Penny (supermarket) Puns

Any good reason why i should be going for the costlier plastic jars/bottles that go for about 10AED for 2 Litres which expire within a week or so?

Went to Tesco yesterday to pick up some wellies for the little one. Used the self serve and on exiting there was a cashier giving everyone a free bag of potatoes.

Although it was nice, and saves waste, how gutted would you be if you'd just popped in and bought a bag of spuds.

So when I was around one year old. I was with my parents in the supermarket when an old man approached me (as old people do with babies) and insisted to my parents that I take his coin. My parents describe how calming and familiar the man was (I like to think it’s me from the future but that’s maybe reaching a bit).

So fast forward to me now almost turning 22. I’ve had this coin with me the whole time. A couple years ago I bought a safe and thought it would be good to keep it in there. After about a month I go back to the safe and the coin just isn’t there. I had it in a little plastic case designed for cool coins. The case was there, the coin wasn’t. I’m the ONLY person that can get into that safe, and the only person who’s even been near it.

So for two whole years that coin is just lost and I was devastated.

Now here’s the weird part. I’m up in the loft of my parents house (where I grew up), organising some boxes and stuff when something falls from the ceiling and hits me on the shoulder. And what do you know, the damn coin is sat at my feet just staring at me.

Never been so confused in my life. I never moved the coin. Hadn’t been to my parents house in forever. There’s no ledge on the ceiling or anything where the coin could’ve fallen from. It just materialised from thin air.

Anyway that’s my weird story lol. Makes me think that coin just isn’t part of this reality!

Edit: Thank you for all the comments and upvotes on this post. There has been some great insight. I’ll have a photo of the coin linked here tomorrow for those that want to see. And for anyone that hasn’t seen my previous comment, the coin is a UK pre-decimal 1967 1d. They went out of circulation in 1970 I believe and the new 1p was introduced!

Hi! Has anyone here worked the till at a supermarket or similar places? I did pre-diagnosis and it was the most soul destroying traumatic experience, I made cash errors so much and got so much shit and abuse from my managers 😰

God stopped and said "Yes I will, just a second."

They lied, everybody else was also wearing pants.

A man was playing his boombox way too loud in the supermarket today around noon.

It was really bothering me, so when he walked past me I said "Hey would you mind turning the music down?"

He kinda did a double take, as if he was going to leave it but then turned to me and started just....going off. This was a big guy, by the way; huge stocky build with tattoos all over.

He started moving towards me, saying "what right...who are you, what is your right to tell me what to do".

I said "I don't want to have to hear your music so loud." And this next part I'm paraphrasing because it was all a bit of a blur, but essentially it went down like this:

He got up in my face saying "what fucking right do you have to tell me anything? What is your tupana? Who is your kaupapa of Tāmaki Makaurau... "

(I'm white by the way). I said "It's not about that."

He said "It's exactly about that. What is your tupana. Your people taking our rights is what it is, this isn't your kaupapa on this land"

I repeated "It's not about that. I'm asking you to turn the music down."

He said "You want a fucking fight bro? C'mon bro I will fuck you up right now." And stood in front of me with a raised a fist, swearing and yelling "let's fucking go, come on bro i'm fucking ready."

I stood there not having a clue what to do. I am not a fighter. I'm almost 6 ft but not intimidating by any means. This guy was maybe a little shorter but huge build, massive arms and shoulders. Thankfully, instead of hitting me, he took his rage out on my groceries. He picked up my full shopping basket that was on the ground, turned it upside down and threw everything at the floor. Started kicking my on-special pasta sauce down the aisle, making a massive mess, punching items of cereal, whatever.

Then he was back in my face. His fist raised again ready to throw punches at me, faking me out. People had gathered at this stage. I saw an employee and I said loudly "hey can you help me out" but they just looked at this guy going off and they were not in a hurry to approach.

I looked down at the empty canvas bag in my hand and I thought about putting it down in case I had to start physically defending myself and he could sort of see that and said " yeah put that shit down let's go".

I took a step back; he took a step forward, right up to me, eye to eye. "I don't want to fight you".

"Fucking fight me. I'm ready to go back to jail for this."

I said "this isn't worth it."

He said "I'll fuck you up, you fagg

Today I took my 3 month old twins to the supermarket by myself while my wife had a day to herself (she is a stay at home and I have been working a lot more due to the holidays)

While shopping my daughter pooped, and I mean she POOPED. There’s no changing tables in the men’s room and there was no family bathroom. I went to the Starbucks in the store and asked if I could change her on one of the tables in the back (I have a blanket and a changing pad in my bag, her ass wouldn’t be on the bare table) The barista said yes so I got to business.

An older woman, probably late 40’s early 50’s came up to me and started talking to my son who I was baby wearing on my back. He’s cute so I didn’t pay any mind. She then started telling me I needed to make sure to wipe her “little tookie” referring to her privates. I told her I am well aware of how to change a diaper, she continued to critique (best word I can use) my wiping style and eventually when I went to change her clothes due to baby poop blowout and while I was putting her dirty clothes in a waste bag, the woman goes to put her clothes on her. I snatched my daughter up off the table and told the woman “I don’t need someone else dressing my baby, go away you creep.” The woman looked flabbergasted and then started crying saying she was only trying to help. Pretty much everyone in the surrounding area told me that was an over reaction and she was only trying to assist me.

I feel bad for snapping at her. My wife told me not to because she would have done the same thing, but I feel like a douche bag.

AITA?

Edit: I have not had a comment asking this but I will put this out there

I did not go to my car to change them because I did not have a car. I walked to the store that is only about a 5 minute walk, and I was not going to make my baby sit in poop while I finished shopping.

Final edit: I changed my baby on the table because I wasn’t going to allow my infant to sit in shit while I put my groceries back and walked home. I realize changing her on the table was not the best idea, but it was my only option. I could not change her on the floor of the men’s room with my other baby still on me, and the store manager told me it was alright and they will sanitize as soon as I was done. I also did not think to ask to use the women’s changing station. I recognize that I, as a 6’7 male, and intimidating and even with my two babies I thought it would be an issue. In the future I will make sure to ask, thank you for

Bonus points for people coming in saying "its crap you have to be here today" like, yeah cause you keep turning up each year ya dumb bint

sorry that aldi and lidl are not listed, I thought these were the most common, maybe i will do a v2 later

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Healthier: I recently learned that studies have found that some frozen vegetables give you MORE nutrients after being frozen, while others give you less. But overall, frozen vegetables that come in big packs will give you nutritional value that is equal or greater than "fresh" vegetables from the supermarket, which have gone through transportation and nutrient loss. (BBC science investigation)

Cheaper and time-saving: If you buy a big pack, you can get 4 or 5 different items already prepared for a very low amount. I bought two big packs of frozen vegetables for 30 to 50 meals each for about $8 at Costco. It is very difficult to waste vegetables that are frozen, and yet vegetables that you buy yourself and keep in the fridge can spoil rather quickly if you don't have a well-rehearsed routine. Having a variety pack saves you so much prep time, as well.

Microwave? It seems that still too many people either scoff at the microwave, or have unscientific beliefs about it. Actually, microwaving vegetables is healthier than steaming, which is often regarded as the healthiest way to eat vegetables. (Harvard Health) Using a tiny bit of water with vegetables in the microwave, you are essentially steaming the vegetables inside out, very rapidly. Of course, it is more delicious to stir fry your vegetables or bake them, but what if you don't have the time? A microwave takes only 4 to 5 minutes to cook, and the only prep is putting it in a dish, adding a small splash of water, and covering it. It is the easiest way to add some vegetables to whatever else you're eating.

Also boxes of cherries for $30 a kg where going in to the bin. What a waste of food.

It doesn’t make any cents.