Am i being over the top of would you complain about this?

apesxx

I had this problem a few times, I bought one of those pound coin things that clips on your keys. Problem solved. Our local store doesn't have the pound trolleys and its a pain. The porters spend more time fishing them out of the river or collecting them from the council estate coz people seem to do there shopping, push there trolley home with them and then dump it where ever! And then people complain if there is not enough trolleys. Personally though I think the best trolleys are the ones that won't go past the red line around the car park but that is probably a very costly system.

tom15387202

apesxx wrote: »

The porters spend more time fishing them out of the river or collecting them from the council estate coz people seem to do there shopping, push there trolley home with them and then dump it where ever!

Sounds like Mad Max territory.

Cherry_Bomb

flutterby_lil wrote: »

Shop at sainsburys, they never fail to help, and when they see me coming with 2 children they automatically go and get me a trolley without me having to search in my bag with a baby on my hip and child in tow for my purse!

Come on! You can't be serious?

Everytime you rock up at Sainsburys with 2 kids in tow?

What about when you don't need a trolley? Do you have that awkward exchange "errrr thanks but I'm just after some milk today"

~Chameleon~

Catty89 wrote: »

I am not for one minute saying i should receive special attention because im pregnant but i don't think i should be carrying an overflowing basket around with me. It wasn't that i didn't have the correct change if this was the case i would simply have asked the lady if i could change money ( although judging by her response i would have probably got a no) it was the fact i only had a bank card and we have already established the fact i should have gone to the cash mahine but like i said this didnt cross my mind.

Actually I can sympathise here as I never carry money and only a credit card so if I was caught out in your situation I wouldn't even be able to use a cash machine. Perhaps leave a £1 coin in the car for future emergencies?

wik

I am glad to say our local asda has a nice old chappy who collects the trolleys and he is always happy to use his special thingy to release a trolley for you, infact if he is near the trolleys when you approach he gets you one from the line, I do wonder why they still have the coin things, as they has signs up saying you cant take trolleys past a certain point, and I have never seen any that have escaped!!

Ohhh and a wee tip... if you have a random key (not house or car!) you can sometimes release a trolley with it!! you kind of wiggle it

tom15387202

wik wrote: »

he is always happy to use his special thingy to release a trolley.... you kind of wiggle it

wut...

(msg too short)

Top_Girl

flashnazia wrote: »

Have you tried looking at this from their point of view?
Lets play devil's advocate here: you are an underpaid and undervalued retail worker, probably treated like a servant by customers and managers when along comes another customer who has managed to leave her brain at home....

I'm trying not to be rude but I can't help but to be blunt, there are people with real problems out there.

Now this, THIS, really gets my goat.

If you can't do your job, if you're not capable of being polite and decent to another human being, even if it means politely and decently directing her to a cashpoint, then get something not customer facing because you're clearly not suited to it.

apesxx

tom15387202 wrote: »

Sounds like Mad Max territory.

I don't know who mad max is lol, though its not a posh area. There's a lot of Jeremy Kyle candidates about

tom15387202

Top_Girl wrote: »

then get something not customer facing because you're clearly not suited to it.

So who is?

Anyone that has got 2 GCSE's to rub together wouldn't choose work facing arrogant and annoying shopping gimboidz all day, as their first choice.

It's shoppers that make staff not care. Customers they are rude, over expecting and arrogant. This causes high turnover and then leads to repetitive training for new starters who will leave ASAP anyway. Low salary doesn't help, all the staff want to do is do the minimum required and go home - and I respect that.

There is a certain amount of common sense required by the public.

Get to the shops --> buy bread ---> pay for bread ---> go home

tom15387202

apesxx wrote: »

I don't know who mad max is lol, though its not a posh area. There's a lot of Jeremy Kyle candidates about

Oh, its my uncle :snow_laug