Are there any shops you don't like?

Gloomtastic! · 06-01-2019 06:22AM

Woodies. The local hardware shop can sell things at half the price of Woodies and still make a profit. Shows you how much they are out to gouge the Irish public. Likewise with Halfords. Your local motor factors are way cheaper.

Dunnes because every store has a different layout and it takes ages to find what you’re looking for.

Lush. The smell of them makes me want to vomit!

Mr. CooL ICE · 06-01-2019 08:28AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Tesco. The shops are always grotty, and it’s hard to know which are worse - the ‘unexpected item in bagging area’ machines, or the tragically demotivated human drones who work in them.

AND DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A BLUE TOKEN!!!

paw patrol · 06-01-2019 08:35AM

ikea

my wife and I killed each other there about 10years ago on our first visit,
she goes alone now.

Irish Guitarist · 06-01-2019 08:35AM

I know Aldi save money by not unpacking stuff but the way you have to dig for what you want is is ridiculous. I've often had to lift up two crates of diet cola with one hand so I get out a bottle of normal cola with the other hand. Would it really be that difficult to stack the crates separately?

paw patrol · 06-01-2019 08:36AM

I must say I love tk Maxx.

I don't like clothes shopping so finding all that variety in one shop is great for me . I go about once a year and stock up

grindle · 06-01-2019 08:51AM

Evel Knievel wrote: »

Also, any shops where some little piss ant with a lanyard is straight over asking if your "ok there", the minute you walk in the door.
Giz a chance to have a look first pal...

I agree it's the wrong approach but they've literally been trained to do this via some hokey American retail training regime. Always remember there's a person behind the job. They don't want to talk bullshít to you, but they're paid to and if they fail to keep it up for at least a full year they're fired and can't afford to live.
How many 20-somethings dream of walking up to a stranger and asking if they're "OK for everything"?
Zero. Blame the business and not the piss-ant w/lanyard.

vladmydad · 06-01-2019 08:54AM

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Subcomandante Marcos · 06-01-2019 08:55AM

Penny's. God knows why but their mens jeans are the worst fitting things on earth. I have big thighs and calfs but when I try on "my" size the waist is always about 2-3 sizes bigger than it's meant to be and the legs are like they're sprayed on. And not in skinny or slim fit, in straight fit. It's ridiculous. All their mens clothes are ill-fitting really.
Can't stand the place.

grindle · 06-01-2019 09:10AM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Penny's. God knows why but their mens jeans are the worst fitting things on earth. I have big thighs and calfs but when I try on "my" size the waist is always about 2-3 sizes bigger than it's meant to be and the legs are like they're sprayed on. And not in skinny or slim fit, in straight fit. It's ridiculous. All their mens clothes are ill-fitting really.
Can't stand the place.

That's the fashion nowadays. It's not nice for people who want normal clothes but my 21yr old nephew only buys pants that 5 years ago I would've thought of as some awkward teen girl's fashion choice. Ripped by design, thin material so made to be destroyed within months, extremely tight and likely to amplify all the bad qualities of the material. Getting lads to wear girl-fashion's leftover materials is probably a wet-dream for clothes manufacturers.

NSAman · 06-01-2019 09:14AM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Penny's. God knows why but their mens jeans are the worst fitting things on earth. I have big thighs and calfs but when I try on "my" size the waist is always about 2-3 sizes bigger than it's meant to be and the legs are like they're sprayed on. And not in skinny or slim fit, in straight fit. It's ridiculous. All their mens clothes are ill-fitting really.
Can't stand the place.

Oh just go with the flow. Wear them and buy some CK’s, let the arse of the jeans dangle half way down your CK’s and you are “trendy”.

whisky_galore · 06-01-2019 09:16AM

TK Maxx, never found a single thing I liked there. Ever.

Bookies and Cash for Gold places, a sure sign a place is going downhill. Likewise the seedy looking Casinos that exist here.

River Island, their men's stuff is a tad effeminate.

whisky_galore · 06-01-2019 09:19AM

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

AND DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A BLUE TOKEN!!!

There's always one pushy blue token one at the checkouts!

fits · 06-01-2019 09:21AM

I like ALDI and TK maxx. Dislike all the high street fashion chains. Terrible quality plastic clothes.

mikemac2 · 06-01-2019 09:22AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

1. Robbing Valu and Dunnes. Complete gougers, with the latter having the added bonus of apartheid-supporting thugs of employees and suppliers alike for many decades.

The apartheid protest by union members started in 1984, over 30 years ago.

Most shop assistants and junior managers who work in Dunnes were not even born then

Let it go

Graces7 · 06-01-2019 09:23AM

I love them all and never find the bad staff you complain about. Before I came to Ireland I was housebound years as I have been many times due to illness and it was and is a sheer wonder to go into supermarkets Really enjoy them .
staff are always kind
Alas will no longer have a mainland car by this time next week so no more supermarkets sadly ...

lbc2019 · 06-01-2019 09:24AM

paw patrol wrote: »

ikea

my wife and I killed each other there about 10years ago on our first visit,
she goes alone now.

I hate ikea

erica74 · 06-01-2019 09:26AM

Lush. The smell is absolutely overwhelmingly strong, before you're even in the door you're nearly tripping balls off the smell.
Then, if you actually go inside (because you have to buy your sister a few bath bombs for her birthday), the staff are on top of you the minute you walk in asking if you need help (I don't need help spending my own fucking money thanks!), they try to upsell you and, even at the fucking till they're still trying to get you to spend more money - "this lip scrub is only €5 if you buy it today" - not even fucking free to thank you for your custom! Or, the shite they're selling at the counter is to help some starving kids and they look at you like "oh you're clearly someone who just wants all the kids dead".

Mad_maxx · 06-01-2019 09:27AM

Super valu

Nothing remotely extra special or exclusive yet extremely expensive

cannotlogin · 06-01-2019 09:28AM

Ambercrombie & Fitch - shopping in poor light, with an over loaded smell of perfume, being served by a completely vaucous poser.

I must be too old!

Others include Tx maxx,

Claire's (no I don't want a basket or to hear all the special offers)

Pull & Bear (it's always a mess),

Smiggles (over priced nonsense & guaranteed headache),

Brown Thomas (peak notions & staff who think a lot of themselves)

Lidl (new checkouts are chaos & slow things fown rather than speed it up)

Darkglasses · 06-01-2019 09:28AM

Tesco, always find their meat or fruit/veg to be lowest quality.

JD Sports. Seem to only sell tacky/chavy stuff and not a proper runner in the place

Have to say I like Tkmaxx, love having such a mad collection of stuff all in one place. Cookery related stuff is usually interesting, good for gifts.

Subcomandante Marcos · 06-01-2019 09:29AM

erica74 wrote: »

Lush. The smell is absolutely overwhelmingly strong, before you're even in the door you're nearly tripping balls off the smell.
Then, if you actually go inside (because you have to buy your sister a few bath bombs for her birthday), the staff are on top of you the minute you walk in asking if you need help (I don't need help spending my own fucking money thanks!), they try to upsell you and, even at the fucking till they're still trying to get you to spend more money - "this lip scrub is only €5 if you buy it today" - not even fucking free to thank you for your custom! Or, the shite they're selling at the counter is to help some starving kids and they look at you like "oh you're clearly someone who just wants all the kids dead".

Actually Lush and Yankee Candle stores give me a near instant headache due to the onslaught of smells when you walk in. They're definitely on my list if stores that can stop existing right ****ing now too.

mikemac2 · 06-01-2019 09:42AM

Darkglasses wrote: »

Have to say I like Tkmaxx, love having such a mad collection of stuff all in one place. Cookery related stuff is usually interesting, good for gifts.

Haha I’m just imagining you giving the wife a new frying pan for Christmas and getting a belt across the head :pac:

whisky_galore · 06-01-2019 09:44AM

mikemac2 wrote: »

The apartheid protest by union members started in 1984, over 30 years ago.

Most shop assistants and junior managers who work in Dunnes were not even born then

Let it go

Some people are still pissed off about Cromwell here, not to mind Dunnes.

lapua20grain · 06-01-2019 10:02AM

Dunnes, Aldi, Lidl, TK Maxx and IKEA.
Dealt with Dunnes for a couple of years and they are the most horrible **** I have had the misfortune to deal with. Aldi & Lidl because their staff are terrible and the quality of their produce is brutal. TK Maxx and IKEA need I say anymore.

AndyBoBandy · 06-01-2019 10:05AM

Weirs Jewellers - Grafton Street. Went in a few years ago with the intention of buying myself a half decent watch (circa €1,000 - €2,000 worth). Asked a few staff a few times could I look at watches (what I wanted was to be shown some various watches, and to be able to have a chat about said watches etc..) and each time I asked, I was just pointed in the direction of where some watches were displayed, and no staff member engaged me even once. I promptly left and took my business elsewhere (for 2 years previous to that I bought my girlfriend expensive jewellery there for Christmas, but have never set foot inside the door since).

SuperValu (spell it right folks) - the stores look great but their fresh fruit & veg is anything but, with expiration dates usually a day or 2 later than the date you are there shopping. I must however add that the SuperValu’s that were previously Superquinn’s are mostly fine, particularly the Northside Shopping Centre one. It’s a great shop for being in such a sh1tty area.

Pennys - It’s not that I hate them so much, but rather hate being there with the missus. There’s just so much sh1t for them to browse through, especially in the massive ones like in Swords!!! They are endless pits of despair!!

TK Maxx I’m indifferent on, as they are mostly sh1te, but if you put the effort in, you will find the 2% of stuff that’s actually decent (However the prices are still crazy and no way reflective of their U.S. counterparts TJ Maxx & Marshall’s). They do have good kitchen utensils and usually always have a nice array of hot sauces and spices.

Dunnes - I only shop there when I have the 25% off vouchers, but made the mistake of buying fresh meat there (ham joint) last summer and it was awful. Now when the vouchers arrive it’s purely only branded stuff I buy there like washing machine detergents, shampoo/shower gels etc..

Bookmakers - don’t use them, hate the site of the windlowless pits of lost dreams. They are always beside a pub, preying on the weak and vulnerable. They wouldn’t be there if they weren’t making loads of money.

And trying to think of 1 more and I think of dog/pet grooming places - you bought it, you feed it, you love it, clean your own fcuking animal!

Foweva Awone · 06-01-2019 10:08AM

Lush. The smell always draws me in, but the staff always drive me out.

whisky_galore · 06-01-2019 10:12AM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Super value

Nothing remotely extra special or exclusive yet extremely expensive

Mediocre Valu

Giveaway · 06-01-2019 10:13AM

Pennys. Single use only clothing.
All if Kildare village. No decent coffee shop, nowhere to get a paper, no electronics or even a hardware shop. Hordes if pushy idiots killing eachother to buy the crap that couldn,t be sold on the high street

Mad_maxx · 06-01-2019 10:16AM

Darkglasses wrote: »

Tesco, always find their meat or fruit/veg to be lowest quality.

JD Sports. Seem to only sell tacky/chavy stuff and not a proper runner in the place

Have to say I like Tkmaxx, love having such a mad collection of stuff all in one place. Cookery related stuff is usually interesting, good for gifts.

Aldi are also guilty of selling duff veg and fruit

Corruptedmorals · 06-01-2019 10:22AM

Bershka - very messy, bad layout and usually a massive queue at the till.

Lush - I'd love to try a skincare product but I'll never make it past their hyper staff who jump on you at the threshold. More than one. And it's far too pungent a shop the staff must have pink glittery lungs from breathing in that atmosphere.

Dunnes - I worked there. It is indeed miserable. **** from the top down who despite being very unionised manage to find loads of ways to demoralise staff and screw them around. Awful to suppliers and delivery drivers as well. I try not to give them any money at all. Also aside from their branded ranges the rest of their clothes are the same now as they were 10 years ago.

Zara - very understaffed. Puts me off.

Any shop that blares music at a ridiculous level or has a DJ in the window wtf?

Are there any shops you don't like?

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