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[Mister Rog]

How very dare you. 

 

Ah yes, the Beano maybe ?     

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I hate shopping.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I hate shopping.

Me too! 

Man shopping however is tolerable, we know what we want, we go straight to the shop buy it and go home. 

Woman shopping is a right PITA, where you have to stop and gaze in every window and aimlessly wander about every shop just in case there might be something you like and then there's the returning of stuff from previous expeditions which despite trying on and endless reassurances that your bum dosn't look big you decide you don't like it when you get home!   

[ronnyd]

Happy to say I've successfully avoided all shopping centres for over 3 years now. Can't stand them or the vast majority of multiple retailers with their same as everybody else poor selection, high prices and untrained 'tards for service. Now out of the way shopping places with their small Victorian shops packed with specialist retailers are interesting, but sadly rare and gradually dying out. Aldershot, North Camp and Emsworth were three good examples, but I must admit I haven't been to any of them for quite a few years. I was in London last week for a Christmas drink with some friends and did enjoy two undercover markets with their wide variety of goods and talking to their knowledgeable owners.

These days apart from our excellent old school local hardware store, Lidl, Aldi and occasionally Tesco (when they send me 10-15% off vouchers) I tend to buy everything else online.

So your the b**ger searching through his purse for them when I'm waiting impatiently in the queue.

Sorry not guilty. I have a shopping list as I can't get round and get out of crowded supermarkets quick enough, without the list much will be forgotten in my rush. I'm all organized as I'm used tos Lidl and Aldi checkout speedwhere they have productivity targets they have to reach, whereas Tesco are always on a go slow in comparison. As soon as I'm served register contact-less Tesco Club card, shopping is thrown back in the trolley and voucher handed across with debit card at the ready. Then when I'm outside away from the shop & crowds I pack my shopping from the trolley into shopping bags.

I do most of our shopping in small trips, using the bike (cycle) and rucksack. It,s good exercise and convenient too. Never worry about someone with a huge shop in front of me as Aldi checkouts are so fast.

[STEMO]

In Asda, on the odd occasion we go together, shopping for food, I look around and she’s gone! ‘Where’ve you been?’. ‘Looking’. ‘Looking at what? It’s Asda FFS, what’s to look at ?’ ‘I’ll look if I wanna look’.
Jeez............

[ronnyd]

In Asda, on the odd occasion we go together, shopping for food, I look around and she’s gone! ‘Where’ve you been?’. ‘Looking’. ‘Looking at what? It’s Asda FFS, what’s to look at ?’ ‘I’ll look if I wanna look’.
Jeez............

The delights of George high fashion?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yep...man shopping is not so bad.

I don't mind shopping for a new car.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I quite enjoy tyre shopping. A nice chat about cat related subjects that women wouldn't understand over a  cup or two of free coffee.

[redelitev6]

I quite enjoy tyre shopping. A nice chat about cat related subjects that women wouldn't understand over a  cup or two of free coffee.

You talk about pussies at the tyre place 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I quite enjoy tyre shopping. A nice chat about cat related subjects that women wouldn't understand over a  cup or two of free coffee.

You talk about pussies at the tyre place 

Freudian slip. Car becomes cat. Cat becomes moist inviting pussy.

[TheBoy]

......  it felt like 1960's shopping centre.

Did we have shopping centres in the 60s? 

I grew up in Aylesbury, and we had the excellent Friars Square, in 1960s grey concrete. It was fabulous, and had the excellent "underground market" for smaller, local shops, underneath the open air market above.

Then in the earlier 90s, they redevloped it into a pointless, useless shithole that it is today, with nothing there to make it worth going to.  And the shut the underground market and reopened as a much smaller area full of overpriced arty/boutique type crap.

Thats progress apparently.

[Bigron]

On a similar note, I was born in the East End and loved Petticoat Lane (no petticoats anywhere, just a name), before it became one enormous sari market; obviously I have no use for a sari, so I don't go there anymore.
In its postwar incarnation it had loads of army surplus electronics components at low prices and all sorts of weird traders selling snake oil - anyone else remember those days?

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Today we left home at 12.30, went to Colchester Christmas shopping, then to Uni to collect son and belongings, then Sainsburys food shopping. Got home 10 minutes ago. #knackered. 

[STEMO]

Today we left home at 12.30, went to Colchester Christmas shopping, then to Uni to collect son and belongings, then Sainsburys food shopping. Got home 10 minutes ago. #knackered. 

Picked my son up today too. 


Colchester? You love that place, don’t ya? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Hate it with a passion and try to avoid it. Ive somehow spent two days there in the last fortnight though. hopefully that will be it until this time next year.