Sainsbury's customer on mobile shocked after checkout assistant refuses to serve her

[Dedworth]

Sainsbury's customer shocked after checkout assistant refuses to serve her because she was on her mobile


Jo Clarke, 26, was at her local Sainsbury's in Crayford, south-east London
She said assistant should not have given her 'lecture on checkout etiquette'




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I agree with the checkout operator, I hate individuals talking on their phones not only whilst in queue but whilst the oppo is scanning their purchases. Absolute height of rudeness from pig ignorant people.

Here is the ill mannered lardy -

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[Arthur Little]

I agree with the checkout operator, I hate individuals talking on their phones not only whilst in queue but whilst the oppo is scanning their purchases. Absolute height of rudeness from pig ignorant people.

Likewise ... to me, it's the "height" of bad manners!!! :cwm23:

[grahamw48]

I heard the topic on the radio about it this morning. Differing views.

I agree with yours Dedworth. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

People are allowing communication devices to destroy face to face social interraction in so many ways....and for what ?
Usually a bit of banal gossip.

If that woman got off her fat .... and took some exercise VISITING friends, she might look 26 instead of 46...AND re-learn her manners.

[Dedworth]

They're normally British, 30ish females with the phone wedged between their shoulder and ear, shamelessly carrying on their puerile chat - I'd love to see the thing crash to the floor and shatter. They wouldn't be bothered though, the mug husband would pay for a new one.

[imagine]

yes bad manners to use in shops, iv seen also people at work using for private calls now this has got to slow down their work performance, it should be banned from both shops and work,
except in cases where the mobile is used for work purposes

[Arthur Little]

Likewise ... to me, it's the "height" of bad manners!!! :cwm23:

:poke: ... same goes for those :censored: ignoramuses who board buses and carry on yattering away :76: non-stop on their mobile :telephone:s while in the process of handing over their fares to the driver.

[Michael Parnham]

It wouldn't worry me the slightest if mobile phones never existed, I've managed 60 years without one and the one I've got never rings anyway also never had a text since June 2012! :biggrin:

[imagine]

It wouldn't worry me the slightest if mobile phones never existed, I've managed 60 years without one and the one I've got never rings anyway also never had a text since June 2012!:biggrin:

ah but your supposed to let your friends have your number :icon_lol:

[Dedworth]

It wouldn't worry me the slightest if mobile phones never existed, I've managed 60 years without one and the one I've got never rings anyway also never had a text since June 2012!:biggrin:

Michael - You're lucky the PPI cowboys aren't bombarding you with texts and calls :smile:

[SimonH]

It wouldn't worry me the slightest if mobile phones never existed, I've managed 60 years without one and the one I've got never rings anyway also never had a text since June 2012!:biggrin:

Have you tried turning it on :Erm:

[grahamw48]

Michael - You're lucky the PPI cowboys aren't bombarding you with texts and calls :smile:

Yep, they're the only ones I get on my old phone, sitting here next to the new 'clean' one. :NoNo:

[joebloggs]

whats the problem dedworth , every time we go shopping in the supermarkets the person on the till asks if you need help packing your bags :biggrin:

worse than some punter on the phone is when the person on the till chats to each :censored: customer like they are a long lost relative instead of doing their job :cwm23:

[raynaputi]

whats the problem dedworth , every time we go shopping in the supermarkets the person on the till asks if you need help packing your bags :biggrin:

worse than some punter on the phone is when the person on the till chats to each :censored: customer like they are a long lost relative instead of doing their job :cwm23:

This is what annoys me and Keith..:cwm23: It's okay to have a bit of a chat, but when you see that there is a long queue, they need to learn how to shut up at times and be considerate with the others queuing. :doh

[Arthur Little]

It wouldn't worry me the slightest if mobile phones never existed

NOR me, Michael :nono-1-1: ... although, I'd be the first to admit they're useful in emergencies.

[Terpe]

Just my personal opinion, but I think it's the height of rudeness and poor manners to use a cell phone when your transacting other business in a supermarket or bank etc.
It's a complete insult not giving people who are helping you, to give your full attention.

Face to face interaction in any social situation warrants a much higher priority in the attention stakes than a gadget.

Fair enough if someone calls and it may be important, but surely make sure it's possible to excuse yourself with an apology then move off to a more private location.


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[Arthur Little]

every time we go shopping in the supermarkets the person on the till asks if you need help packing your bags :biggrin:

Which is a kindly gesture on the part of *checkout operators IMO; :anerikke: ... shows *they're well~versed in good customer relations.

Many's the time :icon_rolleyes: - throughout my 17 years of widowhood - I was truly grateful to be asked if I needed help in packing my shopping ... especially when buying loads of extra messages to cater for any expected visitors.



worse than some punter on the phone is when the person on the till chats to each :censored: customer like they are a long lost relative instead of doing their job :cwm23:

:NoNo: ... 'fraid I'd have to disagree with you there, Joe. Can't really fault staff for exchanging [a few] pleasantries with customers ... so long as they don't overdo it to the extent that it's likely to interfere with their concentration and/or keep other shoppers waiting in queues unnecessarily ... at times when the store is particularly busy.

[grahamw48]

Fear not people.

I'm the grumpy old man who comes to the rescue by coughing very loudly during that friendly cashier's chat , or demanding to know where all the staff are today, and why all the checkouts are closed. :olddude: ...before filling the counter with my £3 worth of 'reduced item' groceries.

I'm not shy in public. :biggrin:

[stevewool]

must agree with many from above, nothing worst then hearing someone on the phone when you are out

[les_taxi]

Bloody waitrose is where you find the middle class trophy airhead wives :cwm23:
Always when I go they are on the phone talking ....., the other day pulled up at asda - big jeremy kyle fat bitch aged bout 20, kid in pushchair, pushed trolley towards me while she stood there yacking on phone :censored::censored:
I just got back in car til she promptly hung up cheeky ...... :icon_lol:

[bigmarco]

Shame on Sainsbury's for handing the slob some vouchers.
I'd have told bingo wings a few home truths. Ignorant bitch.

[Ako Si Jamie]

The checkout assistant was out of order and has got no right speaking to the paying customer like that. It's not if these till operators are brimming with manners themselves. A lot of them are a surly bunch.

[grahamw48]

Jamie, paying customers are not a priority of the supermarkets today, rather they are a hindrance...individuals who get in the way of shelf-restocking, staff breaks, shift changes etc.

Would the owner of a small retail outlet leave customers, with their selected items in hand staring into space for 10 minutes while the staff locked up the till, went for a pee, or had a small conference in full view of said customers, about work rostas or some other important matter ? :NoNo:

[Pete/London]

I get irate every time I go into my suppliers, who is the best around for price and availability. I wait patiently in a queue then while he is serving me he answers phone queries constantly. Taps away on his computer, gives the caller info, price etc, says goodbye and then the :censored: phone rings again.

I tell him its like someone jumping the queue in front of me, but they look at me as though I`m mad. My complaint goes completely over their head :doh

[grahamw48]

I agree.

That is damned ignorant.

Your most important customer is the one IN FRONT OF YOU ! :mad:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Jamie, paying customers are not a priority of the supermarkets today, rather they are a hindrance...individuals who get in the way of shelf-restocking, staff breaks, shift changes etc.

Would the owner of a small retail outlet leave customers, with their selected items in hand staring into space for 10 minutes while the staff locked up the till, went for a pee, or had a small conference in full view of said customers, about work rostas or some other important matter ? :NoNo:
Valid points.

Just about profits nowadays for the greedy supermarkets and sod the customer.

[Dedworth]

The checkout assistant was out of order and has got no right speaking to the paying customer like that. It's not if these till operators are brimming with manners themselves. A lot of them are a surly bunch.

I think the pig ignorant morons jawing away on their phones take the out of order and ill mannered prizes. The till operators have to face all kinds of dross

[grahamw48]

True.
My boy had a part-time job on the tills at Wilkinsons, and he used to come home with some interesting tales. Minimum wage of course.

[Michael Parnham]

NOR me, Michael :nono-1-1: ... although, I'd be the first to admit they're useful in emergencies.
I must agree with you on that Arthur :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

The other ill mannered scumbags that annoy me in supermarkets are the pigs who start chomping and guzzling their items before they've paid for them - I obviously also include those who allow their normally badly behaved offspring to do the same

[Arthur Little]

I think the pig ignorant morons jawing away on their phones take the out of order and ill mannered prizes. The till operators have to face all kinds of dross

:iagree: ... and remain 100 percent with YOU on THAT issue, Ded ... in my "book", those customers really do "take the biscuit" (pun intended!) for sheer downright bad manners. :mad:

[bigmarco]

My daughter works at Mark and Sparks and tbh I couldn't do it. Fortunately she's a friendly girl and she manages to cope with the rubbish but personally I couldn't do it for what they pay.
One idiot mistook her friendly nature for something else and actually knocked on our door one day with a bag of reduced groceries as a gift for her. She was in on her own and getting ready for work and absolutely freaked out as he was about 25 years older than her.
We laugh at most of her stories but there's some strange people out there.:biggrin:

[grahamw48]

25 years older. ? Some of those 'strange' people are on this forum. :icon_lol:

[bigmarco]

25 years older. ? Some of those 'strange' people are on this forum. :icon_lol:

:laugher::laugher::laugher:

[Dedworth]

:laugher::laugher::laugher:

Graham's often to be seen prowling around with a bag of reduced groceries (not from Marks & 'Spensive though) :biggrin:

[grahamw48]

Too right.

Still waiting for the M&S cheque for my modelling assignment. :Erm:



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[Ako Si Jamie]

I think the pig ignorant morons jawing away on their phones take the out of order and ill mannered prizes. The till operators have to face all kinds of drossNothing compared to some occupations such as a paramedic who come to the aid of injured pIssheads on a Friday night and get nothing but abuse.

If I was in the position of the checkout operator I'd be more focused on scanning their items as quick as I could than worrying about the customer on his phone.

At the end of the day, you come across rudeness everywhere you go, in work and out of work. I don't like it when I open or leave a door open for someone and they don't say thank you but I let it go over my head because it's not worth getting wound up about.

And for what it's worth I'm not one of these people who are forever gassing on their phone, so I'm not siding with the customer on that score. I just don't like jumped up oiks who think they can dictate to people when they have no right to - and especially to the paying customer.

[Arthur Little]

I don't like it when I open or leave a door open for someone and they don't say thank you

:gp:, Jamie ... :yeahthat: really makes me see RED! :mad:

[Ako Si Jamie]

:gp:, Jamie ... :yeahthat: really makes me see RED! :mad:Or when you're driving along a main road and you let someone out of a side street and they just ignore you. :mad:

[Dedworth]

Or when you're driving along a main road and you let someone out of a side street and they just ignore you. :mad:

I totally agree

[Arthur Little]

Or when you're driving along a main road and you let someone out of a side street and they just ignore you. :mad:

Funny you should mention drivers :icon_rolleyes: ... because, as recently as yesterday afternoon, Myrna & I happened to be passengers in a car belonging to a friend of mine. At the time, we were in a fairly narrowish street and my friend pulled into the side to give way to this guy approaching us on the other side of the road, driving an expensive-looking, open top sports model in excess of the speed limit for what were built-up urban surroundings.

Did the "posh" jerk have the common decency to acknowledge my friend's good road manners?

:NoNo: ... did he buggery! :furious3:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Funny you should mention drivers :icon_rolleyes: ... because, as recently as yesterday afternoon, Myrna & I happened to be passengers in a car belonging to a friend of mine. At the time, we were in a fairly narrowish street and my friend pulled into the side to give way to this guy approaching us on the other side of the road, driving an expensive-looking open top, sports model in excess of the speed limit for what were built-up urban surroundings.

Did the "posh" jerk have the common decency to acknowledge my friend's good road manners?

:NoNo: ... did he buggery! :furious3:

There's quite a few flash harries like that around my way too who've lost their manners.

[grahamw48]

There's quite a few flash harries like that around my way too who've lost their manners.

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Glad I don't associate with such characters. :icon_lol:

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