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wilkinsons madness

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  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    Unfortunately 99.9% of staff at Wilkinsons are washed out,tired old relics who think they are actually working in Harrods or somet similar high end retailer.


    The reason me and dh havent shopped in such an establishment for years is because of this and their terrible uniform which is enough to put any sensible shopper off entering Wilkinsons for life.

    The op's expetrience is simply a power trip for the assistant and nothing more.


    So if the OP (or 'friend') had been asked for ID in Harrods that would be ok because it's a 'high end retailer'?

    And honestly, how is a sensible shopper put off from somewhere because of the staff uniform?!? :rotfl:

    If it was offensive in some way I could understand, but the staff in the Wilkinsons near my work just wear red shirts (unless of course people find the colour red offensive). Maybe your local store have a different uniform policy!
  • Spank
    Spank Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    I think this will be as entertaining as the I can't phone 101 thread :)
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,684 Forumite
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    7Mir7 wrote: »
    i wasnt even there so dont ask me it was my friend i was asking for and she is really upset. the woman on the till wa s rude and ddint seem to like working serve anyone. also nobody was even drunk. me and my friend had a few drinks in the morning but we werent drunk at all and who are theyn to say who is drunk neway.

    This is getting silly but trolls usually do

    You werent there, then you were, you werent drunk because you dont drink and then you had a few drinks in the morning.

    why did you join just to troll???
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,684 Forumite
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    Unfortunately 99.9% of staff at Wilkinsons are washed out,tired old relics who think they are actually working in Harrods or somet similar high end retailer.


    The reason me and dh havent shopped in such an establishment for years is because of this and their terrible uniform which is enough to put any sensible shopper off entering Wilkinsons for life.

    The op's expetrience is simply a power trip for the assistant and nothing more.

    Are you the drunk friend
  • Unfortunately 99.9% of staff at Wilkinsons are washed out,tired old relics who think they are actually working in Harrods or somet similar high end retailer.

    With a post like that your brain seems to be of a similar standard.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    edited 30 June 2014 at 7:27AM
    By your logic it should be ok to sell cigarettes to children....you don't buy them lit and an un-smoked cigarette can't do any harm. Or knives, you don't buy a knife stabbed into someone, and an un-stabbing knife isn't doing any harm so should it be ok to sell them to kids?


    Don't be silly.

    If a child chews a packet of cigarettes the nictoine can kill them, cigarettes are dangerous lit or unlit.

    If a child plays with a knife they can cut themselves, knives are a danger to children, no discussions.

    If a child plays with an unlit candle what is going to happen? Come on, tell me. I'm intrigued.

    Matches and lighters are dangerous, which is why they are not sold to children. You need a match or lighter to make a candle dangerous, is that really so hard to grasp?

    My daughter has bought me many a candle, none of them lit, none of them dangerous, from lots of different shops. Not once has she come across one that was selling lit candles, if she had, quite rightly, they shouldn't have sold them to her because that would be dangerous.

    Which is why there is no restriction on selling candles to children, this is not a government policy, only a Wilkinsons policy.
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  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    Did the Wilkinsons staff member used to work at Subway and Travelodge? She must be running out of places at which to upset customers
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    pmduk wrote: »
    Did the Wilkinsons staff member used to work at Subway and Travelodge? She must be running out of places at which to upset customers
    And of course the Shell garage where she put hand written signs on the pumps.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    How could I have forgotten the Shell idiot! Some schools must break up early.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    So you were there... and then you weren't....
    Haha you muppet. :D

    Used a time machine to witness it
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