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0% Sale
23/08/08 15:56
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That’s my kinda sale! I think they might be a reader of RHU as well, lol.
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Variety Is The Spice Of Life
07/08/08 18:58
I find it hard enough to keep track of the stuff we sell, but it really annoys me when I go into Morrisons and there’s only 3 types of Pop Tarts available. There’s just not enough variety in this country! While my boyfriend was on holiday, he was on special orders from me to bring back a months supply of Reece’s mini cups and Reece’s Puffs cereal because I just can’t get hold of them over here.
How is this related to my blog? It isn’t really, but as a consumer I could say that I wish we had more choice, expecially when it comes to food, but as a retail slave I know giving customers more choice can only make things more complicated.
So while all the kids are starving in Africa, all I was worried about was getting my Reece’s, and I wasn’t disappointed. He also brought back a load of other sweets from some international food market, like “Peach Gummies” from Japan, with an added extra 30% of something that we can’t read. Why does no one in this country import crazy food?!
Something I did find quite funny though was this:
Maybe somebody moved the sign, but are Flakes really a novelty? What do you put on your ice cream if you can’t get hold of Flakes? And Crunchies? And Yorkies, even though “they’re not for girls”? You have them, right? Wikipedia tells me Kit-Kats are available all over the place so I’m relieved there. Some things I know are under a different guise, like Galaxy chocolate is called Dove. Dove to me says “deodorant”. And Walkers crisps are called Lay’s.
Anyway, I’m going too far off track. Basically, I’m an angry consumer and I want to be able to get hold of Reece’s Puffs cereal anywhere, anytime. Make it happen, Asda!
How is this related to my blog? It isn’t really, but as a consumer I could say that I wish we had more choice, expecially when it comes to food, but as a retail slave I know giving customers more choice can only make things more complicated.
So while all the kids are starving in Africa, all I was worried about was getting my Reece’s, and I wasn’t disappointed. He also brought back a load of other sweets from some international food market, like “Peach Gummies” from Japan, with an added extra 30% of something that we can’t read. Why does no one in this country import crazy food?!
Something I did find quite funny though was this:
Maybe somebody moved the sign, but are Flakes really a novelty? What do you put on your ice cream if you can’t get hold of Flakes? And Crunchies? And Yorkies, even though “they’re not for girls”? You have them, right? Wikipedia tells me Kit-Kats are available all over the place so I’m relieved there. Some things I know are under a different guise, like Galaxy chocolate is called Dove. Dove to me says “deodorant”. And Walkers crisps are called Lay’s.
Anyway, I’m going too far off track. Basically, I’m an angry consumer and I want to be able to get hold of Reece’s Puffs cereal anywhere, anytime. Make it happen, Asda!
30 minutes, no service...and no free kids activity pack.
18/07/08 15:05
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LOL!
I would have hated having to clean that up, but whoever did probably deserved it anyway.
Upside Down Sale
14/07/08 12:57
I took this photo over a year ago, not knowing it would come in useful one day. You’d think the sign had been put upside down by accident, but it was left like that for weeks. Maybe it was a joke; maybe they couldn’t read; maybe they didn’t really want customers to know there was a sale on.
Or maybe a combination of putting the sign upside down and saying “Everything under £100!” in the most long-winded way possible was enough to confuse people into forgetting why they’d stopped in the first place.
Recession Hits Scousers Hard
06/07/08 21:48
I found this sign stuck to the outside of a pub in Liverpool.
If I could show you the building in it’s entirety, along with it’s patrons, you’d realise it’s not just the brown parcel tape putting people off.
Wikipedia - Scouse
My Sixth Sense Sees Assholes
26/06/08 23:50
Good engrish is not an excuse
21/06/08 22:17 Filed in: Stories
I was messaging a school/college friend yesterday and I let him know about my little blog, to which he said “You sound very angry, I suggest therapy”.
But he did send me this little conversation he had with a customer:
Customer: “Do you sell any flip knives”
Me: “Yes, we've got a couple. Here...”
Customer: (Looks at them, then looks at me) “Will these cut through seatbelts?”
Me: “Erm, I guess so. You can always buy one, try it and if it doesn't cut through a seatbelt, then you can bring it back.”
Customer: “Right, ok. I'll try it, it's just that I really need it for tonight”
What the hell? Why would you need to cut through a seatbelt? That’s one weird stag do.
He (school/college friend) also said “You can’t blame crappy customers if you have signs like these-”
Good point, but there’s no excuse for the crappy customers I get, seeing as I don’t work in a Chinese Restaurant.
Lol, thanks x
www.engrish.com
But he did send me this little conversation he had with a customer:
Customer: “Do you sell any flip knives”
Me: “Yes, we've got a couple. Here...”
Customer: (Looks at them, then looks at me) “Will these cut through seatbelts?”
Me: “Erm, I guess so. You can always buy one, try it and if it doesn't cut through a seatbelt, then you can bring it back.”
Customer: “Right, ok. I'll try it, it's just that I really need it for tonight”
What the hell? Why would you need to cut through a seatbelt? That’s one weird stag do.
He (school/college friend) also said “You can’t blame crappy customers if you have signs like these-”
Good point, but there’s no excuse for the crappy customers I get, seeing as I don’t work in a Chinese Restaurant.
Lol, thanks x
www.engrish.com
