When shopping, if you grab something but decide later you don’t need it, do you take it all the way back to the aisle it was on?

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I’m guilty af. Its the one non-ocd thing i do. I will throw that shit on any random shelf. Fam and friends used to fuss at me about that saying i add extra work for the workers. Oh well they wait until the end of the night to straighten up anyways. I’ve seen how customers run amok in retail and workers dont want to cleanup as they go. I quit a sporting good store after 3 months because i refused to follow the bosses rules and sit around til the end of the day. I was too ocd. But yea no im not taking an item all the way back to where it came from unless its something from like a fruits or frozen section.  #FeelFreeToList

GainToo · Accepted Answer

I feel like it depends on my mood. If I'm not feeling good I'll just ignore it but usually it just triggers something in me if I see something on the floor or out of place.

I mean I've even organized sets of paper towels. They weren't out of place, just shifted way too much to the left or right and I hated how it looked so I made sure they were all lined up and in order lol. But I don't like picking or fixing anything up if people are around.

JustinTheGreat · Accepted Answer

I’m also guilty of throwing shit back on random shelves

if you think I’m walking all the way back across the store to put something back in it’s original spot, you got me fucked up.
Or Sometimes I’ll give the items to the person at check out and tell them I don’t want them.

I also don’t return grocery carts 💀💀 just push that shit out the way and hope for the best

Adventurer23 · Answer

I always do because I worked in retail years ago and I know how shi**y it is to have to clean up after hoards of customers who leave things in wrong aisles, who take an item off a shelf or peg and don't put it back (or don't put it in the right spot), how they open/wreck packages, damage merchandise, etc. To use an old expression, simply put: you never know what it's like until you've walked in someone else's shoes and had to do it yourself.

I know just how horrible it is to work in retail, so I'm always considerate of such things whenever I handle merchandise. I'm always mindful of what spot it came from and I always take something back to its proper place if I decide I don't want it (which is rare). When shopping for clothes I always neatly fold items I don't want, or put them back on their hangers and return them to their proper spots. Even if there's a drop-off area for unwanted clothes at the fitting rooms.

I just don't think it's right to leave a mess for others to have to deal with, even if it is technically "part of their job". But the thing is, it's only a part of their job because people make it that way. I certainly don't exhibit that kind of behaviour at home, so why should I do that anywhere else and treat the staff like my servants? It never ceases to amaze (and disgust) me how people's behaviours and sense of values change completely when they are anywhere outside of their own home, or the home of family and friends. Simply because it's not in their house and not their things. I'll never understand it.

But for me, it's about extending a general sense of courtesy and consideration toward other people, and it takes little to no effort to extend that toward other people in good will. 🙂

MisterWack · Answer

I would make an effort to put the item back to the aisle it belongs in, my mother actually set a good example by looking for the exact aisle then putting the item back to where it belongs.

See it from the perspective of not only the poor employee who has to go out of his or her own way to put something back. It is part of the job, though I would aim to make things less difficult for them.

On the other hand, somethings would be funny to leave in aisles that they don’t belong in & might bring a small chuckle or smile to someone else’s day: watermelon in the school supplies . (Not encouraging this)

SunnyRS · Answer

I always try to keep it at the place where I took it from Desi and but not because of the employees but because of my brain.
Once I was shopping and picked something I thought I don't need so I kept it on the counter near me and joined the line but then my brain started shouting on me saying "keep it where you took it from you stupid idiot (pg 13 version)" again and again until I kept it where I took it from.
Since that day I have started making a list of things I need and buy accordingly because who wants to be insulted by their brain. 😅😅

TrueConfection · Answer

I will definitely bring it back if it needs refrigeration. If I'm done and need to get going or I'm at checkout, I'll politely let the cashier know that I changed my mind and they add the other item to their basket of items to be put back. I don't see any point in turning the store into a scavenger hunt for the employees.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

I put it back where it belongs, even if it's on the other side of a big store. I hate when people just put it wherever they happen to be at the time. That's laziness and inconsiderate to the extreme.

The worst is when people do it at the grocery store with perishables.

Tyrael · Answer

I spent almost two years working in retail and we never waited until the end of the shift to tidy up. That's ludicrous. Clean as you go.

So yeah I always return items to where I found them cause it's just extra work that didn't need to be created. And if I pick something up from a shelf near closing time, I'll pull up an item from behind to face up the shelf so it looks tidy again. Just old habits.

TenderFantasy · Answer

Yeah, I've gone all the way back only because I had the time. But sometimes, I don't. So it really depends, if I can I do it. I'm also pretty careful about what I put in my cart. I think first if I really need it or not. If I don't, then I usually don't end up getting it. If I do and then later on change my mind, I AM guilty of leaving that thing (or things) on a different aisle OR giving it to the cashier.

Sasha0426 · Answer

I work retail and I don’t even pick up random things customers left on our shelves anymore. I just don’t care. Whether it’s frozen or refrigerated, I just leave it because there’s no use anymore.
I hate my job and I can’t wait to quit. Retail sucks and customers are pieces of shit. In fact, my job has destroyed my mental state where death sounds really good. For myself, anyway.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

@DizzyDesii Please don't put it on a random shelf. At least lay it on a counter somewhere so that it's obvious that it is out of place. And if you give it to a customer service worker, they usually have special carts for items that need to be re-shelved.

kellytheman · Answer

It's depends how far it is and what it is. If it's something cold like milk or something that needs to stay cold I will walk all the way and put it back but if it's like a bag of chips or something I might walk it back if it's the next aisle over but it it little farther I might just put it on a random shelf but I rarely put anything back.

the_sinner · Answer

I go to the billing counter and ask them to exclude the items from the cart which I don’t need anymore and bill the rest. I don’t like going all the way back to the counter from where I picked up the item but I also don’t wanna keep it in some random place.

LovingLoverReturned · Answer

At least you carry the things that can spoil back yo frozen section lol 🙃... if I'm in a rush I may leave certain things in the wrong place but in most situations I carry it back to its rightful place.

electromagnetic · Answer

I do not.  But I don’t leave it at a random spot either. I just take it to the cashier and say I don’t want it anymore. They’ll figure out what to do with it.

matchrestore · Answer

I'm not gonna leave a watermelon in the stationary section, but I'm not necessarily going to return something to exactly where it goes on the shelf.

exitseven · Answer

I do this most of the time. If I am standing in a checkout line and change my mind about something I will just leave it next to the National Enquirer because I do not want t olose my place in line.

Msputiton · Answer

I probably the person who put the watermelon there. 😔 I only put it back if i immediately changed my mind. But once I'm in the next aisle, it goes wherever

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

My boyfriend and I have a good laugh looking at thing people put back randomly. I get annoyed when they put like frozen or refrigerated things on a shelf.

Potteplante · Answer

I always put it back and I'll even take items that are put wrongly & put it where it belongs if I'm going that way.

Anpu23 · Answer

I put it back. I'm not OCD at all, I am just super polite. It's weird I don't want others to go out of their way for me.

Agape93 · Answer

Depends. If it's a couple ailes away, I'll just return it. If it's on the other side of the store, hell no

coachTanthony · Answer

No. I leave it where I stand. Job security for store employees lol

MysticDevice · Answer

I used to take it all the way back cause I used to work in retail and that shit pissed me off. But now I'll just leave it wherever. Provided it isn't food and can just sit out on a shelf.

Anonymous · Answer

i'd feel so guilty and bad so yes i do return it. if not, since i already touched it, i think i should buy it. my mind is really messed up... been like that since childhood unfortunately.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Cooled and frozen food I bring back. Everything else I probably wouldn't care. :-D

Anonymous · Answer

I tend to turn in the direction of where the item was and yeet the item, just let it fly. I’m probably the reason the kid in aisle five started screaming when a watermelon hit his head 😩

Pink2000 · Answer

I do. I take it all the way back to where it goes. I used to work at Walmart. I know the struggle.

Sparkie460 · Answer

If we're shopping together you're taking it back to the place you got it from. Lol. It drives me crazy seeing people leaving stuff wherever they want to put it

RavVid · Answer

I'm semi neat in returning the product to the geo location it had before. But it is not something I feel OCD about.

Fabiloso · Answer

So heartless haha. Everybody does and its just part of their job

MementoMori777 · Answer

Depends how far I am, if I'm at the register for example, I leave it nearby

OfMiceandMen · Answer

I've done that a few times, mostly bc I was in a rush. Not something I do on a regular basis.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I will always put it back where I found it. I am like that with everything.

talka20 · Answer

Yes n no both depending on the situation n distance n rush in the store etc... sometimes yea sometimes no

AviatorTom · Answer

Yes, I return it to the place I got it from.

loveslongnails · Answer

If it's perishable food, definitely. Other stuff depends on how far away it is! LOL

AdithyaR · Answer

I always do. I'll go back and place it where I picked it up from. Sometimes I'll rearrange things that other people left in a mess.

LaFerrari · Answer

I’m the same way, but most of the time I return it to the correct isle. Unless I’m in a hurry

Rudon00 · Answer

Yeah I definitely take it back to the place I got it and position it neatly. 😁😁 What can I say ! Old habits 😁😁

iron_ninjs · Answer

Yes, I always return it to the place I took it from.

NostalgiaSenpi · Answer

Yes, I do, usually on the way to another item on my list.

Anonymous · Answer

Almost always. Unless it's like folded clothes. I don't have the schematics to how you achieved that perfect folded shape. 😆😆😆

nawtee_me · Answer

Hey, watermelon goes good with anything, even notebooks... lol

dragoblack · Answer

Yep. I return it. The employees don't get paid enough to deal with the bs.

SahuShekhar · Answer

I return to the the original place. A little empathy with the store workers help.

SaoirseS · Answer

I return it where I got it from.

stratford · Answer

Depends where I am, normally I'm too lazy.

belle_kai · Answer

I actually do 😂

LiamJHayden · Answer

I put it back where I got it.

Mark987 · Answer

Lol no never have

Christoff92 · Answer

Yes. Absolutely. Many times ☺️

TrillXHippy · Answer

Nope too much work

AimeeKyle · Answer

Most of the time (99%), yes.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Depends what it is. If it’s perishable yes

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Of course i do.

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