Waitrose free tea & coffee

jonmoneybags

This is just getting ridiculous now and I had to vent my disgust as I cannot keep quiet any longer.

How many times now do i go to my local Waitrose, where i also buy my groceries and spend lots of my money there do I find these !!!!!!!!!!s. These people who, looking at them, only come in for the free items and wouldn't,, or should I say, couldn't buy their food from somewhere like Waitrose.

What is the point of the free drinks, as Waitrose can't make any money from it. It just stops the real Waitrose shoppers from visiting their shops.

I am appalled, I really am!!

DigForVictory

Out of curiosity, how do you recognise a real Waitrose shopper?

At least our transactions are swift & courteous & if no money changes hands, that would be Waitrose' choice. You are free to exercise yours of shopping at a supermarket that doesn't offer a free beverage.

jonmoneybags

How do i recognise a real Waitrose shopper?.......You can just tell; can definitely tell the ones who don't shop there apart from the free items.

lewishardwick

I do enjoy watching people get all bent out of shape because their 'free' hot beverage they are 'entitled to' is unavailable because the machine is out of order. It's usually the "outraged of Royal Tunbridge Wells" sort too.

My local Waitrose I've found no better than Sainsburys. The produce is no better nor the service.

jonmoneybags

I have never seen the machine out of order, just problematic getting to point of service because of the people and their little urchins in front of me.

Furthermore, I believe that it all depends on what you expect from the produce and service whether it is better.

pmduk

Don't feed the troll!

jonmoneybags

Well I wouldn't go so far as to call these people trolls, that is a tad harsh my good man.

I am assuming this is what you mean by troll and not to feed them. But I suppose you are correct in a way that Waitrose should not be refreshing these people for free. Although I wouldn't have said they were trolls (well not on public record anyway).

Inner_Zone

Surely with your user name Harrods food hall would be your local supermarket.

bingo_bango

Happy Friday people!!

This one cheered me up a bit.

jonmoneybags

Harrods is most agreeable, but sadly a tad far from my abode.

jonmoneybags

Happy Friday to you also. This is a very jolly forum, my friend was right in that I should post here and find like-minded friends.