WH Smith Target Fat People

Fishcake_Random

I understand what you ment OP. I must say this is something I've noticed in my local store to. Also if you buy full fat drinks like coke etc you tend to be offered them, possibly because its classed as a junk food.
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Claire_Bear

Maybe they offer it to women who look like they have PMT too? :rotfl::eek:

gibby

maybe its just a Geordie thing for a quick sale on out of date chocs?

Maybe Martin will put this in his next email newsletter

Half price chocs for overweight Geordie women!



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geordieracer

gibby wrote: »

maybe its just a Geordie thing for a quick sale on out of date chocs?

Maybe Martin will put this in his next email newsletter

Half price chocs for overweight Geordie women!



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what about us men who are getting fat from too many greggs slices?? Are we exempt cos we're not wimmen?:mad:

Lynsey

geordieracer wrote: »

what about us men who are getting fat from too many greggs slices??

Must have too much money buying all those Greggs slices.

I'm bored as well, sorry - need new threads.

Lynsey

LemonGrove

gibby wrote: »

maybe its just a Geordie thing for a quick sale on out of date chocs?

Maybe Martin will put this in his next email newsletter

Half price chocs for overweight Geordie women!



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What about for Underweight Geordie men?

Liz3yy

This thread is a joke right?!

Fuzzy_Duck

On a serious note maybe the staff just hate asking everyone who comes through their till, and think larger people are more likely to buy the chocs than skinnies are. There are some individuals who get narked when asked such simple things and it probably puts some of them off.

As an example I once worked in a toy shop over the Christmas period and we were supposed to ask every person if they wanted to sign up to our mailing list. A lot of people were frustrated at being asked this when they wanted to get out asap so I used to just ask women with kids and elderly people, as they seemed the most likely to find it useful. I hardly ever bothered with the men as the majority of them came in last minute on Christmas Eve looking incredibly stressed- and I didn't want to add to it!

You could argue this was blatant discrimination on my behalf but I was simply using my common sense as it gets a bit soul destroying having the ask the same thing all day long. Besides, both those mailing list forms and the half price chocolate in WHSmiths is by the tills, so if you do want some you can always ask!

geordieracer

Lynsey wrote: »

Must have too much money buying all those Greggs slices.

I'm bored as well, sorry - need new threads.

Lynsey

Not when its buy one get one free

though that offer has now stopped on the chilli slices :mad:

adouglasmhor

gibby wrote: »

yep Im from Newcastle but we have been watching the queues in Gosforth & Newcastle branches

I never get asked by my OH & her friend do - who are both over weight
first we though it was a joke but different staff over some months always offer to the fattter customers


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I think they were asking because there are two other Newcastles in the UK and only one is officialy called Newcastle (Newcastle Co. Down).