Couples that grocery shop together.

[UK]

I'm in a more crabby mood than usual today, but someone explain this concept to me?

We have a few couples that we're friends with that go grocery shopping together and I am baffled by this.

Grocery stores are crowded at peak times to begin with and there won't be any episodes of Supermarket Sweep being filmed at the local Super Walmart, stay home! Ask your wife for your balls back and wait at home to help with the food or do the nice thing by doing the shopping yourself and screwing up the list. I hate a family of 6 blocking an aisle b/c they don't know if they want rocket pops or the multi-flavored ones.

[jim]

People with too much time on their hands.

[IlliniAmy]

We grocery shop together in order to SAVE time. He takes part of the list and I take part of it and we meet up.

[Radbird]

I go alone 95% of the time. We save money that way.

[Simbagal23]

Yes, this irks me. I'm a Type-A to the max...I know my grocery lay out, I know what I need, I don't dilly dally. Couples dilly dally......and block the aisles. I'd like to run my cart into their achilles, but I refrain! One grocery shopping day I avoid is the day before or the morning of Mothers Day. Total nightmare. The store is overrun with crazed dads, many with kids in tow, trying to pick up food items for a surprise breakfast or dinner for mom, flowers and cards (which are typically sold out at this point). grrrrrrrrrrrr.......

[JCShutout]

People with too much time on their hands.

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I honestly don't understand how people take longer than 10 minutes in a grocery store. I can be in and out without a list with a week's worth of groceries in 5 minutes.

disclaimer: I go at non-peak times and use the self-check out

[cardinalkarp]

People with too much time on their hands.

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I honestly don't understand how people take longer than 10 minutes in a grocery store. I can be in and out without a list with a week's worth of groceries in 5 minutes.

disclaimer: I go at non-peak times and use the self-check out

Ramen Noodles and mustard doesn't take long to pick up.

[cardinalkarp]

Me and my wife grocery shop together. Me and her eat different things and we pick our own stuff out when we're there.

I don't believe we get in people's way, its the single stay at home moms that's cart is completely full that take their time and hold up the show.

We go in w/ a list, grab what we need, and get out of there. I do most of the cooking and typically know what we need and what we're out of and she knows what kind of fruits and veggies she's in the mood for so she takes care of that.

[jeffbgoofy]

me, my wife and my son go. It usually takes an hour or so, but it's family bonding and planning. Not too much time on our hands, just making time to spend some time together and getting everybody's input on trying something new.

[JL21]

I have so many grocery store rants that I don't even know where to begin.

How about I start with the stupid middle aged woman waddling her fat ass down the middle of the aisle and stopping to look at every single item, thereby blocking me from getting around her?