Supermarkets should have protected windows of time for people who just want to get a few bits and don't have time to work around the people who seem content to spend hours fucking dawdling about making a day out of it
Feb 3, 2026 20:55Yes! Exactly how long will it be necessary for you to scrutinise that bag of tomatoes for while blocking the entire aisle with your trolley?
We call it Old Duffer Hour. I swear they stand there trying to work out the price in the old money
It should also be legal to shoot through the face anyone who doesn’t put their empty bag on the self-checkout scales before scanning, thus meaning they take twice as long as, after checkout, they decant all their crap into the bag they just pulled out of their pocket.
Can't see them kicking out people with bulging trolleys for the benefit of folk who are just grabbing a few bits tbh