I'm afraid, I wouldn't go back to complain about a small amount. They're probably counting on that. I've had mouldy bread - that kind of thing. I can't be bothered. I know I should be.
When OH and I got together I shopped and cooked and he washed the dishes and did the ironing. We've had a dishwasher for 40 years now as it'smore efficient in every way - cleaner, far less water and thus less leccy for heating water.
@B3 - I shop in order and empty my trolley in order so all the fruit and veggies come together to be packed, then cold stuff - meat, fish, poultry, cheese, juice etc - then dry goods then houselold then cats and dogs. Makes for very easy bagging and unpacking again when I get home.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I have my system too @Obelixx. Fridge and freezer stuff separate to be put away immediately. Other stuff can be left until someone gets around to putting it away. If that someone isn't me, I eventually get around to putting it in the right place.
At least our local M&S will open a till if somebody insists, or has a full basket or trolley. I will use self-scan, begrudgingly, if I only have a couple of items but have walked back out of supermarkets without buying if they only have self scan and I'm planning to buy many items.
I did get huffed and puffed at in an M&S Food store when I refused to use self scan. The staff member tried to tell me it was faster and more convenient, and didn't like it when I said it may be more convenient for them, but I would be happy for them to show me how to use it. They walked away at that point.
I used the self service checkout at Waitrose yesterday for the first time. It picked up the barcode on my shopping bag as I got it out of the basket and tried to charge me for it. I had to get the staff member over to delete it. Then I had to type in that I had a red pepper but checking my receipt later it wasn't on there so I'm probably on a list of thieves now and will have to lay low for a while
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We have a couple of houses that we rent. One of the tenants just moved out. The state they have left the place is bewildering. They've moved into a council flat apparently. I'm not surprised they struggle financially. OH has taken two trailer loads of bin bags to the tip full of clothes and children's toys that they just left behind. They left the fridge full of food, just turned it off and left it to rot. We doubt they cleaned the toilet even once in 2 years, the drain from the kitchen sink has been disconnected (Why? How?) so they evidently never washed a vegetable. They've pulled the handles off two of the doors and the oven and a couple of light fittings off the wall. They've never asked us to fix any of these things, so we don't know if they've just decided to trash it as they left (no, we didn't evict them) or if it's been like it for a while. The walls on the stairs are filthy - black with grime (yes there are handrails). The carpets are trashed. We know they had a hoover because they left that behind as well. Presumably it's never been used. The sink in the bathroom is beyond description.
If you waste so much, take no care whatever to not break things, never cook real food, you never will have enough money. We've had messy tenants before, and even the tidy ones always seem to leave stuff behind for the house elves to deal with. But these are the worst we've had. We make the homes as nice as we can - very well insulated, low energy as you'd guess. The others all treat their houses with a bit of respect. It's very discouraging after all the work we put in to making them decent to get this sort of neglect.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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I've had mouldy bread - that kind of thing. I can't be bothered. I know I should be.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@B3 - I shop in order and empty my trolley in order so all the fruit and veggies come together to be packed, then cold stuff - meat, fish, poultry, cheese, juice etc - then dry goods then houselold then cats and dogs. Makes for very easy bagging and unpacking again when I get home.
If you waste so much, take no care whatever to not break things, never cook real food, you never will have enough money. We've had messy tenants before, and even the tidy ones always seem to leave stuff behind for the house elves to deal with. But these are the worst we've had. We make the homes as nice as we can - very well insulated, low energy as you'd guess. The others all treat their houses with a bit of respect. It's very discouraging after all the work we put in to making them decent to get this sort of neglect.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”