Have you ever been barred from a supermarket?

General Zod · 29-05-2009 10:35PM #1

Evening all.

tonight signals a new benchmark for me. I've been barred from a supermarket.

At 9.40 I entered the supermarket with the intention of buying a few cans to go with my friday night chinese, as I usually do on friday evenings.

i was greeted with the sight of the Assistant manager pulling the shutters down to the off licence section.

I asked him why was he closing early, he said it was because the queue was too long. there were 5 people waiting to be served.

Now, in this Super Valu, they put up signs at the front tills saying alcohol could be paid for there. I reminded the manager of this. he said there were no such signs. I offered to escort him to the front of the shop were said signs existed.

then he said the queues were as long there. I told him I just pased them and they weren't as long there.

"no, there are no such signs" was what he replied to me with.

I disagreed with his assessment. he called security. I got barred.

there goes the 150 euro I give to SuperValu each week for groceries. Off to Lidl I go.

so, where have you ever been barred from, AH denziens?

phasers · 29-05-2009 10:37PM

Loads,I'm a kleptomaniac

Vain · 29-05-2009 10:39PM

Who does shopping, just get your mom to do it like i do pfft:pac:

artanevilla · 29-05-2009 10:40PM

Yeah, I put small pornographic pictures in the envelopes in the card section.

Loopy · 29-05-2009 10:44PM

Once, when travelling I robbed a few bananas from a supermarket in Oz [I was starving ok.] and the security guy caught me and chased me up the road screaming at me, 'Dont come back mother fcuker'.........

General Zod · 29-05-2009 10:45PM

artanevilla wrote: »

Yeah, I put small pornographic pictures in the envelopes in the card section.

Vain wrote: »

Who does shopping, just get your mom to do it like i do pfft:pac:

It would be funny if artanevilla was your mother, Van.

Vain · 29-05-2009 10:47PM

Loopy wrote: »

Once, when travelling I robbed a few bananas from a supermarket in Oz [I was starving ok.] and the security guy caught me and chased me up the road screaming at me, 'Dont come back mother fcuker'.........

Im sorry but that was funny.:D Howd ya survive with no money after that.

TheZohanS · 29-05-2009 10:48PM

Never.

That's very unusual tbh. You need to find out when the real manager is on duty and give him a ring. Assistant Manager might not give a toss but his boss will.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-05-2009 10:49PM

No, I've never been caught.

Jesus Wept · 29-05-2009 10:50PM

I've never trusted them, they can't even spell value.

The_Minister · 29-05-2009 10:58PM

They must be American

PurplePrincess · 29-05-2009 10:58PM

We were ejected from tesco one lunchtime for sniffing the fabric conditioners to see which one was the nicest. I wouldn't mind but I'm 31 and it was a genuine quest to find one that would leave the clothes smelling nice!!!

Tar.Aldarion · 29-05-2009 10:58PM

General Zod wrote: »

Evening all.

tonight signals a new benchmark for me. I've been barred from a supermarket.

At 9.40 I entered the supermarket with the intention of buying a few cans to go with my friday night chinese, as I usually do on friday evenings.

i was greeted with the sight of the Assistant manager pulling the shutters down to the off licence section.

I asked him why was he closing early, he said it was because the queue was too long. there were 5 people waiting to be served.

Now, in this Super Valu, they put up signs at the front tills saying alcohol could be paid for there. I reminded the manager of this. he said there were no such signs. I offered to escort him to the front of the shop were said signs existed.

then he said the queues were as long there. I told him I just pased them and they weren't as long there.

"no, there are no such signs" was what he replied to me with.

I disagreed with his assessment. he called security. I got barred.

there goes the 150 euro I give to SuperValu each week for groceries. Off to Lidl I go.

so, where have you ever been barred from, AH denziens?

Why would you go to teh worst supermarket anyway? They even tell their employees taht they can't match the other supermarkets on price so we had 'better beat them on customer service', fail.

General Zod · 29-05-2009 10:59PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Never.

That's very unusual tbh. You need to find out when the real manager is on duty and give him a ring. Assistant Manager might not give a toss but his boss will.

Oh, I plan on it on Tuesday.

General Zod · 29-05-2009 11:00PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Why would you go to teh worst supermarket anyway? They even tell their employees taht they can't match the other supermarkets on price so we had 'better beat them on customer service', fail.

Because I had ther impression that customer service and being Irish owned was important to me. The latter has now been removed. Lidl from now on.

Super-Rush · 29-05-2009 11:00PM

Barred from my local Euro spa for asking where they got their Carp(its a fish) from.

smk89 · 29-05-2009 11:02PM

once for having a music session in the middle of tesco.

but on the plus side it was in the sweets aisle

stepbar · 29-05-2009 11:03PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Why would you go to teh worst supermarket anyway? They even tell their employees taht they can't match the other supermarkets on price so we had 'better beat them on customer service', fail.

Aw now, if the like of eFlow had better CS then I'm sure people would be prepared to pay a little more. As for supermarkets, well, I don't think they can get away with that arguement TBH.

skyhighflyer · 29-05-2009 11:04PM

I worked in retail for a long time and the whole thing sounds really unusual. Sounds like the Assistant Manager was having a bad hair day and wanted to take it out on someone.

I'd go back and let the real manager / store owner know what happened. I'd say they'll be offering you a nice voucher to buy a few cans with for your troubles - and to keep your €150 a week in their till.;)

bleg · 29-05-2009 11:06PM

once i ran into supervalu in ballinrobe in co.mayo, caused a bit of trouble went around scaring staff, eventually though i just ran out again. doubt i'll be let back in

pikachucheeks · 29-05-2009 11:09PM

bleg wrote: »

once i ran into supervalu in ballinrobe in co.mayo, caused a bit of trouble went around scaring staff, eventually though i just ran out again. doubt i'll be let back in

Well, that's a load of bull!
:pac:

bleg · 29-05-2009 11:12PM

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Well, that's a load of bull!
:pac:

http://meow.catsplz.com/cats/pictures/234/I-see-what-you-did-there.jpg

admiralofthefleet · 30-05-2009 12:07AM

got barred and fúcked out of tesco in greystones a few years ago for lighting a smoke on the veg aisle.

CoachBoone · 30-05-2009 12:24AM

Yup. A Tesco down the country no less.

Mate of mine went in wearing only a towel after we were swimming. We told him we needed fertiliser for one of the lads dad, asked him to hold it for a second, whipped off his towel and left him with only a bag of fertiliser to spare his blushes.

Funniest thing about the whole situation was, we went back in there the next day and the security guard remembered us and brought us into the back office.... to SHOW us the cctv recording of everything that happened before barring us. We even got a cd of the images, Im gonna try find them now.

CoachBoone · 30-05-2009 12:28AM

I cant seem to post images. I have them all here and ready too.

cardio,shoot me · 30-05-2009 12:40AM

please, please! figure it out

Gummy Panda · 30-05-2009 12:41AM

Vain wrote: »

Im sorry but that was funny.:D Howd ya survive with no money after that.

the bananas helped her earn money. you oblivously never seen 1girl2bananas.com

CoachBoone · 30-05-2009 12:51AM

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

please, please! figure it out

I can't. Even when I go into "advanced reply" the usual image option isnt in the toolbar. Weird.

Super-Rush · 30-05-2009 12:56AM

Legend status beckons if you get it sorted.....don't miss out

CutzEr · 30-05-2009 01:00AM

CoachBoone wrote: »

I can't. Even when I go into "advanced reply" the usual image option isnt in the toolbar. Weird.

Upload 'em on www.tinypic.com or if it's alot on a file sharing site (www.mediafire.com)

CoachBoone · 30-05-2009 01:03AM

It seems you can't post images on After Hours for some reason. That sucks. I have about 6 or 7 of em here.

Have you ever been barred from a supermarket?

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