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deli counters

  • 22-06-2012 01:50PM
    #1
    dejopadu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭dejopadu


    whats the story with scabby people working on the deli counters these days?

    was in centra yesterday & asked for a roll with ham & turkey, & the woman serving put the smallest amount of meat in, she even cut the slices in half ?? i asked for a bit more meat & she looked at me like i had 2 heads. so she made up the roll anyways & i checked the price - 4.89, my mates roll only cost around 3.50, so i didnt bother buying mine. my mate was lessed than impressed with his roll with 1 piece of ham cut in half in it.

    same shop before i asked for a breakfast roll. the woman behind counter tells me they have no rashers, so i says no problem just put in more sausges, so she says that'll be extra 50cents or something. WTF

    rant over


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Comments

  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Like a bit more meat on yer rolls do ya? <nudge nudge>


  • #3
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Why not just make your own ****ing lunch so?


  • #4
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Jarren


    Read this OP

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056677150


  • #5
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    They never have any idea how to make a decent sandwich/roll either.
    Even if you tell them what you want, in the order they should go in, they still decide to say put the tomatoes in last - when they nolonger fukcing fit!
    Idiots.


  • #6
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    dejopadu wrote: »

    rant over

    If only.


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  • #7
    UnknownSpecies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭UnknownSpecies


    I just give her the eyes and my roll is overflowing with meat.


  • #8
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Consumer Issues forum, if it really is that big a deal.

    Or if you feel it's not much of a deal at all and rather stingy, there's the Rip Off Ireland forum as well.


  • #9
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    dejopadu wrote: »
    whats the story with scabby people working on the deli counters these days?

    was in centra yesterday & asked for a roll with ham & turkey, & the woman serving put the smallest amount of meat in, she even cut the slices in half ?? i asked for a bit more meat & she looked at me like i had 2 heads. so she made up the roll anyways & i checked the price - 4.89, my mates roll only cost around 3.50, so i didnt bother buying mine. my mate was lessed than impressed with his roll with 1 piece of ham cut in half in it.

    same shop before i asked for a breakfast roll. the woman behind counter tells me they have no rashers, so i says no problem just put in more sausges, so she says that'll be extra 50cents or something. WTF

    rant over

    THIEF!!


  • #10
    reprazant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭reprazant


    Jarren wrote: »
    Read this OP

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056677150

    That thread shows someone who saw the woman make a crap roll, said nothing and bought it then went on the internet to moan about it.

    If he didn't like he could have either asked for more or not bought it, like the OP above.

    No sympathy for him.


  • #11
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    To be fair, the staff are probably told to use less fillings as a means to increase profit.

    I remember buying a roll once that had so much filling it was impossible to eat, I ended up wearing it more than eating it :o.


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  • #12
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    reprazant wrote: »
    That thread shows someone who saw the woman make a crap roll, said nothing and bought it then went on the internet to moan about it.

    If he didn't like he could have either asked for more or not bought it, like the OP above.

    No sympathy for him.

    Yeah but your screwed either way here. If you piss off the deli woman can you trust her not to put snots in your roll in future ?

    Average people are at the mercy of these modern soup nazi's, we take what we are given and be happy for it, and if you complain its game over.


  • #13
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    You would have been completely within your rights to drag her out over the counter & bludgeon her to death with one of those 90% crust cuisine de france rolls.
    As her blood soaked twitching corpse lay their lifeless you would rise up your feet crimson & a champion of the people.
    One Braveheart speech later you would stride forth out into the carpark not as a man, as a god.

    ...... or just make your sandwiches in the morning you lazy plum.


  • #14
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    rule of thumb: make the sandwich as if it was for yourself.


  • #15
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    everyone should boycott centra in protest of their skimpy rolls

    lets all go to spar from now on


  • #16
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    go back and petrol bomb the centra, its the only way they'll learn


  • #17
    Frank Yellow Whimper
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Frank Yellow Whimper


    R&R


  • #18
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    I agree with op. But its not every centra to be honest. I know one that does excellent rolls and food. They even do chips, burgers and other fast foods as well as rolls. It really drags in a lot business for them.

    But in general deli counters are hit and miss, and there are more bad ones than good ones. I know one that charges €4.50 for a bit of ****ing chicken and others that charge 3.50 for a full breakfast roll.

    Just dont give the bad ones your business.


  • #19
    Unavailable for Comment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭Unavailable for Comment


    dejopadu wrote: »
    was in centra yesterday & asked for a roll with ham & turkey, & the woman serving put the smallest amount of meat in, she even cut the slices in half ??

    The roll would still have had one slice of meat in it, wouldn't it. Half of ham and half of turkey. That's not too bad is it?


  • #20
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    davet82 wrote: »
    go back and petrol bomb the centra, its the only way they'll learn

    rob it first... might as well have the ciggies & till contents ;):D




    NOTE: Commiting Robbery or Arson is illegal and dangerous so don't get caught or kill yourself :P


  • #21
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    rob it first... might as well have the ciggies & till contents ;):D

    sounds like a plan :cool:


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  • #22
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    I once asked for every possible topping on the roll. Chicken fillet, chicken tikka, bacon, tuna,sausages, ham, turkey etc. it was comical, everyone in the que were laughing. Of course I had no intention of paying ( or eating it) for it. Just like countless times before I would casually walk past the till and out the door and enjoy my free roll. of course this time Inwas caught on the way out, I handed over the roll and walked out the door.

    Thinking back I must have stolen thousands from one this shop, I'd literally stack stuff up in my arms so I could barely see where I was going.


  • #23
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    I once asked for every possible topping on the roll. Chicken fillet, chicken tikka, bacon, tuna,sausages, ham, turkey etc. it was comical, everyone in the que were laughing. Of course I had no intention of paying ( or eating it) for it. Just like countless times before I would casually walk past the till and out the door and enjoy my free roll. of course this time Inwas caught on the way out, I handed over the roll and walked out the door.

    Thinking back I must have stolen thousands from one this shop, I'd literally stack stuff up in my arms so I could barely see where I was going.

    Any particular reason why you did that or are you just scummy?


  • #24
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    I once asked for every possible topping on the roll. Chicken fillet, chicken tikka, bacon, tuna,sausages, ham, turkey etc. it was comical, everyone in the que were laughing. Of course I had no intention of paying ( or eating it) for it. Just like countless times before I would casually walk past the till and out the door and enjoy my free roll. of course this time Inwas caught on the way out, I handed over the roll and walked out the door.

    Thinking back I must have stolen thousands from one this shop, I'd literally stack stuff up in my arms so I could barely see where I was going.

    Any particular reason why you did that or are you just scummy?

    I'm pure scum


  • #25
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    I'm pure scum

    ok


  • #26
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    You should have pulled her right through the deli unit by the hair, beat her to the ground and then stamped on her trachea until she died.


  • #27
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    I once asked for every possible topping on the roll. Chicken fillet, chicken tikka, bacon, tuna,sausages, ham, turkey etc. it was comical, everyone in the que were laughing. Of course I had no intention of paying ( or eating it) for it. Just like countless times before I would casually walk past the till and out the door and enjoy my free roll. of course this time Inwas caught on the way out, I handed over the roll and walked out the door.

    Thinking back I must have stolen thousands from one this shop, I'd literally stack stuff up in my arms so I could barely see where I was going.

    Look at me, everyone, look at me, look at me, LOOK AT ME!!!!


  • #28
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    Sea Filly wrote: »
    Look at me, everyone, look at me, look at me, LOOK AT ME!!!!

    gerri halliwell sang that if i'm not mistaken?


  • #29
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    The deli counter near my office don't know the difference between butter and margerine/spread. Also, they only butter one slice of bread per sandwich, and even that isn't done properly. When they cut the sandwich, they don't even do it evenly, corner to corner, so you end up with one large and one small mishapen parts. Oh, and they need to be reminded to clean the counter top before preparing a new sandwich. The same women have been there for three years and they haven't improved.

    I wonder if it is the fault of the shop owner who do not train their staff, or the fault of the workers who are either really dim or just don't give a damn. Surely, even the lowly sandwich makers should take some pride in their work?


  • #30
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    Sea Filly wrote: »
    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    I once asked for every possible topping on the roll. Chicken fillet, chicken tikka, bacon, tuna,sausages, ham, turkey etc. it was comical, everyone in the que were laughing. Of course I had no intention of paying ( or eating it) for it. Just like countless times before I would casually walk past the till and out the door and enjoy my free roll. of course this time Inwas caught on the way out, I handed over the roll and walked out the door.

    Thinking back I must have stolen thousands from one this shop, I'd literally stack stuff up in my arms so I could barely see where I was going.

    Look at me, everyone, look at me, look at me, LOOK AT ME!!!!

    One must set oneself challenges in life and seek to triumph in the face of insurmountable odds.


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  • #31
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    This sounds very immature and childish but have you considered a Stink Bomb attack on this shop in retaliation?


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