To think that people that don't use the tongs at the supermarket bakery...

[Sparklingbrook]

Should receive a £1000 on the spot fine and banned from the store for life?

[MrsDavidBowie]

Blimey. A bit harsh.
Do you have OCD?

Disclaimer....my dd does, and she would be with you on this one.

[LeaveTheBastid]

I think it's a risk you take when buying loose pastries (or loose anything) tbh. I'm sure they have been in many pairs of hands and probably on the floor before going on the shelf.

But yes, it is a bit grubby, and I think you should buy anything you fondle.

[Chocotrekkie]

Depends if they have tongs for each item. In my local store if you want a pink donut you have to use the tongs that someone else has used for the cheese rolls.

I don't want sugar on my rolls or cheese on my donut..

[Sparklingbrook]

I was looking forward to a nice pecan Plait thingy from Lidl. A woman was picking them all up, peering at them and putting them back. WITH HER HANDS.

[Sparklingbrook]

Actually, I may start taking my own tongs because I don't like the communal tongs much either.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Oh that is grim.

I do occasionally not use tongs if there is a really slow person using them, but I will just pick up the thing I want and not touch anything else, which I think is fine.

[livinginwonderland]

If you're just picking one up to buy, no big deal, but honestly, if you're that fussy, you shouldn't be buying anything prepared in a supermarket bakery. Those rolls will have been handled by at least two or three people, may have been dropped on the floor and had god-knows-what all over them.

[MrsDavidBowie]

No that is not one. To select a roll without tongs is ok...not pick up everyone.

When you shop in Waitrose, all the women have gloves on 50s style anyway.

[HitTheNorth]

Ds bit a donut the other day. I had to buy it then put it in the bin outside so he didn't benefit . He's 5 so should have known better really.

[Sparklingbrook]

Oh living don't shatter my illusions.

I agree with touch the one you are buying perhaps, but what on earth was she looking for? They all look the same to me.

[Onesleeptillwembley]

People cough, talk and sneeze etc over the open breads. I wouldn't touch them at all! (Bit funny about those)

[Sparklingbrook]

Oh and then I got jokingly accused of 'stealing the babby's cake' because it toppled off the huge pile of shopping, over the divider on to my shopping.

[HoneyDragon]

The youngsters round here grab the doughnut, eat it I. The queue then pay for it. No tongs, or indeed bag involved

[Tee2072]

I can't use them due to my arthritic fingers and hands. I use a bag.

Is that okay?

[Sparklingbrook]

DH is very funny about communal food that is 'out'. he won't go near a Pizza Hut salad bar and hates wedding/party buffets. I think I may have caught it off him.

[Sparklingbrook]

Yes Tee that is fine. No touchage.

Honey what do they show the cashier?

[Dubjackeen]

But yes, it is a bit grubby, and I think you should buy anything you fondle.
Great image in my head of pastries being fondled . I can't bear to see stuff out loose, in a supermarket or coffee shop, definitely couldn't buy it, knowing it's been fondled, sneezed upon...ugh!

[ephemeralfairy]

Good god. YANBU!! I can't bring myself to buy loose bakery items even if there are tongs. (But then I speak as someone with burgeoning OCD whose hands are already raw from constant washing....

[Sparklingbrook]

Probably the chances of catching anything from fondled food is very low. But how many times have you stood at the mirror in the Ladies loo and seen people march out without washing their hands?

[Feminine]

I normally get mine from the back. I really like Morrison's croissants!

should I pass? are they likely to dirty too?

Anyway, I'll bet the tongs are a bit nasty!

[WillYouDoTheFandango]

Yes Tee bags are fine. I stuck my hand in a bag, pick up the bread I want and am on my merry way. I did not snigger childishly at teabags

I'm in an AI hotel ATM and DP was horrified yesterday to see a man pick up several croissants, sniff them and put them back. WHY?

[guiltyconscience]

Dirty bastards these shop assistants I bet they do their totos and don't wash their hands after them yuk!

[Sparklingbrook]

Oh god yes hotel buffets. A whole new nightmare of touching and poking.

No need to sniff one croissant let alone loads.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

HitTheNorth we've all been seized with hunger in the bakery aisle before now, perfectly natural reaction from your DS there!

[HitTheNorth]

Ali yes, and to be fair he did come and tell me. I probably overreacted a bit, was quite cross with him because I didn't have much money with me!