Just finished the weekly shop and rather than blog about the normal stuff that really annoys me like parking,trollies that won't go where they should, shelf packers clogging up the isles or the shop simply not having what you need to see you through the week, I have something else that not only annoys me but it asks questions about supermarkets and the hygiene policies that they have in place.

Over the last number of years supermarkets have introduced salad bars where you fill up a plastic container and you the customer gets the impression that its fresh and wholesome. What I witnessed today might change your mind, when I was passing the salad bar there was a person filling the plastic container with coleslaw during this that person sneezed without putting a hand over the mouth or face thereby transferring a considerable amount of ? all over the salad bar.

I really cant say anymore on this as I beginning to feel nauseous .

..and it's not limited to the salad bar. Also added has been a "fresh from the baker" rack of shelves where shoppers pick up, squeeze, poke and turn over fresh croissants, maple pecan plaits, vanilla creme coronets and other yummy danishes. Where were there hands before?

Although it is hardly an excuse, in my local Tesco Express the security cord on the tongs isn't long enough to reach all the shelves.  I stopped buying when I saw the perfect accomplice to a coffee being man handled and put back.

A final question, is there really a need for a security cord on a pair of tongs in the "fresh from the baker" section? Would someone really make off with them?