10 Reasons I Hate Grocery Shopping
So, I have issues with errands in general…I just really don’t like doing them, but out of all the errands I need to do, I think grocery shopping is the one I really hate. You would think given the fact that I like food so much that I would really like grocery shopping, but I don’t. Why? Read on:
10.)The guy who works in the produce or meat department who always stares at me…really stares at me. Ok, yes I know, I have two kids who might or might not be acting like banshees, I probably do have formula stains or dried graham cracker all over me, and yes I am wearing the same pants I wore yesterday…and the day before, but really that doesn’t make me an alien or someone worthy of “the stare”. STOP IT.
9.) Those child size carts. This may make me a bad mommy but oh well…those little carts are annoying. Not only does Ellie want to push it, but her driving skills stink, which means she pushes it into a display thus causing it to come crashing down…and earning me a death glare from the manager. HELLO! If you didn’t put these nuisances in your store I wouldn’t have to choose between royally t-ing off my daughter and your pretty displays.
8.) The cashier who acts like she has never seen someone buy 6 cases of Coke Zero. Did you look at the guy who bought 6 cases of beer like that?
7.) The women with two or more kids who decide that they haveto use two carts…one to put the kids in and one to shop. Ok, if you could do that without running me or my kids over in the process that would be fine, but according to the back of my legs YOU CAN’T so buy a sling like the rest of us and use it.
6.) The candy isle. Do I really need to explain why I hate this part of grocery shopping?
5.)The carts with the car attached at the front. These things would be ok if they didn’t drive like a Mac Truck…and they really need seat belts so I can keep the kids from diving out to grab something when my back is turned. Ellie has a chipped front tooth…need I say more?
4.) The produce section. Not because I hate produce…but because I always seem to go when they are down to their last half rotten apple and yellow-brown banana.
3.)The cashier who acts like I have killing her by asking her to ring up my stuff instead of doing it myself in the self-checkout. Ummmm yeah, if I didn’t have two kids, a giant amount of grocery and if I had maybe two extra hands I would do it myself…but right now I feel like torturing you.
2.) I can never find enough Coke Zero. Why do stores not order MORE when they see they are consistently selling out? It really really bugs me when I can only buy one or two cases at a time…that means I have to drag myself and the kids back again about 2 days later.
And the NUMBER ONE thing I hate about grocery shopping?
1.) Other grocery shoppers. Don’t get me wrong I appreciate the friendly chitchat or “you’re kids are adorable”, but what I don’t appreciate are: “are you really going to let your children eat that?”, “You don’t look old enough to have kids…where are their parents…no really where are their parents?”, “Oh, buy this kind…it’s much better…really here you go”, and all the other rude and obnoxious things people say. And please watch where you are driving your cart…I don’t think the back of my legs can take another one of your “opps…sorry” moments.
And since this doesn’t actually happen while I am grocery shopping I can’t add it to the list…but it REALLY annoys me when I get home and hubby says: “why didn’t you get ________”. And it really really annoys me when he says “do you know how bad this stuff is for you?” Yes I do, now get your grubby hands off of it so I can shove it in my face as a reward for dealing with going grocery shopping.
Comment by Emilie P on 11 March 2009:
I don’t mind the actual grocery shopping part but keep in mind I never bring more than one kid with me or my hubby is there if we have both. What I hate is that I usually decide to go on a whim and therefore don’t have a list so I am wondering aimlessly through the store trying to think of everything I need and planning meals while trying to keep whatever kiddo is with me entertained. If someone could just look at the grocery ad, plan a menu for the week, and create a shopping list using that and everything else we’re out of, I would be all set going to the grocery store!!! But I do feel your pain and I HATE those darn car carts. Ours do have seat belts but I feel like a maniac trying to control them. It’s like I’m driving a big bus with a flat!
Comment by My Lil Guyz on 11 March 2009:
My Grocery store has babysitting! So I leave my older son there, which he loves because they actually do crafts with the kids and I make sure my 2 year old is well fed and took a nap. Then I’m all set to go. He will be 3 in a few months, then he qualifies to go to the babysitting room too, I can’t wait! Shopping in peace!
Although, I have to agree with you about the other shoppers. My one pet peeve is when other shoppers, think they are the ONLY people shopping there and while they are looking for something, they leave their cart smack in the middle of the isle where no one can get around. They see you are there WAITING, JUST WAITING for them to make their decision and yet they don’t move their cart.
So I gladly do it for them and say EXUSE ME….. They pretend like they dont see you, hugh…
Blessings,
~Jacqueline
Comment by JenReg on 16 March 2009:
Oh – I can totally sympathize with you…grocery shopping is something I ABSOLUTE HATE doing! I despise it with every inch of my being. I don’t even have small kids anymore, but I remember how it was. Then after you get home you have to unload it all – UGH! What really annoys me is after I’ve gone shopping to discover that we are out of something and the person who used the last of it didn’t put it on the list!! I feel for you…I really, really do!
Comment by allie on 16 March 2009:
has anyone tried grocery delivery?
Comment by Momo on 27 April 2009:
“My one pet peeve is when other shoppers, think they are the ONLY people shopping there and while they are looking for something, they leave their cart smack in the middle of the isle where no one can get around. They see you are there WAITING, JUST WAITING for them to make their decision and yet they don’t move their cart.”
You could of course just ask them politely to move their cart, no? It’s passive aggressive to stand there and just hope the steam coming out of your ears will change their minds.
I had a terrible encounter with a psycho woman in one of those motor carts you ride on. Man she was up my tushka all the way down the cereal aisle, whining to whoever she was with about being stuck behind me. Pardon me but I got into the aisle first and I’m SHOPPING and have every right to do so. Anyway, so Miss Thang drives up to my butt and starts demanding to get around me for some reason. I was all the way up against the wall to stay out of the way so people could pass but for some reason she didn’t attack the person on the other side of the aisle. So I’m ignoring her and continuing shopping and talking to my husband who is in front of me looking for cereal, and she says to him, “Can you tell her to move so I can get by?” I ignored her, hubby was pretty much in a state of shock, and then she says, “Does she speak English?” OMG did I whop around and unleash a stream of expletives all over her to which she said I had a “dirty mouth” and said to her friend in mock shock (because she’s a special snowflake), “Did you hear what she said?” I told her she was rude and needed to learn her manners. She called me white trash. Oh it was so much fun. Once I left the aisle I looked back and she was driving her motor buggy cart at top speed straight into another aisle. I just hope no one got hurt. I guess she thought that she didn’t need to deign to use the words, “Excuse me, please.” I don’t think they should let insane people drive any kind of vehicle because they are dangers to themselves and others.
Comment by oenaiho on 19 December 2009:
Ive tried a new grocery delivery service in my area in which they deliver the groceries right to my front door and its been fantastic! I just email them my grocery list, they go shopping for me and bring it right to my front door for $10 dollars and a 15% of total bill fee….quite worth every penny if you ask me! Have any of you used this service??? I never have to go grocery shopping again! =)