I apologize if this has been posted before, as I'm sure it must have been somewhere along the way, but I missed it in any case.

I was just wondering how many of you get questions from cashiers or other shoppers when you have say, 50 pie shells or a cart load of Nutella and cake mix, or whatever your sustance of choice may be? How do you respond to them? Just this past weekend, the guy in line behind me asked what I was "going to do with that many pies?"

I've often made up some excuse like I'm stocking up for the local food pantry (true in some cases) or I'm participating in a fundraiser or the preschool was letting the kids make their own desserts. But lately, I've been tempted to look the person straight in the eye and tell 'em: "My husband likes to chain me naked to the wall in our basement and throw pies at me." I bet that would shut 'em up!!!

I have to suppress a giggle fit at the thought of saying it aloud. The shocked expression on their face would be priceless!

I'd love to hear your stories!

Cheers,
Mrs. Bee

 

We've always been flat out honest about our intentions. We were once loading a trolley-load onto the checkout belt in Tesco, two cartons of Ambrosia, "Here's the eating custard", 24 cartons of Tesco own-brand, "and here's the wearing custard!" Never had a bad reaction, though a few people have said "Oh!" in somewhat shocked tones!

 

When I bought 40 pies for a custom video, I just told them that we're shooting a video. They were a little baffled but put the order in.

Years ago, like when I was maybe 20, a cashier said when I was buying 2 pies, "Oh, I'd like to shove one of these into someone's face one day." I was just embarrassed. Now I don't care as much but it would be interesting running into "vanilla" friends in this circumstance. Kinky friends already know and would probably just want to volunteer to get involved.

Hi

Tell them the truth and get the biggest laughs!!! Also good for advertising

Lenny S

 

Yes. Please do that. And bring along the camera, because that scene would be almost as hot as the actual video. Especially if you gave them a little demo there in the checkout line.

I always throw a packet of condoms on the top of the pile too Hay if they ask, they want to know!!!

Phil

 

I usually go with a tiny white lie and say 'charity event'. This seems to have several benefits...

Serves as a great ice breaker and opens up the possibility of further dialog. [which could open up other possibilities, too]

Tells the person I am a nice, decent and charitable guy [which I am ] ...not that I am taking the goods back to a secret sex dungeon for lewd and lascivious behavior [no comment - LOL ]

Allows the person to give an open/honest response. Something to the effect of "Eww, Gross! or Yuck!" means we can just leave it at that. But anything along the lines of "I'd like to try that, Sounds like fun or YUM!!' could certainly lead to additional conversation.

I usually come up with some sort of white lie about a charity event or something, however when I was buying a load of crusts and whipped cream with my girlfriend a few years back, the cashier asked and when I said a charity event she responded with I'm sure you guys will save a couple for each other

Yes, this.

Stag do gunging also works. That was my wife's idea too!!

Can't wait to hear responses from Ariel,Messygirl,Rich,and other prominent producers. I bet they have a whole list of "excuses."

Huh?

When I was producing years ago, we actually took a camera to the store and filmed the choosing of supplies and watching the shopping cart fill up with pie shells, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, cake mixes etc. What would have been perfect would be to have her wearing the outfit she was going to mess up.

It was graveyard shift so we almost had the store to ourselves.

We were tempted to film the placing of the items onto the belt and get reaction from the cashier, but chickened out. She would have said that she lost a bet and she was going to get messy.

I wish I still had all of those videos we made. Most were in our store, some were free, and some never got to post production.

When my friend Gyselle and I did a pie dare video, we had cool whip, cream pies, cakes, nacho cheese and all sorts of other stuff including a few boxes of trash bags. When the cashier wondered what we were doing with all that I simply said it was for a bake sale, I was in charge of getting backup pastries in case of allergies and the cheese was for nachos, what else. In reality Gyselle got a ton of pies and I got caked and a "lovely" pie sandwich of nacho cheese.

I use that excuse all the time.

I tend to split up the purchases, such as buying the pie crusts not at the same time as all of the ingredients, although I've never purchased more than a dozen at once so it's less obvious.

I tell them its for a charity dinner or a church dinner/bakesale. Depending on what it is haha. I was actually buying supplies today and a friend of mine saw me and was like, what are you doing with that much cake mix xD

 

I usually buy all the supplies needed over the course of 2 months going grocery shopping once a week. I just buy a few things with my regular groceries and no one knows. But honestly, I have set a goal with myself to buy everything at once and when I get asked, to be perfectly honest...."Oh. I am going to make all these pies and moosh them in my girlfriend's face, and mix all this cake mix together into buckets and dump it on her head. There is something about seeing a beautiful woman getting messy that is hot!"

Stag do = Stag party

Depends on how they ask. If its a crusty old bag lady asking me if I'm doing a lot of baking I smile and say yes. If its a young person I tell them I'm having a pie fight. They usually laugh and tell me to have fun.

 

They usually offer their own thoughts on what it is, in my experience.

So I tend to just agree with whatever they think it is, then they are really happy to have worked it out, and stfu

like, I get:

Cashier "Oooh someone likes cake"

Me: "Yep they sure do!"

Cashier:

or...


Cashier: "Do you run a school/have lots of kids?"

Me: "Yes, yes I do"

Cashier:

or...

Cashier: "Are you having a party?"

Me: "Yep"

Cashier:


Although there was one time ages ago when I was buying supplies with dirtydids a shoot, and we had a load of porridge and treacle.

Cashier: Oh, are you making flapjacks?

Dids: No, I'm going to cover her in it (dids points at me)

Cashier:

(cashier then starts virtually throwing the rest of our items down the conveyor, and adopts the 'cats bum mouth' pose

Me: (stifling giggles)