A giggle from The Other Place

No one is winding anyone up.........it's just a laugh, lighthearted bit of nonsense. But seriously Soutra, you have never been crowded in a supermarket?

I rest my case...

So agree Soutra not at all amusing to me either. So much more to fret about I think.

Never had the problems mentioned and don't see the "fun" in winding people up - person, I know. Laugh? I nearly smiled.

Really, apricot - how long have you been around? Gransnet seems to be getting more staid by the day to me...

Mumsnet is funny, intelligent and compassionate. How I wish I'd had it for advice and entertainment when I was young.
I used to find Gransnet rather staid but it's lightening up nicely.

I love the photos. You'd have to be brave to try it in Aldi. I got shouted at for putting my shopping on the conveyer belt at the end and not shoving my trolley up the backside of the person in front of me. I couldn't see the problem as it would all catch up when she pressed the button.

Laughed so much reading the mnet stuff nearly wet myself. So easy as you get older perhaps I would leave the booze and buy the nappies.

Crowders really pee me off. I will try this, if nothing else it will make shopping a bit more interesting .

I agree ffin. Whilst living in France, I found supermarket shopping painful in more ways than one and I had the bruises to prove it! The aggression of some shoppers and the ensuing arguments were not surprising as it took forever to get through the check out.

Deedaa I hate that too and I'm not a slow loader. I just spread my stuff out and look bewildered when I can't get any more of my stuff on! I have to say that the culprit is normally male!

Ooh er.......feeling a bit like I did at school when I wasn't able to join in with whatever was going on... I shop at Waitrose and hand over my magic wand, so no queuer (or should that be queue-er) invading my personal space ever. I don't have a divider because my shopping is already packed by the time I pay. Might have pop to Lidl just so that I can play.

When it comes to crowders I'm always amazed by the ones who start putting their shopping on the belt when I've still got half a trolley to unload! Where the do they think I'm going to put them???
I usually start spreading all my stuff out and going r e a l l y s l o w l y

In France I find one needs to go into an alternative state when queuing at the checkout. Personal space doesn't exist, nor does time. Consequently, I am one of those that is surprised that I actually need to do something like pay after such a long time waiting

So I'm not a crowder, nor a crowdee, I'm just not there.

Haha, I regularly crowd and give the evil eye to the person ahead of me if they dither, seemingly have all day, make small talk with the cashier, look surprised because they are expected to pay, pack slowly, rifle through hundreds of coupons, pat every pocket looking for car keys etc etc. I am a happy crowderer.

I found myself thinking about what I would like to do instead, it has crossed my mind before. That would be to lay TWO dividers down, with a space of perhaps 18" in between. Then it would look as if someone had just popped to swap something over and no-one would dare to touch it. That would give me the necessary personal space gap - which is what this is about really. There's nothing more awkward than trying to get back to the far end of your stash to check something, and realising you can't because someone's trolley is already 2" from your behind.

I'll give it a go but what really made me laugh out loud was the Mumsnetter with the username of 'At Your Cervix'

I love this. I must go on Mnet more often.
I like to empty my trolley/basket on to the belt and then stand there so the next person(crowder) can't reach the belt until I move. [evil]

I liked the suggestion someone made of putting a pack of nappies and a bottle of booze on the conveyor, and at as it has been rung up saying " Oh I can't afford both and leaving the nappies behind."

Mine often falls down on its own...

If we took it up on GN, we should do it with a difference. At right angles but lying down ? After all we are poor old souls who fall over at the least shove.

I smiled at the number of children who were not amused at the mothers flaunting conformity by doing this.

Hmm. Person behind you might shove it straight with their first bit of shopping, probably without even thinking about it. (I ama Waitrose shopper )

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It appears a lot of people did notice. What I found funny was how it annoyed people but with no good reason really, other than affecting their routine, harmless mischief.

My OH is a crowder. I get soooo embaressed when I see the people in front giving him the evil eye.
This is true. One day in Aldi he 'crowded' so much that he was in front of the woman who was paying her bill. I was trying to look as if I wasn't with him.

The person behind you in the queue would notice!

Don't think I'd bother straightening it up myself though, unless the people behind me were tutting...

It's a little bit pathetic, you've got to admit. Who would even notice?

#littlebritchesfitlittlebehinds