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Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Person12670   United States
Joined 17 years
No haha. I have done the opposite though. The other day I went to the grocery store in tight clothes (which is all my clothes now) that you could see my big belly sticking out and jiggling. I enjoyed all the stares I was getting as I filled my cart with ice cream, cookies, and chocolates, all while drinking a large starbucks frappuccino with whipped cream. I bet some of them had seen me before and were thinking about how fat i got so fast haha.

I guess I would behave differently if they were coworkers though.
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Voluptuouslover   United States
Joined 18 years
Funny thing! The other day going through the line at our grocery store feeling a little embarrassed ....Ok a lot embarrassed when I put up 4 pints of ben n jerrys, 2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches, 4 packages of cookies, 2 bags of chocolates and a few bags of chips and nothing else.

I felt very strange.... not that anyone said anything but I felt very strange.

Our grocery store doesn't have a self check out or that would certainly be an option for me.

It's crazy to think how awkward I felt and my wife pretty much killed all that in 4-5 days so I am back at it....I might have to find a self checkout store close by.
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Mike13   United Kingdom
Joined 14 years
I tend to use the Self checkout myself in my local supermarket. I work on the normal checkouts, so I get a little more privacy if I go through the self checkout. Though people can still be nosy, especially if they see mainly junk food like crisps and sweets... Sometimes I get some smart comments, but I usually give a cheeky or witty reply!
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Voluptuouslover   United States
Joined 18 years
MrsJellyBelly:
I actually quite enjoy the cashiers looks. When I was still average/skinny I would get asked "oh are you having a party" or what not. Now that I'm becoming a noticeable fatty the questions have stopped. I can tell they are avoiding asking if it's for me or something like a party bc I've clearly indulged in my fair share of gluttony.



That's pretty HOT in my book!
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Theexquisitethrill   United States
Joined 12 years
MrsJellyBelly:
I actually quite enjoy the cashiers looks. When I was still average/skinny I would get asked "oh are you having a party" or what not. Now that I'm becoming a noticeable fatty the questions have stopped. I can tell they are avoiding asking if it's for me or something like a party bc I've clearly indulged in my fair share of gluttony.


Lol yeah I didn't realize this till I read your comment, but I just bought a bunch of cookies, drumstick ice cream, chips, and carrots (hey, got to have those vitamins) and my cashier asked if I had big plans for tonight. It didn't register that he asked on account of my haul, so I just said "not really". Then he said "just livin' it big then". Didn't realize it was a backhanded compliment until now haha.
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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AskDrFeeder   United States
Joined 16 years
If you like such questions, more power to you!

If not, the best answer to nosy questions (even non-food-related ones) is: "Why do you ask?"
10 years

Grocery-shopping self checkout

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Johniav   United States
Joined 14 years
LargeInCharge:
Does anyone else do the self checkout to avoid the stares when they buy a ton of fattening stuff? Its funny, because I work at a supermarket without a self-check so I have no other option but to get checked out by my coworkers, even when I'm buying massive quantities of Ben & Jerry's lol

I can understand this as I do the same thing with the consideration of how some people who know me have highlighted the fact " That it looks like I have been eating well".
9 years