Standards slipping - or is it just me?

tandraig

eating in a shop? totally unacceptable - but people do it! my sis owns a bridal shop and has had to ask people not to eat in her shop!!! they have come in with curry and chips and dont understand that she doesnt want the smell on her lovely stock! or have marks on the display clothes. oh and the kids eating choc bars arent really welcome either on same grounds.
I used to work in a spar (small local one) and although we sold food we didnt want people wandering around eating from cartons from the local takeaways! so would ask them politely to finish them outside. and yes we got abuse, but the store owner (spars are franchised) was particular about it, so if we got too much abuse we could tell them to shop elsewhere.
I never have given a stuff what customers wore etc. but i will not put up with being sworn at or hit. I have been lucky in the last ten years the places I have worked at have all had cctv and any probs I have just told people to smile - they are on camera and pointed to it - and like idiots they have all looked in direction i am pointing. for which i thank them and inform them there was a clear shot! I never had any more abuse after that and they usually just left! apart from one female who stood there shouting abuse at me (because we didnt have the item she wanted in stock) who was quickly escorted to managers office by security (willkies) and banned from the stores.

McKneff

I have a pet hate too. I hate people talking directly to me chewing chewing gum, i dont want to see it, i dont want to hear it. It's pig ignorant.
I wouldnt talk directly to someone with a mouthfull of Sunday lunch so i dont see the differenc. In that case they are inflicting their standards on me.
Its happening more and more in supermarkets and restaurants.

melorablack

Eating in a food shop like the Co-op or any supermarket is ok in my opinion, but not in clothes/electrical shops or bookstores.

poet123

McKneff wrote: »

I have a pet hate too. I hate people talking directly to me chewing chewing gum, i dont want to see it, i dont want to hear it. It's pig ignorant.
I wouldnt talk directly to someone with a mouthfull of Sunday lunch so i dont see the differenc. In that case they are inflicting their standards on me.
Its happening more and more in supermarkets and restaurants.

Me too, drives me insane, and I also hate it when football managers are interviewed chewing gum.:mad:....you know you are going to be be interviewed so take it out.:rolleyes:

DCFC79

OP if the checkout person was just a normal colleague eg non management then i dont think there is anything she can do, she has no authority to say "could you please wait out while you finish that" plus what if the girl didnt listen to the member of staff and just walked in regardless, also its up to the management to stop people from coming in who are eating

montyrebel

people have no manners, coming on here and talking about another human in such a way, they should be locked up and the key thrown away, lol

nexuss

They should not eat or drink in any shop that sells food or drink due to health and safety and possible contamination of food.The employer has a responsibility to its staff and customers as of any hazards like food or drink spillage on the floor and someone may slip.

vyle

I don't agree with people eating in shops, but at the same time, OP didn't need to have a go at the staff member. If you felt so strongly, why didn't you say something to the chav? Was it because you knew the shop assistant couldn't answer back and wouldn't respond with violence?

If the shop has no problem with people eating inside, then the staff member has no say in the matter, whether they agree with it or not. If they did kick the people out for doing so, regardless of store policy, they'd likely get in severe trouble for turning away a paying customer.

ceridwen

There are many examples one is confronted with on a daily basis. There are those that are offensive to sight - and I believe people should be careful about those. More difficult are those that actually interfere with other people living their lives/going about their daily business. One of the ones I find worst is when I'm in a location that is supposed to be quiet - and someone lets a baby scream and scream. It's obvious to me that the appropriate set of manners on this occasion is to remove the baby from the vicinity until it stops screaming and, if that means the mother is not able to be in a location she has chosen to be & doing whatever-it-is that she has chosen to do - then so be it - it's HER baby and shouldn't be allowed to disturb other people.

Old-fashioned manners are just plain consideration basically. There are a few of the old-style manners that don't apply any more - because the reason for them no longer exists - but most of them DO still apply.

....and yes I even expect that any man walking along the pavement with me will be on the outside edge of the pavement (a similar reason still applies to the original one - I believe it originated to protect a woman from getting splashed by "all sorts" by a passing coach and horses. To my mind that particular custom still applies though - as a woman can still be splashed with a puddle of rainwater by a passing car).

shandypants5

ceridwen wrote: »

....and yes I even expect that any man walking along the pavement with me will be on the outside edge of the pavement (a similar reason still applies to the original one - I believe it originated to protect a woman from getting splashed by "all sorts" by a passing coach and horses. To my mind that particular custom still applies though - as a woman can still be splashed with a puddle of rainwater by a passing car).

I thought the "laydee" was supposed to walk on the right of the gent, so that his dog could walk at heel on his left.
This means the right hand was free to draw a sword or musket should the need arise.:D