Unhelpful shop staff with no English

sdanseo

Walked into a certain Tesco store a earlier tonight and was looking for pears. And as its AH, yes, I WAS on a mad midnight pear-fetish escapade.

So I asked a friendly night packer, expecting to be pointed in the right direction but nah, that's be too much to hope for.

His response: "What's a pear?!" I actually drew the shape of a pear in the air and he still didn't know what one was.

Took me a while to stop smirking, to the point I felt bad for him. But seriously, is it time to start a basic English-speaking course when we hire new foreign staff perhaps? Not the first time this has happened either!

Well, the first time with a pear.

Joey the lips

pears of what....:D

Doc

sdonn wrote: »

So I asked a friendly night packer, expecting to be pointed in the right direction but nah, that's be too much to hope for.

Was it not with all the other fruit and veg?

sdanseo

Doc wrote: »

Was it not with all the other fruit and veg?

Ever been in a Tesco fruit and veg section, they're bloody huge! Two full aisles. I found them in the end and showed him one and educated him. Think he was unimpressed with my efforts.

Random

Yes, I love working midnights stacking shelves in Tesco and someone telling me where the pears are. Yes, it's great. Yes, It's fantastic. Anyway ...

CliffHuxtabel

sdonn wrote: »

Ever been in a Tesco fruit and veg section, they're bloody huge! Two full aisles. I found them in the end and showed him one and educated him. Think he was unimpressed with my efforts.

He was clearly unwilling to Embrace the Pear

Joey the lips

CliffHuxtabel wrote: »

He was clearly unwilling to Embrace the Pear

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minidazzler

sdonn wrote: »

Ever been in a Tesco fruit and veg section, they're bloody huge! Two full aisles. I found them in the end and showed him one and educated him. Think he was unimpressed with my efforts.

You must feel so good about yourself.

Congradulations on your attempts to assimilate one of those unwashed swan eating foreigners to our way of thinking.

You are one of those people that goes into the Garden section of B&Q and asks for Plumbing equiptment, aren't you, then get's all high and mighty because the staff don't know something.

It's a job to pay the bills TBH, not a career. He is a night packer, he works a specific section, not the whole place.

gunslinger1987

minidazzler wrote: »

You must feel so good about yourself.

Congradulations on your attempts to assimilate one of those unwashed swan eating foreigners to our way of thinking.

You are one of those people that goes into the Garden section of B&Q and asks for Plumbing equiptment, aren't you, then get's all high and mighty because the staff don't know something.

It's a job to pay the bills TBH, not a career. He is a night packer, he works a specific section, not the whole place.

Bit harsh?

sdanseo

minidazzler wrote: »

You must feel so good about yourself.

Congradulations on your attempts to assimilate one of those unwashed swan eating foreigners to our way of thinking.

You are one of those people that goes into the Garden section of B&Q and asks for Plumbing equiptment, aren't you, then get's all high and mighty because the staff don't know something.

It's a job to pay the bills TBH, not a career. He is a night packer, he works a specific section, not the whole place.

Wow, someone hasn't had his weetabix this morning.

gerrycollins

I was in a certain Tesco a few weeks ago in the evening time and asked a friendly looking chap did he know where the iTunes gift cards were?

"What is iTunes?"

was his response, i was actually in shock a little however he had the wherewithall to get another staff member to help him and me in finding them.

Mr. CooL ICE

gunslinger1987 wrote: »

Bit harsh?

But fair

tman

gerrycollins wrote: »

I was in a certain Tesco a few weeks ago in the evening time and asked a friendly looking chap did he know where the iTunes gift cards were?

"What is iTunes?"

was his response, i was actually in shock a little however he had the wherewithall to get another staff member to help him and me in finding them.

No knowing what a pear is was pretty bad, but not knowing what iTunes is is no big deal... Some people only use their computers for porn, you know...

I hope you told him it was an overpriced, bloated piece of crap?

sdanseo

I think he probably just didn't know the english word for it...he could have spieled out Polish or whatever all day

syklops

sdonn wrote: »

I think he probably just didn't know the english word for it...he could have spieled out Polish or whatever all day

spieled out? What?

If your this legible when your spieling out, then no wonder he didn't know what you were on about.

dubtom

sdonn wrote: »

Walked into a certain Tesco store a earlier tonight and was looking for pears. And as its AH, yes, I WAS on a mad midnight pear-fetish escapade.

So I asked a friendly night packer, expecting to be pointed in the right direction but nah, that's be too much to hope for.

His response: "What's a pear?!" I actually drew the shape of a pear in the air and he still didn't know what one was.

Took me a while to stop smirking, to the point I felt bad for him. But seriously, is it time to start a basic English-speaking course when we hire new foreign staff perhaps? Not the first time this has happened either!

Well, the first time with a pear.

What a strange person you are. Not only do you judge the 'friendly' packer for not knowing what a pear is,you then accuse him of knowing no english when he answered your question in english. If he had known what a pear was,would that have qualified him as speaking english perfectly.

neilthefunkeone

sdonn wrote: »

Ever been in a Tesco fruit and veg section, they're bloody huge! Two full aisles. I found them in the end and showed him one and educated him. Think he was unimpressed with my efforts.

You had to look up and down two whole aisles??? Well thats a bloody disgrace.. One aisle i could live with but two??? Quick somebody call joe!!

getz

a least he was working,you cannot have it both ways

Jet Black

A the joys of it. Brings back memories of the time I worked in super market and I always said to people no speaka the english. They got the hint to leave me alone so I could finish my work and go home :-)

super_furry

Find your own damn pears.

phasers

I just wish people in my local cafe spoke better English. This one girl has been there 6 months and still never gets my order right. I think she's taking the piss at this stage

neilthefunkeone

phasers wrote: »

I just wish people in my local cafe spoke better English. This one girl has been there 6 months and still never gets my order right. I think she's taking the piss at this stage

Ha Ha, Probably.. Yet you keep going back for the wrong order..

String

When I was working in supermarket when younger people would always ask me questions like "where are the apples". I would say "have you tried the fruit and veg isle?" and would get a reply of "wheres that?". So annoying people are so lazy to look for stuff before they ask for help

Stones85

sdonn wrote: »

Ever been in a Tesco fruit and veg section, they're bloody huge! Two full aisles. I found them in the end and showed him one and educated him. Think he was unimpressed with my efforts.

Wow 2 whole aisles!!! Jeez bring your SATNAV next time.

Leave the poor guy alone.

I knew a guy once, not the OP, who did something similar. I told him he was a w*nker, and to leave the guy alone. My mate was obviously a smug lazy b*stard who had been spoon fed everything his whole life and expected a busy employee to walk him to the fruit and veg section and point at the pears......

My mate laughed and called the employee a retard...... I think it's clear who the retard is.

Jet Black

phasers wrote: »

I think she's taking the piss at this stage

I would not be drinking that coffee!

I would with a lot of eastern europeans and on our break the speak polish or whatever. I love speaking in my Dub accent, the cant understand me:-)

inforfun

Jet Black wrote: »

I would not be drinking that coffee!

I would with a lot of eastern europeans and on our break the speak polish or whatever. I love speaking in my Dub accent, the cant understand me:-)

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enda1

I've noticed with many non-native English speakers that they pronounce pear as we would pier. Pear has an odd pronunciation.

Ask for piers next time and see what happens!

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Ugh. This... isn't going well.