The 'Whoops' section Crazy Folk!

sarahg1969

flea72 wrote: »

Most likely owns a restaurant and will be used as the 'special' for the coming week

Or like me has livestock and buys whoopsied veg and fruit during the winter to supplement their diet

I did wonder if it might be the former!

MAYAN65

at the tesco near me they take it out the back to reduce it as they que at the reduced fridge! the woman put the trolley some where diffrent and they anounced it on the tanoy it was like a trolley dash lol. it annoys me when they take all the reduced chickens and then look what they have and put back what they dont want. i do like a bargin but not if its going to get wasted no one can eat that much and it cant all be frozen. sad really

Jinx

I popped into Tesco on xmas eve to get my hubbys fave red wine. Did a wander looking for brie & cranberry parcels (had none, left it too late! heyho) and wondered what the scrum was....... yep, end of aisle, assistant reducing prices. The poor guy was surrounded by a circle of trollies!! Chaos ensued, blocking end of aisle etc......... got my wine and was thankful didnt need a cheap bargain...

Elbee

It happens in Marks and Spencer too. We were in there Christmas Eve about 20 mins before closing time - loads of reduced stuff. I went in for milk (we get through a lot and I was paranoid about not having enough) and came out with £50 ish worth of stuff having paid around £20. Shared it with my son's friends family where he goes after school and vowed to do the same again next year. Was in earlier in the day to collect a trifle and was going to buy some glittery tulips but put them back when I saw they were £10 :shocked: Pleased I didn't, but when they were reduced to £2 I did...... There were a few people about but I think by that point most people had done what they needed to do. They spread the reduced stuff though so it doesn't tend to be in one place, it's kind of scattered so you don't get a load of people congregating. I know some of the staff there and they say they get 'followers' too. Shouldn't be surprised really, everyone's looking for bargains, but I think if I told someone to 'effing reduce' something, whatever security did would be nothing compared to what my mum would do to me

ouchy2012

Me and my kids were unfortunate enough to be passing by the whoopsie section in my local asda on xmas eve just as they announced it over the speakers.

We were literally just passing it and all of a sudden over 20 people came charging towards us pushing my trolley with my newborn in out of the way and blocking me and my other kid in, they refused to move to let us get back to our trolley and out of their way but yet they couldn't get to the shelf as we were stuck blocking it (i think they thought if they did they would be barged out by someone else) The looks and comments i got made me laugh though anyone would have thought it was a life or death situation not a chance to save a couple of pence.

They were like a pack of animals!

vikingaero

Mrs V works in retail and has been answering the phones over Christmas.

Halfwit: "Do you sell Armani in your store?

Mrs V: "Yes, but only a small range."

Halfwit: "Well I got an Armani top for Christmas and want money instead."

Mrs V: "Was it bought from our store and do you have a receipt or gift receipt?"

Halfwit: "Do I care. That's your problem. I better f**king get cash or I'll f**...."

Mrs V puts the phone down on him and ignores his calls on caller id.

Elbee

vikingaero wrote: »

Mrs V works in retail and has been answering the phones over Christmas.

Halfwit: "Do you sell Armani in your store?

Mrs V: "Yes, but only a small range."

Halfwit: "Well I got an Armani top for Christmas and want money instead."

Mrs V: "Was it bought from our store and do you have a receipt or gift receipt?"

Halfwit: "Do I care. That's your problem. I better f**king get cash or I'll f**...."

Mrs V puts the phone down on him and ignores his calls on caller id.

Good for her - nobody should be expected to deal with that

tom15387202

People who grab everything, riffle and then put them back in the wrong place - I refer to these people as 'sale pigs'

atarisrocks

i had people threaten me, follow me round the store calling me a !!!!! and had people take stuff from my trolley all for a 20p pack of ham or 9p yogurt.

i found though me and my bf get some good bargains as we are polite when the masses are grabbing and fighting over stuff we say excuse me and please and thank you. the staff reducing usually sees this and askes us what we would like and reduces it there and then for us and the other are to busy fighting to notice it even happening.

i got a large fresh chicken for 20p recently. though i got called a !!!!! by a old lady when i got the chicken and again when i picked up a pie. this old lady had 6 chicken 2 pies as well as 12 ready meals and 3 joints of beef.

mrbrightside842

They should take the things away and reduce them off the shop floor and bring them back out. I suppose this would mean a queue of people outside but at least everything would already be reduced and one person couldn't just snatch everything as they were being reduced. Plus it would stop people coming back and demanding things to be reduced, if they leave the pricing gun behind and only reduce what's there!