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    Had just about enough.

    Of whingeing miserable sods.

    Today for example, a complaint that a woman had just had her hair ruined because we don't have any parking which is under cover.

    Now I could understand it if we were the Ritz or the Hilton, but we're a bloody Sainsbury's for God's sake.

    Are we becoming a compensation culture?

    I ask because this woman was actually after some form of kickback because she had to walk in the rain to the door of the store. She genuinely expected to get something, she nearly bloody did too, but the ludicrously liberal laws of this country don't allow mercy killings of obnoxious old bags with a blunt umbrella.

    Just to make her day, I waited until she had calmed down to politely inform her that though I understood that she had parked in a disabled bay to be closer to the door and avoid catastrophic hair damage, she would have to move her car or I would have it clamped as she was clearly in no way physically impared.
    (Though mentally I suspect she was not only a sandwich but also two sticks of celery, half quiche, one scotch egg and three bottles of ginger beer short of the proverbial picnic)

    Ever seen a self-important, aggressive, volvo driving, stuck up old cow explode in anger and embarassment at the realisation of how futile and impotent their stropy little tantrums are? Its worth the ten minutes of self righteous rant you get before hand.... leaves you feeling all warm inside....
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    Well done, customers in sainsburys expect to bloody much now imho, we're to nice to them

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    Originally posted by Knoxville
    Well done, customers in sainsburys expect to bloody much now imho, we're to nice to them
    Thats because of the advertising campaigns

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    I know, if jamie oliver had to scan and pack for his 4 million a year ho wouldn't be so f*ckin cheerful i can tell yah

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    LoL! i know that sh*t !!

    I am part of the Tesco Massive and that kind of thing happens all the time... Give em an inch they take a mile huh ?

    you try and sympathise Authentically, but just end up smiling so much that they get the arse and whinge, honestly, wet hair when there are people starving in 3rd world countries? Who gives a flying f**k

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    i do enjoy working in a chip shop, i don't get any hassle at all, apart from the drunk guys demanding more chilli sauce on their kebabs (tip : drown the kebab in hot chilli and they won't bother ya for more next time )

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    I work in M&S so i get LOADS of stuck up old fools having a go cos they feel like it. I mean da f00k i srong wid sum ppl. 1 person had a go at ME because there was dust on one of the boxes. does he not realise that i have no control over where the dust settles...fool -.-

    Deck i wudda loved to see the look on her face wen u tld her to move her car lol

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    As much as i love Deckards post haven't you guys in the retail industry heard of the saying that the customer is always right?

    Just as i have to put up with idiots of commercial directors asking me to do things that are sometimes technically impossible or to large scale to do without major investment?.

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    Oh i've heard the saying, i just don't give a sh*t !

    Customers are always treated as if they're right, no matter how ridiculas the request. The dust on the the boxes? i've had that aswell its insane, customers think they own the shop.

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    Originally posted by TiG
    As much as i love Deckards post haven't you guys in the retail industry heard of the saying that the customer is always right?
    Thats not actually true. The customer is not always right.

    Well done Deckard for standing up for yourself and Sainsburys.

    Might make her think again before her next rant

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    I used to work @ M&S and it was there i discovered I wasn't cut out for a career in retail don't customers realise that if they are reasonable then staff are too?? I've seen worn, unwashed underwear brought for exchange after six months........and they wonder why we wouldn't authorise a refund If I had a gun......

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    Originally posted by TiG
    As much as i love Deckards post haven't you guys in the retail industry heard of the saying that the customer is always right?

    Just as i have to put up with idiots of commercial directors asking me to do things that are sometimes technically impossible or to large scale to do without major investment?.

    TiG
    This is marketting bull sh*te from f**kwit managers who cant actually handle a customer themseleves

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    I'm handing in my notice to Sainsburys today, im working the night shift though so i only have to worry about customers 9 - 10, and i can manage to be helpful for that long, and then 10 - 7 i get all to myself. Job seriously sucks though, i've been there a month and the number of people whom i've already watched come and go! I'm going on an overtime blast on my last week (next week) though, £550 in 7 days, then i'm outta there!

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    my sister and i work at the head office of a"major retailer" - one of her weekly tasks is to re-credit stores for money paid out to members of the public who cause a scene at the customer service desk

    some of the things we actually pay out for make me seethe!!! and i'm not even in the stores

    random examples include.....
    £50 - paying for dry cleaning charges when a bloke covered his "new suit" in petrol at the pump (ffs - put the nozzle in the car!)

    £70 - woman tries to put something in her basket, misses, bends down to pick it up & the ray-bans she'd balanced on her head fell off & smashed (!!!!!!)

    personaly i'd last about 10 mins before going postal & killing someone if i had to work at store customer services. tell u what u notice tho, its always a pairt of ray bans or a brand new armani suit that gets damaged, nobody spills stuff on dunlop trainers or primark t-shirts
    if it ain't broke...fix it till it is


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    can i claim too then? one of the cartons of milk i was putting out was damaged and the milk leaked onto my ted baker shoes! ask her to send some money my way, £90 should cover them.

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    Saw a good one today.. Security doing parking enforcement outside an embassy, and some stupid bloke who can't accept having to park on the road:

    'Why can't I park here?'

    'Because you're not a resident.'

    'So why is that car there?'

    'It's a diplomatic vehicle.'

    'What about that one?'

    'Thats mine.'

    'So why don't you park outside and pay?'

    '**** off!'

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