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freespirit66

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

I'm sorry but YS is still lost on me Is it what I call 'whoopsied' :rotfl: I know it is going to be so bloomin obvious but I just cannot work it out.


Hugs to Mr & Mrs I - hope DH gets sorted quickly and you aren't left hanging around wondering what is going on. Take care of yourself too. xx

b_e_g

Yes BLUEEYEDGIRL it is yellow stickers, i think asda call them whoopsie dont they?

quidsy

Yellow sticker

blue_eyed_girl

freespirit66 wrote: »

Yes BLUEEYEDGIRL it is yellow stickers, i think asda call them whoopsie dont they?

quidsy wrote: »

Yellow sticker

Thanks freespirit and quidsy - I am so dense at times :doh: :rotfl:

I used to work in A$da many years ago so maybe that's where I got it from.

DS works at Sainsbobs and he said there are many customers who will only buy stuff if it has been reduced and can get quite unpleasant if stuff hasn't been reduced when they are in to do their shopping. They are often asked to sell the cooked chickens off the counter for £2. A friend of his works on the chilled foods and if stuff is being reduced some people can be quite intimidating grabbing stuff out of his hand and stuffing other things in front of his face to be reduced. I know we all want a bargain but the lengths some people will go to. His store is in quite an affluent area too - perhaps they need all the bargains they can get so they can afford their huge mortgages and posh cars :rotfl:


b_e_g

Ruth_honey

Over the years I've worked in many different shops and the worst customers *by far* were when I worked at M&S. So much so that twice I had a customer make me cry and when I left, I swore I would never work in retail again! Some were very nice, but overall I was shocked at how rude and horrible they could be.

Onto nicer things...:)
I've got some nice reduced clothing in Matalan last week. Been to a couple of different branches while I was away with mum over the weekend and they didn't seem to have such good reductions in those stores.
Visited Wellsbourne market on Saturday and found some Carole Matthews books for £1 each. It was FREEZING cold there that day, so far fewer stalls than usual and some were already packing up (3 hours early!)
Had some snow here yesterday morning, but it had melted by lunchtime. Blooming chilly still. Got three layers of clothing on and I'm still cold.

IrishRose12

Was there someone on here talking about needing pretend food and saying how dear it was?? Who was it? Or did I make that up :think:

ANyway just incase I forget again, I've just reserved 2 sets of these. One for here and one for work :T Argos have it down to £4, total bargain.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3844270.htm?cmpid=COJUN&catalogId=10001&cjsurferid=200400838398651690&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674%7Cprd%3A1546795&storeId=10151&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F3844270.htm&referrer=COJUN

3forholidays

IrishRose12 wrote: »

Was there someone on here talking about needing pretend food and saying how dear it was?? Who was it? Or did I make that up :think:

ANyway just incase I forget again, I've just reserved 2 sets of these. One for here and one for work :T Argos have it down to £4, total bargain.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3844270.htm?cmpid=COJUN&catalogId=10001&cjsurferid=200400838398651690&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674%7Cprd%3A1546795&storeId=10151&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F3844270.htm&referrer=COJUN

I think that it might have been OMO.

freespirit66

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Thanks freespirit and quidsy - I am so dense at times :doh: :rotfl:
I used to work in A$da many years ago so maybe that's where I got it from.
DS works at Sainsbobs and he said there are many customers who will only buy stuff if it has been reduced and can get quite unpleasant if stuff hasn't been reduced when they are in to do their shopping. They are often asked to sell the cooked chickens off the counter for £2. A friend of his works on the chilled foods and if stuff is being reduced some people can be quite intimidating grabbing stuff out of his hand and stuffing other things in front of his face to be reduced. I know we all want a bargain but the lengths some people will go to. His store is in quite an affluent area too - perhaps they need all the bargains they can get so they can afford their huge mortgages and posh cars :rotfl:
b_e_g

BLUEEYEDGIRL yes i have seen that and felt so sorry for the SA who is on the yellow sticker job, especially the young kids who work there, im not surprised they feel intimidated. No you arent dense i am reading another thread on here and trying to catch up its really fast and i couldnt understand what LO was all i could think was little one but it didnt make sense then after about 100 pages i realised it was leftovers :rotfl::rotfl:

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Over the years I've worked in many different shops and the worst customers *by far* were when I worked at M&S. So much so that twice I had a customer make me cry and when I left, I swore I would never work in retail again! Some were very nice, but overall I was shocked at how rude and horrible they could be.
Onto nicer things...:)
I've got some nice reduced clothing in Matalan last week. Been to a couple of different branches while I was away with mum over the weekend and they didn't seem to have such good reductions in those stores.
Visited Wellsbourne market on Saturday and found some Carole Matthews books for £1 each. It was FREEZING cold there that day, so far fewer stalls than usual and some were already packing up (3 hours early!)
Had some snow here yesterday morning, but it had melted by lunchtime. Blooming chilly still. Got three layers of clothing on and I'm still cold.

OMG RUTHHONEY that is awful that they actually made you cry :mad: oh i am very jealous about your Carole Matthews books for a pound, well done you!!

blue_eyed_girl

freespirit66 wrote: »

BLUEEYEDGIRL yes i have seen that and felt so sorry for the SA who is on the yellow sticker job, especially the young kids who work there, im not surprised they feel intimidated. No you arent dense i am reading another thread on here and trying to catch up its really fast and i couldnt understand what LO was all i could think was little one but it didnt make sense then after about 100 pages i realised it was leftovers :rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I sussed that one freespirit it was YS that confused me but there again it doesn't seem to take much these days


b_e_g

princesskitty29

kiwi so glad to hear you and munchkin are on the mend. x

Ugh I can't believe people do that for a bargain! I would NEVER think to demand something is reduced or get nasty about it. I consider myself lucky if I find something. I'm always really lucky with my YS stuff, as I said mine are all from Waitr0se and M&S and I've never had a problem, as all of the things are just on their normal shelves and it's just like doing normal shopping. Long may it continue!

I'm really excited as some lovely person on Freecycle has offered me a sewing machine, it's about 25 years old but apparently works fine with basic stitches so will be good for practising and getting me used to it. I'm picking it up on Saturday. Now I just have to find time to do it!

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all

Trying to snow so take care if it's me that where you are.

Ys Is yellow sticker - usually the colour of the reduced ones.

Hope all are well sorry flying visit as I've a job to do for mil.