Re: Shop snobbery
Originally Posted by
Lencoboy
Kwik Save was often regarded as the original 'common-as-muck' supermarket
I used to shop at Kwikies all the time, and I'm dead posh.
Apart from being a typical hotbed for sensory overload, I've never had any qualms about setting foot in our local Asda superstore either, in spite of said chain's often undesirable social reputation in the fairly recent past, and I have never known my local Asda as a 'no-go' zone.
Tesco is my local store. I used to use Aldi but couldn't cope with my goods being hurled at me by a checkout operator who was trying to break some kind of speed record?
I didn't know whether to pack my goods or shove on some batting gloves and assume wicket-keeping position?
Does anybody think that shop snobbery is often a form of 'social engineering' and often blown out of proportion by the media?
My mother was quite the snob. She was the Hyacinth Bucket (sorry, Bouquet) of Stoke on Trent. But she was also a bit thrifty? She used to keep her M&S shopping bag with her at all times and put her Kwik Save/Aldi/Lidl goods into it. That was until my dad took her to Harrods in London and then she used that carrier bag!
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