Strange Looks from the checkout Girl

[G.B]

I shop monthly for prep food and my standard trolley is 20kg rice, 10kg porridge, 10kg pasta, 10kg various flour, 3kg salt, 10ltr oil then a truckload of value tins, jars and packets.
I often get a strange look from the checkout staff. Except a couple weeks ago a chap on the till asked "prep food?" I nodded and he replied "paying cash then?" I nodded, when I declined to use my club-card he said "good thinking" He either is a fellow prepper or maybe he watches the doomsday program on discovery.

[moocher]

I politely said they are not for eating now but storing away for when the world falls apart . I had a smile on my face as she clearly had no clue what I was talking about and looked behind me to see another man doing the same as me except he was buying loads of B Beans and Soup. I said ' he knows what I mean '.

Alternatively, he may be single!

Some of the recovery teams have little stoves to warm up food when on duty.

[maryb]

I usually say I've got a party to cook for. Since I buy a lot of tinned tomatoes and pasta that usually works. Or if I'm stocking up on sugar I say I'm doing jams or cakes for the school fete. Anything so no-one thinks you're hanging onto the stuff beyond the short term

[Plymtom]

I have been thinking about this, and you know Tesco (extra yes the big one) stock very little of their value ranges, I have had a moan before, but it's because they do run out of stuff like cat litter, value cola, tea bags, that I now have more of some items than they have on their shelves even on a good week, yet other things they seem to have truck loads of, once a checkout woman said crikey how many cats have you got? and how much of that cola do you drink? for cats I said 4 and we use 3 bags a week, you run out often once or twice a month so there are times I have to buy 5 a week to compensate, build up a stock, because my cats wont go in anything else and cola me 3 or more each per week for 5 of us, and you run out of it so often that if I dont buy 24 every time I can, we run out too
Thing is if it was named brand stuff, then they probably wouldn't turn a head would they ? just thinking you were taking advantage of a cheaper price.

[nickdutch]

just thinking you were taking advantage of a cheaper price.

Which is what any intelligent person should do anyway IMHO

[firepower]

My favourite is "stocking up for the zombie apocalypse" followed by "better than having to eat people don't you think" They never ask twice.

Never had a "loyalty" card for anywhere, I find the concept of anyone tracking what I spend on what and where is creepy. Cash is king.

[jansman]

Plympton, you are right about Tesco running out of value stuff. Today me and the Princess went there( against my better judgement) we went to stock up. I wanted their value bleach. It is handy for swilling the yard down after the dog and all the other things bleach does. Like disinfecting water. There was none at all! Good job we are not out.
Anyhow, back on topic, I just ignore comments.

[Triple_sod]

Seen as I'm 22 and look about 16 with a shave, I usually just get that suspicious look...'whats he going to do with that lot'

Mind you carn't blame them some of the stuff we got up to back in the day....

[TorNicho]

... "paying cash then?" I nodded, when I declined to use my club-card he said "good thinking" He either is a fellow prepper or maybe he watches the doomsday program on discovery.

May I ask, why the cash and not card?

[bulldogeagle]

Because your card purchases can be accessed by TPTB,if they wanted to "relocate supplies" they know who has bought what, but they cant do this if you pay cash.