I actually do my grocery shopping regularly, about once every two weeks. Usually I may take a weekday (to avoid weekend shoppers): I'd write a list the previous night, finalise my budget, clip coupons from the Sunday newspaper, print voucher codes and promo codes and bring them with me as I make my way the very next day to the food store. (Store locations usually match internet offers anyway.)
But it's not as wee and joyful and effortless as it seems. I have already been carrying this out for countless years now, and from my experience at the stores I have thought of a list of grocery shopping pet peeves.
Long queues: Not one person likes to wait hours just falling in line at the cashier! Notably if you aren't holding many items in the first place, and had wished to just come and go. Many insensitive people, however, take too much time on transactions: putting a product back in the shelf, forgetting an onion, using coupons for every single item, harassing the lady at the cash register, or counting change at an very leisurely pace. That's why if a store has an express check out counter - for those with baskets only, and not carts - then that's where I would fall in line.
Pricing Mistakes: It's my job to check the price of a grocery product prior to hauling them into my cart or basket. Of course, whenever feasible, I always go for cheaper ones, or stuff that's on sale. There have been times, however, when a food store would have put up the incorrect price. Maybe the coupon has run out; maybe the inventory workers should be blamed. Nonetheless, like when sale items don't ring up as they should, these pricing mistakes frustrate me because they ruin my budget. And it's very confusing to somebody that is really as bad enough a mathematician as I am. Luckily, this doesn't occur frequently.
Kids: Oh, certainly I really like my own children. But I have never - and will never - bring them with me to the supermarket. It's irritating when you find yourself attempting to shop and there are these little boys and girls playing with the wheeled buggies, or throwing fits and tantrums simply because they weren't bought Skittles. Sometimes, as tiny as they are, they are the ones who block the lanes and stop you from attaining that can of mushroom soup.
Couponing limits: I attempt to be as easy on the wallet as possible when food shopping. Thus, I collect coupons from the papers and from the web before scheduling a trip to the grocery store. More than once, however, I had been told that I could only use one voucher per buy. If I was purchasing several cartons of orange juice and had four "one dollar off" deals for those, would I be able to redeem it for every carton? Surprisingly not. Well, not always. Occasionally one's meaning of a coupon would differ from the meaning of the shop cashier.
Because of such pet peeves, I am now considering shopping online for my food. You never know? With coupons and promo codes accessible all over the Internet, I just may reduce my twice-a-month trips to Wal-Mart. And I won't worry about my grocery gripes.
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