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25 Times People Realized That They Were The Only Ones Buying A Product
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If I had to add up how much I’ve spent on creamy salted peanut butter over the past 10 years, I could probably fund someone’s college education with that money. How many jars have I consumed? It's probably best that I don't know...
But buying more of a certain item than anyone else isn’t necessarily something to be ashamed of, because you just might be a store’s most valuable customer! X user Laney Delaney posted about how their brother contributed so heavily to their local store’s chocolate milk sales that they wanted to be informed when he left for college, and readers have been inspired to share their own similar stories. So enjoy hearing about these passionate customers' experiences, and keep reading to find a conversation between Laney and Bored Panda! Image credits: notlaneydelaney
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#1
This is how I currently am with my local gas station and Iced Honey Buns. Every other day I come in and one for this morning and the next. It's been about 2 years and they've started taking 2 honey buns and putting them behind the register in case they run out before I get there.
It's the little things <3
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
This is so sweet. I work at a gas station and I'd do that too. We try to memorize what pe
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
Get everytime they come in. A lot of people come in for cigarettes and a lot of these people have been coming in for years. And that think it so cool. Some come in and get a carton or two. Some just 2 pk a day. Some just electric cigs and the pods for them or just 4pk pod one get three 2pk pods. There are lots of mean people in the world but there are still beautiful people in the world. And those people they are so thankful and they just love it when we remember them.
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VioletHunter 2 years ago
Seven glasses of chocolate milk every day cannot be healthy. That stuff is full of sugar.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
I regularly stayed at a hotel for work. In the evening I would ask if it was OK to cut a coupon from one of the papers. They had a promotion for RC models running for a while, you had to collect all the coupons from a month and send the off. After a while the receptionists would cut them out for me first thing in the morning when the paper came in. Even if I wasn't staying there. So nice, I loved that hotel, sadly it shut in the 2006 crash.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I once worked at rite aid , down the street is a McDonald’s, the lady there would come in after her shift and grab a 2 liter Diet Pepsi and a pack of smokes, I would always have it tea for her
Ava Shaffer 2 years ago
I used to go to the back cooler to get the chocolate no-bake oatmeal cookies for this one customer that came in every day for one, because he only liked them cold, when I worked at a 🔴K.
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#2
Guy at the gas station I bought my booze at tried to guilt trip me for going sober because they ordered so much for me.
I don't go to that gas station anymore.
TeaAndWhimsy 2 years ago
You can buy booze at a gas station in the US? That sounds like a dangerous and stupid combination
Rocket Surgeon 2 years ago
Well you can't drink it in the car. Do you not drive to where you buy booze?
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quentariel 2 years ago
Isn't buying booze at gas stations allowed almost everywhere? I fail to see what's so wrong about it. What does it matter whether you buy alcohol from gas station or from a store if you use car anyway?
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Yup. That same thing happened to the liquor store at One Union Square in Seattle. They had to redistribute their over-stock to other liquor stores and put it on sale when I checked myself into rehab in September of 2007. I ran into the manager of that stores years later, and that's what he told me.
Looks like an Angel 2 years ago
The guy at our local gas station was doing that to my hubby after he quit smoking. The gas station guy also happens to be the manager and every time hubby would go in for gas, he would say "You sure you don't need any cigarettes today?" We stopped going there.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
some of them in the UK do too. a lot of them are like mini supermarkets. but usually more overpriced
Christine M Quigley 2 years ago
How about drive through liquor stores? Better yet- advertising for drugs on TV that may kill you and your health insurance will never cover because they cost too much? It's insane.
#3
That happened to me in college with creamy chicken ramen. I’d buy a box at a time (24 pack) every two weeks for about two years. I went through the checkout and the manager was scanning, and he said “So, you’re the one!”.
Marcellus II 2 years ago
"Yeah, my brother is the one with the 54 bananas from the other school math problem; it's a family thing".
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I lived on ramen in prison. I don't expect to ever eat the stuff again in my life.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
I'm so sorry that ramen was ruined for you. As a former inmate myself, please take my upvote.
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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 2 years ago
It sucks you had to basically live off of that stuff. I hope it never started tasting bad to you. Managers comment was funny though.
It's been a few years since Laney posted about their brother's passion for chocolate milk, but we reached out to them via email and lucky for us, they were happy to have a chat with Bored Panda. "I was a junior in college when I tweeted this, and my brother was a senior in high school," they explained. "He was on the school’s wrestling team and was burning a tremendous amount of calories. I did the math back then, and he was averaging around 7 glasses of chocolate milk per day."
"When my mom told me about this interaction with the cashier, I thought it was funny, and tweeted it out right away," they continued. "I never expected it to get as much traction as it did, but it took off immediately. It wasn’t long before I had big Instagram meme accounts asking to repost it, and I even had a company reach out and send me a bunch of free Nesquik."
#4
I used to regularly go to a local pub in my moms very small town when I went to visit. Every time I went I’d always get the same thing; the cheapest Shiraz on the shelf.
My mom was good friends with the pub owner and he’d always ask my mom to let him know when I was visiting so he could order in a fresh bottle for me each time (I only visited once every couple months so they wouldn’t usually stock it otherwise).
The owner eventually sold that pub to someone else, and now I no longer get to have a freshly opened bottle of cheap a*s Shiraz when I visit, but it was always so nice to feel appreciated and missed.
Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 2 years ago
That's really sweet. That's good customer service right there.
Beachbum 2 years ago
I feel like I was the only one buying tis amazing Smirnoff Seltzer! I was soooo damn good, Zero sugar, 8% alcohol, and the blackberry was amazing. I guess I am the only one buying it, they discontinued it 😢😢. A store by my daughter's house still has the blood Orange, good, but not as good as the blackberry. Why Smirnoff??!! Just why? They were sooooo good!
The Rouge Beast 2 years ago (edited)
My brother and I along with several friends used to go to a local bowling alley bar on the weekends to sing karaoke. One month they decided to start running specials on pitchers of Killian's Irish Red. After the month was up, we were still getting the special price on it without realizing it. Several years later, I stopped in with a friend and ordered a pitcher and the barmaid said, "After you guys stopped hanging out here we quit carrying it on tap." Then she laughed and said, "Hell, we don't even have karaoke here anymore."
Justin Rogers 2 years ago
Used to get so much white zinfandel that they started giving me it in pint glasses. Most of my regular bars went bankrupt when I got sober 10 years ago
Annabel Again 2 years ago
I bet you are appreciated and missed anyway and ways that you don't fully know of, even to this very day
#5
This happened to me when I left for college but for bulk mozzarella cheese as I made a homemade pizza everyday for years. They were swimming in cheese for months after I left.
EP 2 years ago
I thought they were eggs!!! Forgetting that fresh mozz is the pic because my brain was thinking shredded mozz!
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We need Caro Caro to weigh in on this. She is the queen of cheese.
TeaAndWhimsy 2 years ago
This happened to us when we first moved to Stockholm at a local ICA supermarket - we drink a lot of tea and specifically Twinings Earl Grey so they restocked often and then we moved... wonder how long until the tea sold
Midoribird Aoi 2 years ago
Just as long as it isn't hard cheese. That is a painful landing off the diving board.
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We were also curious how Laney feels about a tweet of theirs from 2019 still circulating online. "It’s pretty surreal to see this tweet still going around. I’ve had a lot of old friends across every stage of my life reach out when they see it’s been reposted again, tagging me on Instagram or texting me TikToks," they shared. "At this point, many of the reposts have gotten more likes than I ever did on the original tweet!"
#6
The parents of my friend growing up owned a campground. With a little convenience store on-site.
And for years my boy would chug Quick chocolate milks all day long. And then I started working summers with him. And I started chugging em.
And then one summer I show up and no Quick anywhere. Not even a strawberry.
Turns out someone told my buddy to actually look at the nutrition label on those things. It was bad. Real bad. So he quit em. And since he accounted for like 97% of all Quick consumption at the campsite, they got rid of em. Stopped stocking them altogether.
Man I was cranky that summer.
Meanwhile he musta lost 30lbs that year.
similarly 2 years ago
Okay, to Nestle Quik won't be in the health food section any time soon. No big surprise there. Yes, it's LOADED with sugar. Again, no surprises. But I think describing Quik as "It was bad. Real bad." is a bit of overstatement. It's no worse than 90% of the stuff I ate growing up. I had my fair share of nestle Quik and I survived.
farbenzirkel 2 years ago
"It's bad. Real bad." certainly refers to Nestlé as a company. :)
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SonicAlchemy 2 years ago
It doesn't make sense to stop stocking and selling an item because one person that used to purchase and consume a large amount stopped doing so. Especially for "health reasons". The store may as well have stopped selling candy and soda and ice cream and anything else unhealthy if they cared that much but any retailer doesn't care about the health factor of the items they sell, they care about the money. That part of the story sounds like a "story".
Dee B 2 years ago
They stopped stocking it because there wasn't enough demand for it after he stopped buying it. Store owners like to avoid keeping items on shelves people aren't buying.
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#7
This was me, pre-covid, when I started dirty keto with four of my work friends and was eating bacon, sausage, and eggs everyday. A local Cafe opened with these as options. We ordered for 7 weeks straight a total of 12 pieces of bacon, 12 sausage links, and 16 egg everyday. Some weeks we even ordered breakfast as well.
One day we all collectively said how about we stop and get some KFC instead today. The next week the Cafe owner drove to our work and asked wtf happened and was pissed we hadn't ordered at all. He was overstocked on breakfast items and freaked out on us.
afia kooma 2 years ago
My mom and step dad lost alot. But im sure they were tanking out om good fats, and high on salt and colestorol. They also gained it all back and some when they went of it.
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rullyman 2 years ago
I'm sure it was delicious, but the World health organisation classifies processed meats like bacon at the same carcinogen level as cigarettes. Just be aware! Bacon can mean bowel cancer down the line. Enjoy in moderation :)
Marcellus II 2 years ago
If you want to learn something that will help you diet by eating less smoked stuff, look up some documentary on it! The "real" smoked way is even far more carcinogenic than the industrial way that bacon and salmon are "smoked" (which is in fact "marinated in a smoke-liquid")... whatever choice wood used ("oh this is an exquisite applewood-smoked salmon, to go with the mesquite-smoked pork"). But, enjoy life --- really nice smokey whiskies are sick in the same bed; but even if a tumbler reduces your lifespan with (say) a day due to cancer risk... you have to realize that's a day in old age; it's not a quality day in your youth.
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Until 'keto diets', ketosis was only known as a disease state (in neonates, lactating women, and diabetes patients)! So yeah, kind of by definition keto diets make you sick. And your stinky breath will annoy those around you.
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SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
It's so funny since the keto diet was actually made for people with severe epilepsy that was resistant to medication. And now it's a total weight loss fad joke.
Scrolling Panda 2 years ago
I've never understood why people latch onto diet fads that are clearly not for them. The keto diet is expressly designed for people with epilepsy and it is NOT designed as a weight loss tool. For a regular person it's a GREAT way to tank your cardiac health and a poor way to achieve sustainable weight loss, but people do it anyways....
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
If you really have a problem with weight gain, bloating and other tummy issues, get tested for a digestive disorder called sibo. Many people have it and don’t know it. A naturopath helped me more than my family doctor. I had to follow a special diet for several months to restore my gut micro biome. As a welcome side effect I lost all the extra weight I was carrying for a dozen years without any effort. I went from a size 12 to a 4 at age 52, and have kept it off now for over 2 years. I’m 54 and now have a bikini collection.I follow intermittent fasting most days as well and make a butter coffee in the mornings which keeps me feel most of the day. I might have nuts in the afternoon and then my main meal at night. I do notice symptoms and pounds come back on when I eat more poorly and have too much sugar. That’s the enemy. Fats aren’t.
SonicAlchemy 2 years ago (edited)
Why do adults tell stories like tall tale toddlers? First of all, that amount of food daily would be a very small fraction of any cafe's inventory and sales. There's multiple groups and families that eat at Denny's and IHOP that get more than that amount of eggs and meat brought to their table multiple times an hour during a breakfast rush, let alone all day. I sincerely doubt the owner went out of their way to come to your place of employment to "freak out" on you about not ordering your "usual" anymore. I call a little bit 'o BS here.
Brocken Blue 2 years ago
Eh, it sounds realistic to me. It’sa small cafe, not a franchise like IHOP. That kind of place has smaller profit margins, and smoked meats and eggs are expensive.
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Binky Melnik 2 years ago
“This was me” below a photo of bacon. What’s he saying, that he started to smell bacony from eating so much of it? (‘Cause we know he didn’t literally turn into bacon.) Or is it some keto nomenclature I’m not familiar with?
naylene hess 2 years ago
You get the meat sweats. Literally smells meaty lol. And is very strange until you acclimate to the diet it does go away
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"I don’t know exactly what evidence they found that made them conclude it was fake," Laney noted. "But unless they were in contact with the cashier or my mother, it seems unlikely that they had anything tangible."
#8
Reminds me of when I worked backstage for musicals in highschool. I would buy 2 packs of skittles from concession for every show and eat one over the course of each Act. Week 2 of doing this I go out before the show and they’re out of skittles—then they pull out a new box and say ‘we knew you were coming so we got more just for you’.
afia kooma 2 years ago
I wish i had two●packs●of●skittles●for●every●show- money when i was in highschool 😂
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
They have to be the wild berry Skittles and I eat them one at a time. I'm currently addicted to the damn things but a bag can last a long a*s time for me so I guess it isn't to bad.
freakingbee (any pronouns) 2 years ago
this is smart..i'm working concessions for our fall show next week heh.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
As long as I eat them one at a time, I'm fine. They're too overwhelming for me to eat several at once.
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There is a grocery store/gas station near my parents lake house that stocks fresh produce and meat. The problem is that the only people buying it are the weekend lake goers. So it’s very hard for them to “time” their stocks so that they don’t run out but aren’t left for waste.
I was talking to the owner (who walks around the store) and he said that their meat order is directly tied to the weather forecast for the upcoming weekends because it drives lake traffic which drives hamburger demand.
Truly fascinating insight into the local supply chain management of a mom and pop gas station.
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I used to work in hospitality and we'd stock based on weather, sport events, season, bank holidays...
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
We are suppose to do that with pizza and wings and roller grill food. Relay on the forecast and what is going on in town. But not everyone listens to this and we pay for that. We either don't have enough out or too much. And it is what is. I'm not a manager but even I know the principal of this. How they do not I don't know.
Jessica N 2 years ago (edited)
I've worked in restaurants forever and it's really interesting to learn the reasons for busy days. In Green Bay here it's tied to home Packer games, kids days off school, the 3rd of the month (social security payments) and the last two Thursdays off the month (ssi)
We also asked Laney if there are any products that they're single handedly creating demand for. "I’m definitely not making any regular purchases anywhere close to the scale of what my brother was doing back in 2019," they shared. "I have been told that I’m weird for liking banana Laffy Taffy’s, so if those ever get discontinued I’ll be very disappointed."
#10
One of my local supermarkets that i do my periodic shop at, I buy so many sachets of this one seasoning they do (cause its close enough to the mix i make myself and i eat the meal like 2 times a week), that they started putting aside a half dozen for me at the end of the month.
I was a little unsure how to feel the first time it happened, but honestly I kinda love it.
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
My problem is the opposite, as soon as I find a product that I really like it always seems the store stops stocking it...........not temporarily out, just stopped carrying it.
Mjskywalk 2 years ago
I have had three things in the past year that I have bought regularly for years be discontinued by the manufacturer.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
So they make a seasoning mix themselves they like... then go out and buy it in small sachets? I don't get it. Mix a batch once every 2--3months and be done?
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
Hey it should make you happy they where thinking of you every now then people get lucky in life. And have people who care even though they don't know them. I think honestly we need more of that in the world.
#11
My local grocery store does not stock ginger beer anymore. The manager still orders a case for me.
I mean sure she only does that cause were related but its still neat.
Katey Doll 2 years ago
This is my weakness. I drank my little local shop dry of ginger beer and they didn't get any in for weeks!
Beverly Lodge 2 years ago
I had a BF from way back (RIP Tommy) who refurbished a classic coke machine. Instead of drinking coffee in the morning, he'd always pound a small classic coke. Nobody really carries those small glass bottles anymore so the local grocer would order them just for him. When Tommy passed I had to tell the grocer guy so he could stop ordering them. I assumed I bought the last rack and we all drank cokes at his memorial. Come to find out just recently the guy still owns the store and still orders the cokes for himself and his friends and family because they all liked Tommy so much. ❤️ 15 years on...!
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
I have only had non-alcoholic ginger ale, in the States. Is alcoholic ginger beer a thing? I live in the UK now and just discovered alcoholic cider, which I love.
CaptainDinosaur 2 years ago
I live in the southern US and had never had ginger beer until recently. It's amazing. A buddy from Pennsylvania put me on to it. To think of all the years I wasted...
HTakeover 2 years ago
There's alcoholic ginger beer (like Crabbies), and non-alcoholic ginger beer (similar in concept to root beer but ginger). Which kind are you loving?
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As far as what Laney's brother, Lex, has to say about all of this, he wanted to share three things with Bored Panda: "I pretty much never drink chocolate milk anymore. I was a wrestler at the time. And I regret nothing.”
#12
Have this at my brothers grocery store he works at. They want to be notified when im leaving town so they can reduce their order for gatorade.
Marcellus II 2 years ago
I don't get why, tho --- It's not like it's going out of fashion, or it will expire in the next few years? If they routinely order stuff their shelves are overrun by, they need new management not alerts from their customers.
Fake Account 2 years ago
Paying too much, but it's good anyways, switched to Mio sport myself, goes alot further, with regular water.
#13
Lol my local supermarket(huge one)always had 3 oysters because my workmate bought them every Friday no one else eats that s**t here.
Bart 2 years ago
As far as I know they come by the dozen in the smallest box...
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Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago
I've always wondered, which one of our primitive ancestors looked at the insides of an oyster - a thing that looks like it's come out of someone's nose - and said to themselves "I wonder what this tastes like?"
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Makes you wonder what s**t they *do* eat. Probably processed beige fatty crud, all the while laughing at the guy eating beautiful fresh seafood.
Jessica N 2 years ago
They are probably in the Midwest by me so I'll venture a yes. I've never seen an oyster but can throw down on a casserole!
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#14
I always bought japanese peanuts (I think that's their English name) in large amounts from a little shop nearby, and when I stopped buying because it got too expensive, they were calling me so they could get rid of them because they had like 5 times more stock after
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
Did they mark them down or just give them to you or what. Now I want to know lol. You got me curious. Lol. But yeah when something you like skyrockets which is happening more and more 🥲 it sad.
#15
A store I frequent keeps purchasing Arizona Arnold Palmers practically just for me, because I buy one almost every day, haha. One of the cashiers asked me if it was my favorite and said I was basically the only one to get it
Gimme that Cash 2 years ago
Looks good and ingredients sound delicious. I should start joining OP in buying this.
CaptainDinosaur 2 years ago
The secret third ingredient is a splash of Tito's. Thank me later.
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Bobby 2 years ago
I'm surprised on this one. I've worked a few convenience stores and this was always one of the most popular non-carbonated, non-alcoholic drinks in stock
Em 2 years ago
The Arnold Palmer flavor? Really? It's one of our slowest-moving flavors. Green tea, raspberry, or watermelon Arizona, absolutely.
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Justin Rogers 2 years ago
My local shell have to order 4-5 cases of organic rockstars a month to keep me coming back and they always have some in the back just incase
#16
When I left my college town to move to Seattle, the local Subway just down the street gave me a bunch of swag and basically had a going away party for me because I was there for pretty much every lunch for like 3 years.
I used to rib the freshman college kids they'd hire because I'd recognize the new faces. I probably... went there too much. I miss 5$ footlongs....
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
Every time I go to Subway since they opened nearby 5 years ago I always bought Bev a double chicken tikka salad, no olives, no beetroot, no cheese extra gherkins and extra jalapeños with light Mayo. Anytime I go in now they greet me with "Hi [name], the usual?" and I nod, and we chat while they make it. One day I went in and without skipping a beat they said "You will be glad to hear we don't do beetroot any more" very few people were buying it. They had new staff recently and just as I opened my mouth to order they did it automatically. Apparently I'm part of the local Subway training program, where they have my picture, so trainees know who to look for. Once when I had covid (after the lockdowns) they got worried about me and when I went in again they gave me a free cookie
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Upvote for the free cookie.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
After I got out of prison, I stayed at a hotel for a bit while trying to find housing. There was a Subway next door. I was still in a wheelchair, and my arms aren't strong enough to power it, so the day I tried to go to Subway was very difficult. It probably took me a half hour to cross the parking lot. When I arrived, I ordered several sandwiches, as I wasn't doing it again. The only person in the store was the cashier. She carried my bag of food over to the hotel door and cheered me on as I made my way back. She suddenly said I hadn't bought a soda. I told her there was no way I could carry it. She ran back to Subway, and came back with a gigantic soda, and put it with my bag of food. Very kind young lady.
WoodChuckCouldChuck 2 years ago
About a month ago I DoorDash ordered (note: I have the plan where there’s no delivery fees) Subway. I got a 12” pretty loaded up, I was hungry and wanted the second half for later after I mowed and did my landscaping. 3 meats, “extra meat” added, and some veggies. No chips, no cookie, no drink. $31 plus driver tip. Never again. There’s so many other places I could order from and get the equivalent or better for less money.
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Alisha Levi 2 years ago
My mom goes for my brother at subway he's a big boy.. all they ask her is how many (it ranges from 2-4 depending on a few things) if it's the limited time bread (right now that's everything bread) and if she's getting hers then they get to work .. it's so crazy how much they know her and how often she goes
#17
Not so wholesome, and I'm definitely not proud of it, but this happened with me and Colt 45s at my local liquor store when I was in my early 20s. The owner started ordering more and asked me to tell him if I ever move or quit drinking. And I did.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
My ex husband, a total alcoholic, quit cold turkey. Our corner shop was not best pleased, and whenever he came in after made a point to say "What, no beer?!" Like okay I understand your bottom line but can you please not shame my (then) husband who is trying to overcome an addiction?!
Kat Ashworth 2 years ago
I buy the same 4 pack of beer at my local off licence a few days a week but more often than not on a Friday, and last week someone came in and bought all the stock. Except they didn't as the owners put one away for me. One of the staff did also tell me I don't look older than 25 last week (I'm 37 in a couple of months). I'm not the only one buying it, but being nice to the staff pays off.
Stay Off My Lawn 2 years ago
No shame in that. Malt liquor is delicious when you’re in your 20s.
WalterWhiteSavannah 2 years ago
Hey thats like me and Labatt blue drys. They 8.1% 750ml cans and they're roughly infinitely better than colt .45s. Ive only ever seen them somd at one place and specifically cause of me stopping by most days after work and basically every day off they eventually doubled the amount they kept in the cooler. Ive been told im one of only two people who ever buys them.
#18
I live in a small town outside of a big city, and go to the local gas station pretty much every day before work. I found out im the only reason they keep grape nos in stock, which is kinda neat but also made me realize maybe I drink it too much.
Joe Bloe 2 years ago
Yeah, I love those, but they don't make it anymore. No NOS anywhere except the generic flavour... The electric cherry were very good too!
Annabel Again 2 years ago
That's OK I was buying a whole box of the bang root beer flavor each week or so from my dollar store they stopped carrying it after I skipped a few weeks lol
#19
You'd be surprised how legitimate an issue this can be in small towns of around >5k ppl or less. There will be times where the local supermarket i worked at would have to order a certain product every truck or at the very least every couple of weeks, and when a certain customer moved away, died, or got tired of that particular item, sales just stagnated.
Jake Jones 2 years ago
Apparently people don't get this comment. That's a greater than sign and also says less, so that takes care of towns of every size.
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Scp_049 2 years ago
They mean a little over 5k or less. You know, like maybe around 5100 or less maybe
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#20
This sorta happened to me, but with alcohol. I got really into voodoo ranger imperial IPA for a little while and was getting a case weekly. Apparently I was the only who regularly got the full cases of it so every week they made sure to stock some just for me. When I finally started cutting back a few months ago, a buddy of mine that goes to the same store said they were asking about me because they had a bunch of cases that were sitting unsold and taking up space.
Beachbum 2 years ago
I feel like I was the only one buying tis amazing Smirnoff Seltzer! I was soooo damn good, Zero sugar, 8% alcohol, and the blackberry was amazing. I guess I am the only one buying it, they discontinued it 😢😢. A store by my daughter's house still has the blood Orange, good, but not as good as the blackberry. Why Smirnoff??!! Just why? They were sooooo good!
Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
This was my MIL but with fosters beer here in Australia. She was the only person buying it because no Aussie drinks the stuff, when she stopped drinking it they asked about her because they couldn’t get rid of it 😂
Jonnathan Poirier 2 years ago
Never understood IPA drinkers like do you enjoy the taste of pine trees
Calum Sanderson 2 years ago
Well this is why you don't assume. Talk to your customer and ask if they want you to stock it for you. Why is communication non existent with people these days?
SparkleFarts 2 years ago
Often times the store doesn't do it's own ordering when it comes to beverages. The gas station where I work has pre-sale reps who come in, look at what's staying on the shelves and what's selling and base their order on that.
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#21
I have an older gentleman who has developed health issues but still loves the flavor of beer. He goes through 2 cases of Busch NA a week. The store goes through maybe another case a month. They always have 5 on hand in case we run out and the owner has said he’ll probably take it off the shelf and have a case in the back room by request if/when he can’t drink it anymore.
FrogMan 2 years ago
Quit drinking 2 years ago. I miss the taste of beer. Best NA beer I’ve found that’s close enough to the real thing is Guinness NA. Even comes in the draught can and pours like the original. Glorious…
Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
Omg, Guinness has a NA?!!! I gotta find me some of that
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The Rouge Beast 2 years ago
A guy I used to work with loved to drink beer, actually it was more of a necessity for him. He'd go to the corner gas station everyday after work and grab a six pack on his way home. He'd be back 4 or 5 more times before the night was done. He really didn't have a specific brand he drank, just whatever was cheap. One day he found the cheapest brand they had and started drinking that for about a month until one of the cashiers said, "I'm glad to see you quit drinking." He said, "I didn't quit drinking." "Oh. I just noticed you've been buying Old Milwaukee NA for awhile and assumed you quit." He was buying non-alcoholic beer for a month and getting drunk off it. If that cashier hasn't said anything he'd still be drinking it.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
I drink a few beers every day but I'd never touch the stuff if it didn't have alcohol in it. I like how it makes me feel, not how it tastes.
#22
I buy so much Amp Energy...and so much more than literally anyone else in town....that a couple of the local gas stations just hold their cases in the back for me (and let me buy them by the case even though they're technically not supposed to). Lol. Sometimes they don't even stock any on the floor at all.
This has been a lifesaver, since in my area Amp Energy goes through weird shortages and our supplier isn't the most consistent.
If I ever quit drinking it, they're going to be swimming in Amp in the back for all eternity unless I tell them. Lol.
WoodChuckCouldChuck 2 years ago
“I buy it by the case” then “my area goes through weird shortages” hey buddy I have a guess…
Matt Harrell 2 years ago
I'm waiting for people to start dying in their 40s from their hearts exploding after years of energy drinks
JSpeed 2 years ago
🤣 I just had this happen twice at the same gas station. I was drinking tons of redbull for 2 years. They ordered tons more. I switched to Amp. They were way over stocked on rebull and under stocked on Amp. They ordered a ton of Amp. I stopped drinking it. They asked me to let them know in advance, if i was going to start or stop buying something in mas. I just told them gas, I'm always buying gas
Amused panda 2 years ago
"A couple of the local gas stations" - woah, so OP isn't just the main buyer for at one store, but two.
#23
I bought out my local dollar store entire Mountain Dew stock. Several times, to the point they asked me to stop.
EP 2 years ago (edited)
Stop buying?????!!! The store should want to buy more…. You have a customer, this is what you want - supply & demand, make more money!! I guess this tells us they weren’t profiting off this beverage sale!
Bobby 2 years ago
More likely had a Pepsi rep that wouldn't listen when they said they needed more. At least where I've worked they had a set amount of in cooler and back of house storage for each flavor of drink, and they would order to fill that even if you said you needed more or less of something. Not sure if that was Pepsi policy or a bad rep though
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Sara Wilson 2 years ago
I do this with Bristol Pink Lemonade. But I go to a few different places, so one store doesn't have all the burden
#24
I did this once, except it was for strawberry fruit-by-the-foot at a supermarket in East Boston.
Tanya Loewen-Watson 2 years ago
The bot selecting the photo only picked up on the word ‘strawberry’ and missed what product op was actually talking about…
Matt Harrell 2 years ago
If only it was a pile of strawberries on a 12" ruler
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i'm pretty sure I'm the only one buying the Coke Zero Sugar Zero Caffeine at my local supermarket. And I buy a lot. I wonder if I'll start being recognized in a while. Haven't found this coke in any other supermarket (even the same chain) but this one.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
I drink Coke Zero, but I need the caffeine. My parents drink caffeine free Diet Coke - I question whether they have any taste buds left if they can stomach that nasty stuff.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
My grandma used to drink Caffeine-Free Diet Coke and you're absolutely right, it tastes vile. She drank skim milk, too. I always had water at her house.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
My best friend loves it. I can drink it, but I'd rather have a regular soda if I've a choice.
Brenda White 2 years ago
I can't help but share that aspartame is a neurotoxin. I had a house/dog sitter leave behind huge bags of empty diet soda bottles. I said to her "doesn't this cause flare ups with your MS?". I just saw her, healthy for first time, down NINETY pounds and also much mo
Lene 2 years ago
Not completely related, but kind of: I heard in a documentary that no-/low sugar sodas have up to 30% more caffeine in them than the normal sugar-ones. This doesn't apply to cola-sodas. There are caffeine in a surprising amount of different kind of sodas (when I was pregnant I did not want to drink any caffeine. I had like... two options of soda that I like to drink. And there were the orange sodas that I do not like too much.)
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
That's what I drink, too. Not easy to find, I tell you!
Load More Replies... Joann Hart 2 years ago
Stupid coke zero, label looks like regular coke when your rushing through the store. Then you take a swig...gag
WFH Forever 2 years ago
Our local store has buy 2, get 2 free deals on 12 packs of coke zero sometimes. My largest haul was 32 of them because that was as many as I could store for my teens.
What do you think ?
Auntriarch 2 years ago
A colleague of mine had pizza delivery turn up at his door, he hadn't ordered. Pizza guy apologised, said he assumed it was him because it was that road, and he's a regular
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
I had this with my woolies driver! He turned up with shopping for me, but it was actually a lady down the road. LOL
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Rick Seiden 2 years ago
Lots of this is store owners knowing their customers and what they want. Which is awesome.
Sarah Schumm 2 years ago
I used to buy so many berries at my local farmers market that one day when the ATM broke and I didn’t have enough cash, they gave me an entire flat on credit
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
After prison, I stayed in a hotel, and then a hotel. My mom gave me a small slow-cooker, which I used for canned soups, pasta, and the like. I happen to be a fan of Sweet Sue's chicken and dumplings. The other brands, I don't like at all. This was at the tail end of the pandemic, and Sweet Sue's chicken and dumplings wasn't available often here. The few times I saw it, I'd buy all of it.
Scrolling Panda 2 years ago
I used to be that way with Del Pinos ravioli. It was the absolute best. They went under during covid, so it's gone now. A real shame.
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A H 2 years ago
Interesting how none of these are like "oh the store cannot keep kale in stock because I eat so much of it!" As a reformed soda addict who still has a candy problem... guys this stuff is poison trash and should be consumed rarely as a treat. Get help. You're killing your insides. No judgment just seriously concerned.
Jaclyn Steinmacher 2 years ago
I begged my local convenience store to start carrying my favorite chocolate milk. After years of dropping not so subtle hints, they finally started carrying my chocolate milk. (Borden) They went so far as to get new refrigerators instead of the weird cold open shelf that they used to have. Sales are so good they can barely keep it on the shelves, I have to get there early just so I can get one. Win win!!
Glenn Schroeder 2 years ago
Many years ago I worked as a beekeeper in Texas. Every summer we'd ship bees to North Dakota, so we'd go there to work for 4-5 weeks at a time. The little local bar would have to heavily increase his Budweiser order when we were there.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
A colleague of mine had pizza delivery turn up at his door, he hadn't ordered. Pizza guy apologised, said he assumed it was him because it was that road, and he's a regular
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
I had this with my woolies driver! He turned up with shopping for me, but it was actually a lady down the road. LOL
Load More Replies... Rick Seiden 2 years ago
Lots of this is store owners knowing their customers and what they want. Which is awesome.
Sarah Schumm 2 years ago
I used to buy so many berries at my local farmers market that one day when the ATM broke and I didn’t have enough cash, they gave me an entire flat on credit
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
After prison, I stayed in a hotel, and then a hotel. My mom gave me a small slow-cooker, which I used for canned soups, pasta, and the like. I happen to be a fan of Sweet Sue's chicken and dumplings. The other brands, I don't like at all. This was at the tail end of the pandemic, and Sweet Sue's chicken and dumplings wasn't available often here. The few times I saw it, I'd buy all of it.
Scrolling Panda 2 years ago
I used to be that way with Del Pinos ravioli. It was the absolute best. They went under during covid, so it's gone now. A real shame.
Load More Replies... A H 2 years ago
Interesting how none of these are like "oh the store cannot keep kale in stock because I eat so much of it!" As a reformed soda addict who still has a candy problem... guys this stuff is poison trash and should be consumed rarely as a treat. Get help. You're killing your insides. No judgment just seriously concerned.
Jaclyn Steinmacher 2 years ago
I begged my local convenience store to start carrying my favorite chocolate milk. After years of dropping not so subtle hints, they finally started carrying my chocolate milk. (Borden) They went so far as to get new refrigerators instead of the weird cold open shelf that they used to have. Sales are so good they can barely keep it on the shelves, I have to get there early just so I can get one. Win win!!
Glenn Schroeder 2 years ago
Many years ago I worked as a beekeeper in Texas. Every summer we'd ship bees to North Dakota, so we'd go there to work for 4-5 weeks at a time. The little local bar would have to heavily increase his Budweiser order when we were there.
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