Shopping etiquette

[gsgsgs]

If you're doing a big shop how many items does the person behind you have to have to let them go ahead?

Vice-versa how many items do you have to have yourself before you would like the person doing their big shop to let you go ahead?

Just been to Home Bargains had two items and stood behind a lady with a full trolley, she looked at me and clearly saw I only had 2 items!

[salus.populi]

If you're doing a big shop how many items does the person behind you have to have to let them go ahead?

Vice-versa how many items do you have to have yourself before you would like the person doing their big shop to let you go ahead?

Just been to Home Bargains had two items and stood behind a lady with a full trolley, she looked at me and clearly saw I only had 2 items!

The etiequette of queuing is first come first served.
I don't ever expect to be allowed to queue jump just because I'm buying less than the person in front. Similarly it wouldn't even cross my mind to look at what the person behind me is buying.

[Alikado]

They normally have several tills open so presumably you weighed up which queue was going to be the quickest which I assume was the one you picked.

TIP. Never pick the till manned by a Fat Woman, they talk too much instead of scanning.

[gsgsgs]

There were 3 tills open with a similar queue at each, maybe it's just me but I think it's polite to let someone go ahead of me if they only have a few items & I have a trolley full.

[grassroots]

There were 3 tills open with a similar queue at each, maybe it's just me but I think it's polite to let someone go ahead of me if they only have a few items & I have a trolley full.

Yes I agree but some people don't know the meaning of the word politeness.

[salus.populi]

There were 3 tills open with a similar queue at each, maybe it's just me but I think it's polite to let someone go ahead of me if they only have a few items & I have a trolley full.

It would be a generous offer but certainly not something to expect. When it's been offered to me I've politely declined. A full trolley of shopping only takes a few minutes to check out. What's the rush?

[gsgsgs]

It would be a generous offer but certainly not something to expect. When it's been offered to me I've politely declined. A full trolley of shopping only takes a few minutes to check out. What's the rush?

There isn't any rush I just thinks its a nice gesture to make, if you choose not to accept then that's fine.

What about letting people out of side roads or turning right, I often let people out/turn right a similar nice gesture.

[Hamble]

If it is a mother with small children or someone who looks like they are on a lunch break buying drink and sandwich I always let them go in front otherwise it depends on how busy I am as most shops have self service now.

[jamyramy]

well given the queing protocol,thats in presence in the uk,an good on us for that too,well you take your place and that's your grace! but asfor the loaded till user and an adjacent user of minimal purchase ,well in our now meme society ,and the this is my space attitudes,isnt it just nice and uplifting to just step out that selfish box of ourselves and just give a bit of that space and mere time to another,and recognition of anothers being.it might just make a difference to someones day and lighten the load .muchlike a smile or kindly gesture,or that time to listen to anothers talk when you've other stuff to do.for some outside our comfortable bubble of self ,its a lonely and oft hard place .to sum up from a soft se its a burdned world .besides its nice to be nice!not everyones take I know ,but just mine.

[hettyketty]

To me it says it all about a person who has a full trolley and looks at the person behind with a few bits and doesn't offer them to go infront. They know that you would have paid before they have finished putting their stuff on. Selfish self absorbed types, like the gym when you go for Yoga, Pilattes, the ones who step on your mat and not around or over it, they are just arrogant types, you can tell a lot about people from little things like that.

[Styx]

well given the queing protocol,thats in presence in the uk,an good on us for that too,well you take your place and that's your grace! but asfor the loaded till user and an adjacent user of minimal purchase ,well in our now meme society ,and the this is my space attitudes,isnt it just nice and uplifting to just step out that selfish box of ourselves and just give a bit of that space and mere time to another,and recognition of anothers being.it might just make a difference to someones day and lighten the load .muchlike a smile or kindly gesture,or that time to listen to anothers talk when you've other stuff to do.for some outside our comfortable bubble of self ,its a lonely and oft hard place .to sum up from a soft se its a burdned world .besides its nice to be nice!not everyones take I know ,but just mine.

isnt it just nice and uplifting to just step out that selfish box of ourselves and just give a bit of that space and mere time to another,and recognition of anothers being.it might just make a difference to someones day and lighten the load .muchlike a smile or kindly gesture,or that time to listen to anothers talk when you've other stuff to do.for some outside our comfortable bubble of self

Well said.



.besides its nice to be nice!not everyones take I know ,but just mine.

Rest assured,you're not alone.

[hettyketty]

Agree totally, whatever is going on in my life I am kind to others, smile a lot and the rewards all lovely. Give someone a few minutes, maybe more to genuinely listen to them can make a huge difference to them. I deal with the public and to walk to work and pass some of them and have a chat, a hello with a big smile, just great. I think these days a lot of people are in a me bubble.

[Ceam]

I never expect to be able to que just because I only have a couple of items. But I did have a lovely lady let me go in front of her today as I only had two items. It's nice but I'd never expect it.

[Toodles McGinty]

Down to the individual, really. There are some decent folk around, they just seem few and far between nowadays.

If I see someone with one or two items behind me when I've a Big Shop, then I'll let them go in front. If I've only got a few items, I'll usually go to the self service tills if they are available. I'm against those in principal, but sometimes it's just more convenient.

Similarly, if a new till opens, I'll make sure whoever is in front of me gets first dibs on it. Few things annoy me more, when shopping, is some git at the back of the queue dashing across and getting served first. Just a personal foible, but it seems terribly bad mannered.

[Ceam]

Down to the individual, really. There are some decent folk around, they just seem few and far between nowadays.

If I see someone with one or two items behind me when I've a Big Shop, then I'll let them go in front. If I've only got a few items, I'll usually go to the self service tills if they are available. I'm against those in principal, but sometimes it's just more convenient.

Similarly, if a new till opens, I'll make sure whoever is in front of me gets first dibs on it. Few things annoy me more, when shopping, is some git at the back of the queue dashing across and getting served first. Just a personal foible, but it seems terribly bad mannered.

All sounds more than reasonable, and exactly what I'd do.