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Entries relating to supermarkets.
Suggested home: Shopping & retail / Checkouts & queues
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The comforting fiction that food eaten after midnight still belongs to the previous day's meal plan.
Read full entry →An entirely theatrical pause suggesting options still exist.
Read full entry →Deliberately understating personal happiness to avoid appearing overly enthusiastic.
Read full entry →Attempting to navigate around an oblivious person while repeatedly apologising for their obstruction.
Read full entry →A traffic queue created entirely by people believing there wouldn't be any traffic.
Read full entry →Monitoring supermarket Easter egg prices with the patience of a financial analyst.
Read full entry →An irrational fear that every potato, turkey and mince pie will disappear forever.
Read full entry →Treating a single day of supermarket closure as though civilisation is temporarily ending.
Read full entry →The reluctant act of returning to a supermarket moments after leaving.
Read full entry →Treating a carefully prepared shopping list as little more than a vague suggestion.
Read full entry →A complete obstruction created by poor trolley positioning.
Read full entry →Purchasing an item solely because it completes a supermarket promotion.
Read full entry →A frantic exercise in transferring shopping into bags before becoming an obstruction.
Read full entry →Strategically organising purchases into carrier bags before reaching the checkout.
Read full entry →An unexpected stroke of good fortune involving a free supermarket trolley.
Read full entry →Frantically checking every possible compartment in search of a £1 coin or token.
Read full entry →Presenting your loyalty card at the earliest physically possible opportunity.
Read full entry →The awkward act of hovering nearby while examining completely unrelated products.
Read full entry →An unexplained force compelling shoppers to inspect inflatable kayaks and welding masks.
Read full entry →The gradual loss of shopping focus after accidentally wandering into Lidl's middle aisle.
Read full entry →The overwhelming collapse of groceries caused by checkout staff operating at superhuman speed.
Read full entry →The risky act of abandoning an existing checkout queue in the hope that a newly opened till will move faster.
Read full entry →A bizarre physiological reaction where you suddenly feel incredibly guilty despite having stolen absolutely nothing.
Read full entry →A plastic territorial marker aggressively slammed down by a shopper to protect their groceries from touching your offensive loaf of bread.
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