hey I got $200.

>Pic not related but I wanted to post something funny.

>>12414845
nobody spends 30 fucking minutes checking out

>>12416033
MmmmHHMM.

>>12413886
I hate this. I really hate this. Twenty or so minutes near my area they do this shit.
Employee
>People who shop right to the end of store hours and still linger when the store is past the close date
>Shoppers with kids running around the fucking store and they'll be the first to cry when their brats run into something and injure themselves

>>12414939
>people who leave trash, starbucks cups, stuff they didn't want, etc. somewhere it doesn't belong
And this. I've seen sponges with bite marks and deli chickens in the freezer section along with seafood in the juice isle. This is arguably the biggest pet peeve I have working retail, even worse when it's my own items that I gave to a customer. It's like dealing with adult-sized children. But nothing tops the literal ball of shit I found in a urinal once. That's when I knew retail was pure horror.

>>12414939
wagie wagie get back in your cagie
oh and put a smile on it

>>12416665
>fucking irks the shit out of me how many people walk around the store with airpods or earbuds in completely shut off from everything around them
why does this bother you?

>>12416688
So the cool manager pissed off a shitty customer and endangered two of his employees in one cool move? Cool!

Biggest annoyance by far is the doing away with these things. Grocery stores are increasingly getting rid of them. I need more than just a few items but less to warrant a bulky cart. I don't see them any more. I always hated carts. Poorly maintained. Cumbersome. Loud. Costco is the only place where I can allow a no basket policy. Smaller grocery stores have no excuse.

>>12414156
The sprinkler system in the Publix I shop at actually has thunder and lightning effects

>>12414926
>>12414845
That's some serious nigger behavior. I notice a lot of blacks doing that everywhere or just dancing for no fucking reason. Shit's annoying as hell

>>12416772
baskets are heavy
load one up and try luggin that around all day.

not everyone able to hold one of those, asshat, especially if ya load it up w cans, potatoes and shit. 50 pounds in one arm???? give me a fuckin break. not bustin my balls for a trip to the grocerery after work.

why should world should cater to you???? if they want to get rid of em, ITS THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS. business only have obligation to cater to disabled. you literally arent...... idiot.... why do you need to have your special little basket? you want one so bad, then BUY YOUR OWN, BRING YOUR OWN. that simple

Anyone who shops here regularly is a retard. Even Whole Foods is cheaper.

>>12413861
i hate people when i go grocery shopping

>>12416758
not him, but it's antisocial, ignorant, and somewhat dangerous in parking lots or on sidewalks.

>>12416765
In retrospective. I lived only 10 minutes away from the grocery store and the other employee live about fifteen. Sadly, I've saw that woman before. She would always abuse employees and that our kids run wild throughout the store.

I was 17 then. $200 versus hey I could actually die in a snow storm was really not something I thought about back then.

>>12413861
People that drag their "therapy dogs" in the store.

>>12413896
You can have a reunion without blocking the entire fucking aisle and then getting pissed off when people need to get passed

>>12413861
When Karen is arguing with the cashier over coupons and you are just standing there in line behind her with your own cart full of food, lodged between 5 other customers so you can’t switch lanes, and dreaming of smashing a 12-pack of coke across her teeth.

>>12415863
huh?

>>12416828
You know headphones don't make you completely deaf, right?

Customers always exaggerating how long they’ve been waiting in line.
>”EXCUSE me, I’ve been standing here for 20 minutes!”
I watched your fat ass walk up here under two minutes ago, old bitch.

>>12416033
One time some old cunt stood in the entrance doorway fumbling with her umbrella for a minute while I waited outside in the rain for her to get out of the fucking way.

>>12416832
I don't blame you. I did shit like that when I was a teenager and didn't even consider that the manager was taking advantage of me until years later. Realistically, it's not like you guys were going to die driving home in a storm. But you could have crashed your car. Most teenagers have shitty cars with bad tires. That would have cost a lot more than $200. Telling a shitty customer to fuck off is still kind of cool though.

>>12416870
When I can hear your music, I'm certain you don't hear me.

>>12416889
Ah, yes those people are scum. Normal people know how to listen to music at a proper level

>>12416758
>why does this bother you?

>>12416758
I listen to podcasts, live sports, or music while shopping all the time. The volume is low enough where I still hear stuff around me.

>>12413896
Fuck you on about? I'm rural as fuck, I'm basically a ninja when shopping as I dip and dive inbetween the retard senile people who will never learn spacial awareness. I also went 10 years without figuring out to watch tv on my current tv (learned it just a couple years ago), I thought we went from manual antennas to digital discreet ones, never knew you had to plug tvs into a wall because I don't watch tv ever.

Peoe who park their cart smack dab in the middle of the aisle deserve the furnace

>some boomer stands in the aisle looking at a can of soup for 5 minutes
>foreigners who bring half of the population of their countries out to shop
>one cashier working at 4pm
>people who carry the store flyers talking about each item for the cashier holding everyone up
Hate this shit

>>12416772
this. I'll just carry more shit than I should before getting a cuck cart

>>12416957
>some boomer stands in the aisle looking at a can of soup for 5 minutes
Literally me

>>12416919
>MUST ALWAYS BE CONSUMING
>NEVER REFLECT
>NEVER THINK
>CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME
>NO BAD THOUGHTS, NO BAD THOUGHTS, NO. BAD. THOUGHTS.
>PODCASTS BECAUSE MIDWITS DISCUSSING SOMETHING IS VALUABLE LEARNING TO BE TEACHED!
>SPORTS BECAUSE DUDE SPORTS NEED TO STAY UP ON THE GAME. BREAD AND CIRCUSES DUDE.
>I PLAY MUSIC NOT BECAUSE ITS NOT BECAUSE I LIKE LISTENING TO IT WITH UNDIVIDED ATTENTION BUT IT HELPS DROWN OOUT BAD THOUGHTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
>TTHIS IS NORMAL. DONT JUDGE ME.
>STILL IN CONTROL SEE. I CAN HEAR EVERYONE AROUND ME. HEHE. NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A HIVEMIND BUGMAN.
>NO. BAD. THOUGHTS. NO BAD PEOPLE. AIR PODS HAPPY MAN MAKE

>>12417023
Damn, what crawled up your ass?

>>12417023
Kill yourself. I'm not joking actually kill yourself. You decided to post faggot and Morty in your response to me just saying I like to listen to something while shopping. You are the cancer that is killing society. I'm not even triggered over your post as it just screams "I'm a giant fag!". I'm simply disappointed in you Anon.

>>12417084
why can't you go twenty minutes without overstimulation?

>>12417023
god /pol/ has gotten so retarded and paranoid, just go become fucking amish trads already you bitch nigger

ITT: people who don't know how to utilize online grocery shopping to end the cancer.

>>12415863

>>12417023
>>12417023
Christ Alex, I know the sandy hook lawsuit judgement broke you financially but there's no need to start drinking sterno yet. You should still be able to afford bottom shelf vodka.

My mother is one of those annoying boomers that will leave her cart in the middle of the aisle and walk over to get something. Totally has no respect or awareness for anyone around her or trying to get by. Drive me up the god damn wall.

>be on my way home so I don't have work clothes on
>another employee tells me one of the registers is borked
>decide to fix it before going home because why not
>take a quick peek, realize I have to open up the bill containers and muck about, so I raise the whole thing with the elevator
>go fetch the toolbox for some screwdrivers in the back
>sign is up saying next register please, this one's closed
>there's like 3 people at the other register that's open
>not wearing the bright red work uniform
>register is raised far above a normal position
>As soon as i put down the large ass toolkit on the bench, a customer comes rushing asking "IS THIS REGISTER OPEN!?"
I don't even

>self check out
>have a beer to buy
>authorization needed
>single employee in charge of 6 self check out stations
>takes a million years to approve the fucking beer so I can pay

>>12413886
There were Cubans in self checkout today doing this. I knew they were Cubans because their Spanish was barely understandable and they were saying last time they saw each other was in Miami (I'm in Fort Worth).

>>12415819
I graduated high school 15 years ago, but my girlfriend hasn't.

>>12413861
As an employee I hate meth heads even when they're not trying to steal shit.

>>12417385
>knowing a language that isn't pure English
yikes

>>12415886
Shit, people do this all the time with the sushi. I even found an 18 pack of eggs with 5 missing on a non refrigerated aisle. Who the fuck steals eggs?

>>12417395
Lo hablo el Español mejor que mas gringos porque soy de Texas. Y tengo quatro anos en colegio.

>>12417382
it isn't remotely challenging to work self checkout stations
t. Kroger employee

>>12417023
I've been on 4chan way too long and this is one of the more autistic posts I've seen in a long while. Did you forget to take your medicine summerchild? Did Mommy not give you any tendies today for lunch? Did your brother smack you and call you fag? As damn, an anon just said he listens to music or whatever while shopping. Are you the type to wear a trenchcoat in warm weather and never ever shave your neck? As you sound like you smell. Smell really bad.

>>12413861
Got off work last a few weeks ago after a ten-hour shift in the office to finish a project. Went to Giant Eagle before heading home to crash. While there I witnessed a black girl grab a banana and give it to her kid. He took a few bites and she then placed it back on the shelf. Not in the trash bin next at the end of the damn produce aisle section.

>>12417471
I hate this shit, also hate when people grab stuff like ground beef and put it in bread aisles and shit. Animals.

Forgetting that tuesdays is Senior Discount day and having to wade through the already small grocery store with boomers clogging up every aisle only to wait behind some 90 year old woman with 60 items arguing over every 2 cent price disparity and not accepting the fact that discounts aren't applied until after the scanning is done.

>>12416758
>>12416828

what this anon said mostly. also because I could never bring myself to do that I suppose; I like being able to hear everything around me and the thought of losing awareness that is very uncomfortable. personally I'd feel very anxious and cut off, even if I was listening to something quiet

what's wrong with the sounds of real life, y'know? I dunno I'm a fuckin geek

>>12417568
Autism is a flaw that you need to cure.

>>12417581

severely mentally ill but I think you have me mistaken for one of your own

at least I don't need to walk around with $150 noise reducers in 24/7 to feel content uwu

>>12415863

places that stock shit that expires in a day. fuck you. fuck you especially when its still there a week later when I come back

>>12415876
>Also the weirdos who seem to think it's against the law to put your stuff of the conveyor if there's no separator.

Ha this is me. I respect the rule of law.

>>12417838
Me too. It is definitely the proper way to behave. The person in front of you failing to apply the separator is the one at fault in this situation.

>>12413896
Are you unironically mentally ill

>>12414168
How are people like this even alive?

>>12417530
>reverse google image search
>Possible related search: Japan
>Travel Japan - Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)

I hate women but many things stopping side by side in the aisle to talk as soon as they recognize each other is annoying. Find another spot to have your social engagement other than another corridor with spaces side by side. And you know if don't sternly ask them to move, they'll chat for at least 5 minutes with no awareness of anything around them. But if you do draw attention to them, then it's rude.

So yeah, white women in a grocer store.

>>12417458
>>12417084
I sit back, without any devices plugged in my ears and enjoy my time out on the town. I think. I reflect. I look around me for inspiration. I do not need to have that drowned out by an inane entourage of useless babbles by inferior minds, and I dislike tainting my music experience whenever it becomes background, rather than the center piece of experience. You lack mindfulness, self-awareness and should, as the old saying goes, take time to smell the roses. Who can disagree with that?

>that person who stands right in the way of the thing you want
>stands there forever reading a label or comparing things or something
>pretend to be interested in something else until they move

Is it just me or is Trader Joes particularly claustrophobic even when it's not that crowded, somehow people are always RIGHT THERE

>>12416806
First I smiled at this obvious joke. Then I actually had to stop and make this post to ask... are you fucking serious? Because that is fucking hilarious if its true.

>>12416694
You'd be surprised. People talking on phones while checking out, with kids, with coupons, paying cash and coins, self checkout blinking/slow response, then add an additional 10 minutes to sllllloooowwwly bag items and eventually leave.

>>12417916
When it's empty and there are ZERO people it feels full. It felt that way the first time I visited. I mean it feels crushing and awful to be there. I suspect someone sold their soul to build it.

>>12417916
>Is it just me or is Trader Joes particularly claustrophobic even when it's not that crowded, somehow people are always RIGHT THERE
They are small, as are the register areas. They're also popular. For all groceries, go when they literally open for the morning, or try going 15 minutes before closing or when 9 to 5ers aren't going to be shopping for lunch, literally 4 to 5 on a weekday, provided you aren't next to a school.

I went into Naples TJ's on sunday before memorial day at 8PM (closing was 9) and there was probably 8 people in the whole store, plus 6 employees. They only annoyance was their stocking boxes blocking some freezers or shelves til moved out of my shopping way.

>The people who don't write lists so they are just wondering about as snails pace
>Only 1-2 of the 5 checkouts is open when there are 20+ shoppers
>deli workers going on lunch exactly when the lunch rush starts
>Old people in general
>Blacks in general
>People shouting down the aisle/phones to eachother
>Poorly behaved kids
>People that don't know what they want so just stand Infront of the shelves blocking everything

>>12416622
In New Hampshire and Vermont it's the 5th of the month.

>>12416881
I used to bike home in the dark with no light or helmet when I was a teenager coming home from work. I ended up getting fined $100 by the police as it's a crime to bike without a helmet and a light at night here.

>>12417921
I also shop at Publix. It's completely true. Flickering lights and everything. It's fun for everyone.

>>12416867
What?

>>12417944
Yeah, I WOULD be surprised, because the max time I've ever seen anyone take to do a self checkout was less than 5 minutes, in the 5 years I've been using this option. Where the fuck do you and the other anon live where its even POSSIBLE to spend 30 minutes in self checkout?! Its just not possible... you faggots are exaggerating big time.

>>12415863
Finish the fucking story!!!!!! What about the glands????

>>12413898
I want to lick the asshole of that girl in the shorts

>>12417897
I give 'em about 15 seconds. Then I swoop in there: "oh, excuse me." The worst ones are when they hover just on the edge of decision, grab a thing, then change thier minds right as you're swooping in. It fakes you out and if they do it 2 or 3 times you end up aborting. I always try to be polite to people, but sometimes people are just really oblivious (or rude).

>>12418024
HAHA! That is actually awesome. Absurd, but awesome still.

>>12417471
I fucking hate 'grazers'.

>>12417881


based

>>12418060
Oh boy let me tell you about the glands and my protein bar! I have been obsessed with protein bars/mats so my protein bars/mats is made from my favorite ingredient: whey protein! I'm a huge fan of the taste and texture (and protein), which is exactly what my bar tastes like!

I started using almond flour in my protein bars around the time vegans began using it, which I'm sure is why it gets rave reviews. I've tried it with coconut, rice, wheat & almond and I still really like it.

So, naturally I started my own nut- and plant-based protein bar, because I had gotten into cooking and wanted to make my own protein from scratch. This would also be a super convenient thing for me! And honestly, the recipe is super easy and very similar to the Almond Butter Protein Bars!

Let's get down to details...

What you will Need:

1 1/2 cups almond flour (you can use whole coconut flakes or almond flake if you like)

2/3 cup shredded almonds (whole or shredded)

8oz + 2oz peanut butter (I use unsalted almonds, which I like since they melt in your mouth as they are cooked - more of a crunch to it)

1/4 cup coconut oil

>alert checkout machine selects me for a random check
Like I would steal anything from this store, the main reason I visit it is to support the small scale producers who sell their stuff through them

At this freddies I go to I've seen old stingy ladies ask the produce workers to put shit into the reduce price 1dollar bags like 13dollar mushrooms and shit. They actually direct the worker over to where they want stuff. I felt such disgust watching them, the worker should've told those old bags to fuck off

>>12418091
>random check

What. Like random drug tests at school?

>>12414283
don’t shop @ Walmart, Target, Aldi etc
i never see EBT people at Whole Foods or even Hannaford
honestly i do see nogs here in NH, but i rarely see them shopping and if i do they’re not welfare-tyoe nogs

>>12418104
An employee comes over and you have to move all your shit to a specially designated register, where they scan all of it all over again and see if it's the same as you passed on the machine.

>customer comes up with one item and quips "my big purchase for the day!"
>item won't scan so they say "haha i guess its free!"
>when i tell people we're closing in 10 minutes so they think "oh that gives me 10 minutes to dick around until i have to check out" instead of "i better hurry up then"
>customers who fucking inspect their receipt like sherlock holmes as if i tried to rip them off or something
>women who take forever to put their wallet and other shit back in the purse after paying, holding up the line
>customers who just hold their hand out to you waiting for their change
>customers who just leave their carts around the store when they're done instead of putting them away
>customers who say "oh i dont need a bag haha save the planet" after you've already bagged all their stuff

>>12418139
Wow that sounds super fucking gay holy shit fuck shopping wherever the fuck that is any time ever holy shit

>>12418142
Sometimes I miscalculate the cost of what I purchased, and scrutinize the receipt to figure out where I went wrong. Don't take it so personally.

>>12417163
>just withdraw from society goy
I bet you wear headphones in public

>>12416622
in maryland they break it up by last name, so it's literally the entire first half of every month.

>>12418152
do that between the register and the exit.

>>12418085
No adrenochrome? Pass.

>>12418059
You don't live where I live...that's cool dude, don't get upset

>>12414168
Every day I thank fuck my area doesn't have grocery stores with chubby chariots because I would be livid if I had to deal with that shit on a regular basis

>>12414845
>doing Def Comedy Jam bits, "roasting peoples carts"
Honestly? That's pretty based

>>12418139
Stop being a whitetrash criminal. If you had an IQ above 80, you would have known to engage in smarmy smalltalk with a fake smile so they would think you were harmless. That's on you autist.

>>12415863

>>12418299
Fuck you're an asshole. Just remembering people like you exist fills my mouth with the taste of bile.

>>12416848
>it's another "boomer tries to haggle with the chain-store cashier" episode

When The Fucking Idiot Kid Cashiers Aren't Even Willing To ATTEMPT To Negotiate Lowerig Prices For Items

>>12418376

after reading your post, I spit bile

elegance begins as slapdash
keep writing

>>12417962

???

do you not understand that our lunches scheduled and (at least in my state) you are legally required to take a break every 3 hours

if you wait 30 minutes to take your lunch, that means the next person scheduled to take theirs has to wait 30 minutes, and so on. plus if you have shit to take care of or don't feel well, you should go on your fucking lunch. fuck the customers; they'll get dealt with

we're all people anon, fuck

>>12418410
>>12418398

>>12417163
Kroger charges a fee for that. Not worth it when they have self checkout you can be relatively efficient by not being an autist and asking people to move out of the way.

>>12418326
so you live in vibrant urban environs?

>>12416839
This.

>>12416847
this

>>12414971
their boner subsides

>>12417863
Welfare. They get food money to get the size of a house on for free, more for each kid and free health care for all of them through medicare, and everyone else has to pay for it. Meanwhile the kids working the register don't make enough in a week to pay for what she eats in an afternoon.

>>12415859
Literally kill yourself

>Leaving your cart in the middle of the aisle so you can make a selection
>Multiple people doing this and preventing anyone from going down that aisle because they lack any self awareness and decided to cut off any and all cart/foot traffic while they slowly make their decision
>Women very slowly sauntering down the middle of a narrow aisle so you can't get around them

A grocery store is where spatial awareness goes to die. Park your cart off to the fucking side of the aisle, you fucking brain dead harlots. It's almost always women doing this, too. They just leave their carts right in the center of an aisle and walk off to go pick something up. Imagine a multitude of women doing this in nearly every aisle of the fucking store all day long. At this point, I've learned to take other aisles as get-arounds so I can just avoid the gigantic clusterfuck of women blocking off traffic with their stupid fucking carts because they're too thick-headed to park them off to the side.

It's impossible for me to walk into a grocery store without getting real bastarding mad, these days.

>>12419360

I am compelled to argue but I cannot disagree

>>12415759
Ugh just check books in general.

>>12413886
Classic boomer move. Just as much as talking too loud because they're deaf, complaining about every little thing, mowing the lawn all the time, going to the hardware store every day, or talking about their 401k.

>>12417881
Okay but you don't have to autistically project

>>12416817
>Why would businesses cater to their customers??? What is wrong with you?! STUPID, MORON, IDIOT!!!
So would you be okay if they got rid of carts as well and expected you to bring your own? Dumbass

they never keep enough steel reserve in stock

>>12418076
The word you're looking for is "niggers"

>>12419640
No it isn't, obviously. This is massive overreach. It is racism that is neither relevant nor funny.

>>12419648
>Black woman grabs a literal fucking banana to feed to her niglet without paying for it and then leaves the carcass on the shelves

>"It is racism that is neither relevant nor funny."

Fucking hell you're a faggot.

>>12413861
Food stores are boring,


Groceries Stores should have Animatronics and have a theme park atmosphere, like Walt Disney World.

All Store Employees should be Actors, Performers, and Models. All Cashiers should be at least 8's or 9's.

Performers should sing to me while I browse the grocery store and offer me samples. There should be games where you win prizes. There should be a variety of cute mascots in costumes.

There should be a piece of coordinated music and dance routine every 50 minutes that takes place through the entire store that encourages shoppers to participate in (and purchase more goods)

The ethnic food section should have a multiracial cast that answers questions the shopper may have, while the remaining cast sings in the background "Its a Tiny World"

Cashiers should have to sing my purchases with pleasant and warm gestures

>>12419657
No, I am not. I have only ever been attracted to people of the opposite gender to myself. And I am capable of recognizing that this behavior is not confined to a single racial derivation. As it is the behavior being criticized, it is the behavior that needs to be specified when identifying these people. Not the racial derivation of one person who has done it.

>>12419648
yeah, ok. tryna prove your self right, nigga.

>>12419672
I can't believe I've been talking to an autistic person this entire time and had no idea. Now I feel bad for calling a disabled person names.

>>12417406
come mi culo

>>12419640
Actually I've never seen a nigger do this. It's always been fat white folk, grabbing a doughnut in the bakery dept and filling their piehole with it. Fucking crackers!

>>12419710
>t. nog

>>12413894
Supermarkets have bathrooms?
I've just been turboshitting in the freezer when I must.

>>12414151
Every night after a closing shift at work I go to the nearby Winco and hide the frozen meat behind the cereal. Shit’s hilarious.

>>12418364
I don't think it's me being a criminal rather the amount of shopping triggers something. Happened three times and all of them I was doing the week's shopping

thought i bought enough food, but I've been starving lately.

>20 something lanes
>Only 2 open

>>12419726
>t. cracker/white trash

>>12419983
This, always 3 fucking lanes open out of 15-20. It's because they fired all the cashiers to buy the self checkout machines instead. Computers don't call for unions, don't need sick leave, don't talk back to the manager

>>12416758
I do this just because I love listening to music, not to spite anyone

>>12417881
>everyone needs to be just like me
>if they arent they are wrong
fuck off boomer, I listen to music while shopping all the time, the great thing about music is that you can listen to it passively. Unless it's an album you've never heard before there's no need to stop everything else you're doing just to listen to it

>>12419983
>store has 10+ lanes
>only ever see 1-2 open when I'm there
>recently opened another 3 lanes
>still only 2 lanes open at best

>>12420097
>>12420104
Don't you have any music in your head? The memory of music? Is your mind totally blank when thoughts aren't being piped into it?

>>12416908
>>12420111
music isnt a thought retard, I'm not listening to a podcast and having people tell me what to think. I'm just listening to music because I enjoy listening to it. It's a smelling the roses thing, as opposed to smelling the shit thing (which is what I'd be doing if I had to listen to the sounds of a grocery store with its shitty radio music bursting with advertisements and its stupid customers shouting marco polo over the isles)

>>12416817
>Sperging out this hard because he has weak arms

>>12420111
I don't memorize songs even if I've listened to them 100+ times I have no idea what the song is and don't play along or anything like that. So, no, I can't sing a song in my head.

>>12420253
I wonder what it would be like to live like that. Most of my favored music is orchestral, but I also know the lyrics to most of the songs I like. To not remember the music I've enjoyed? I can't decide if that's good or bad.

>>12420255
I'm the original guy who replied and I remember music I listen to, and most of it is instrumental even. But memories are never as good as the real thing, if you find music good enough it is able to move you even if you've listened to it countless times before

>>12420263
It's different, but I don't think that makes it less good. I don't feel I've fully understood a piece until I've run it over in my memory repetitively.

>>12420266
I dunno wtf you mean by "understanding a piece". When I listen to music it usually just takes lots of listens for me to appreciate each and every part of the song and for really well made songs with lots of depth it gives me lots of replay value. I never really dwell on songs while not listening to them though, that sounds like a load of pseud shit to me. Same thing for people who need to "devote their entire self" to listening to an album just to "experience it fully", sounds like a load of crockshit to me. The way I listen to albums is usually going through and re listening to a lot of the songs individually until I get familiar with them enough that I will begin to listen to the album as a whole all the way through. One might call me a casual music listener but I don't think my taste reflects that

>>12414845
>Bluetooth slow walkers, 30 minute self checkout, EBT time, holidays, moving at the absolute slowest pace possible
Listen here dipshit, no one is obliged to rush because you are always in a hurry like the time mismanaging shit you are

>>12420283
Yeah dude like who cares if you're being a selfish piece of shit that causes problems for everyone else you're being the selfish one not me XDD. I guarantee you're female or fat, probably both

>>12420281
Good albums work the same as a symphony. Each track leads into the next, and separating them feels like a sin. Queen's Night at the Opera, the first Violent Femmes album, and the first few Doors albums, for instance. I doubt many albums made in the internet age fit this paradigm. The incentive to construct them in this fashion was lost.

/fit/ manlets wearing clothes that barely fit and bowing up at any sign of eye contact because their deflated egos require constant validation

>>12419360
The trick is to physically move their carts, it's hilarious because people will come running as if you're trying to steal their child.

>>12420290
holy shit my man, you have no idea wtf you're talking about. First off, how old are you, I'm guessing 30+. Second you're right that good albums work together as a whole but you're completely wrong about how separating them "feels like a sin". That's a bunch of pretentious bullshit and is why bands like godspeed exist (and they suck). I understand listening to albums as a whole, and I do often, but it's only a double positive when you have an album that can simultaneously be listened to in parts and as a whole. Unless of course you have a band like The Necks who just make 50 minute songs, in that case you need to listen to the entire thing in one go
>I doubt many albums made in the internet age fit this paradigm
get your head out of the sand boomer, music is still going strong and there are plenty of artists who don't sacrifice their integrity for sellout bullshit. Just because you are stuck in the past doesn't mean music isn't still moving and doesn't mean it's lost any meaning. Especially if you haven't even bothered to look for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbhafEipo6c

>>12420287
>causes problems for everyone
>YOUR SELFISH!!
That's rich
If you are in hurry maybe you should be occupied with what puts you in a hurry instead of coming to the supermarket instead and seethe at people for not living your rat race of a life
I guarantee you are a wagie fuck like >>12414939 who gets mad at people for shopping in the 30 minute margin BEFORE closing time because muh early closing

>>12420297
has this actually happened or are you just being a cheeky cunt

I just dislike people who treat the grocery store like a social club in general. Old people standing around for hours arguing with their friends, the sad loners who latch onto the staff as some sort of ersatz friends. The mom's who block out whole isles to stand around and talk with their friends. Teenagers who just go around and make loud noises and make a mess of things because they're bored, not even there to shop, little kids running around screaming while their parents are building a cart fort in the cleaning isles talking about inane gossip...

>>12420321
I've seen people like that, but I've never thought enough of them to comment on it. In the summer they get too hot to keep their shirts on. They always have to take their shirts off even though everybody else is comfortable enough in full clothing.

>>12420341
kek my brother is like this actually, he's a fucking california faggot

>>12420335
This is me to a T. But I don't talk to people. I find a spare bench and watch it all.

>>12420335
Normal people socialize anywhere, not only on Designated Socializing Grounds you fucking autist

>>12420364
Well they're wrong.

Employee
>people who decide they don't want something anymore so they leave it at the far end of my check stand
>people who leave frozen things in the fridge or on the shelf
>hamplanets with their moons buying $100 of junk food on EBT
>kids of any age

As a customer
>people who stop in the middle of the door into the building and do anything, be it check their phone, talk to their stupid friend, read the weekly sale book
>self check machines that read out the price of each scanned item
>random layouts
>kids of any age

>>12420398
It's weird how so many people think a doorway is an appropriate place to stop and check their phone. How does it not occur to them that they're in the way of others?

>>12413886

No, no. Not the frozen food section; They stand around just outside or inside the entrance gate, right at the beginning, which, for some reason where I go shopping, is really narrow. Fuck!

>>12420401
I have bumped into these people before because their stop is so sudden and then they get super offended. 90% of the time they are fat women.

>legal drinking age is 18
>I'm 28
>6'2''
>beard down to my chest
>wearing a workshirt with company logo on
>cashier still asks to see my ID when I buy beer

>>12419536
they have an obligation to

>>12415886
>Fuck off and go around
Do cucks ACTUALLY do this?
Do obnoxious assholes really think it's reasonable to expect people to be such cucks that they do this instead of trying to push through the middle despite it being mathematically impossible, forcing the assholes blocking the aisle to move to avoid getting squished into the shelves?

>>12414168
Euros don't have as many of these, so they don't see why we hate nationalized healthcare so much.

>>12418688
Im in the middle of buttfuck nowhere it's just the local grocery stores haven't updated since like the 50s and there are no big box chain stores within 60 miles or so. Not worth it unless I'm going to Costco to stock up on non perishables and shit like toilet paper and cleaning supplies because shits marked up to hell locally.

>whole foods near me squishes the produce section into a tiny area right near the entrance of the store, making it literally impossible to get around normally, nevermind if you have a cart
>the section where they sell pizza and other prepared foods is giant and always wide-open with barely anyone there
Gee I wonder how this problem could be solved

>>12416817
>50 pounds in one arm????
I hope to God this post was written by a woman and a man didn't actually just post about 50 pounds being too hard to carry.

>>12416889
But this is the opposite of true you fucktard. If you can hear their music, it's a good tell that they're NOT isolated.

>>12417962
Lists are pretty pointless anon. You've got to have severe mental difficulties to be a grown adult and not know what you like and don't like.

When people need to stand right the fuck next to a selection of products and inspect them all, individually, as I'm very clearly waiting to the side.

I'm not going to barge past you and grab the product I want, I believe too strongly in personal space. But fuck, if you're going to stand there and make me wait for ten minutes, I will stand there and stare as you make me wait for ten minutes.

>>12421036
That one really pisses me off. Usually do my shopping straight after work cause I hate going in on weekends due to everyone else cramming the place up. Have to wear a suit and tie for work and still have my id on, why would any employee think a minor is going to dress fully smart then get a full trolley full of food and alcohol

>>12421414
lol how hard is it to say "excuse me, can I get to (item)?"

>>12421446
He posts on here, do you really think he's got the social skills to talk to someome

>>12421414
>I will stand there and stare as you make me wait for ten minutes
lmao stop having autism. Just say "excuse me" and reach for the thing.

>>12421446
How hard is it to have a single inkling of local awareness?

>>12421385

I'm glad I have the no awareness autism instead of the hyper awareness autism, I just do what I need to do and people get out of my way because people are smarter than you give them credit for.

>>12413896
I live in a big city and I still see middle aged faggots stop in the middle of giant ass crowded store to talk to each other. Honestly I feel like ramming my cart into those people every time I see them.

>>12421455
Because they operate under the assumption that you are a normal human being who would just take one second to say "excuse me", instead of seething in a silent autismo rage.
Everyone operates under these unspoken rules except you. You are the odd one out.

>>12421444
>Have to wear a suit and tie for work and still have my id on, why would any employee think a minor is going to dress fully smart then get a full trolley full of food and alcohol

>>12421455
You give people too much credit, the majority of humans are literal braindead NPC's, you gotta take the initiative over these zombie-like faggots

>>12421036
>>12421444
>know they have to ask for it as policy regardless of whether or not they think you're actually of age
>instead of having your id ready so this is a nonissue, get angry at them for something they no control over
why do alcoholics and tobacco slaves do this?

I hate when niggers blast loud rap music from their phone. Why do this in a grocery store? Just why?

>>12421036
They're just doing their job, I get more concerned when they don't ask for my ID

>very disheveled and sad looking older woman working the liquor shop counter at the grocery store
>rings me up without eye contact, doesn't ask for ID
>says nothing as I say "thanks" and walk away

Geez does selling people the liquid jew really take that much out of a person?

>>12421515
I look about 16 and even then when buying alcohol via selfcheckout the attendants often just approve me without ID. Must be practically muscle memory.

>>12421502
I can't HANDLE another half second without the fun juice to escape from my life

>>12414159
How can someone spend all of their money on shit like this? Why don’t they buy necessary staples like rice, beans, vegetables, and meats

>>12421616
Low IQ

>>12414168
how big is that fucking store?

>>12421616
Fats gonna fat. Fat mom and her kids were behind me in line at the store yesterday, they had like 7 bags of chips and shit, barely any normal groceries. One of them was like 12 years old and 135 lbs, she never stood a chance.

went to the shop tonight
>annoying woman with 3 annoying sick kids in the same fucking isle every time
>get to register
>sick woman doing the checkout
>people sneezing and coughing all over the place
gah I hate it. I already got the flu for two weeks in january in fucking summer then got pneumonia because of it, I swear if I get sick again I'm gonna kill myself

>>12421635
>Walmart Discount Stores, also branded as simply "Walmart", are discount department stores with sizes varying from 30,000 to 206,000 square feet (2,800 to 19,100 square meters), with the average store covering 105,000 square feet (9,800 square meters).

>>12421656
lol just stop having a bitch-ass immune system

>>12420107
Zoomers will never understand back in the 90's or even 2000's before this automated register bullshit where stores actually had 10+ people on registers and you rarely waited more than a couple minutes for a lane to open up.
Now you either go through the godawful "item missing in bagging area" shit that makes you look like a criminal because it doesn't scan shit properly, wait 15 minutes for some retard mom who dragged alone her 7 kids with two carts worth of garbage that costs more than you earn in a week in a real lane, or try to fit your cart in the 'express that isn't really express now' lane and have to awkwardly hand the girl each item because there's no room to put anything.

>>12421673
I haven't been to hospital since I was a fucking kid but every few years I get taken out for a month by some important asian bird flu type shit. fuck people. I'll probably go my entire life without going back to hospital only to die at age 75 from a retard child sneezing on me.

>>12421635
Euro detected

>>12421675
> 'express that isn't really express now' lane

So, you're one of those assholes who brings a cart full of items to the 10 items or less lane, and you admit to doing this knowingly? Or am I misinterpreting?

>>12421616
Because it's usually not their money and they feel no shame in either being on welfare or trading their gibs for absolute garbage food.

>>12420320
>gets mad at people for shopping in the 30 minute margin BEFORE closing time because muh early closing
Closers at my store stay an hour after the store is closed to the public so that we can clean the store for the opening crew. We don't care about closing "early", we just want customers out at the set time of closing so we can clean up messes left by autismos like you. I was more angered about the fact when these old boomer cunts take like 3 hours to shop and don't check out until the last minute because that cuts into the time it takes for us to pull cash tills, count them, and start fixing the store up for the next day's customers to fuck it up in the first 12 minutes of opening.

>>12414962
check out the nostalgia threads about old threads, boxxy, flash games, etc.

>>12415123
no they're just staring at how much of a faggot you are

>>12414729
>i fucking hate those zoomer faggots
>but not me im totally like one of those old cool boomers that fought for our country against dah nazies

>>12414939
>>kids
>Don't bring your shitty snotty retard offspring into the store unless you got those little shits under control. I swear Mexican parents have the worst fucking kids in every retail job I've worked because they don't give a shit what their kids do.
Every fucking day some snot nosed kid screaming his lungs out and tossing shit around and the parents are just like "Oh my darling little boy"

>Started ordering groceries from whole foods because I'm usually never home and whole foods does the cheapest delivery
>My order is pretty much just produce + enough meat for 3-5 meals
>Whoever the fuck picks my produce always does a really shit job
>They're beginning to substitute a lot of shit if I forget to tell them not to.

Honestly, I think the fuckers are just getting lazy. Like if I order a chicken breast in a certain weight, what I'll typically get at this point is the pre-packaged individually sealed ones because they're easier to grab. For produce, it really just seems to be "Grab one whatever." and I end up with produce that I half destroy to salvage whatever is usable.

Still beats doing the shopping myself, though.

>Live in idaho
>shopping at Walmart because my local store was closed
>wearing an SF Giants hat
>some fat faggot worker asks me why I'm wearing it
>Simple answer: They're my favorite team
>asks me how that came to be
>mention my parents were from norcal
>keeps asking me stupid questions and gives me his life story
>just wanted to pick up some fucking cat treats and a couple gallons of milk
I even had some headphones in and I deliberately pulled them out like I was irritated.
I sometimes think that I'm too hyper aware of what's going on around met, that I'm like paranoid or something, but then I realized I could be a fucking clueless retard like 90% of my conversations with strangers.
some other pet peeves include
>people in lardcarts
>people who treat going to the store as some kind of social event (Especially in places like thrift stores)
>seeing people I know
>kids in general
>more than 3 people in a group in general
>people who spend 40 minutes in the spot where the last thing you need is looking at fucking food labels like they honestly give a shit (typically obese moms or soyboy looking dudes)
I've started to do most of my shopping at night so I don't have to deal with fucking crowds anymore.

>not being able to just hold 50lbs
Also he's talking about for when you need to carry a few items but not enough to warrant a huge ass cart you fucking retard.

>>12422158
This is why I hate flyover states, every little thing is an invitation to pry into your personal life, values, beliefs, etc. They're looking for a template to apply to you so they can figure out how and why to hate you. These are the same people who complain about "nanny statist authoritarian bug-man cities", apparently being allowed to live your life as you see fit is statism and shoving your fucked up provincial rube values down everyone's throat is "freedom".

>>12422170
What he described happens in California as well, faggot.

>>12422170
I'm glad I'm moving soon. While I love the area for it's wide array of nature stuff I fucking despise the hospitality. I enjoy visiting my family in norcal because of the coldness from the people in the area. You don't have to be as self conscious in those places because the people who live there have seen much much worse. I've stopped wearing that hat because I've had multiple people, from pizza delivery drivers to clerks at various second hand shops to people who just fucking see me out and about. I'm almost astonished at how much people fucking care about my fucking hat. They always mention how they're from LA or Sacremento or Eureka or Arcada or something. I fucking hate it so goddamn much.

>>12422212
I lived in California for several years. Not once was "so... what ARE you" a question that came up within the first 2 minutes of talking to someone. That also isn't the first question anyone asks in NYC. However, it was almost guaranteed in flyover land. Followed by "how come your English is so good".

>>12422230
It happened to me the week I was there. Keep sucking cock.

>>12421036
Our state law is that everyone needs to have ID on them when they purchase alcohol. 70 year olds generally get a pass but the guideline they give us is card everyone that looks younger than 40. But since you're not in the states I'd be interested in what your country's law say about IDing.

>>12422230
Based rural chads bullying nonwhites back into their overpopulated shitholes

>>12421413
Or you know, not forget shit

>>12422158
>people who treat going to the store as some kind of social event (Especially in places like thrift stores)

Saw that at Walmart on a saturday night in Gonzales LA once.

>>12422095
Walmart does this sometimes when i order pickup, when they exchange items, ive always gotten bigger or name brand items. For the same price. Not walmart superstore, its the walmarts that only sell food .they always give you better, if your item isnt in stock

>>12413861
>Walks up the the 15 items or less lane with 400 items in basket

>>12421332
Probably. I like to sneak some curls in while I'm shopping with a basket. If you do it really slowly, nobody notices you getting gains while they get fat.

>>12421287
Chicken or egg?

>>12421656
Do not touch your phone or your face while you are grocery shopping. As soon as you get out of the store slather your hands with hand sanitizer. Keep a 3-foot air gap from other shoppers. Grocery shopping during rushes are most definitely one of the biggest communicable disease vectors.

>>12413861
Fuckin retard/downie bag boys, most of them are so sassy

>>12414699
>having a grouping mentality.

>>12416688
>wanted to post something funny
hmmm what could he have meant by this?

>>12416752
Incel cuck

>>12421656
>January
>summer
Um, dude, I've got some news for you.

>>12416817
Learn to read.

>>12416772
There's a smaller version of the cart with two baskets that works pretty well.

>>12416637
>>>customers stay for 2 hours and who fill their cart past the brim, have a massive heap of items and don't check out until 2 minutes before closing

We have someone who fills up 2 large carts and always comes in 20 min before closing and fills up 2 large carts, doesn't check out until 10-15 minutes until after we close. Thank fuck I got out of front end.

>>12419675
That went on for way too long and made my blood boil.

>>12423475
Could be in the Southern hemisphere anon.

>>12422757
Based Sir Richard Branson.

>>12417864
That woman went yandere and stabbed her bf

>>12418142
>customers who fucking inspect their receipt like sherlock holmes as if i tried to rip them off or something
See, it only takes one time for the machine to mess up and not catch it.
>be me in college, stressed out student
>take a long-ass drive out to target, on the town outskirts
>only there to buy $20 worth of small goods
>checkout
>back home, notice my receipt has a $103 dollar charge on it
>somehow blue moon beer and folding chairs got tacked on to my receipt
>it's a 30 min drive back out to the stupid store, which I now don't have time to do in the midst of a busy schoolweek
Pay close attention to the final price, kids.

>>12413861
>going though an entire row of product looking for something that isn't opened or broken because someone let their child fuck with the shelves

>>12413886
Change boomers to zoomers and you're absolutely right