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Worst shops in Ireland

Saskia

Am I the only one to think that the Boots shop on Grafton Street is HELL ON EARTH?

Was in their the other night and its so narrow and cramped I got about 5 foot inside the door and then got so pissed off standing waiting to get any further that I stomped straight back out.

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Archeron

Tommys in Blanchardstown. Squashy, hot, full of people looking for cheap birthday cards, massive queues, mad ould ones at the tills looking at you like you have three heads, security guards with major power buzz thing going on, they have it all really.

ferdi

spar, all of them.

connundrum

€uro Shops.. all of em

~Leanne~

Hehe - have to agree with Tommy's in Blanch! I detest the place!!

projectmayhem

Game.

Nightwish

All Spars and Centras. Dodgy deli food and really overpriced and always long queues.

meditraitor

Supervalu-all them,

Retr0gamer

Game Henry St.

Manager is an arsetwat and they seem to practice their own consumer law there.

Lady_Macbeth

any where around christmas time. madness, hap-so-lute madness. :mad:

rainbow kirby

Any of the poundshops in the Square. Horrible...

Our man in Havana

Dunnes Stores and to a lesser extent Tesco. "Have you got a clubcard?" I so hate that.

Demetrius

Lidls...really soulless places.

Linoge

It was refitted not 6 months ago and its back to being the kip that it always was. Badly stocked shelves, fruit and veg not rotated out (you have to go routing through empty boxes to find a banana), rubbish and trolleys thrown EVERYWHERE, the worst car park entrance/exit i have ever seen - i'm sure its illegal. The only redeeming quality about the place is that some of the staff are quite friendly.

Creamy Goodness

Demetrius wrote:

Lidls...really soulless places.

don't go to germany then, most stores are like that there.

store i really hate is tk maxx, they have good bargains and all that but they really feck up on the airconditioning in the store, it would be roasted outside (well warm for ireland) yet they'll have the heat on full blast making you not want to rummage around for the bargains.

Angels

worst place for me is Pennys shops terrible specially on a Thursday!

C_Breeze

Archeron wrote:

Tommys in Blanchardstown. Squashy, hot, full of people looking for cheap birthday cards, massive queues, mad ould ones at the tills looking at you like you have three heads, security guards with major power buzz thing going on, they have it all really.

hehe, i think we're onto a winner here.

...followed by Lidl and Poundworld,...and game on ocassions simply because they sometimes get waaaay to cramped.

but yeah those cheapo shops, theres something about them - just cant put my finger on it

Archeron

Bond-007 wrote:

Dunnes Stores and to a lesser extent Tesco. "Have you got a clubcard?" I so hate that.

that always makes me laugh. Look at my face love, and tell me if you think this is the expression of someone who would willingly be here on a regular basis, or if its the face of a stressed out person who's in buying cheap beer because this store happens to be open at 2 o clock on a sunday morning.....Hmmm, let me guess.

Tobias Greeshman

I 2nd the poundshops in the Square, especially that one near the cinema. Once you get into it, its a right job to get back out of it. Tallaght Skangers left, right and centre you just don't feel safe and want to get to the door.

Along with any sort of poundshops in general, hate them all equally.

MorningStar

What are people actually complaining about?

Is it the layout?

The amount of people in the store?

The service?

THe thread is just a moan about nothing as people are complaining on all fronts.

THe generalisations of a franchise such as Spar is idiotic. Many are custom built with specific layout plans. Many modern Spars have excelent designs.

Fanny Cradock

MorningStar wrote:

THe generalisations of a franchise such as Spar is idiotic. Many are custom built with specific layout plans. Many modern Spars have excelent designs.

do you design spar stores then?

Pigman II

There was a shop near where I lived that sold clothes for auld women and all the windows were boarded up so you could even see inside from the street. Must have walked by it for about 5 years as a kid without ever daring to go inside or even seeing someone go in or out of the place. It was a mystery!

Anyway one day in my teens I decided 'ah **** it', took a deep breath and I went in. There was this auld wan behind the counter gawking at me so I made up some yarn on the spot about wanting to buy a dress for my grandmas birthday. The auld biddy behind the counter could see I was lying and was quick to kick me out of there in a flash.

Anyway, the place literally like something out of the League of Gentlemen's "are you local? " shop. Dank and dark and not exactly what I'd call welcoming I was glad to get the hell out of there before I was boiled down for glue or something.

The shop is gone now so I guess it doesn't qualify but the thread reminded me of it so what the hey.

youcancallmeal

MorningStar wrote:

THe thread is just a moan about nothing as people are complaining on all fronts.

Welcome to afterhours

This is why I rarely come in here.

Archeron

MorningStar wrote:

What are people actually complaining about?

Is it the layout?

The amount of people in the store?

The service?

THe thread is just a moan about nothing as people are complaining on all fronts.

THe generalisations of a franchise such as Spar is idiotic. Many are custom built with specific layout plans. Many modern Spars have excelent designs.

first and foremost, this is a rather lighthearted thread. I dont think any venom is intended. What are we complaining about? The layout, the lack of products, that crappiness of the products, the smells of sweat/poo/dirt/sewage, bad staff attitudes, big queues, cramped conditions, poor opening hours, poor parking, poor access, why, even down to horribly designed buildings. (Lidl take a bow). Anyway, we're Irish, we have to complain!! If we didnt complain about things like this, we could (God fobid) realize how crappy things in this country are on a bigger scale.

Caliden

typical irish, TYPICAL!

now if this was ancient greece.....

Archeron

Caliden wrote:

typical irish, TYPICAL!

now if this was ancient greece.....

"Amphora's 'R' Us" is a joke, I had to park my chariot 150 stadiums away last time I visited.

Martly

Spar In thomas street is so bad..The staff are crap and the stock levels are ****e too..What convienience store runs out of cans of coke??
The cheapest thing on the deli is 3.49 and thats just a sandwich!!!

Tazz T

Any shop that make their customers queue because they're too mean to put on extra staff because they think their customers will wait to be served.

That applies to all pubs too.

Particularly hate fast food outlets that aren't fast.

Bard

youcancallme>al wrote:

Welcome to afterhours

This is why I rarely come in here.

We miss you when you're not here.

No, really.

Aldi, btw. The shop is grand, I'm just not mad about the "clientele".

europerson

Saskia wrote:

Am I the only one to think that the Boots shop on Grafton Street is HELL ON EARTH?

Was in their the other night and its so narrow and cramped I got about 5 foot inside the door and then got so pissed off standing waiting to get any further that I stomped straight back out.

No, I agree. It's absolutely mad, especially around six o'clock in the evening. It's so narrow, and it's impossible to stop to look at anything, because one will be carried along by a current of people queuing down the shop for the cash registers.

Devon

There was a place in Ballyfermot called Paynes that would knock Tommy's off the top spot. It changed it's name to "Bettabuy" before it closed down but oh my GOD the smell of the place was stomach-wrenching. Filthy too.