Buying eggs.

[Dave5N]

'kinell you're a bunch of devious crims.

 

[Black Sheep]

In Tescos in Wells they do it with mushrooms as well, the ones you put in the little brown bags yourself. I suppose they are checking in case you try and slip a 40" plasma screen tv in with them.

the local tesco here told my friend off for putting an apple through as a banana on the self scan till (they force you to use them) but as she pointed out, there is no option for apples on the screen and no one would come and help her

heck, i was there buying alcohol the other day and i waited five mins for someone to come and then just carried on, payed and walked out with my shopping and beer.

 

[mondobongo]

Reason 4: They don't trust you - you might have taken that Basics box and swapped the occupants for top of the range organic free range eggs!

Or those strange coloured ones.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

As an aside, I bought some Cotswold Blue Legbar eggs the other week (they were on special offer). The blurb on the inside of the box told me all the usual stuff - free range eggs, happiest hens in the world, etc. - as well as that the hens responsible for the eggs had been provided with clean straw, fresh water and "everything a hen needs for its freedom of expression".

 

[bonj2]

the local tesco here told my friend off for putting an apple through as a banana on the self scan till (they force you to use them) but as she pointed out, there is no option for apples on the screen and no one would come and help her

heck, i was there buying alcohol the other day and i waited five mins for someone to come and then just carried on, payed and walked out with my shopping and beer.

you press 'more options', then there's alphabetical grouping buttons, apples will be on the top one, "A to G". 'tisn't hard

 

[bonj2]

Possibly they're checking that none of them are golden,'cos if one is, the checkout operator will take their opportunity to snatch it and go running down the street with it and sell it at auction for a mint and never be seen again?

 

[newbiebiker]

As an aside, I bought some Cotswold Blue Legbar eggs the other week (they were on special offer). The blurb on the inside of the box told me all the usual stuff - free range eggs, happiest hens in the world, etc. - as well as that the hens responsible for the eggs had been provided with clean straw, fresh water and "everything a hen needs for its freedom of expression".

so how's the eggs? were they as fresh and as it claims?

 

[Landslide]

Them Cotswold Blue eggs are yummy!

 

[ArDee]

Possibly they're checking that none of them are golden,'cos if one is, the checkout operator will take their opportunity to snatch it and go running down the street with it and sell it at auction for a mint and never be seen again?

Nar, that would only happen in Waitrose, no where else sells Goose eggs.

 

[abchandler]

Possibly they're checking that none of them are golden,'cos if one is, the checkout operator will take their opportunity to snatch it and go running down the street with it and sell it at auction for a mint and never be seen again?

Surely it's the goose that you'd want anyway?

The check might be done so that if you turn up later at Customer Services with broken eggs they can claim they left the shop uncracked

 

[Maz]

Is it just me?

Or do they open the eggbox and have a look as they scan it when you buy them?

I've come up with three possible reasons.

-Because I'm a bloke I can't be trusted not to buy cracked eggs.
-I look really gormless and can't be trusted not to buy cracked eggs.
-Or I look really shifty and they think I'm trying to smuggle out an extra couple in the box.

Do they only do this to blokes?

When they do this to me, I always look Kinder Surprised...

 

[Aperitif]

When they do this to me, I always look Kinder Surprised...

 

[very-near]

I buy mine from an old lady who keeps about 150 chickens. All barn eggs, and the sheds are right behind the farmhouse so I can see how they are kept, which encourages me to keep using them.

 

[Fnaar]

It's been a while since anyone checked over my eggs to make sure they are in good condition

 

[Arch]

I buy mine from an old lady who keeps about 150 chickens. All barn eggs, and the sheds are right behind the farmhouse so I can see how they are kept, which encourages me to keep using them.

I get mine like that, well, they are the ones the supermarket won't take because they have ridged shells, or are too big. £1.50 for a dozen extra large, free range, living in a field near my friend's house - and boy, are they big! Last lot, the box wouldn't shut, they were so large.