@Braggers
celebrities who steal cheese!
6:02AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Musicmanxxxxx
Camden, London WC1B 3DE
Annoying shoppers (not shappers) Those who get their mony/card out late AND....
6:02AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JamesMEWilson
Northampton
. People passing each other in an aisle and stopping with trolleys next to each other for a chat. Grrargh!
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@_number6
People who never say sorry for bashing into you. People kissing in aisles, usually blocking the section i want to be at.
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DanPoxton
Cambridge
Folk with no idea *at all* what they want to buy. They waft about listlessly, asking of each product "do I need this"? Gnh.
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Mr_T_Bonesteaks
earth
my wife reads the back of every product which is annoying and takes forever. Shes not even allergic to anything
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@karen_lobban
ppl who stand really close to u in q then push thr basket into u. Standing in my personal space won't make the q go faster!
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CarrieBradburn1
when they park the trolley in front of the item you want then start reading all the labels grrr
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@tweets_by_ian
UK
shoppers who queue at a till then walk off to do more shopping (leaving their shopping on the conveyor belt)
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Ladydavies007
when they push past you without saying excuse me. If they said excuse me I'd move - unfortunately I do say this to them
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@dimyanbooks
Brecon, Wales, The World
choosing some veg,eejit barges in front of you,as if you don't exist,just so that they can get a f***ing large-sized carrot
6:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mjstatham
Hull
People leaving their trolleys in the middle of the aisle when looking at stuff, and blocking it up, move it to the side!!!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@darren_beach
London
Standing gormlessly at the checkout hunting in their bag for their purse/wallet despite having had ages to get it ready.
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@FattusMannus
Deeping St James, Lincolnshire
that awkward moment when you stop and talk to someone for 5 minutes, then see them down every aisle and have to say hello!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@appleandcustard
Yorkshire
Actually, Larry David did a scene on this idea in his Curb' - difficult to describe in the space of one tweet.
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@dandemay
Lichfield, UK
the fact they always seem to stand right where you want to walk. This isn't just shops though.
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@QueenoftheBerri
London
They walk far too slowly. Dawdling along looking aimlessly on shelves for what they might need. Some of us have lists!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@EmmaThommo
Preston
People standing around having a chinwag whilst blocking most of the aisle
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@clairejeffreys
Stowmarket, Suffolk
the fact that not even the staff these days can say please or thank you when you let them past in the aisle or at the end!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jessiicataniiax
I have no idea, LONG STORY.
when people leave their trolley in the middle of the aisle or put their trolley by a section which everyone will go to ...
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LeighPontypridd
Pontypridd
Trolley etiquette - or more accurately, the lack of it. Have been mown down by numerous grannies.
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LilithCrane
People standing with trollies across the aisle and having such an in depth chat they ignore the fact you want to pass!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@beanbag10
everything and everybody, sometimes baguette smacking you on the arse
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Lynsherburne
Just realised that I should stick to food shopping on-line, I am obviously too grumpy to go to the supermarkets any more!
6:04AM Thu, January 12 2012
@charrison69
blocking aisles with trollies and buggies
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LeighPontypridd
Pontypridd
Oh.. and people who stop for a chat with friends and block aisles wih their trollies...
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jonsomers1
Plymouth
unruly children. the fat bastards that gorge themselves on free samples, builders vans in disabled spaces.
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jenniewalker1
hogging shelf space with their trollies so you can't get in to what you want & they're oblivious of obstruction
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MarcJX8P
Netherlands
: When people stand in front of the items I also need to buy and take ages to select something... Very annoying! :-)
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DanPoxton
Cambridge
This one is real: a man, at a self-service checkout, MAKING HIMSELF A FUCKING SANDWICH with bread & cheese he'd just bought
6:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LeighPontypridd
Pontypridd
...and checkout staff who have long chats with the people in front of you in the queue, particularly staff from same shop.
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@tinalwalsh
people in a queue who feel the need to invade your space as of it's going to get them served any quicker! aAArghhhhh
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Fizziebeth
Southend
People who pack all their shopping then act surprised they have to pay. Purse always under shopping. Then pay in pennies!
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@nic361
not really other shoppers,more way supermarkets fill aisles with huge displays of price cut items so can't navigate trolley
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kristelsinclair
Penistone
people moving ur trolley...!
no manners trying to shove past u!
#annoying
#trolleyrage
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@emwa
The North
walking in two's with a trolley through an aisle. Let's all just stand about and wait for you to allow us space to move.
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@thecontingency
Cardiff
1. If you're in the way, keep moving.
2. If you stop, get out of the way.
There are only two rules.
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@AlistairGauld
Wishing I was in Ross-shire
the trolley weapon and people who think they have the right to steam to the front of a queue.
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@slimtim70
Groups of folk blocking the isle just to chat.Self service check outs(job steelers).
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@iain_baj
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
they have the audacity to shop there whilst I'm in and get in my frigging way. Especially the old people.
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jon__Kendall
Almost everything, but specifically people who insist on walking to the side of their trolleys. What are you crabs?
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Beef_Beef
London, UK
Thoughtfulness tends to become very self-centered, I notice. Even a little politeness from other shoppers would be nice :)
6:06AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lallyd
people that stand in the middle of the aisle gazing absent mindedly. And people on their phone at the till.
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@andrewjditton
UK
The disgusting way that some customers treat the (generally helpful) staff. No, I don't work for a supermkt and never have.
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Fizziebeth
Southend
People who let their children eat stuff before they've paid for it. People who use a coupon for everything. I am intolerant
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LeighPontypridd
Pontypridd
And the announcers who try to do a posh and/or sexy voice over the tannoy...
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mollytownsend61
UK
Shoppers holding you up as they geomtetrically pack bags, do origame with bank notes, slowly replace purse, while on phone
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@scrindlebeeper
sheffield england
How slow they move and some can't even drive a trolley, oh and those who park the trolly sideways in an isle
6:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@andrewjditton
UK
Shoppers talking on their mobiles rather than treating the checkout operator with a modicum of respect...GRR!
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ArwenX7
Aberdeenshire
when people stick their trolley across the aisle rather than parallel to the shelves when looking at things....
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Dudebeak
UK
they (other shoppers) should have indicators and brake lights on their bums, for pracitcal and aesthetic reasons
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@NatalieLeannDay
Norwich
when people decide to 'test out' the self-service machines with their trolley full of their monthly shop...
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MrsSmidge
Hull, United Kingdom
when you let someone past with their trolley and they don't say thank you! Grrr trolley rage
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@bronlally
Hay and Swansea
when they leave their trollies in the middle of nowhere to find something and you cant get around it
6:08AM Thu, January 12 2012
@NatalieLeannDay
Norwich
which...usually leads to embarassing arguments with their partners over where the bardcode is!
6:09AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Louhp
sheffield
when they are walking along in front of you and then just stop for no reason at all
6:09AM Thu, January 12 2012
@cathEwhite
Notts
Old people giving you disapproving looks when your 2 year old decides to have a tantrum, feel bad enough as it is.
6:09AM Thu, January 12 2012
@EssJay_Bee
London
Standing at edge of aisle, trolley&kids in hand, in deep contemplation about if they really do want to go down that aisle.
6:09AM Thu, January 12 2012
@the_tandyman
Lat 47° 9' S, Long 126° 43' W
definitely people stopping right in front of you!
6:10AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Splinters76
South Lakes
Sideways shoppers! The ones who feel the need to put the trolley at a 90 degree angle from logic!!
6:10AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jonsomers1
Plymouth
people going through the tills and not having their cash or card ready, over chatty till staff holding up the cue.
6:10AM Thu, January 12 2012
@leiladukes
London
When people hog the much coveted position in front of the "reduced items" shelf ;)
6:10AM Thu, January 12 2012
@critiqaltheory
London
One shopper sensibly parks trolley next to shelf. Next shopper idiotically parks their's alongside, then stands next to it.
6:10AM Thu, January 12 2012
@BobCrocker
in a world of his own
no spacial awareness, its as if they're the only ones in the place.
6:11AM Thu, January 12 2012
@OhEmGee87
Farnborough, Hampshire
when they pull their trolly into the middle of the isle whilst looking at something!
6:11AM Thu, January 12 2012
@iainthedentist
Blackheath, SE London
when the Ocado man is late and they don't phone you... #middleclassshoppingangst
6:11AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Wiltalk
Amsterdam
People seem so underprepared in the check out queue. You have to pay! So get your fucking wallet/ purse out in preparation
6:11AM Thu, January 12 2012
@OhEmGee87
Farnborough, Hampshire
old people shopping full stop!
6:11AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shelala71
When people stand in the middle of the aisles with their trollies chatting XX
6:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Ado_16
People who just stand and stare at the shelves for ages in the way of exactly where the item you want is.
6:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@its_john_rennie
South Wales
I hate it when ppl are obnoxious to the staff. They have crap wages/conditions, spending a few £s doesn't allow rudeness!
6:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@andrewjditton
UK
You've started me... people stopping & blocking busy aisle with trolley. Parking trolley right in front of shelf I want.
6:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@GillyCraigie
Men mainly - under no circumstances should they shop with their wifes and they should NEVER be allowed to push the trolley!
6:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@fitziebabe
Birmingham, UK
shoppers who leave their trolleys in the middle of the aisle to go look at something, standing chatting & blocking aisles!
6:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Benjymann
Bristol, UK
I used 2 work in a supermarket.The thing that annoyed me most was the chap who threw a shopping basket at me. In Waitrose!
6:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Bettineolive
Gloucestershire
I find it rude when people hog the bargain/discount display, so I can't take a peek - or get a chance to hog it myself :-)
6:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@caroldavenport
Anglesey
men,clogging up the aisles with big trolley&only computer game&beer whilst I struggle2get round thm with piled-high trolley
6:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Sonkal_Taerigi
sutton coldfield
people who go to self service tills and have not got a clue how to use them
6:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@leoroberts
UK
people who stand in the middle of the aisles with their trolleys talking to friends...
6:14AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Chilari
Leicester
Actually, what really annoys me in one supermarket is when the longest queue is for the til my friend Abby is working at.
6:14AM Thu, January 12 2012
@magnejamed90
Abergavenny
the mad stampede when everyone rushes for one loaf of reduced bread late at night when its not even one you'd buy normally.
6:14AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Sonkal_Taerigi
sutton coldfield
and these idiots who stop and chat to their mate blocking the whole isle.
6:14AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LesTwigg
Derbyshire, England
cont. putting things back in totally the wrong place, blocking isles with trolley, cars waiting right infront of doors.
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mabbu
they breathe the same oxygen as me!!! Shoppers wind me up!
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Ado_16
Really trivial, but - People who can't be bothered to put "Next Customer Please" sign behind their shopping at the checkout
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@alecjblackman
Coventry
Leaving a trolley in the middle of an aisle while wandering off elsewhere.
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LillyxDx
Shouty families/couples - your husband or child might be a shit but screaming at them just makes you look the nightmare
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@angelblackpool
Leeds uk
when grown men & women feel the need 2 push my 4 yr old out of the way instead of saying excuse me 2 him then 2 rows down.
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@audreymcmillan1
Want to be your own boss? I became mine 2 months ago and now I make 6k a month working fro home mynewmoneyjournal .com
6:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LordLombard
1.dodgy blokes trying chat up cashier 2. Staff trying flog credit card. 3. Till operative
< 18 unable put booze thru.
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LesTwigg
Derbyshire, England
cont. oh & that woman in the self checkout machine is very impatient!!
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jojomaroro
Personally I hate it when people are rude to staff or start shouting at them. They are people too!
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Katie_pryme
when they stare at your trolley filled with fruit and veg and look to say 'that's all for show!' !!
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LeighPontypridd
Pontypridd
In Wales we pay 5p for carriers. So Tesco just stopped having them at express checkout. Have to ask staff so it is now SLOW
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@_lesley_bean_
dublin
people who don't know where they're going so they wander around aimlessly & really slowly constantly getting in your way!!
6:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@justkay32
Livingston
Agreed. Poor trolley etiquette is really frustrating. Some folks should need a licence before they're allowed one
6:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@KerianneW
Woking, Surrey
When people strategically place their shopping trollies to block you getting to the reduced items shelf. Annoying!
6:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CliffMorton
The 1's who stop dead in the isle or cut across u with their trolley, they're oblivious 2 other Humans.
6:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JamesPrestonUK
Peterborough, England
Shoppers packing their goods after paying for them. People leaving their trolleys in the way as they go to find something.
6:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@squishyfishy
Dundee
people that can't use the self service checkouts properly yet insist on doing so
6:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@theashleyhughes
UK
old people shopping in the evening clogging the aisles. People having conversations in the cross-sections. I could go on!
6:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@eandavies
standing, nattering & blocking the aisle or shelves as if no one else matters. This - gasp- even happens in Waitrose!
6:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Madalf_Heatlump
Liverpool England
People who stop with their trolley adjacent to someone else who has stopped or a cage in the aisle. Hold you up for ages.
6:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@pippo2244
Preston, England
. People who linger aimlessly in front of the shelf you want to view and those lazy people who slump on the trolley handle.
6:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ryangoldfish5
Inverness, UK
people throwing baguettes
6:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CliffMorton
& the 1's that hit u in the heel with their trolley... or the woman that has 15 mins to live and 200 money off coupons!!
6:19AM Thu, January 12 2012
@rollo1979
people that leave trolleys in car park spaces cos there too idle to take them back
6:19AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Pocimop
Lincoln UK
now back the bloody thing up :) and supermarkets? Bas@&!ds who dent your car will trolley and don't fess up!!!!
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@marythecow47
Tonbridge
Old dears who shop at lunch times on weekdays. I have 1 hours break from work. They have all day to dither, I don't.
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@nannymo46
Can't stand "Space invaders" at checkout. Only stand next to me if you want to pay my bill.
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Million_Moments
Nottingham, UK
people with trolleys in the basket only aisles.
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@TessaLukehurst
Warwickshire, UK
Someone once stole my trolley, dumped some of the shopping and shopped on with the rest. I had to start again.
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@John_Istanbul
istanbul
I hate that no one smiles because It's a chore and the supermarkets are full of miserable people. I just smile at everyone!
6:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@christaylor_lds
Leeds
annoying check out girls asking if you need help packing when you have only have a handful of things #doIreallylookuseless?
6:21AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Peter_Batty
Shocking more than annoying: the way I hear boys sometimes talk to their mothers, with absolutely no respect. #cliproundear
6:21AM Thu, January 12 2012
@AdamCrolla
Bolton, Greater Manchester
People who leave their trolleys in the way whilst they chat to people, or whilst they go off to get something.
6:21AM Thu, January 12 2012
@AdamCrolla
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Families who spread across a whole aisle and walk slowly, unaware of anyone else.
6:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@OneEyedSarah
London
standing to close at the check out! Just back off Nana!!! Z
6:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@John_Istanbul
istanbul
so if you see a grinning fool in Waitrose don't panic..... I'm just trying to cheer everyone up :)
6:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Erin_1076
walthamstow, London
Incompetence at self-service tills. Chatting groups so big they block aisles. Buying tabloids. Smug middle-class couples.
6:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lyndseyjane
when people bump into friends and stand in the middle of the aisle with their trolleys have a gossip, your in the way!!!
6:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kmill44
Driffield
trollies being smacked into your hip and the owner not even apologizing. I never go shopping now. Would rather starve.
6:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@nickpeers
Colchester
Their very presence? Tolerant of Colchester
6:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Scullerdude
UK
Group meetings in the aisles.
6:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@dominicgilham
Hillingdon
ppl who talk 2 cashier, pack their shopping then shocked when they are asked to pay, and fumble for wallet and purse!
6:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lordpostie
Leicester
turning trolley round in middle of a busy aisle..u walking up it, now bloody carry on up it !
6:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lordpostie
Leicester
kids not under control
6:24AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
people who think they're only one in\shop & stand in middle of aisle blocking the way for other 4 million shoppers
6:24AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Janepearce6
South West London
- somebody standing in the 'basket' queue with a trolley load and the cashier not caring to point it out.
6:24AM Thu, January 12 2012
@clairedyls
Manchester, UK
groups of people walking slowly in a line across the whole isle. It's not window shopping. Get in. Do it. Get out.
6:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@clairecowles
OAPs who turn up at wkend - they have ALL THE LIVE LONG WEEK to shop. Well, maybe not 'live long', they're OAPs... #awkward
6:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lordpostie
Leicester
people on tills who only talk to ask for money..no hello etc, or there talking past u at a colleague
6:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jamieloewe
I would appear to be invisible to anyone who approaches me with their trolley, leaving me the only option to...cont
6:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
people who spend hours deciding which ketchup to buy with trolley blocking ur access to the one u want then ..... Contd
6:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jamestaylor1
Southampton, UK
I find that other shoppers acts like they are the only people in the supermarket, parking trolley in middle of the aisle
6:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LoukasX
Stockholm
pushing in to the queue or being overly slow at paying; but that's hardly an original gripe!
6:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@r40her85
Selby, North Yorkshire
huffing and puffing and tutting behind u when u are trying to pack bags, pay and watch a 4yr old all at the same time!
6:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@guanoman
glasgoo
those who swing their trolleys round behind them while browsing the shelves, single-handedly blocking the entire aisle.
6:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kevinforster13
rochdale
People not putting the divider on the belt (God, did I really used to love punk!?)
6:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Cath_Johansen
Bristol
people who stand with their trolley right in front of the reduced section so no-one else can see or reach what's there
6:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@andydarvill
uk
ppl who leave their trolleys in everyone else's way, like they're in their own private shop & nobody else needs to be there
6:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
people in clothes shops who will elbow u out of the way to get a garment u were just about to pick up
6:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
I shop on line!
6:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Cath_Johansen
Bristol
people who leave the toilet without washing their hands then continue shopping
6:28AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MsLizzieRascal
South East England
when people need to pass but won't say a simple 'excuse me', just hover behind you tutting, expecting you to be psychic!
6:28AM Thu, January 12 2012
@andydarvill
uk
people who come in at the last moment before we close and fill huge trolleys!
6:28AM Thu, January 12 2012
@christaylor_lds
Leeds
supermarket annoyance no2-the reduced shelf-you have more chance of getting a seat on rush hour train than getting near it
6:29AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Cunthorse
Suborbital Battle Vagina
People in 'cow mode', i.e. moving slowly and apparently purposelessly, with their mouths open.
6:30AM Thu, January 12 2012
@strtbrdsn
Manchester
Poor trolley drivers, anyone who wanders aimlessly and anyone paying more attention to their phone than their shopping.
6:30AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
people who decide they have forgotten something at checkout just as I have dumped all my stuff on the belt, or ....
6:30AM Thu, January 12 2012
@BeckyStine
Happy Resident of my Mind
When they don't say 'excuse me' or 'pardon me' when they walk in front of you or block something.
6:31AM Thu, January 12 2012
@dhhell
oxfordshire
people blocking isles with trolly while chatting to friend and stubbonly refusing polite request to move
6:31AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CEArnold7
people who get 2 checkout with things they know need changing so hold the q up 4 hours (I shop a lot!)
6:31AM Thu, January 12 2012
@tomrholland
Parking across the lines in a mother and child space when you don't have a child, and then not returning your trolley!!!!!
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@annaforsyth
Manchester
when they get in the way/ tut at you playing on your trolley #nevertooold
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ScottGR
ÜT: 53.540639,-...
little old ppl who walk so slowly in the middle of the isle and are oblivious to you trying to overtake with a trolly full.
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@PlaceFarm
people tutting at other people's screaming toddlers.
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@hackista
London
abandoned trolleys blocking aisles. 2-4-1 offers that actually cost more. Self checkouts only late at night... ie post pub!
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Cunthorse
Suborbital Battle Vagina
People who don't know how to use self-checkouts and go into 'anything computery = super-advanced NASA machine' mode.
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ChrisBaxter_
women who make their husbands go shopping with them & don't control them properley
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Cowpen
Billingham Cleveland
seen a man and women wrapped in a Bar code in our local supermarket .. they must have been an item ;)
6:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@bootsy218
Fat women who shout and smack their kids, then shut them up with food.
6:33AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Andy_J6
Glasgow
Checkouts: 1.) Automated checkouts breaking down or requiring staff to fix, wasting more time than an ordinary checkout
6:33AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JodieDeighton13
Lincoln
Hate when people put items back in the wrong place! So much so, me & dad will put the item back in said person's trolley.
6:34AM Thu, January 12 2012
@GoldenBlock
UK
what I find ruse is all the pensioners insisting on shopping on a Sunday - the only day of the week workers get off.
6:37AM Thu, January 12 2012
@allsaintsjames
Glasgow, Scotland.
Two capable parents, one very small child, bawling at the sheer tedium of it all. Can one not shop, and the other babysit?
6:38AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Nick_Hayhoe
Deepest Suffok
This happened to my Dad: 'You got ID?' 'I'm 46!'
6:39AM Thu, January 12 2012
@colinsmithson
on the interwebs
People blocking the aisle while staring at the shelves as if waiting for divine inspiration.
6:40AM Thu, January 12 2012
@BryanHible
Nottingham, UK
Gathering and talking at the crossroads of aisles,
6:40AM Thu, January 12 2012
@magnejamed90
Abergavenny
the thing I really hate about them is whUNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA
6:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JadeyWood
Scotland
when 2 people with trolleys stop to chat, blocking the aisle. So ignorant! Then they get arsey if you ask them to move! Grr
6:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lozarithm
Using trolleys to block off other shoppers from "their" bit of shelf; using mobiles to get shopping advice (morons); kids
6:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Ruth_Anna
ÜT: 52.714439,-...
Crying children! Either leave them at home or in the car with the window cracked open!
6:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@brihall71
Scotlandshire
the thing that annoys me is when you're trying to pick up your bags and the next customer starts flying their stuff down...
6:42AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DawnMDuval
Kent
people who leave their trolleys in the way instead of taking them with them that's why they've got wheels!
6:43AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Tinybikerchick
I find it really annoying when people let their kids eat the stuff while still shopping, before it's been paid for!
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@PKopal
Colchester England
Mothers with young children, their screaming tantrums often set the children off as well.
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@anitapro70
This dimension
bastards who don't know what kind of olives they want. It's either green or black, get over it. #middleclassmuch?
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ghoti316
Norwich
people leaning over my wifes wheelchair like she is a piece of furniture
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Tinybikerchick
people stopping with their trolleys in front of you with out looking behind them first grrrrrrrr lol x
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Almcwill10
The North
when I'm stood looking for something and someone else walks in and stands in front of me.
6:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@catmachine
When you interrupt yr perusal to stand aside in the aisle to let someone pass - and they stop in front of you.
6:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Tighthead68
a) trolley loads in < 10 item b) pple at the deli counter using trolley to cover space c) chatting at check out .more ?
6:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@christaylor_lds
Leeds
s/market annoyance no3-you shop regular+ know where everything is and then they move everything around #itsfinejustleaveit
6:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@catmachine
When you stand aside to let someone coming towards you pass - and the person behind barges through the gap you just made.
6:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@TonyChown
people who block the Reduced items area so until they have emptied it. And people giving the cashier crap not the manager
6:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kishanj1185
abandoned trolleys and people walking too damn slow!
6:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@msmimit
an alternative universe
re shopping anger: old man "waiting" whilst wife dithers, and laboriously ticks things off her list, and then they squabble
6:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@howlieT
People who cant control their children
6:47AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kevinhughes348
Gwernymynydd
Women who seem surprised they have to pay at the checkout and have to hunt for the purse when told how much their bill is.
6:48AM Thu, January 12 2012
@drumbux
Buckinghamshire...
It annoys me when someone in front of me at checkout seems surprised when asked to pay, and has to search for purse/wallet.
6:49AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stu66coll
Pensioners at weekends and friday nights blocking the aisles - they've got all week to shop!!
6:49AM Thu, January 12 2012
@tweet2em
ÜT: 52.53474,-1...
people who walk through the door then stop dead, people who talk on their phone at the checkout. Just people, generally.
6:49AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Stevemanics
Waiting patiently to get to something then at the last second a woman or old man shoves in front of me!
6:50AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Torgwen
Trolleys attached to shoppers blocking the aisle - I will move them.
6:51AM Thu, January 12 2012
@SkullyRox
Plymouth. United Kingdom
People who analyse labels but stand close to the shelves- you have to perform complex yoga moves to reach items round them!
6:51AM Thu, January 12 2012
@drydenpaul
parents with unruly childeren who use me as "If you don't behave that scary man will tell you off" discipline your own!
6:51AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ClairBearStare
people who don't queue or push in!
6:52AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kevinhughes348
Gwernymynydd
Teenage supermarket cashiers who bellow 'alcohol' when you buy a bottle of wine so everyone thinks your a total alcoholic
6:52AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kevinhughes348
Gwernymynydd
Older people who block supermarket aisles with trolleys while they chat aimlessly with someone they saw at bingo last night
6:54AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jamesbriankerr
Haslemere
: shoppers who meet and chat in an aisle, and then glare at you if you ask to get to the shelves they're blocking.
6:54AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Lettyhuck
'parking' trolley right in front of item they want even when it means stopping everybody else getting through!
6:54AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Bazzatwit
ÜT: 51.528263,-...
women, who do not have their money ready. Do they not realise they are going to have to pay. Not sexist, fact men always do
6:57AM Thu, January 12 2012
@bobbiejj1
Rainham, Essex. UK
- not quite shoppers ... but assistants chatting and ignoring customers!!!
6:58AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MrDSGrace
iPhone: 51.3988...
shopping trolleys left in the middle of the aisle! When you stop and let another shopper by and they don't say thanks!
6:59AM Thu, January 12 2012
@StaceHatch
England
when people cut you up with their trolley, annoys me all the time
6:59AM Thu, January 12 2012
@UndeadMedic
UK
Allowing their kids to eat stuff before it's paid for, or even worse doing so themselves.
6:59AM Thu, January 12 2012
@GIXERIAN
Dauntsey
People wandering off and blocking the way with their trolleys.
7:00AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JJCocker
The Seaside
Unexplained item in the bagging area is the obvious one, I guess!
7:00AM Thu, January 12 2012
@BaC_80
NorthWest
the checkout staff just chatting to their friends / colleagues as if you are invisible to them
7:01AM Thu, January 12 2012
@christaylor_lds
Leeds
s/market idle chit chat-a checkout girl once told me she was going to a party as a pregnant nun #andIneedtoknowthisbecause?
7:01AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JJCocker
The Seaside
When they stare and don't try to hide the fact they they've noticed I've still got my PJs on under me coat :o(
7:01AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MrsSplendour
Here
lazy peeps that 'can't' return trolley bay n just leave um in the way. & Guilt ridden parents n kids
7:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mrjohnmacleod
Somewhere or ether
People in supermarkets tend to suddenly stop right in front of me or almost ram me with their trolley. #ShoppingMagic
7:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Lordskyrim
Earth
people who leave their trolley in the middle of the aisle then chat to someone blocking the whole aisle.
7:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MrsLazyClown
when they stand too close to you in the queue, and start putting their shopping on the conveyor belt before i have finished
7:15AM Thu, January 12 2012
@muffet_king
Bedfordshire
blocking aisles doorways etc with trolleys buggys etc, chatting, get out the way!!
7:16AM Thu, January 12 2012
@dalekdoctor
Other people just being there obstructing EVERYTHING I WANT TO GET TO - GET OUT OF MY WAY
7:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@KeeleDodge
Nottingham, UK
Dads and husbands blocking the clothes aisles, then chronologically more advanced beings blocking every other aisle.
7:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LetsLove_1991
England
People who bump into toddlers who are holding an adults hand. People don't walk around with one arm outstretched for fun.
7:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Wyrm201
People blocking the aisles. Or getting to the end of the aisle then stopping to work out where they're going next. Slowly.
7:19AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stairforce
South Coast (of England)
1. When 2 or 3 gather for an impromptu meeting at some narrow point. 2. When they take root by something I want to buy.
7:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@darrenlaker
people who sneeze into their hand then rummage in the fruit n veg
7:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@darrenlaker
sorry but you did ask :)
7:20AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Antony_Patchett
Coventry, UK
people who stop to gossip leaving their trolleys blocking the whole aisle
7:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@darrenlaker
oh and fatties buying chips n ice cream - more of a disgust but also annoying.
7:24AM Thu, January 12 2012
@PurPaul
Reading, UK
re: shoppers - people not looking where their going/considering those around them... Pisses me right off!
7:24AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shellenhunsley
doncaster
ppl who pay for a pint of milk with a c/c #supermarketdickheads
7:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shellenhunsley
doncaster
ppl who go in groups and walk side to side with their trolley taking up the entire aisle #supermarketdickheads
7:26AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shellenhunsley
doncaster
ppl who dump their basket in the middle of the aisle after realising they need a trolley #supermarketdickheads
7:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shellenhunsley
doncaster
ppl who stand chatting to the cashier for 10 mins AFTER they have been served and ur waiting behind #supermarketdickheads
7:28AM Thu, January 12 2012
@shellenhunsley
doncaster
should I carry on? #supermarketdickheads can go on all day......
7:29AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Allyyogini
Beaconsfield
people who have forgotten the simple phrase "excuse me please"!
7:30AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stewartwilton
Right here, can't you see me?
People who get to self-service checkouts then realise they don't know how to use them #Luddites
7:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LenHatred
London
Having loud arguments on the phone: guaranteed to do my nut in. Leave it at home, people!
7:33AM Thu, January 12 2012
@PurplePotter
Gloucestershire...
I shop at Waitrose - no rude or annoying shoppers! Instead often have interesting conversations. (I'm not a shareholder!!)
7:37AM Thu, January 12 2012
@AlexanderHDH
Weston-super-Mare
People on mobiles blocking aisles while they chat or check shopping.Make a list and save chatting for l8r.
7:38AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LYNZ_UK
UK
Spacial awareness. they think you can fit your trolley between theirs and the pillar in the middle of aisle
7:40AM Thu, January 12 2012
@gaulaleh
trolley parking.
7:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lostinmyminds
iPhone: 53.5120...
people on their phones at the checkout!
7:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@lanesj
Manchester. UK
eejits shouting on the phone, banging trolleys into my heels, trying to push past - should I go on?!
7:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@simewiz
iphone:52.52481...
actually I find shop assistants' lack of basic manners and courtesy *far* more annoying than other shoppers!
7:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@enigma_alex
parents letting their kids use the self scan slowing down the 'quick' lane
7:49AM Thu, January 12 2012
@JAC_2009
Kent
Supermarket are getting so bloody big, spend half your time looking for that 1item and then give up, next visit you find it
7:54AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Aslan_Roars
manchester
standing in the middle of the aisle with the trolley and not moving!
7:56AM Thu, January 12 2012
@seast
Ilkley, UK
tutting from the blue rinse brigade that we should have the temerity to bring the kids
7:57AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Aslan_Roars
manchester
invading my space by reaching around without even a simple excuse me!
7:57AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Aslan_Roars
manchester
old people at peak hours! You don't work so go during the day!
7:58AM Thu, January 12 2012
@seast
Ilkley, UK
in fact tutting from blue rinse brigade on anything that stops them *immediately* getting to that can of soup they want
7:58AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Aslan_Roars
manchester
shall I stop now?
7:58AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jonsomers1
Plymouth
Shoplifters that give you that threatening what are you going to do about it look.
8:00AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Sarah_Durkin
in the land of crazy!
I find annoying is when you are walking behind someone in a shop and they stop and don't move. Gets on my tits!!
8:02AM Thu, January 12 2012
@VB_KJ
Those that stand in the middle of aisles chatting to mates they've bumped into, without a thought for other shoppers!
8:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MattThomasWxm
Wrexham
Kids that scream when they don't get what they want. And when their mothers screams back at them even louder. Urgh.
8:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@VB_KJ
Those that pull a manouvre on you with their trolley, that if they did when driving a car would be illegal and dangerous!
8:05AM Thu, January 12 2012
@louisetaft
London
inability to use self checkouts
8:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jona1976
re: supermarkets. One word, dawdlers!
8:07AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Boots1966
Chelmsford
wandering of and leaving their trolleys in the middle of the aisle!
8:09AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MrsVdB
London
Leaving their trolley in the middle of the isle to then give you dagger looks when you slightly move it to the side.
8:12AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Jonsomers1
Plymouth
"Tesco reports a fall in UK sales over Christmas" - BBC News
Police are tracing Anthony Worrall Thompson's movements
8:13AM Thu, January 12 2012
@KingsclereKate
In the bungahigh
people walking really slowly, 3 abreast, taking up the whole pavement/aisle then randomly stopping. Aaaaaarrrgghh!
8:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ismaalmas
The naughty step
when they smell of wee
8:17AM Thu, January 12 2012
@buzbymark
Mark, Somerset
Having such empty lives they're happy to wander vacantly & aimlessly delaying those of us who know it's a living hell.
8:18AM Thu, January 12 2012
@buzbymark
Mark, Somerset
...and thats just the staff.
8:21AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stevebreakey
Southend and London
I hate when people leave their half full trolley in the queue for the till and go off to do the rest of the shopping.
8:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@CCasole332
New Jersey Shore USA
when pple talk blocking entire aisle u ask politely lots b4 u have 2 raise voice 2 where u look like u have anger issues.
8:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stevebreakey
Southend and London
I can understand forgetting one or two things but certain people go and get the other half of the shopping
8:23AM Thu, January 12 2012
@peterofleigh
Leigh greater Manchester
this annoyed me!
YouTube a dirty woman poops inside a grocery store!
8:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Ian_Targett
Letchworth Garden City
When people switch off their internal radar and just walk into you or in front of you. They become "unaware". #rude
8:25AM Thu, January 12 2012
@khalpine
Chicago
I don't know if they have it in UK, but people in front of you who have no clue about how to use self check out
8:29AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DaveVenn
England
I can't stand Bimblers! Crawling along with their trolley - one either side - randomly stopping in the middle of the aisle!
8:29AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Beach_Baby_11
London
It's the incompetent shop assistants that annoy me the most
8:30AM Thu, January 12 2012
@annasnowboard
Staffordshire
- people queuing in the 10 items or less isle with clearly a kajillion items. I have basket rage.
8:31AM Thu, January 12 2012
@annasnowboard
Staffordshire
- oh & also when behind someone pushing a trolly & they just stop in the middle of the isle & cause a 20 trolly pile up.
8:32AM Thu, January 12 2012
@NotPcAtAll_01
Common Sense land!
ah I did not get a re tweet 4 my suggestions. SAD NOW!!!!
8:37AM Thu, January 12 2012
@amandavin
South West England
Leaving trolleys in the way while you browse the shelves. I do it myself!
8:39AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ChrisDavies49
Brighton
2 people who haven't seen each other for a while stopping to chat, oblivious of the fact that they've blocked the whole row
8:39AM Thu, January 12 2012
@connie_cashin
when the checkout girls talk over you to chat to their friends on the opposite checkout
8:39AM Thu, January 12 2012
@steflee1
UK
After trolley bashing, people who lean over or across you as you're getting something, instead of waiting for you to move.
8:40AM Thu, January 12 2012
@jeffpaulwright
Cardiff
people barricading the aisle with their trolleys having long lost friend chats & expressing surprise that you want to pass
8:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@cge1967
using the self service checkout and the machine tells you "place item in carrier" no I'm going to carry it in my arms
8:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kennyevil
People who stand right in the middle of the aisle to look at the shelves. Their trolley covers the rest.
8:41AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DazTen
UK
when people meet up and chat blocking the aisles with trollies.
8:42AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Largegoose
people txting or tweeting at the checkout instead of packing bags. & walking slowly down the isles
8:43AM Thu, January 12 2012
@LouiseH82
People commenting on my little boy's ginger hair. I just don't understand why they need to.
8:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MattiCresswell
Townsville, Australia
People who go through a trolley lane with TWO items just because the 5-till express lane has a bit of a queue!
8:44AM Thu, January 12 2012
@SianHingston
people that stare at what you are buying then look at you then look at the items again....
8:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@iamdingwall
Wirral UK
when you want cheese and wine and discover it's all been robbed by a celebrity chef!
8:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@stevie128k
Brighton
I like to go to the supermarket fill my trolley with meat and leave it in the sweetie isle.
8:46AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ronsmonkeys
deep deep down
what annoys me is shelf stackers thinking their working us more important than my shopping.
8:48AM Thu, January 12 2012
@iReginaF
London
No i havent got a pen to spare. And NO, you cant start to fill up the lottery ticket at the till !
8:48AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mariemarran
sweden
when they leave their shopping cart in the middle of the way whilst talking to a friend...
8:51AM Thu, January 12 2012
@swalk28
people breathing down your neck in the queue, as if the closer they stand to you, the quicker they will get served?!
8:52AM Thu, January 12 2012
@ShappiKhorsandi
cos he's so cuuuute! I know what you mean though. x
8:53AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mariemarran
sweden
or when the person behind keep hitting the Achilles' tendon with the cart or just stand to close breathing in my hair
8:53AM Thu, January 12 2012
@kirstinshepherd
people who are unnecessarily grumpy, smile, it makes the day easier.
8:54AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mjfouldes
England
I apologised for that already Sarah! It's been 6 years now!! Let it drop!!!
;)
8:55AM Thu, January 12 2012
@darrenarcher
Mothers in pink toweling sweat suits screaming at their young children "come here you little c**t. Asda, Clapham Junction.
8:55AM Thu, January 12 2012
@paulatharris
51.662297,-0.04...
when two people stop and chat in the middle of the isle and leave there trolleys so that no one can get past.
8:59AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Portchy79
Brentwood
people who stop suddenly and cause a pile up behind them, or those who walk really slowly...
8:59AM Thu, January 12 2012
@mjfouldes
England
People in front of me being REALLY slow! I'm usually rushing about to get outta there!!
9:00AM Thu, January 12 2012
@markiliff
...checkout that payment is required, not knowing where they keep their own cash/card, not noticing...
9:22AM Thu, January 12 2012
@woolhatwoman
Newcastle upon Tyne
When they stop for a marathon catchup chat, in the narrowest part of an aisle; & SRSLY glare at you saying "Scuse me ..."
9:57AM Thu, January 12 2012
@philward65
When people stop to have conversations and block the whole aisle #grrr
9:58AM Thu, January 12 2012
@sandrylene
Camberville (Bostonish)
People making commentary on your purchases, talking on phones when getting rung up, queue jumping...
10:03AM Thu, January 12 2012
@GeorgieRowe87
London
people who come and stand in front of you when you're clearly looking at something. Grrrrr
10:27AM Thu, January 12 2012
@DelbertS60
Newark Notts
Incorrect use of language on the signs "10 items or less is wrong !!!!!!!!"
11:19AM Thu, January 12 2012
@MyCrazyMam
dublin
I hate it when some one who just stands there and you can't get around them
11:45AM Thu, January 12 2012
@PhillaMarshall
Near Bedford
screaming children (mine included) oh and random blocking infront of items I want
11:49AM Thu, January 12 2012
@Autumn_Nymph
Heaven in Devon
When someone suddenly stops moving right in front of you for no reason. Grr...
12:23PM Thu, January 12 2012
@adoptourcat
dawderlers when I'm in a rush. They need system of speed in middle of aisle, dawdle on edges. Dawdling in middle banned
12:42PM Thu, January 12 2012
@EllenESP
Netherlands, Staphorst
In Holland supermarkets are MUCH smaller than in the UK. People blocking the aisles with their shoppingcarts: ggrrrr!
12:47PM Thu, January 12 2012
@EllenESP
Netherlands, Staphorst
....with those stupid xxs children's shoppingcarts! GGGRRRR!!!
12:50PM Thu, January 12 2012
@theblackdogwood
East midlands, UK
the quality of the food they sell and the fact that their existence destroys small towns and businesses.
1:01PM Thu, January 12 2012
@belfastbees
Belfast, N Ireland
when it's busy, usually old ladies stop abruptly and block me just to chat, say ' I think that'd be nice for our jade' etc.
1:03PM Thu, January 12 2012
@Akaasia
people rushing to get to the tills first and then taking forever counting out change&nor having their money ready
1:08PM Thu, January 12 2012
@georgeinman
London, England
Parents with push chairs blocking up the walk way in supermarkets!!!
1:33PM Thu, January 12 2012
@Hasthisonegone
Worcester
Shoppers who are shocked when the checkout assistant asks for payment, and only then start searching for a means of payment
1:57PM Thu, January 12 2012
@janicegraves
scotland-by-liv...
people who stand in the middle of the aisle gossiping.
1:59PM Thu, January 12 2012
@WightmanCraig
manchester
people farting when your stuck in the queue for the tills then pretending it's someone else. Soooo rude
2:40PM Thu, January 12 2012
@drydenpaul
that is ok, I rckn you would have at least shared a conspiratorial wink. I hope you do not now think you are a bad shopper
3:25PM Thu, January 12 2012
@jeztaylor78
Melbourne
people who get to the check out and start scanning their things through and then pop back to get something else - LISTS!
3:51PM Thu, January 12 2012
@m4st3rton
Camberley, UK
The supermarket won't let me in with a beanbag shotgun so I can treat the trolley zombies like real ones
4:27PM Thu, January 12 2012
@kristof_vaughan
Bournemouth, Dorset
People using self scan if they dont know jow to use it and/or have a months worth of shopping #moveawayfromthetills
4:38PM Thu, January 12 2012
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