Tesco Discussion Chat & Grabbits 11+ Xmas/New Year Edition

bevers

Jamc4659 wrote: »

my 2.5 year old keeps seeing the tesco sign on my 'mysupermarket' and keeps sayin' " go bye byes...mama go shoppin' " *LOL*

My 2 yr old chucks a tantrum when we get in the Tesco car park, normally end up getting her a small toy to calm her down. There were some small pocket size barbie stocking fillers yesterday scanning at 40p they had a figure and a bracelet in the pack.

swoods59

New stock in my local this morning. Missed number 59 but can I joint the strip club please :j

Sorry pic is big?

robpw2

ok i looked allround tesco metro in derby city centre no clip strip offers and the only clip stirp that had 1 item at a reasonable price had been cut in half so i left it will try again on friday

ms_night_ryder

Since somebody has reported the OEP glitch still working, will be going to my old faithful later to try, have to go that way anyway for some audits, cant wait.

French_Knickers

tek-monkey wrote: »

I work in IT, and I would not only have lost my job but would be unable to get another comparable one if I'd not only let this glitch happen, but made it even worse when trying to fix it! Lots of things really don't add up about Tesco glitches, and why its nearly always Tesco it happens to.

1) Any manager not aware of a MASSIVE increase in sales of a certain item, nor a massive decrease in the average price paid per item, should not be a store manager. Also, aren't they on performance related bonuses? If so they are shafting themselves, unless these glitches don't count for some reason?

2) The individual stores don't usually remove the products, yet on some glitches the staff are there immediately moving stock off the shelves to stop you buying it. Makes me think the real mistakes are the ones they pull, like the 80% discount on the professional knives last year, and the OEP one was not so accidental.

3)I often hear that head office can't update the computers til x o'clock, yet no systems shut down for this to happen. The tills don't stop working, everything carries on as normal, so the operational ability of the shop is not linked to the update. Therefore it can happen at any time, they can fix the glitches whenever they want. The main issue would be pushing new prices out before SELs are ready, therefore leaving a few DTD issues, but these would cost less than the glitch in most cases.
Plus if the system was designed not to allow small updates like a single price change, then they failed to specify a proper system. This is actually more likely than you'd think, most IT projects fail because the customer doesn't know exactly how they want something to work, and the developers have to meet the criteria set regardless of how wrong it seems. You should always have a technical person from both sides present when setting functionality criteria.

4)Head office will be here, on HUKD and anywhere else they can think of. They know what we are doing, and they allow it to happen. I can't help thinking that, overall, what we take from them is less than the additional business they get from glitchers? People on here are more savvy, and are out to get things for free, but others I have told have just thought 'Oh, free mexican food' and bought a few items along with their weekly shop. If they weren't going to Tesco originally, then Tesco are making some extra profit and more importantly getting in a new customer who may return.

I'm going to stop now, but you can see it all seems a bit wrong? But it also went on longer than I thought I need a bacon sammich! Possibly a fry up in a tortilla

Oh, and that cake earlier rocked!

Tesco are very clever at marketing and they also have an odd sort of semi intelligent stocking system. Me thinks more than half of glitches are deliberate.

purdita

swoods59 wrote: »

New stock in my local this morning. Missed number 59 but can I joint the strip club please :j

Sorry pic is big?

Could have done with some of them last night. Went to the restaurant's loo and they'd run out of paper. There were a couple of girls who'd just been, and one of them "helpfully" told me they'd used the empty cardboard inners.......Eeeeuuuuwww!!

(luckily, I always have tissues in my handbag!)

Forgetful

kadison wrote: »

Just an aside, watch Tesco satsumas, I'm taking mine back, they're SOOOOO sour!!!

I bought the Clementines... they were really sweet even though I left them in the car while I was at work and they must have frozen a little cos they were a bit softer than when I got them.

Going back say 12 years ago I took a net of oranges back to Tescos and they gave me a refund because they were so sour!!

bensonsmum

Totally OT but as we have been looking at cakes i thought you girls out there might want to look at this - you need to be on facebook to access it !!!! but definately worth a look - he can come and cook cupcakes for me any day of the week ;);)


https://www.baileyscheekytreat.com

enjoy - i know i did, now going to have a cool shower xxxx

i think if you don't have facebook you can get "Brian" his brother to make your cakes for you - but im afraid he doesn't have the same effect on me as James !!

Forgetful

swoods59 wrote: »

New stock in my local this morning. Missed number 59 but can I joint the strip club please :j

Sorry pic is big?

If anyones going to China for a holiday these rolls will definatley be useful...u need to take ur own toilet roll to the loo there. Saves carrying a big roll around....
lol...

kadison

Forgetful wrote: »

I bought the Clementines... they were really sweet even though I left them in the car while I was at work and they must have frozen a little cos they were a bit softer than when I got them.

Going back say 12 years ago I took a net of oranges back to Tescos and they gave me a refund because they were so sour!!

I haven't tried clementines or nectarines, perhaps I'll get some when I go to Sainsbury's to replace the satsumas lol!

EDIT: Not going to Sainsbury's, apparently they're sour there too! As friend who told me this is local, can anyone tell me if this is local or national sourness?