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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 cant figure out what they planned on doing with an enema, lemon cookies and a malt liquor.
So anyone else see any strange purchase and cant figure it out?
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)what I find strange is you...still thinking about a strangers random purchases from a few years ago.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)I'm glad it was posted....made me laugh on a shitty day
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)the beer to get you ready for the enema, and the cookies as comfort food for afterward ...
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)hahahaahah
Chan790
(20,176 posts)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.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 8, 2012, 08:58 AM - Edit history (1)
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)KatChatter
(194 posts)Any mysterious missing or dismembered hookers make the news about the same time?
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)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)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)I did not know that foals got enemas right away.
My new thing to learn for the day!
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)kiva
(4,373 posts)condoms and a home pregnancy kit.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)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.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)texanwitch
(18,705 posts)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)and he's worried about the outcome, thus the beer and cookies.
Not weird at all.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Kaleva
(36,312 posts)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.
KatChatter
(194 posts)Kaleva
(36,312 posts)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)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)However, the look on my (now ex) wife's face was priceless as she saw the items I took out of my shopping cart.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)mikeytherat
(6,829 posts)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)Next you'll be telling me I'm the only other person to consume cookies rectally, eh?
I didn't think so...
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)It's that creamy filling that gets you ever time....
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)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)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)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)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?
TheCruces
(224 posts)Veggie sushi, chocolate soy milk, a bagel and a cactus.