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I hate grocery shopping with a passion. I used to like it although I had a list and followed it to a point the ex and the kids called me Sargent grocery and I am not military. Although when I did go shopping by myself I always brought more treats home for the family than when the wife did!  
 
I blame it on the stores. As follows:  
 
Super Store. I already work at work why do I need to work when I shop! On one shelf a item is marked at a discount if you buy a minimum qty. Right next they take you to the cleaners if you buy too many. Fix that guys and then back to me.  
Add the fact that the item (s) now needs to be the same flavour or colour or you get dinged! Maybe they changed that again?? Flip flop.  
 
Super Stores size is too damm big Pity the person just rushing in and needs 4 items. Toothpaste/potatoes/Salad/cleaning supplies. Might as well call it the 4 corners marathon.  
 
Supers Stores annual sales of bags is huge thanks to clowns like me who guess wrong the numbers needed. Maybe i will keep those in a special home and sometime return them unused for credit heheh .  
 
 
Super Store takes me so long to shop at that no matter if I go in and the parking lot is empty the line at the till when I need to pay is 4 billion people long at the 4 they have open  
 
Safeway. They charge you for walking in I swear ! It is just not a line item on the til tape. The one at the corral centre !! Whats with the lights?? If you see a old cranky guy with a flashlight and or wearing a miners helmet say hi Doug.  
 
Economart- I miss you  
 
Stans. Sue the people who designed and built your floor. One thing I was taught in retail is your store can be in rough shape facing and filling etc and the product is dusty but if the floors are spic and span clean and shiny it leaves a clean impression to most shoppers. Imo that works the opposite when the floors are rough. Buy new floors .I go to Stans quite a bit as it is close and the Staff are Super!  
 
Sobeys My fav although they must have a law about floor service or the staff are warned they could be attacked by rabid customers or there is snipers because they rarely hit the sales floor. Plus like Superstore the open tils to the ones closed ratio needs fixing. Maybe those are dummy tils kinda like card board TV's at furniture store. Made for display only.  
 
Wal-Mart. Crowds more crowds. Plus some of the name brands are from what planet/country exactly?  
You just know if there is a recall on some items they will blame it on some poor schmuck in some country only 4 people in Canada have heard of. One of them was the clown who purchased it for Wal-mart.  
 
12 items or less lines. A couple of things to get them working as designed. Add to the sign  
It should read something like this 12 items or less over the limit items will have a 5 dollar surcharge per item Thank you.  
 
Or put a Couple of 60 inch Lcd TV'son the end of the check outs. A big bugger outside.  
Anyone sneaking say 4 or 5 items extra will have their snapshot taken. Put on display for a while. Maybe once a month put their picture in the paper. No name but a simple caption. This person can not count.  
 
Lineups. Why do I get stuck behind a person that acts surprised when its time to pay. Did they think its free?? Ya get the walette out. Oh No its a person with a purse that can hold a small baby in a 2 minute search for the source of cash. Now they are counting out the pennies. Meanwhile everyones dairy product just went sour. Like the cash machine line up. Why is the guy in front of me doing a company takeover on it. Is it a video games for him? A months worth of banking just because I am behind him?  
Or the first time user. Yep they are out there. Beep- wait 10 seconds. Beep wait 12 seconds- beeep beep hey they are on a rol- oooops mistake eject card start again.  
 
Ya cranky I am.  
 
Feel free to add to the rant.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edited by Doug, 2010-11-12 22:03:39