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KatChatter

(194 posts)
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 06:55 AM Jul 2012

Grocery store Purchases that Make you go WTF??????

We have all been there standing in line at the grocery store and the person in front of you buys a few things and you say to yourself WTF are they going to do with that?

So a number of years ago I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store at about 830 pm and the guy in front of me was buying a Fleet Enema, a small package of lemon cream filled cookies and a Tall Boy Schlitz Malt Liquor. That was it the entire order, I was with the wife too and still to this day we can’t figure out what they planned on doing with an enema, lemon cookies and a malt liquor.

So anyone else see any strange purchase and can’t figure it out?

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Grocery store Purchases that Make you go WTF?????? (Original Post) KatChatter Jul 2012 OP
ha maddezmom Jul 2012 #1
It was funny. blueamy66 Jul 2012 #12
You may want to consider that those 3 items weren't going to used together... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #2
They may be ... zbdent Jul 2012 #5
Yeah, but what fun would that be? pipi_k Jul 2012 #16
It's not the random purchases that made me go WTF. Chan790 Jul 2012 #3
And both of them will sooner or later involve the police. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #4
Do both or just one also involve a cat? n/t A Simple Game Jul 2012 #6
Did the person ever come back? KatChatter Jul 2012 #21
I can explain those purchases - the guy's waiting for a foal to be born riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #7
That's what came to mind for me, too! csziggy Jul 2012 #11
This was in the city so foal being involved is pretty remote KatChatter Jul 2012 #22
I bet you it will eventually turn up on the DU cafeteria menu. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #8
A woman buying kiva Jul 2012 #9
that one seems pretty obvious Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #15
wtf? zappaman Jul 2012 #10
I just went to the site noted at the bottom of that image Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #28
Well, if your diet consists of malt liquor and lemon cookies, you may need an enema. n/t Avalux Jul 2012 #13
LOL maddezmom Jul 2012 #14
Sounds like he planned ahead for a pretty interesting weekend. 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #17
Rat poisoning and baby food Major Nikon Jul 2012 #18
I bought birdseed and butter at the store one night. texanwitch Jul 2012 #19
He's having a colonoscopy the next day Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #20
An enema party. graywarrior Jul 2012 #23
My wife asked me to get a toilet plunger... Kaleva Jul 2012 #24
Sounds like you were getiing ready for an interesting night! KatChatter Jul 2012 #25
As I mentioned in another post here... Kaleva Jul 2012 #30
OMG. This is hilarious. tandot Jul 2012 #26
The check out lady didn't even bat an eye as she scanned and bagged the stuff. Kaleva Jul 2012 #29
10,000 marbles. Clearly a part of a domestic terrorist plot. Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2012 #27
A woman checking out has two cucumbers, a bottle of canola oil, and a huge bottle of wine. mikeytherat Jul 2012 #31
Oh sure... Ron Obvious Jul 2012 #32
Let's just admit that we've all had our share of Suppositoreos. Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #33
It's.... Ron Obvious Jul 2012 #34
"They make me feel Lemony Fresh!" Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #35
reminds me of a time i had at work... TheMightyFavog Jul 2012 #36
One time I'd taken the kids to visit my family. Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #37
I once thought the cashier thought I was making a strange purchase. geardaddy Jul 2012 #38
I was once at an all-night Walgreens at 2 am FloridaJudy Jul 2012 #39
A purchase I made at 2am sober... TheCruces Jul 2012 #40

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
1. ha
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 07:02 AM
Jul 2012

what I find strange is you...still thinking about a strangers random purchases from a few years ago.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
5. They may be ...
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 10:02 AM
Jul 2012

the beer to get you ready for the enema, and the cookies as comfort food for afterward ...

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
3. It's not the random purchases that made me go WTF.
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 07:29 AM
Jul 2012

I used to work in commissioned hardware and garden sales in a Brooklyn, NY department store. I had the most ornery-looking clearly-not-a-gardener-or-skilled-tradesman guy come in and buy:

  • gasoline can
  • rope
  • bug-zapper light
  • reciprocating saw
  • plastic sheeting


I worked in that department for a while and I can only think of two projects involving those exact items...and neither is good.
 

KatChatter

(194 posts)
21. Did the person ever come back?
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:12 PM
Jul 2012

Any mysterious missing or dismembered hookers make the news about the same time?

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
7. I can explain those purchases - the guy's waiting for a foal to be born
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 11:58 AM
Jul 2012

1. The beer's to pass the time while you wait
2. The cookies are for snacking
3. The enema is administered to the foal to help it have its first bowel movement.

So the one I saw that made me go was the guy with a bundt cake pan, condoms and dog treats.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
11. That's what came to mind for me, too!
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:17 PM
Jul 2012

The only time I've ever bought an enema was for a foal - and Fleet is the brand the vet recommended.

I would have gone for a cola or something with caffeine to help me stay awake rather than a beer, but I don't drink alcohol. And lemon cookies would hit the spot while waiting for the foal to hit the ground!

Now "bundt cake pan, condoms and dog treats" would definitely be a for me, too!

 

KatChatter

(194 posts)
22. This was in the city so foal being involved is pretty remote
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:14 PM
Jul 2012

I did not know that foals got enemas right away.

My new thing to learn for the day!

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
15. that one seems pretty obvious
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:51 PM
Jul 2012

She is worried that she might be pregnant and wants to make sure that she doesn't get that way if the test comes back negative.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
19. I bought birdseed and butter at the store one night.
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 01:28 PM
Jul 2012

The butter was for my neighbor, the bird seed for me.

Could look funny.

It was a big container of butter.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
20. He's having a colonoscopy the next day
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:03 PM
Jul 2012

and he's worried about the outcome, thus the beer and cookies.

Not weird at all.

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
24. My wife asked me to get a toilet plunger...
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 02:24 PM
Jul 2012

when we were shopping at Wal-Mart. So I got my own cart, picked up a few extra items, met her at a check-out and got in front of her. She was horrified to see that not only did I get a toilet plunger but also personal lube, a disposable enema kit, some candles, Kool-Whip and condoms. As I had the checkbook and had to pay for what I had and what she had, there was no way she could pretend we didn't know each other.

I thought the joke to be very funny but she did not.

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
30. As I mentioned in another post here...
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 04:39 PM
Jul 2012

the checkout lady didn't even bat an eye but I imagine she, to this day, tells the story "You wouldn't believe what this one couple bought!". LOL!

tandot

(6,671 posts)
26. OMG. This is hilarious.
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 03:02 PM
Jul 2012

I read that to my husband and the next time he goes shopping with his family, he is planning to buy that. At the check-out, he'll say "I am taking my buddy on a camping trip"

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
29. The check out lady didn't even bat an eye as she scanned and bagged the stuff.
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 04:35 PM
Jul 2012

However, the look on my (now ex) wife's face was priceless as she saw the items I took out of my shopping cart.

mikeytherat

(6,829 posts)
31. A woman checking out has two cucumbers, a bottle of canola oil, and a huge bottle of wine.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 06:00 AM
Jul 2012

Her friend approaches and asks her, "What are you doing tonight?" Her reply? "Just hanging out at home."

Maybe the items weren't related in the way I thought they might be, but it still makes me laugh to this day.

mikey_the_rat

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
32. Oh sure...
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:18 PM
Jul 2012

Next you'll be telling me I'm the only other person to consume cookies rectally, eh?

I didn't think so...

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
36. reminds me of a time i had at work...
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 02:01 PM
Jul 2012

I was filling in at one of the small town branches in my system covering vacations last year. I was going through our incoming interlibray loan cart and there was this one load for a patron that was, interesting. There were five or six contemporary Christian music CDs and two books by Anais Nin. Little Birds and Delta of Venus. The girl who came to pick these up was about 15-16, and was wearing the uniform polo of the local uber-fundie "Christian Acadamey". She had a big old shit-eating grin when she picked those up.

For those of you unfamiliar with Anais Nin, those two works I mentioned are her most famous works of erotica. And they're quite explicit...

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
37. One time I'd taken the kids to visit my family.
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 01:58 PM
Jul 2012

They were very little. My husband decided to buy us each a little something for our return. So, on the conveyor belt at Target he had a pair of sexy women's panties, a Teletubbies video, and a couple other items, including a tube of lotion. He suddenly realized how weird it all looked.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
38. I once thought the cashier thought I was making a strange purchase.
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 02:02 PM
Jul 2012

In a drugstore, I bought a roll of film, a bag of Hershey's kisses, and an 32 pack of Trojans.

FloridaJudy

(9,465 posts)
39. I was once at an all-night Walgreens at 2 am
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:08 PM
Jul 2012

Picking up an emergency prescription for a sick family member. The woman in front of me was wearing a wedding dress, and buying a pack of condoms and a case of baby formula. WTF? Lady, you didn't think of that before the wedding?

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