Little things that cause you sudden joy

[aerie]

As a sister thread to the irrational rage one, on walking home serenaded by a twilight blackbird, lovely.

[TheArtfulDogger]

I caught this tonight on the tv...

Made me laugh

Swedish made Simple

[Jules-and-Boo]

finding an ice-cream in the freezer the kids had missed :-)

[????]

There is already an equivalent thread in existence but the fact that it's not in the first ten pages of the Forum tells us something about human nature...or maybe the nature of forums?

[Otta]

When a little idea you've had on the guitar becomes a full blown song.

[titch juicy]

When kids are polite and well-mannered

[Louisa]

When you go to lidl (other supermarkets are available) and they have the weighed bags of grapes and you can fill your half empty bag up with grapes from other bags and still pay the same price (because they never weigh them at the till).

Louisa.

[titch juicy]

Louisa Wrote:

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> When you go to lidl (other supermarkets are

> available) and they have the weighed bags of

> grapes and you can fill your half empty bag up

> with grapes from other bags and still pay the same

> price (because they never weigh them at the

> till).

>

> Louisa.

So theft gives you little moments of joy?

[Louisa]

How is filling up a half empty bag with more grapes, theft? They should weigh them at the tills anyway! (Or out a labelled price on them and out them in a plastic vacuum packed bag).

Louisa.

[red devil]

That's like saying if there's a car with the keys in the ignition you can drive it away.

Sticky Fingers Louisa, who'd of thought it...

[WorkingMummy]

When your dog can't find his ball in the long grass, and he springs up and down for it, tail wagging like mad.

[Louisa]

If a supermarket sells pre packaged fruit that has a labelled price you pay THAT price at the till.

If a supermarket sells WEIGHED bags of grapes WITHOUT providing WEIGHING machines then they should do the weighing at the tills, and then add whatever that weighed price is to the bill. If I wish to put more grapes in my bag because said WEIGHED bag isn't as full as I would like it, then it is the responsibility of the supermarket cashier to WEIGH that bag at the checkout.

You cannot blame the customer for adding more fruit to his or her basket when it is open so you put it into a plastic bag for them to weigh at the end. Unbelievable. Is no one on this forum allowed a moment of joy? Or is it everyone except me and the fox who are allowed to be happy?

Louisa.

[red devil]

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[DulwichFox]

I'm always happy ...Full of JOY..

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow..

Foxy

[titch juicy]

Louisa Wrote:

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> If a supermarket sells pre packaged fruit that has

> a labelled price you pay THAT price at the till.

>

> If a supermarket sells WEIGHED bags of grapes

> WITHOUT providing WEIGHING machines then they

> should do the weighing at the tills, and then add

> whatever that weighed price is to the bill. If I

> wish to put more grapes in my bag because said

> WEIGHED bag isn't as full as I would like it, then

> it is the responsibility of the supermarket

> cashier to WEIGH that bag at the checkout.

>

> You cannot blame the customer for adding more

> fruit to his or her basket when it is open so you

> put it into a plastic bag for them to weigh at the

> end. Unbelievable. Is no one on this forum allowed

> a moment of joy? Or is it everyone except me and

> the fox who are allowed to be happy?

>

> Louisa.

I'm assuming that the bag has a price on it? If so, they've put the right amount of grapes in that bag for the price. Adding more to it is theft. It just simply is. They don't put the pre-filled bags there for you to add to at your discretion!!!!

[DulwichFox]

Like if you drank some of your pint and then topped it up when no one was looking..

Foxy

[uncleglen]

I was in Sainsburys and a woman was feeding her son and herself from the pre-weighed bags of grapes...I reported them to an assistant who went and spoke to the mum...she came over and threatened me- I could not wipe the smile off my face at her reaction ..so there is a chance that Louisa may have an underweight bag of grapes anyway.

[DulwichFox]

Hope you are well Lou.

I thought only people who were ill in hospital ate grapes..

Foxy

[Help-Ma-Boab]

I do hope Lou is not in Hospital Foxy...but if she were, I'd pop along to Goose Green Park and pick her some Daffodils seeing as she is not adverse to "glad handling" a few grapes in the public domain!

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Hope you are well Lou.

> I thought only people who were ill in hospital

> ate grapes..

>

> Foxy

[Louisa]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> I'm assuming that the bag has a price on it? If

> so, they've put the right amount of grapes in that

> bag for the price. Adding more to it is theft. It

> just simply is. They don't put the pre-filled bags

> there for you to add to at your discretion!!!!

As I clearly said already, these bags of grapes do not come with a price tag on them. They are simply open bags of grapes which contain seemingly variable amounts of each bunch in each bag. You then take said bag and put it into a small plastic bag from the roller, and take them to the till to be weighed. They are priced by the kilo on the sign. However, whenever I have gone to the till they ALWAYS charge the same price, regardless how many grapes are in the bag.

Louisa.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Oh dear Louisa

Is that why there is a photo of you in lidl at the tills saying "this woman caused Iceland to go broke by eating their grapes and stealing their profit... Don't let it happen to us"

Tsk tsk light fingered Lou lol

[WorkingMummy]

The irony, when a thread about joy becomes an argument about petty theft.

So, what Louisa describes is theft. No question. There's case law on it. First offence, you'd probably be let off with a fine. If you pleaded guilty.

[Louisa]

So a loose product is sold by the 'weighted' price in a supermarket, no barcode given on the product which you bag yourself. And yet, it is the customers responsibility to put the product in their basket and hope the till staff can guess how many grapes are in the bag?(seeing as they do not weigh them as they should at the till?). Bizarre logic. All products should come with a barcode, unless they are loose fruits and vegetables which are WEIGHED.

Louisa.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

#FreeTheLidlOne

[rendelharris]

I wouldn't say sudden joy, but certainly quiet amusement, that a thread asking for joyful moments managed to go six posts before diverting into an argument.

Oh and sudden joy - three teenagers sitting on the grass in Peckham Rye park yesterday, all absorbed in books - not just eBooks either, proper hardbacks! A sight to gladden an erstwhile teacher's heart.