The prize for the utterly useless goes to ...

[Dave2002]

I heard a young person say this yesterday and I can fully understand their ire. The prize goes to old/retired people who have all week to shop then go for their main grocery shop at weekend. This view is rather too close to home for comfort.

Some shops have good deals at the weekend, or weekend only deals. Are older people to be denied their “rights” to support such commercialism?

[Stanfordian]

Some shops have good deals at the weekend, or weekend only deals. Are older people to be denied their “rights” to support such commercialism?

Hiya Dave,

Don't shoot the messenger. People can please themselves, of course they can. I do my big shop on Saturday morning.

[Dave2002]

Hiya Dave,

Don't shoot the messenger. People can please themselves, of course they can. I do my big shop on Saturday morning.

We can turn it round. Blame all the younger people for blocking up car parks and trains, particularly on week days. Then again, I have suggested I don’t really do “blame”.

I don’t mind when you do your shop, though in answer to Bryn further up, home delivery is often more convenient, and there is a reasonable argument that it’s better for the environment. Does depend where you live, though - not really sensible if you (one) lives just round the corner from the shop(s). One delivery van takes up less space on the road than the cars of the shoppers it displaces.

[JimD]

The political classes.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The political classes.

"useless" not "dangerous", Jim.

(I like the new avatar, by the way! )

[eighthobstruction]

Don't shoot the messenger.

....unless it's....a member of the ERG....<but flog them first....>....

[Stanfordian]

....unless it's....a member of the ERG....<but flog them first....>....

Of course!

The growing number of people who use plastic bags to pick up their dog's poo and most probably as no bin is nearby then throw the poo filled bag down on the pavement.

[Bryn]

Of course!

The growing number of people who use plastic bags to pick up their dog's poo and most probably as no bin is nearby then throw the poo filled bag down on the pavement.

Or, as all too frequently encountered in local unmanaged woodland here, hang them from branches.

[LeMartinPecheur]

[S]some “help” lines charge more for advice on some wretched product or service one has already bought, yet which does not function properly.

Since 13/6/14 it's been illegal for such help-lines to charge more than basic rate, and any excess charges are recoverable. But not all of them know that!

[french frank]

The growing number of people who use plastic bags to pick up their dog's poo and most probably as no bin is nearby then throw the poo filled bag down on the pavement.

I don't have much to say in favour of Bristol City Council, but where there are green spaces (at least near me) there are not only bags available - theoretically - but also bins in which to place the contents. Today I am feeling particulalry well disposed toward BCC because a road sweeper was out in my street brushing up the litter, just as I was about to pull on my yellow Marigold gloves and go out and collect it all in a black bag. But more useless/gormless are the residents who 'don't have time' to wash the tins, containers &c. which need washing, arrange the correct recyclables together in the right bins, place the nets over the bins to prevent stuff blowing about …

[Stanfordian]

Or, as all too frequently encountered in local unmanaged woodland here, hang them from branches.

What next! I've not seen that but then I rarely loiter in woods.

I've seen those bags of dog poo hanging from railings though.

[Bryn]

What next! I've not seen that but then I rarely loiter in woods.

I've seen those bags of dog poo hanging from railings though.

Tree branches are far, far more common than railings, round these parts.

[Mal]

Lidl staff are utterly useless! They are "multitasking staff" who supposedly stack shelves, price items, and man the tills. But I don't see them stacking shelves, items are always running out, prices are often wrong, and they only man the tills when the mile long queue of yummie mummies doing a months shopping for a family of five cause other shoppers to give up and march to Tesco express. I suspect they are chatting about rap & football in the warehouse, as they are not tied to a till, or on permanent stacking duty, the manager can't check up on them, although I never see the manager, I suspect he's given up and is hiding in the loo.

[Mal]

... I can see someone with just a few items behind, I usually wave them past me.

I did that for a young chap and then his mates popped up and joined him with all their shopping! Never again... this was in Lidl, of course, which has turned queuing into guerrilla warfare. You can see everyone at the back of a long queue watching, and twitching, like snipers expecting a blitzkrieg, then when a till opens there's a mad rush to get to the till first. I can usually beat the weighed down yummy mummies, but the "one item" teenagers are tough to beat without a bit of tripping & blocking.

[Pianorak]

I try to be charitable, but there are people who put all of their stuff on the belts, wait for it all to be rung up, and only then start opening bags to find purses, wallets, credit cards in order to pay for the transaction. . .

Very bad for one's blood pressure. I now use those interminable minutes to close my eyes and do some transcendental meditation. Lowers the blood pressure. Worth a try?