Asda

loopy_lass

its like ....ASDA not Harrods .... we get 6quid an hour, loads of hassle from managers and customers...

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biscit

raebhoop wrote: »

Name me one high street privately owned shop that wouldn't help a customer get help if they were ill while visiting their premises...

Sod the supermarkets and their money grabbing philosophy.

To be fair, I don't think the treatment the OP recived is dictated by some sort of company policy. I think they were unlucky with whoever they encountered at the time.

meg72

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I had to leave home even though it was faulty.

Dont feel you have to justify yourself to these nasty remarks Love, ut them on ignore.

Sadly there will always be some that are so bitter and twisted that they
have no room for decent caring feelings. It is their loss not yours.

I am sitting waiting to go to my Sons funeral right now and was just trawling through for something to do and those osts just made me sad
and then I thought well the kind caring and just lovely ones by far out
weigh these. I feel its true that there are more good kind folk out there
than nasty ones.

I feel you were just unfortunate that day and would like to send you
a hug.

Meg

Nukumai

meg72 wrote: »

I am sitting waiting to go to my Sons funeral right now and was just trawling through for something to do and those osts just made me sad

Well...I am at a loss for words. As a parent myself, I can't even begin to imagine what you must be going through.

My sincere condolences.

jennihen

Meg - so sorry - if that doesn't put things into perspective, I don't know what will.
Condolences to you and your family x

Fuzzy_Duck

gordikin wrote: »

Not gone out with a child when you were ill perhaps?

That's not at all fair. When you have a child and you're poorly you can't just lie in bed until you're better, you still have to look after him/her. The OP left the house to get food, not go on a trip down the shops.

I'm sure we've all been there where the nausea comes in 'waves' and we feel fine one minute and rotten the next. ASDA were misinformed to say they could not dial an outside line but the least they could have done is sat the OP down and got her a glass of water- anything would have been better than nothing. The greeter really should have informed her supervisor as it sounds like the greeter simply didn't know what she was doing, and was lacking in common sense.

Meg- all my sympathies, no parent should have to go through that. Love and hugs to you.

Lip_Stick

sagalout1954 wrote: »

Lip-Stick, all you did 'wrong' was to underestimate how much additional energy it would take to get yourself and push your toddler to the shops in the snow. That, and leaving your mobile at home isn't a valid reason for some of the comments you've received here.

Thanks sagalout. I agree with everything you said. And as I said it's not about compensation. I just want the store to have something in place to make sure this doesn't happen again.

meg72 wrote: »

Dont feel you have to justify yourself to these nasty remarks Love, ut them on ignore.

Sadly there will always be some that are so bitter and twisted that they
have no room for decent caring feelings. It is their loss not yours.

I am sitting waiting to go to my Sons funeral right now and was just trawling through for something to do and those osts just made me sad
and then I thought well the kind caring and just lovely ones by far out
weigh these. I feel its true that there are more good kind folk out there
than nasty ones.

I feel you were just unfortunate that day and would like to send you
a hug.

Meg

I'm sorry to hear of your loss Meg. My problem is insignificant to what you must be going through, and I guess it shows what a lovely person you are to take your time out to reply to my thread on this day. Take care x

biscit

meg72 wrote: »

Dont feel you have to justify yourself to these nasty remarks Love, ut them on ignore.

Sadly there will always be some that are so bitter and twisted that they
have no room for decent caring feelings. It is their loss not yours.

I think people get worn down by selfish and stupid people. For every person who calmly state their position, there seems to be two or three ranting and raging about how they have been ripped off or treated badly, when it is plain that their treatment is fair.

FWIW I think the OP expressed themself nicely and calmly, and just asked advice on getting their comments taken seriously. This is sadly rare, and may leave some a little raw, or reading a tone of ranty, ignorant, self-richeousness where none exists.

lindyloulou

I think the error the OP made was to go to the greeter and ask to use a company phone to call her dad, quite rightly he would have told her that he could not allow this as it would have been against company policy, I cannot think of any supermarket who allows their customers to use the company phones to make calls. The OP then said a bit further along in this thread that she later told the greeter she was feeling unwell and this was the reason she needed to use the phone but she did not state this in her opening post. It could well have been that the greeter thought she was trying it on just to make a free call.
I think she would have been better to have approached the greeter or any other member of staff and stated that she was feeling unwell and could they help her, I am sure in this case a first aider was have been called and a seat provided along with the offer to contact someone for her. I cannot understand if she was already in the store and shopping why she went all the way back to the store entrance to approach the greeter, better to ask for help from the nearest person.
I hope you are feeling better now and can put this incident behind you.

poet123

Gosh there are some really judgemental people on here. Illness happens, you feel better and think a bit if fresh air will do you good, and underestimate how much the illness has taken out of you, and feel worse. I can't believe anyone who has had the flu or a chest infection has not had that happen to them. Surely, we have not gone so far downbthe selfish road that we cannot see that and offer some sympathy?