supermarket Reduced items frenzy rant

fallon8

306chris wrote: »

I used to reduce items on the fish and meat counter for a well known supermarket on a Monday night. It was that dead that I used to take most of it home (with managers approval) at silly cheap prices.

I ate so well in the year I did that job.

I wish I could experience that over my side.
After my last 2 visits since posting (it happened again on Sunday at my Tesco local) I give up, back in the day there was only the odd person waiting and even if there were more than a few people they were all really nice and you could have a good natter afterwards on what you would do with your bargains, it used to be quite fun, now...... I don't know, its just not worth it. If they want to fight well be my guest I will not be a part of it,
(mind you I will miss the buzz I used to get knowing I will have an extra special meal for a fraction of the price)

SevenOfNine

Blame the store. Some seem to stick to a location & time for this, regular shoppers know where and when which can result in the scrum mentality.

I watched a staff member reducing stuff in the fruit/veg, took so long to sort herself out to start, then so slow doing it a small crowd had started to build & the grabbing began.

pmduk

Just don't go near that aisle when the pensioners are about!

kwikbreaks

pmduk wrote: »

Just don't go near that aisle when the pensioners are about!

Yours appears to be the first post where "pensioner" gets a mention.

Azari

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Yours appears to be the first post where "pensioner" gets a mention.

And your point is?

Edwood_Woodwood

I can understand that there are some very poor people in society who have no choice do to this unfortunately.

What gets me are the wealthy vultures who are just mean and will do anything just to save a few pence.

I guess that's why they are wealthy though.

KatieDee

I was once at an Asda in Sheffield and saw a group of people near the fridges - turned out they were doing markdowns. I tried to get closer but there was literally no chance. You could have cut the tension with a knife...The Good, The Bad and the Ugly style glances were being exchanged. Everybody was silent, waiting for the poor shop assistant to switch on his gun and start marking things down.

I stood around for a while to watch the drama unfold...the second he placed the first reduced item down, people just went insane. They were grabbing, pushing each other out of the way, grabbing everything they could and taking it away to choose what they wanted. He couldn't mark things down quick enough, children were crying, people tutting at each other, others shouting...it was like the last days of Rome.

The manager wandered over due to the ruckus and the poor shop assistant shouted "I can't do it anymore....they're not giving me chance to do it!". The manager shouted that people had to back off to allow him to do his job but they refused. In the end, the manager shouted "This is absolutely ridiculous, look at yourselves! Take the stock out back, it's all being wasted" and as quickly as they appeared, the yellow-sticker hunters dispersed.

I couldn't believe the entire situation actually happened...I still chuckle when I think about it. Terribly sad that people need to do this, obviously wanting to save a little bit of money. It's disappointing that they clearly couldn't care less about the poor bloke who was responsible for marking the items down. He was genuinely almost in tears by the end of it.

kwikbreaks

Azari wrote: »

And your point is?

There is nothing in the OP or subsequent posts to suggest that pensioners chase after the reduced items so the post was pretty much irrelevant as well as being insulting to pensioners.

Azari

kwikbreaks wrote: »

There is nothing in the OP or subsequent posts to suggest that pensioners chase after the reduced items so the post was pretty much irrelevant as well as being insulting to pensioners.

It wasn't irrelevant as pensioners are very common around the reduced sections (often more a reflection on our society than those involved), and some seem to think that being oldish gives them carte blanche to behave however they please.

shaun_from_Africa

Azari wrote: »

and some seem to think that being oldish gives them carte blanche to behave however they please.

To be fair, there are some people in just about every age group, nationality, religion etc who have a similar attitude when it comes to doing whatever they want.