Supermarkets and the like

Tha Gopher

Rant mode on

Do these large retailers of decent prices but infuriating speed of process annoy the fcuk outta any1 else but me?
Today I was in a certain nationwide supermarket chain and me is still pissed off by the experience.
Firstly I heads for the jacks. The bastard of a condom machine swallows my 4 euro whole without dispensing the two ronnies. I try the return money button with similiar lack of success. Its a con I tells ya. They know people are too proud to go and ask a member of staff to open the condom machine to retrieve 4 euro. :mad: And anyway two of my mates work in the place in question so you just know that these sort of incidents get talked about during the staff outing to the pub so I decided to let it rest rather than have them find out. I ought to rob a few cans from the off licence section next time to even the score

Anyways surprise surprise despite it being the hottest day of the year the express counter is still accumulating cobwebs from the fact it is never bloody open. So there I am with it 28 degress outside holding a few bags of mini pizzas waiting 15 minutes behind people buying enough food for an aid shipment,up to all sorts of carry on with credit cards and vegtables they hadnt bothered weighing or didnt properly attach the sticker to,sending the cashier running off to the managers for a price confirmation or some sh1te. When I finally get my 3 bags of pizza and 2 nets of oranges to the top of the queue I am told that the till is closed and to bring my purchases to the customer service/off licence/magazine counter. Thanks for fcuking telling me that when I joined the queue 15 minutes ago.:rolleyes: (btw i didnt go to that counter first as in general i think you arent supposed to bring normal purchases there unless asked)

I hate these places with a vengence. Maybe its because I usually only a basketful of frozen food and ALWAYS get caught behind packed trolleys, poshies using their fcuking credit cards to pay for 30 euro worth of food and having to sign this and that and occasionally have the managment summoned or else old women quibbling why the advertisement said the tin of peas she is paying 23 cents for were advertised as 20 cents and fishing out old out of date coupons and complaining why she cant get her 5% off their euro worth of ice cream(well,actually ive just described my own gran but it seems all the older generation get up to this carry on)

Argos also pisses me off. Lord knows why anybody voluntarily shops there. Its no cheaper than any normal place where you bring your item to the counter rather than joining the argos conga line. I only use that hole as a last resort.

Rambling rant mode now off


Ah that felt better.

Tusky

I feel soooo sorry for you you poor thing :rolleyes:

BoobeR

Post this as thread name "Mental Problems" in Personal Issues, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. LOL

Creamy Goodness

i've been stuck behind some1 who bought a packet of chewing gum with a credit card i was thinking to myself what the fcuk loike!

de5p0i1er

I hate those places aswell there are to many stupid ppl shoping there and ppl that will complain about a few cent, it frys my brain when some old biddy starts counting out the pennys when they have a €50 note in there hand and just want to get rid of there change while theres a trail of ppl half a mile long behind them.

Lump

.... I don't think it's right that you would steal just cause you're embarrased to get your money back. I work in one of the busiest petrol stations in the south east. I can tell you that old people are the most annoying fúcks ever.


[Rant]

Picture this, they walk to the counter with a slice pan and milk, I scan it in, asking "Is that everything?" I recieve the answer "Yes", I proceed to wait while the old person counts out the coppers, all the time the queue grows longer. I happily take the 50 euro note and the small stuff (very rarely they actually have said small stuff and just waste time counting it to no avail... when I can clearly see they dont have it, due to my many hours looking at the fúcking stuff). I pass over the change and look at the next person with hopefull eyes..... YES!! A young person..... OH NO NOT YET, the old biddy wants something else.... HELLO I ASKED YOU AT THE START OF THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU WANTED ANYTHING ELSE....

Again we start... .can I have a telly bingo, I walk to the lotto machine, and back.... Old biddy "Can I have an All Cash please?", walk back to the lotto tickets.
Me: "One or Two Euro?"
Old Biddy: "What?"
Me: "One or Two Euro all Cash?"
Old biddy: "What's the difference?"
Me: "Insert what the difference is here"
Old Biddy: "Oh just the one euro scratch card"
Me: "3.50 Please"

..... AGAIN WITH THE FÚCKING COUNTING..... YOU DONT HAVE IT IN CHANGE, so after all that we end up breaking the notes. At this stage there is now a queue of 10+ people in the shop. I am alone as the managers are lazy wánkers and won't come out of the office and the person I'm working with is on their break.

Just as the Old biddy turns to leave there is an action that I have only seen in annoying old women.... known to me as the lash-back whip around movement... She whips around.

Old Biddy: "Jesus, the fags...20 Super Silk please"
Me: "What?!, Do you mean Silk Cut?"
Old Biddy: "Yes that's what I said"
Me: "Silk Cut Ultra, Blue, Purple, Red?????"
Old Biddy: "Jesus I can't remember.... Mild... I think."
Me: "Silk cut blue then"

Again with the money counting which during that whole fags incident was being put back into the bag..... ?!!

What finishes the whole thing off nicely is the quaint little smile from the Old biddy when she leaves...... OH NO IT'S NOT OVER... THE CÚNT WANTS A FÚCKING BAG.... I resort to basically throwing it over the counter at her... Me: "Don't worry about the charge".

Right in the place I work, I server about 1200 people a day.... MY GOD THERE ARE ANNOYING WÁNKERS AROUND.


Anyway to sum up. Queues aren't always the person on the tills fault..... spare a thought for what a shítty day they may be having.


John

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Stephen

Little kids are exactly the same... They buy things one by one and like to pay with massive handfuls of change they probably picked up off the floor. Meanwhile the people in the queue behind them are going mental.

I'm glad I don't work there any more!

Lump

Oh it's Statoil, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny..... I'll be the big annoyed looking one


John

simu

You should only buy condoms from a machine in cases of extreme emergency. They are such a rip-off, no wonder STD infection rates are rising. Go to a pharmacy - it's worth any embarassment you might feel!

elexes

know the feeling . i used to work in a shop in a shopping center and it was the exact same . they come up u ask if thats it then they make another order after . then another . then another ... so annoying .

what reely got me was when i asked would u like a bag and there reply was only if u have one ( like why would i ask if u wanted one if i didnt have one ) or no . ( insert small wait hear ) u never asked did i need a bag .

or better yet when they used a red pen on a lotto slip .

Makaveli

Originally posted by Lump



[Rant]

Picture this, they walk to the counter with a slice pan and milk, I scan it in, asking "Is that everything?" I recieve the answer "Yes", I proceed to wait while the old person counts out the coppers, all the time the queue grows longer. I happily take the 50 euro note and the small stuff (very rarely they actually have said small stuff and just waste time counting it to no avail... when I can clearly see they dont have it, due to my many hours looking at the fúcking stuff). I pass over the change and look at the next person with hopefull eyes..... YES!! A young person..... OH NO NOT YET, the old biddy wants something else.... HELLO I ASKED YOU AT THE START OF THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU WANTED ANYTHING ELSE....

Again we start... .can I have a telly bingo, I walk to the lotto machine, and back.... Old biddy "Can I have an All Cash please?", walk back to the lotto tickets.
Me: "One or Two Euro?"
Old Biddy: "What?"
Me: "One or Two Euro all Cash?"
Old biddy: "What's the difference?"
Me: "Insert what the difference is here"
Old Biddy: "Oh just the one euro scratch card"
Me: "3.50 Please"

..... AGAIN WITH THE FÚCKING COUNTING..... YOU DONT HAVE IT IN CHANGE, so after all that we end up breaking the notes. At this stage there is now a queue of 10+ people in the shop. I am alone as the managers are lazy wánkers and won't come out of the office and the person I'm working with is on their break.

Just as the Old biddy turns to leave there is an action that I have only seen in annoying old women.... known to me as the lash-back whip around movement... She whips around.

Old Biddy: "Jesus, the fags...20 Super Silk please"
Me: "What?!, Do you mean Silk Cut?"
Old Biddy: "Yes that's what I said"
Me: "Silk Cut Ultra, Blue, Purple, Red?????"
Old Biddy: "Jesus I can't remember.... Mild... I think."
Me: "Silk cut blue then"

Again with the money counting which during that whole fags incident was being put back into the bag..... ?!!

What finishes the whole thing off nicely is the quaint little smile from the Old biddy when she leaves...... OH NO IT'S NOT OVER... THE CÚNT WANTS A FÚCKING BAG.... I resort to basically throwing it over the counter at her... Me: "Don't worry about the charge".

Right in the place I work, I server about 1200 people a day.... MY GOD THERE ARE ANNOYING WÁNKERS AROUND.


Anyway to sum up. Queues aren't always the person on the tills fault..... spare a thought for what a shítty day they may be having.


John

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You've just described my working day too.
Only I'll add

Can I have a lotto please?
- You mean a quickpick?
*pause*
Yes
- Do you want lotto plus?
*pause again*
What's that?
- I explain.
another pause
Yeah ok with the plus.
- Ok, how many lines?
I don't know, how much is it per line. (Already told when explaining lotto plus)
- told agin
Ok, 2 lines no lotto plus
- GET OUT OF THE SHOP

And as for the ones that keep ticking void instead of quickpick. grrr

Lump

tell me about it..... some people are so fúcking ignorant too, I really hate people that drop money on the counter when you are obviously holding your hand out for them to put it into. Or the people that fire money across the counter at you.



John

TomTom

We have a shop/off licence and its the only place in my town open after half ten.
So you get all these ppl in who just need to grab something for the morning but they always seem to wait until about 12 when i'm about to close the bloody doors.
They is some things that really annoy me.
1. You are washing down the meat slicer and someone has the balls to ask for half a pound of ham.
2. You have just washed the meat slicers and told the person this, yet they say they only want a few slices. No difference meat head, i'll still have to wash the bloody think again. Pick up a bloody pre pack.
3.We only use the paper bags and don't charge for them, yet people still feel the need to complain that they did not get a plastic one.
4.People who feel the need to argue that they have car keys and that I should accept this as valid proof of ID.
5.Young people who come in with a blood 50 euro note and cannot stop buying things one until the damn thing is nearly gone.
6.Not a problem as such but it annoys me when i see young mother (not all, just a group from my town) come in with the pram, the kid is filthy, its 11 o'clock on a sunday mornin and they want 12 cans of tennants for the fella, no need for a bag they pile them into the pram around the kid, followed by enough trash food to rot the teeth of a nation and about 60 smokes. They when they are finished ask for the cheapes nappies and other stuff for the babys. I feel like giving them the good stuff for the sake of the child.
Man i could go on all night with this rant but i won't.
As for being in cues at supermarkets, do peopl never read the sign that says 12 items or less. Are they an exception to the rule.

Miguel_Sanchez

You see what you don't know is that us non-service industry people have group meetings where we assign the 'annoying customer' roles for the coming weeks and then go about wrecking the heads of everyone who works behind a counter anywhere.

It's a big plot. Muhhahhahhhaaa.

*Ahem*