The world's gone mad........

[Snadger]

OH intended doing the Crimbo grocery shop yesterday but wasn't feeling too well so I said I would do it later when the hussle and bussle had died down.....fat chance! Our local Tesco hypermarket is open 24 hours a day so I duly arrived at 9.00pm to do the shopping.
Out of the thousands of car parking spaces............I couldn't find one, and this is at nine o clock at night! Sod it says I, I'll go home and come back in the small hours of the morning, that'll sort it!

Duly..........arrived back about half an hour after midnight and the car park was still more than half full!
Inside the shop was still very busy and it looked like a hurricane had swept through the store............floors were manky.........boxes everywhere...........trolleys of new stuff blocking isles and loads of people with the same idea as me. The poor staff were ran off there feet trying to fill shelves as quick as they emptied.

Finished my nightshift shopping foray.............but thank God I've got a year to recuperate before having to do it again.

The world HAS gone mad!

[janeyo]

It will only be shut for about 20 minutes anyway yet people seem to buy enough to survive a blitz!

janeyo

Made OH go with me on sunday morning, wasn't tooooo bad considering. Wll still need bread but local shop may still have some on xmas eve.

[di]

Jees!!Anyone would think it's Christmas or summat!!
I'm still to do mine...however...a chappie from the lottie just popped by with 2 rabbits....got all the veg we need at lottie.....& I know the kiddies have got at least 2 lots of choccies under the tree....so seriously starting to wonder if we really need anything else???...Does that make me a total Scrooge???

[bubblewrap]

Did Sainsbury's yesterday morning thought it might be quiet,fat chance car park full had to wait for a space, still all done now apart for a few bits which we can get from our corner shop.

[HeyWayne]

LadyWayne had a similar experience yesterday.

It was her first day of maternity leave, and she ventured to our local Tesco (nearest shop) and had to queue for a car parking space - some old boy took ages to get out of a space, even with the assistance of two car parking "stewards". Things didn't get better inside the store - those trolley things they use to bring stock out (b-lines?) were everywhere, reducing usable aisle space, "blue rinse brigade" having a natter all over the shop. LadyWayne doesn't do dithering very well at the best of times - I blame working in London.

It's awl madness I agree.

[SarzWix]

OH went yesterday ans said it wasn't too bad, he was still near enough sane when he got home anyway What veg we can't get off the lottie, my pal is collecting from the farm shop this afternoon.

[jackie j]

Tesco stores do all the shelf filling at night as its the only way to get it done without too many customers. The best time to go shopping is as early as you can at this time of year. Most stores have to have the cages cleared from the shop floor by 6am. The dot com shoppers start at 4am at christmas time to try and get out of the way before 11 am but it doesnt always work like that, cut backs on staff, overtime bans, staff off sick etc doesnt help.

[HotStuff]

Did the big shop yesterday at the local big Sainsburys, had to queue for HALF AN HOUR at the checkout. You're right the world has gone mad.

[scarey55]

Our money doesn't get into the bank until tomorrow - I'll let you know then if the French shops are as bad as those in UK

[lynda66]

i went for a loaf of bread some milk and some carrots last year ....... unfortunately the supermarket had run out ... why is it that everyone buys enough food to last a year??? it's only one day ffs haven't even thought of this years shopping yet lol ....... egg on toast for crimbo dinner anyone??

[shirlthegirl43]

We have my dad and Madmax's mum and dad joining us for crimbo nosh - I have had to buy up most of T..... veggies so that I know there will be enough to feed his mum - boy can she eat!!!!

I am very depressed as there won't be any home-grown veggies this year (I am saving my shallots for planting and some for New Year dinner).

[bluemoon]

Snadger, I could have written that. Our experience was exactly the same, even down to the 9pm and 12.30am timings but it was an ASDA rather than a Tesco. A friend says she went to the same shop at 2.30am on Saturday and it was busy then, this is the middle of the night almost a week before the date. The shop last night looked like a plague of locusts had descended and was a waste of time as they didn't have much that I needed left. I rarely use supermarkets and I'm going to make sure that next year I don't need to buy anything from one. The store in question is only closed for one day.

[Two_Sheds]

The bird's been in the freezer for a month, and I just dug the veg up yesterday.

The only thing I need is milk and bread ... but I've got longlife of both in the cupboard, and tons of Port, so we'll survive. I'd rather drink UHT in my tea than go shopping now

[BrideXIII]

Twas mental in our tescos yesterday, but i did see something that restored my faith in people a little.

in our mile long queue for the checkout there was a little old lady with only two items in her trolley, she must have been ninety if she was a day and none too steady on her feet, every person in front of her passed her forward to save her standing, and then the last guy in front of her whose shopping was going through, paid for her two items for her for xmas gave me a warm feeling.

[kirsty b]

How lovely, nice to see kindness and chivalry is not dead yet.

Normally do food shop online, I get very irritable and even more impatient that usual in supemarkets. All delivery slots for my payday were full this month.
Decided next year, when I do my November shop, I will order and reserve a delivery for my December/Christmas shop at the same time. They hold £2 from you bank account until day of delivery, which is when they take the actual payment.