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It never ceases to amaze me, that every bank holiday people crowd into the supermarkets and buy so much food and drink! what on EARTH do they do with all that food and drink??? and it's always BBQ time.....
oh, and peeps get ruder and ruder as the supermarket gets more crowded....
what happens to people when food gets involved??
I know times have changed, but when I left school in 1970, I went to work in a department store and you were not allowed to talk to your colleagues; the manager was really keen and would think nothing of giving someone a dressing down in front of the customers. Nowadays, I go into shops and supermarkets and sometimes have to wait for the assistants to finish talking before they even think of serving me!
And I agree, why on earth do people go crazy with food when its a bank holiday; most shops and supermarkets are open every day anyway.
Hate the smell of barbies by the way. 
I hate everything about barbecues after getting very drunk and very sick out of boredom at one when i was young LOL.
They are rude in shops now, when i was in retail you had to stand ,behave approach every customer politely and i never swore. Oh and dress nicely in our uniform.
We have lots of little shops near us that I will no longer use. Most of the time the assistant (or owner) is on the mobile phone & doesn't even have the decency to pause the call to serve you. They just take the item, scan it & hold out thier hand for the money, no please or thank you. I think half of the problem around here (& I may get shot down for this) is that most of our local shops are Asian run & the owner gets his wife/mother/daughter serving in the shop, they don't particularly want to be there so aren't bothered about giving any kind of customer service.
It's not just Asian shops. We have a few around here - some are absolutely abysmal, whereas others are absolutely lovely, friendly helpful and efficient. "Asian" is an unfair catch-all, which is not necessarily representative of the entire nation/culture.
If you shop in some of the larger supermarkets, many "white-Brits" also display this couldn't-care-less attitude, nattering to each other, etc. I just stand there (pointendly) with my money, and wait for them to finish their conversation (at the same time apologising to the queue building up behind me). Then usually make some sort of comment: "Sorry to drag you away from that scintillating conversation" or "How nice of you to concentrate on your customers".
At the end of any transaction, I will say "Thank you", stand and wait for a reciprocal response.
Am I turning into a grumpy old woman?
Yes, probably 
I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THE SELF SERVICE TILL THING THATS IN NOW, I SUPPOSE WE ARE DOING THEIR JOB, BEFORE LONG THERE WILL NOT BE ANYONE THERE IN THE SHOPS OR IT WILL ALL BE DONE VIRTUALLY OR ON LINE LOL. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY WE ARE KEEPING SOMEONE IN WORK BY USING THE TILLS WITH CASHIERS STILL WORKING AT THEM IS ABUNDANT!!!. 
Very true Pixel, I agree about other people being as bad, I only mentioned Asian as all of our local shops are Asian run (other than the major supermarkets) & I really get the impression that the assistants do not want to be there & it really is an Asian custom to 'keep it in the family'. All the little shops where we had our saturday jobs are now staffed by various family members of the owner at all times so saturday jobs for teenagers round here no longer exist & the people working in the shop are only there because they are family & not because they want to be there.
We have to admit to buying lots of food this weekend but we are entertaining .
Its like a scene from Come Dine With me in my kitchen atm .
We are having a steak night for 6 people tonight , ive just made Prawn cocktails havnt had one since ..ohh i cant remember when 
Could you stretch to 7 people please PCC? ............ I'm on me lonesome and 'ave got just a stale crust and a bit of cheese rind for me tea
Oppps better make another prawn cocktail ..............& hide my chocklit 
Am not fibbering....
I do actually need to go food shopping and have only got cheese on toast for me tea..............
