Tesco Fishmonger

getzls

Your Coding us here. :DBring it back 2-morrow.

Lynsey

Hook, line and sinker...................looks like you've been done up like a kipper!!
Looks like the one that got away.

Lynsey

bornintoit

I've read all of the replies here and I agree that the staff were being lazy on the butcher section. Did you see whether the fish monger was cutting the salmon up into fillets for display or for a customer? If it was for a customer then he was right to try and get someone else to serve you, he couldn't drop one customer to serve another.

As for the unscaled fish etc, I have seen customers buying these unprepared from supermarket fish mongers before so perhaps he was used to being asked to prepare the fish and the people who didn't want the fish preparing just asked for the whole fish. Although as it is stated on Tescos website that the fish is gutted, the fish should of course be gutted as standard practice in Tesco.

Yes he could have asked but maybe he was flustered because he was busy you said yourself a queue was building up and simply forgot to ask if you wanted it prepared. Mistakes do happen.

We also don't know what tone of voice he used or if he had an attitude so we can't determine if he was rude or not. The situation itself doesn't sound rude, he tried to get someone to serve you as he was busy but THEY REFUSED. They were the rude ones as far as I can determine.

I don't think he deserves a punch across the face though!

The_Pixi

geordie_joe wrote: »

Of course there is an alternative view, you may not like it but it is there. Or are you saying only your view counts, and anyone who has a different view is wrong?

Sounds like it doesn't it? I wasn't served correctly, there is no other view point that isn't simply making an excuse for poor service, ergo it doesn't count.

geordie_joe wrote: »

Why should he, you saw the fish, asked for it and he gave it to you. You got what you asked for, if you'd wanted it prepared you should have asked.

Excuse!

No HE should have checked, it is his job. He is paid to do that.

The_Pixi

pelirocco wrote: »

Fish are normally gutted as soon as possible after being caught ?

Well they always have been prepared when I have got them from the counter before.

vax2002

To be honest, the guy probably had his own shop in town, made a living and fed his kids, then came Tesco's put him out of business and now he gets a crap wage that he can not live off and talked to like a dog and has decided to do the amount of work they pay him for.
If you want good Fish, find a good independent fish monger, they will welcome your trade.

The_Pixi

bornintoit wrote: »

I've read all of the replies here and I agree that the staff were being lazy on the butcher section. Did you see whether the fish monger was cutting the salmon up into fillets for display or for a customer? If it was for a customer then he was right to try and get someone else to serve you, he couldn't drop one customer to serve another.

As for the ungutted and unscaled fish, I have seen customers buying these unprepared from supermarket fish mongers before so perhaps he was used to being asked to prepare the fish and the people who didn't want the fish preparing just asked for the whole fish.

Yes he could have asked but maybe he was flustered because he was busy you said yourself a queue was building up and simply forgot to ask if you wanted it prepared. Mistakes do happen.

We also don't know what tone of voice he used or if he had an attitude so we can't determine if he was rude or not. The situation itself doesn't sound rude, he tried to get someone to serve you as he was busy but THEY REFUSED. They were the rude ones as far as I can determine.

I don't think he deserves a punch across the face though!

They were all rude, and I'm sure if actually seen by anyone with an ounce of understanding for customer service would have been told to serve the customer. The way I see it it's not an individual set of shops it's just tesco so someone, anyone should have been maning the counter whilst the other did whatever he was doing.

He wasn't apologetic, didn't explain why he couldn't serve me and yes the butcher staff were rude, it was all sloppy service.

Lynsey

The_Pixi wrote: »

Well they always have been prepared when I have got them from the counter before.

TBH, that's what I would have thought??

You must have been gutted.................unlike the fish!

BTW, is THIS what you bought?? It states gutted??

Lynsey

brettcta

As has been said, fish are always gutted when caught, so the person who served you may have not checked because of the fact they always come pre-gutted

Seems a bit much all this, especially being mellow-dramatic wanting to punch someone

The_Pixi

vax2002 wrote: »

To be honest, the guy probably had his own shop in town, made a living and fed his kids, then came Tesco's put him out of business and now he gets a crap wage that he can not live off and talked to like a dog and has decided to do the amount of work they pay him for.
If you want good Fish, find a good independent fish monger, they will welcome your trade.

:rotfl:

The absurdity / seriousness with which I think you wrote that is quite something.

I only vented out of frustration, in the hope of a few whimsical comments and a bit of agreement. I got that so thanks guys.