The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.

[MattH]

Supermarkets that need a 1 pound coin to get a trolley.

I made a fairly rare trip one in the car yesterday to buy a load of stuff (was in the area so decided to stock up), but forgot that basic requirement and had no change on me so ended up only buying a shopping basket full  The rest will have to be bought piecemeal locally. I'm always doing this - I wonder how much lost business like this they get?

[Kim]

I keep a pound-coin-shaped-object clipped to one of the zips on my shopping panniers.  It means I have to stop and put the panniers down to un-clip it, but I'm much less likely to accidentally spend it.

It's irritating, but probably necessary in an area infested by drunken students who might otherwise play trolley commandos on the hill.  You do occasionally see one parked outside a student house, but you get the impression that it'll be going back on the next shopping trip to reclaim the quid.

[hellymedic]

One of the door-to-door chuggers left one of those awful souvenir keyrings with a trolley release token.
It might even be useful!
I had to explain what it was to David...

[mrcharly-YHT]

He thought it was a sex toy, right?

[MattH]

I do have one of those tokens somewhere, but the clip fell apart and it is now rattling around in a bag somewhere.

That's beside the point though. I'm going in to a shop to spend a lot of money (£50-£100 for a car shop isn't unusual), and they won't let me because I don't have any change in my pocket. As a result they get under a tenner instead and I go away feeling annoyed with them and spend my money elsewhere.

[hellymedic]

FWIW I shop online anyway.
I usually have a supply of pound coins because I always carry the pound coin dispenser I bought as a souvenir from Land's End in 1986.
It is frustrating though.

[jogler]

a trolley release token.

IIRC Marj has one on her keyring.I'm not into domestic engineering to that degree but normally have a £1 coin in the car.

[clarion]

I have one of those, which I found in a loose trolley at the Co-op, which I parked.  I would have put the £1 in the charity pot, but when I got a token, I couldn't think of anything to do other than keep hold.

I do, of course, frequently forget that I have it.

[Feanor]

And so to messers Tesco emporium on the way home,
for emergency purchase of new-style Apple 'Lightning' USB cable.

FIFTEEN of your earth pounds.

For an effing USB cable.

[L CC]

And so to messers Tesco emporium on the way home,
for emergency purchase of new-style Apple 'Lightning' USB cable.

FIFTEEN of your earth pounds.

For an effing USB cable.

For an Apple USB cable.

I bet it's really stylish.

[Andrij]

And so to messers Tesco emporium on the way home,
for emergency purchase of new-style Apple 'Lightning' USB cable.

FIFTEEN of your earth pounds.

For an effing USB cable.

For an Apple USB cable.

I bet it's really stylish white.

FTFY.   

[Dibdib]

Waiting for inbound chinese food. Don't they know I'm (a) starving, and (b) on a schedule? I have a train to catch dammit!

[Dibdib]

And so to messers Tesco emporium on the way home,
for emergency purchase of new-style Apple 'Lightning' USB cable.

FIFTEEN of your earth pounds.

For an effing USB cable.

Obviously no good for emergency purchases, but there are *cough*thirdparty*cough* lightning adaptors on Amazon for a fiver or so.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I'm at bobb's for a few days before he goes on his Grand Tour. It's finally stopped raining. And I have lurgy. 

[jogler]

And I have lurgy. 

in that case keep your cardigan on
gws.

ETA try some TLC* to rid yourself of the lurgy

*there are several meanings of this abbreviation

[hellymedic]

I don't see how thin layer chromatography would improve Eccentrica.

[Arch]

I don't see how thin layer chromatography would improve Eccentrica.

Might put some colour back in her cheeks?

[jogler]

I don't see how thin layer chromatography would improve Eccentrica.

 

[Gattopardo]

Freecycle, why do I bother.  Even changed my plans and you still did not turn up or answer any of my emails.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I do have one of those tokens somewhere, but the clip fell apart and it is now rattling around in a bag somewhere.

That's beside the point though. I'm going in to a shop to spend a lot of money (£50-£100 for a car shop isn't unusual), and they won't let me because I don't have any change in my pocket. As a result they get under a tenner instead and I go away feeling annoyed with them and spend my money elsewhere.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a trolley release token - but I can't remember the last time I used a trolley rather than a basket! Surely most supermarkets have a customer service desk which will give you change for a trolley

[hellymedic]

I do have one of those tokens somewhere, but the clip fell apart and it is now rattling around in a bag somewhere.

That's beside the point though. I'm going in to a shop to spend a lot of money (£50-£100 for a car shop isn't unusual), and they won't let me because I don't have any change in my pocket. As a result they get under a tenner instead and I go away feeling annoyed with them and spend my money elsewhere.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a trolley release token - but I can't remember the last time I used a trolley rather than a basket! Surely most supermarkets have a customer service desk which will give you change for a trolley

If you're happy to queueueueue.
Loads of tokens on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0&_nkw=trolley+token&_sacat=0&_from=R40

[Kim]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a trolley release token - but I can't remember the last time I used a trolley rather than a basket!

I always use a trolley if available.  It gives you somewhere to put panniers (for bonus points, hang them facing inwards on the sides of the trolley), wet jacket, etc. that leaves your hands free for shoppingy-payingy stuff.

[jogler]

- but I can't remember the last time I used a trolley rather than a basket!

A basket is boring.
A trolley allows you to perfect your technique for TheStigdoesTesco's.

Rear wheel drifts using footbrake feathering
Opposite lock steering on 180 degree turns in to the next aisle
Two wheel drifts to a halt adjacent to a checkout;in reverse.

[Biggsy]

"How does a token save you money?": exchange your trolley for a pound with another customer after you've finished with it.   Not that I do this!

I always worry that my trolley contents won't fit in my not-very-large panniers, but they always do (apart from a few items on top of the rack as well).  TARDIS panniers!

[Wombat]

I don't see how thin layer chromatography would improve Eccentrica.

Oops, I was thinking of "Tits like coconuts"