Weird habits

Okay, so

I was thinking, "well, this is weird" as I was galloping from one store to another, for a coffee packages that were on sale.

Does anyone else have weird habit or traits what you do.. As a nation, or a family, or just you?


So, back to the coffee: When it comes to sale, around 45% off the regular price, Finns hoard it, me included. There is a limit 2 packages per person, so I go to the next store (same chain) to get another two of them etc… I noticed the sale at the end of the week.

And then it was my usual grocery shopping day, Saturday, I was unable to go to the store and I though the sale would end on Sunday. So my catch was only 4 packages. I was highly disapointed. Luckily, the sale still continued for a whole week after.. So I got more coffee, nope, not telling the amount of the black gold that I own now. And I go for a dark roast, of course.

It is the worst feeling when you take the last coffee package from your pantry and there are no sales near by. No way I want to pay the full price for it!




Another weird habit of the Finns.. Where is the queue, there are the buckets!

We queue for plastic buckets. If we know there is free buckets to hand out, from early morning before the store opens, there is the queue in the yard waiting for their bucket.
If you want to catch a Finn, just place a sign saying there are free buckets available (preferably if there is some bonus products in the bucket, you might succeed faster), it is quaranteed that Finns come running.

When a new store open or some store opens in a new place, or even when a store has a birthday, they offer us free buckets. That is the one time we do not care about the personal space, we just have to have that free bucket. Some even go to the car and switch their clothes to go for another round to get another bucket.

The buckets do not even nessessary contain any items, sometimes yes, but even with a empty bucket we gather up to wait to get one.


Yes, I have once queued for a bucket.


A bucket like this is what I am talking about:

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Now, tell me you are hiding some weird habits too!

Coffee adventures are the most fun a person can have! 😁☕

Shoot, if coffee is at that good of a price, I'd do exactly the same thing.

Like you, I've gotten to a point where I'll only buy coffee if it's on sale. You can usually find things like holiday or seasonal blends marked down after the holiday passes or if something is close to expiration. Depending on how well I like what's marked down, yes, absolutely, I will drive to the other stores to see if they have it, too.

But now I must ask, what drives this obsession with plastic buckets?!

Does the lifestyle there require owning dozens of buckets? Are there lots of leaks or things you need to carry that justifies having so many pails?

The thing I'm wondering is, does every household have the same 50 buckets, and if there's a rummage sale or giveaway, is each one trying to sell or give away all the same buckets -- only to run out, stand in line, and get the next batch of freebies?

Shopping bags used to be free with purchase here (in the USA,) but some states now charge for them (8 cents each,) so I suppose in some ways, people here get excited if free shopping bags are being given out.

I don't think they get so excited as to stand in long lines for them, but I've been known to pick up a few freebies myself.

Several of my family members always say that FREE is their favorite price!

my local kroger grocery store has k cups on sale quite often. name brands. i have not paid more than 3 or 4 $ for a 12 pack of k cups in years.

currently having a dark silky community coffee..

Okay, so

I was thinking, "well, this is weird" as I was galloping from one store to another, for a coffee packages that were on sale.

Does anyone else have weird habit or traits what you do.. As a nation, or a family, or just you?


So, back to the coffee: When it comes to sale, around 45% off the regular price, Finns hoard it, me included. There is a limit 2 packages per person, so I go to the next store (same chain) to get another two of them etc… I noticed the sale at the end of the week.

And then it was my usual grocery shopping day, Saturday, I was unable to go to the store and I though the sale would end on Sunday. So my catch was only 4 packages. I was highly disapointed. Luckily, the sale still continued for a whole week after.. So I got more coffee, nope, not telling the amount of the black gold that I own now. And I go for a dark roast, of course.

It is the worst feeling when you take the last coffee package from your pantry and there are no sales near by. No way I want to pay the full price for it!




Another weird habit of the Finns.. Where is the queue, there are the buckets!

We queue for plastic buckets. If we know there is free buckets to hand out, from early morning before the store opens, there is the queue in the yard waiting for their bucket.
If you want to catch a Finn, just place a sign saying there are free buckets available (preferably if there is some bonus products in the bucket, you might succeed faster), it is quaranteed that Finns come running.

When a new store open or some store opens in a new place, or even when a store has a birthday, they offer us free buckets. That is the one time we do not care about the personal space, we just have to have that free bucket. Some even go to the car and switch their clothes to go for another round to get another bucket.

The buckets do not even nessessary contain any items, sometimes yes, but even with a empty bucket we gather up to wait to get one.


Yes, I have once queued for a bucket.


A bucket like this is what I am talking about:

View attachment 274319





Now, tell me you are hiding some weird habits too!

Okay, so

I was thinking, "well, this is weird" as I was galloping from one store to another, for a coffee packages that were on sale.

Does anyone else have weird habit or traits what you do.. As a nation, or a family, or just you?


So, back to the coffee: When it comes to sale, around 45% off the regular price, Finns hoard it, me included. There is a limit 2 packages per person, so I go to the next store (same chain) to get another two of them etc… I noticed the sale at the end of the week.

And then it was my usual grocery shopping day, Saturday, I was unable to go to the store and I though the sale would end on Sunday. So my catch was only 4 packages. I was highly disapointed. Luckily, the sale still continued for a whole week after.. So I got more coffee, nope, not telling the amount of the black gold that I own now. And I go for a dark roast, of course.

It is the worst feeling when you take the last coffee package from your pantry and there are no sales near by. No way I want to pay the full price for it!




Another weird habit of the Finns.. Where is the queue, there are the buckets!

We queue for plastic buckets. If we know there is free buckets to hand out, from early morning before the store opens, there is the queue in the yard waiting for their bucket.
If you want to catch a Finn, just place a sign saying there are free buckets available (preferably if there is some bonus products in the bucket, you might succeed faster), it is quaranteed that Finns come running.

When a new store open or some store opens in a new place, or even when a store has a birthday, they offer us free buckets. That is the one time we do not care about the personal space, we just have to have that free bucket. Some even go to the car and switch their clothes to go for another round to get another bucket.

The buckets do not even nessessary contain any items, sometimes yes, but even with a empty bucket we gather up to wait to get one.


Yes, I have once queued for a bucket.


A bucket like this is what I am talking about:

View attachment 274319





Now, tell me you are hiding some weird habits too!

Do you try coffee blends that are new to you, when those come to sale? I kind of stick to what I know... what if I don't like it and have wasted my money, even if it has been on sale. Then I still have to drink it to get my moneys worth


No leaks, hopefully, but we use them for berries when we go out and pick those, apples, or mushrooms (not ideal for those), summer cottages we need buckets to carry water, or then have ones that are dedicated for fish only. One or two for cleaning, laundry, one bucket for mead making (once a year) Trust me, Finns are asking the same questions, what do people do with those bucket, that may even have a stores names printed to its side.
But as for berrypicking in the forest, we might take up to 6 buckets with us at time (trust me, we pick berries like crazy), if it is a good year. Currant bushes, potato picking. Well, those are just my family, I don't know what people who live in town centers do..
And of course you do not mix the buckets, if it is for potatoes it is for potatoes, no berries to that one!

But, you know, there still are buckets for sale and people do buy them obviously those are a litte bit thicker plastic (not all).

Of course there are other sale prices that bring people there, and sometimes few buckets can contain something valuable, which people want. That maybe makes them want to go back and hopefully get the winning one next.
Then they whine to the news about the cleaning products they got and not electric products they wished/hoped to find

Mostly it has just become a joke and which all Finns are (supposedly) in.



As for grocery bags, that is cheap... Lidl here raised its bag prices, it currently is 0,4€ (0,44$) per bag. There has been a competition between main grocery stores which ones bag is the cheapest (the food part actually), but now people are saying Lidl has the most expensive one