How do you feel about shopping?

I hate shopping in person. When I am getting groceries delivered I am very specific. I only want 3 bananas with a little green at the top. Do not bring me a bunch or you will be taking them back and getting a bad review when the store emails me for my experience. I want a long expiration date on my milk, etc also. Bring me stuff that expires in a couple of days and I will not accept it and you get a bad review for your shopping skills. Not being harsh but you tell me the shoppers are excellent and then don't meet the standards you set. So far I have gotten credits for everything I have ordered and did not meet the stands the store itself laid out.
 
terry123 said:
I hate shopping in person. When I am getting groceries delivered I am very specific. I only want 3 bananas with a little green at the top. Do not bring me a bunch or you will be taking them back and getting a bad review when the store emails me for my experience. I want a long expiration date on my milk, etc also. Bring me stuff that expires in a couple of days and I will not accept it and you get a bad review for your shopping skills. Not being harsh but you tell me the shoppers are excellent and then don't meet the standards you set. So far I have gotten credits for everything I have ordered and did not meet the stands the store itself laid out.
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are you able to ask for 3 individual bananas? we can't do that on kroger.
 

Aneeda72 said:
I hate self check out, takes jobs away from people who need jobs. I refuse to use self check out.
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I hate to say it then, but I prefer it. I can take my time. If there is a line, it moves fast. I can bag myself. Right now Trader Joe's isn't allowing re-usable bags and when I ask them to put things back in the cart, the cashier never seems to like that. Trader Joe's doesn't have self check out but there I bag at the car.

I think for me, it's one less person I have to deal with so it works.
 
I get my 3 bananas at Kroger and HEB. So far no problem. Probably depends on the store. I also have a Kroger Master card that I use and get points. Right now I have $50.00 in cash to spend there. I can use at pick up but will actually go into the store as I want to get some cleaning supplies. Its been several months since I have been in the store. I want to spend my $50.00 and get home. Will use delivery after then. I should have everything I need for awhile before ordering again. My granddaughter will pick up milk and bread if I need it.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I used to enjoy shopping at the local grocery stores and thrift shops each week looking for bargains.
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I could have written your comment.

The grocery stores are one of my favourite places to browse. Probably why I have too many strange things in the house.

As much as I loathe self-checkout, I use it right now. With a dozen items, I’m no longer willing to stand in line behind a row of fully loaded carts.
 
Jules said:
I could have written your comment.

The grocery stores are one of my favourite places to browse. Probably why I have too many strange things in the house.

As much as I loathe self-checkout, I use it right now. With a dozen items, I’m no longer willing to stand in line behind a row of fully loaded carts.
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I like the self-checkouts. I don't usually buy more than can fit in 2-4 bags, so I can pack them the way I want them packed. After you use them a few times, you come up with your own system.
 
I separate shopping from buying. Shopping for me is browsing and comparing and deciding what you will buy. I have a hard time with that. I don't like deciding on my feet. I would rather just go to a store to buy. I know what I want, I grab it and go pay for it and I'm done.
 
I love to shop. Shopping therapy always cheers me up. Even going food shopping. I don't don't much other kinds since the pandemic, particularly clothes shopping, partly because there's not much else I need. I was in 7th Heaven Sunday. My son took me to a very nice Walmart I've only been that one once. There are two others that are closer. After that we went to Costco. Woohooo! :D My husband had his own retail establishment for decades (way before we met) and he had to shop for the store. Often he had to go over to NYC. I hated that trek. He wasn't one of those men who hated to be dragged into the stores because he also loved to shop.
 
My wife and I buy our groceries at PriceChopper on Saturday, like today. Cat and dog food are limited to only one or two brands now. We buy groceries once a week so the cart gets full. I gave up pushing the cart because of my health, so I ride a store scooter. I don’t mind my manhood is not jeopardy.
 
jujube said:
Yeah, he always says "take your time" but it puts a definite damper on things knowing he's out there tapping his foot and counting minutes.
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He says he gave me hours to shop, I say I had 20 minutes to power shop.

Supposedly I’ve been known to hide when I don’t want him to find me in the store.
 
OK, I will admit I'm probably as bad as when we stop at a Harley dealership. There's only so long that I can look at $60 ugly t-shirts and Harley belly-button charms and Harley shot glasses until I start seeing double. I usually end up standing outside and counting red cars going by until he's finished discussing the fine points of motor oil and shock adjustments.
 
Him clothes shopping: go in store, immediately pick up the exact pair of Levis he's been buying for the last 37 years and a 3-pack of white Hane's t-shirts, size medium and he's finished. No need to try on, no need to look at other things. He's finished and back in the car in 13 minutes. After all, all he needs is a new pair of jeans and some t-shirts.....why look at anything else?

Me clothes shopping: Try on 12 pairs of jeans. Some are too short, some are too long. Some are too tight, some are too loose. They're all the same brand and size. How does this happen? Give up in despair. Try on 7 t-shirts, reject them all. Try on another 7. One is...meh....OK. I get it, but I'll probably take it back. Wander over to shoes. I don't really need any but I like to look at them. Hey, look! Jewelry!!!!

Him grocery shopping: Looks at list. Cookies. Grabs package of Oreos. Apples. Grabs bag of apples, any apples. Up and down the aisles like the Daytona 500. Comes home with exactly what he went for. Nothing less, nothing more.

Me grocery shopping: Looks at list. Cookies? Ooh, what kind? Oh, those look good! No, those look even better! Look, there are some new ones! LET'S GET THEM ALL!!! Apples. Those Delicious look good, but so do the Fijis and the Cameos. Maybe some Granny Smith's? Inspect the cabbages until I find the "perfect" one. Maybe I'll go back and check out the flavored waters...… Yogurt, yogurt and more yogurt; what kind to buy this time? Comes home with half the store inventory.

Him car shopping: Spends weeks on the internet studying gear ratios and carburetor ratings. Searches and searches for just "the" right car.

Me car shopping: Goes to dealership, points to car, "do you have one in grey?" Drives home.

Yep, we're different. Ain't it great?
 
Stores in which I like to shop: small neighborhood grocery stores with lots of local produce... friendly, helpful people and I can just buy what I need for a day or two

international grocery stores... enjoyed browsing the aisles in one of the oriental markets in the International district in Seattle... love seeing new foods, hearing new languages, tasting something I have no idea what to expect. And there’s an Indian grocery store in Savannah that’s always fun to visit... so many spices!

Stores in which I dread shopping... large, warehouse stores. Country music blaring outside, a different genre inside, TVs blasting game shows, and the person announcing stuff over the PA system that sounds like he has a mouthful of marbles. Displays stacked to the ceiling... I feel sometimes like I’m going to be buried in a cave-in. It’s just too overwhelming for this reserved person!

Give me a small store with Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A by Mozart playing and I’d be in heaven!
 

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