as above went to tesco up here in the north for a few things food ya know n lots of drink
and you guessed it effin mad house , people just about fighting over carrots ,sprouts etc

any one would think there was a WAR on , makes me laugh the shops are only shut for one day how mad is that .

keep it real you lot .

 

Same every year Just how much food can people eat in two days

 

yep your right nutters the lot of em

 

i'm going midnight tonight, I tried earlier and nearly got crushed to death by middle aged woman.

 

You haven't met my wife then?

 

It is utter stupidity ............ I abandoned a full trolley a few years ago in Tescos when I saw the queues for the tills extending down the isles!!

Now, I send the wife ..........

But, it truly is mad - it is people shopping for ONE single day ... in our house we can go for a week without fresh food - why is it different at Xmas?

 

every man and his dog will be there at midnight lol ferking madness .

watch your self in the car parks these nutters realy do have driving licences apparently the COOP did a special in the 60`s wooo hahahah

 

happy xmas mr lewis we are not worthy

 

They have introduced those self scan checkouts in the supermarkets here but instead of speeding things up it's blocked full of muppets needing help after scanning every item.

 

I think its a never ending saga every year Pete.

The shops are closed for 2 days max. Why the urge to buy umpteen loaves of bread & half shares in a farmers herd.

The mind boggles.

If I run out, I`ll just use the local shop.

 

Evening Ant

 

so logical but not for the masses

 

At least I will avoid the Romanian kids fighting over who is going to beg me to take my trolley back so they can pocket the £1 coin deposit.

 

The BP garage near my office has a sign out saying it's open 24hrs, including Christmas Day. So if you run out of chocolate Hob **** or baked beans, still no problem!

 

People think it is the end of the world although shopping for that fate is pointless people get Xmas fever and want to be lavish where they would probably normally not be - utter madness, home shopping is the way to go get it all delivered to your house avoid any problem with busy isles etc and fights as they do it all for you

 

If you think the christmas panic is bad enough....Walk in with a shot gun and fire it through the ceiling

Yes, I have been tempted.

 

But this is only the 21st. The shops are open for another 3 days and there is fighting already

 

I hate shopping generally but even more at this time year, so much so, that I swore last year that it would be me last Christmas shop ever and that I would get all the food shopping online.

So 2 weeks ago I logged onto Sainsburys to book a slot. The latest date I could get was the 19th December!!. So guess where I'm going Christmas Eve....ARGH!

 

I`m buying all my veggies etc from the local farm shop. Therefore putting money back into the farming community instead of swelling the supermarkets coffers

Forward thinking, the way ahead

Ant

 

asda across the road from the car wash, had a full car park at 8am

i`m sorry but i just dont get it, most normal people do the shopping in advance as it only takes half a brain cell to work out the ques will be huge, its like people get this "must spend money" feaver

cant complain mind as the wash has been rammed all day so far, and everybody is getting the top wash

 

People must enjoy doing it though

No wonder folk get stressed at this time of year. . . .

 

i dont think they enjoy it, they all look pissed off LOL

we did a big food shop 2 weeks back, and had finished the xmas present stuff by the end of november

 

Maybe they haven`t got a deep freezer

 

I had to nip to Sainsbury's on Thursday, and the car park was packed! I actually had to park between two cars, rather than way over the back like I usually do!

It was horrible in there!

 

well its now raining up here near newcastle, and you know what?

it changes nothing!

still massive ques out onto the main road, with people waiting for a carwash, in the pouring rain

 

this is one car every 90 seconds





cant wait for tomorrow and xmas eve

 

well im just glad i aint gotta do it..just driving back home this morning from work,i thought would go through the town.only to do a u turn when i seen the que of cars about 2 mile long leading into town..people go crazy,its was same when the fuel protest was on,and everyone was out panic buying fuel..WHY OHH WHYY,just leave us enough Beer people that will do me.Beer and ermmm some Munchies too. merry christmas..oopsss are we still allowed to say the word christmas...

 

I'm chancing my arm at 7.30 this evening. While celebrity's nearly *** dancing is on

 

Good Luck

 

I have a strange feeling I'll need it. Luckily, I'll be 3 parts p1ssed by this time, so it should go some way to numbing the pain. If I get any static from anybody 'tillside' I'll just make like Rab C and kick off