I swore at Xmas today

[cat_mioux]

All I wanted was a carton of milk. I got to the supermarket and it was utter chaos. I drove around and around looking for a park. I got stuck behind those huge jeeps blocking the aisles waiting for a car space. I ended up leaving (and it took forever to actually get out of the bleeping car park). So I decided to go to the local servo but I got stuck in a traffic jam then I went down a one way street trying to get away from the traffic and had to go all the bleeping way around again to get out.

I finally got my carton of milk.

OK I hadn't had my morning coffee so I guess I was a tad cranky. But I swore at Xmas!

[cherry*135]

Since I moved house 12mths ago, I live close enough to the supermarket to be able to walk there.. thank goodness, as we have 'Christmas' crowds, daytrippers here until end of January (tourist town). 

Downside is walking up a hill in the heat on the way home.

[imastawka]

Phht.... I drink black coffee ...Ner ner ner

[purple_haize]

We got stuck in a traffic jam this morning, had to go further away than I would have liked, OH thought he would be smart and beat the rest of the cars, he turned into a dirt road...........was a dead end, he said a few choice words as well........

I got the blame as I wanted to go to a certain shop, wish I had stayed home now.

[joz*garage]

cant say i ever ventured to the supemarket first to buy just one item that you can purchase anywhere

[nevillesdaughter]

I must admit that Christmas/Easter type supermarket last-minute rushes amaze me. When I was a kid (back in a different century), the shops were only open 5 1/2 days a week and closed for most of Easter and the Christmas/New Year break, nobody had huge fridge/freezers at home and there were no teller machines - so you could understand.

These days, I just don't get what the hell there is to panic about. Even if you had no food in the house on Christmas Day, there are still a myriad of smaller supermarkets, servos and what have you that will be open.

We're holidaying at Noosa (sorry), and I also don't understand why people on holiday see going to the supermararket as an experience for the whole flippin' family - Mum. Dad and 4 kids wandering around the aisles, whinging, pleading, crying and arguing, then clogging up the checkout line!! I'm sure this is not how they do the weekly shop at home!

Here endeth the rant (for now),

Marina.

[lurker17260]

We have holiday visitors clogging up our supermarket too am3.  All the locals go at ungodly hours of the morning to beat them.  It's crazy, staff are trying to get stuff onto the shelves (especially fruit and veg) and the locals are snatching it off again just as quickly

[purple_haize]

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

I must admit that Christmas/Easter type supermarket last-minute rushes amaze me. When I was a kid (back in a different century), the shops were only open 5 1/2 days a week and closed for most of Easter and the Christmas/New Year break, nobody had huge fridge/freezers at home and there were no teller machines - so you could understand.

These days, I just don't get what the hell there is to panic about. Even if you had no food in the house on Christmas Day, there are still a myriad of smaller supermarkets, servos and what have you that will be open.

We're holidaying at Noosa (sorry), and I also don't understand why people on holiday see going to the supermararket as an experience for the whole flippin' family - Mum. Dad and 4 kids wandering around the aisles, whinging, pleading, crying and arguing, then clogging up the checkout line!! I'm sure this is not how they do the weekly shop at home!

Here endeth the rant (for now),

Marina.

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I agree, and the big supermarkets are only going to be closed for ONE day........I really cant see the point of rushing around before hand.

[cherry*135]

It is crazy lurker. Our one and only supermarket has a pokey, small carpark too, some of it slopes a bit.. hard to control the trolley's.

[cat_mioux]

I did toss up whether to have my coffee black but I really enjoy my first cup of coffee and I wanted it with milk. *stands with hands on hips*.

I haven't even done my Xmas food shop yet.

PS At least I didn't have to turn down a dirt road LOL