Offensive Customer Services at Tesco and 19 Months out of date food.

uktim29

amandada wrote: »

Sorry to be pedantic, but the fitness for consumption is a legal term, and can only be determined by microbiological testing, and you'd be amazed at the number of food complaints that I've submitted to the Public Analyst which have come back as fit for consumption when I'd have bet my granny that they'd have been unfit!

It's partly to even the public having a nanny state attitude about everything. All other species of animals eat all food raw and they seem to have no problems or very few. Whilst some humans if they find something they think is slightly undercooked will then start shouting threats of suing because they could have almost died!:rolleyes:

uktim29

Lacrimosa wrote: »

but the whole purpose of the dates is to give guidance on what's fit to eat, and what may not be. Why have them otherwise?

Actually it's again more as I've already mentioned above. So they can't get sued for anything.

uktim29

Lacrimosa wrote: »

Ha! They must have short memories then. For example, see this news item linked to by codger earlier which starts "TESCO is being prosecuted over claims that it has been selling out-of-date food at five Devon supermarkets — including a month-old pizza". It's from less than three weeks ago.

Yeah but thats a different store! You can't say from that they do know they sell out of date food. If they did, they'd have got rid of it at that store before anyone found it!

Sssssss

looking at the title I don't see what part of the service was 'offensive'
OP you wanna give me a fiverm I promise I won't be offended.

uktim29

Sssssss wrote: »

looking at the title I don't see what part of the service was 'offensive'
OP you wanna give me a fiverm I promise I won't be offended.

It's a combination of playing victim and melodrama. Pretty much ties in with my last few posts. Some people love to think they could have almost died and it's someone else fault just so they can react. Some people actually like nanny state rules because it helps them achieve the above.

It's just been pointed out this morning that most food people will "scream" isn't fit for consumption actually would be. As I said ever other species of animal eat's all it's meat raw. If you've got a cat it will have as well. Have you found you keep needing to replace your cat because it died due to eating a raw mouse or bird, no!

I don't know whether it's ignorance or just a reason to over react but most of the stuff you'll find people complaining about is just a load of rubbish.

Lacrimosa

*sigh* This latest lot of flawed thinking from uktim29 and his cronies just isn't worth responding to.

Good luck, luridhue!

uktim29

Lacrimosa wrote: »

*sigh* This latest lot of flawed thinking from uktim29 and his cronies just isn't worth responding to.

Good luck, luridhue!

I'm not the one with flawed thinking. You're wasting your time! Another example, in 3 years time more or less all of Tescos staff will have turned over. You'll have to start again then! Thats the thing, you're assuming nothing changes, the same people will be doing the same jobs etc. If it worked like that then maybe you'd have a point, but it doesn't.

Another example. People have been complaining for things for years, it's nothing new. So why is everything the same? It's not got worse as people will claim, thats just ageing. People will say "well look at Watchdog" things like that never used to happen, well they did. Didn't Esther Rantzen present "Thats Life" about 20 years ago which was more or less the same thing?

uktim29

Lacrimosa wrote: »

*sigh* This latest lot of flawed thinking from uktim29 and his cronies just isn't worth responding to.

Good luck, luridhue!

Also if my thinking is flawed what to you is the desired outcome? No out of date Beef Jerkys in thats store/no out of date products in Tesco/no out of date products anywhere?

Let me know & I'll tell you why none of those things will ultimately happen apart from on a temporary basis (most probably only for that one product). Which as this thread goes to show you can't even guarantee that.

My thinking isn't flawed, it's just I've thought everything through rather than just being optimistic.

Dreamnine

What is difficult about checking stock regularly for out-of-date items? Half the staff of my Tesco in Edinburgh seem to be having a fag outside whenever I go there...

hollydays

Dreamnine wrote: »

What is difficult about checking stock regularly for out-of-date items? Half the staff of my Tesco in Edinburgh seem to be having a fag outside whenever I go there...

Perhaps they are avoiding you;)