Pet Peeves about Grocery Shopping
I do my grocery shopping regularly, about once every 14 days. Usually I may go on a weekday (in order to avoid weekend shoppers): I’d compose a list the night before, finalise my budget, clip deals from the Sunday newspaper, print online coupons and promo codes and bring them with me as I make my way the very next day to the grocery store. (Store spots generally match online offers anyway.)
But it isn’t as wee and joyful and straightforward as it sounds. I have already been carrying this out for several years now, and from my experience at the shops I’ve thought of a list of grocery shopping pet peeves.
Long queues: Nobody likes to wait numerous hours just falling in line at the cashier! Notably if you aren’t carrying many products in the first place, and had wished to just come and go. Some insensitive people, however, take too long on transactions: putting something back in the shelf, forgetting an onion, using coupons for every item, harassing the lovely lady at the check out, or counting change at an unbelievably leisurely pace. This is exactly why if a store has an express check out counter – for those with baskets only, but not carts – then that’s where I’d personally fall in line.
Pricing Mistakes: I always check the price of a grocery item prior to lifting them into my cart or basket. Of course, whenever possible, I go for discounted ones, or stuff that’s on sale. There have been times, however, when a supermarket might have put up an incorrect price. Maybe the promo has run out; maybe the inventory staff members should be blamed. Nevertheless, like when sale items don’t ring up as they ought to, these pricing mistakes irritate me because they mess up my spending plan. And it’s very puzzling to someone who is as bad enough a mathematician as I am. Luckily, this doesn’t happen often.
Kids: Oh, certainly I adore my own kids. But I have never – and will never – bring them with me to the grocery store. It’s irritating when you’re trying to shop and there are these little boys and girls playing with the wheeled buggies, or throwing tantrums simply because they weren’t bought Skittles. Sometimes, as small as they are, they are the ones who block the lanes and prevent you from reaching that can of mushroom soup.
Couponing limits: I try to be as easy on the wallet as possible when grocery shopping. Thus, I collect coupons from the papers and from the web before scheduling a trip to the food store. More than once, however, I had been told that I could only use one coupon per buy. If I was buying four cartons of fruit juice and had four “one dollar off” coupons for those, would I be able to redeem it for each carton? Surprisingly not. Well, not always. Occasionally one’s interpretation of a coupon would differ from the meaning of the shop cashier.
Because of these pet peeves, I am now considering shopping online for my food. You never know? With coupons and promo codes available all over the Internet, I just may reduce my twice-a-month trips to Wal-Mart. And i also won’t have to worry about my grocery store gripes.
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