Victoria
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SupermarketsI am really enjoying the school lunch post so will you please indulge me while I have a grizzle about supermarkets, well, not the s/m itself but the staff....
I've worked seven days this week and thought I would pop into town on my way home (knocked off work at 19hr30) as I am making my sister and her husband an Italian dinner tomorrow night to celebrate their Bergamasco puppy leaving Italy, so I was really in no mood for nonsense.
The #$@@@@!!!!! twit of a check out cretin put the FROZEN BERRIES in a bag with the ROCK MELON....for Pete's sake...
My pet hate is how you ask for 300 grams of, I don't know, say a salad and they weigh out 420 or 380 or whatever...it is never what you ask for...but the real doozie I have encountered was...as I was putting my buys on the belt, the bubbly little twit advised me she had had her umbilicus pierced and proceeded to show it to me...
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eddieh
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We always pack our shopping ourselves to avoid the tins going on top of the eggs etc.
Regarding the piercing, was it a ring? if it was, maybe you should go back with a dog and a benching chain 
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Victoria
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Lin Dyke
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That particular checkout person wouldn't last five minutes at my place of work 
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Victoria
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Lin, I agonised over whether or not I should have reported her behaviour but in the end I didn't...that particular supermarket is known for being pretty mean to their teenage staff...so I left it...I think my reaction probably did the trick...
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Lin Dyke
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We are fortunate in that our company train well and have ongoing "observations" of staff (or partners as we are.) If someone is not maintaining standards of service, dress code etc, a quiet word will be had and an improvement is looked for. Good performance is also noted and praised. There are also "mystery shopper" visits.
I'm glad you didn't report the young person, she is only as good as the training she has received and standards set by the company.
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Pippa's Pack
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| Lin Dyke wrote: | | We are fortunate in that our company train well and have ongoing "observations" of staff (or partners as we are.) |
I think I know who you work for 
If you have it delivered they pack it really carefully, bags are marked, fridge, freezer, storecupboard etc.
We always pack our bags ourselves when we go to the shops but even after many years of training my husband does not get it right - guess I must be a rubbish trainer. 
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eddieh
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I got accused of being racist at Morrisons last year. I was counting out the money I was giving to the person on the checkout. "Two nicker, three nicker......." 
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Victoria
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Eddie, what denomination is a nicker? To a horse they could be a dime a dozen!!!!
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eddieh
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= quid = pound
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Victoria
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The powers that be here have eroded something of our colloquil life...5 shillings = half a crown = has become 50 cents...we've lost our penny...no more five cents...10 shillings became a dollar and with that we lost our tanner; we lost our shilling to become 10 cents and we lost our bob...the scouts used to do 'a bob a job' to help raise funds for their camps etc...oh, five year olds can operate cell fones...you know what I say to that...how clever, but...and what really annoys me is that no new slang names have evolved for our currency...how boring...
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eddieh
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| Victoria wrote: | | The powers that be here have eroded something of our colloquil life...5 shillings = half a crown = has become 50 cents...we've lost our penny...no more five cents...10 shillings became a dollar and with that we lost our tanner; we lost our shilling to become 10 cents and we lost our bob...the scouts used to do 'a bob a job' to help raise funds for their camps etc...oh, five year olds can operate cell fones...you know what I say to that...how clever, but...and what really annoys me is that no new slang names have evolved for our currency...how boring... |
 Two and six was half a crown over here.
I miss the use of idioms/sayings. We used to be able to speak three paragraphs in 5 words. Nobody uses them any more.
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guy
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| eddieh wrote: | | We used to be able to speak three paragraphs in 5 words. Nobody uses them any more. |
We have still got
'Emma cheese it' when seeking teh price of an article.
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sallie
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that took me a little while to get - very good though.
My supermarket hate is not the service, have come to expect nothing more - but the lack of facilities i.e. cover/shelter and hooks to leave the dogs outside.
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Lin Dyke
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Please... don't leave your dogs unattended outside anywhere. The incidents of dog thefts/dognapping are on the increase.
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Pippa's Pack
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| sallie wrote: |
My supermarket hate is not the service, have come to expect nothing more - but the lack of facilities i.e. cover/shelter and hooks to leave the dogs outside. |
To reinforce what Lin said..
Please, please do not tie dogs up outside shops etc. and leave them unattended. At our surgery a patient tied a 9 year old dog to a tree outside whilst she attended ante-natal clinic. A 3 year old child rushed up to the dog, flung her arms round its neck trying to hug it. The dog could not get away and bit the child on the face she needed several stitches. The GP that attended the child said the dog should be put down. The dog had never, ever been aggressive before. Luckily the child's mother recognised that the fault lay with her for allowing the child to rush at the dog. Ironically it was because she had a dog of her own and loved dogs.
People, particularly ones that do not like dogs, are always quick to blame the dog when usually it is not the dog's fault. The very next day I saw a GSP tied outside the supermarket and a small child pulling its tail. Maybe I am a busybody but I told the child to step away from the dog and waited until the mother returned and told her she was lucky her child had not been bitten.
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eddieh
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Thank heavens for busybodies.
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sallie
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Sorry - but always have tied my dogs up and always will, had dogs for 47 years (moms and mine) - no dogs taken and no other incidences
A dog should NOT bite under any circumstance ... i do NOT tolerate aggressive behaviour in dogs i.e. dog on dog or dog on human, there should also be no excuses used by the owners to protect their aggressive dogs... the dog bit - end of conversation, legal proceedings should ensue. Also dog dominant over a human, no matter how small ............... i don't think so! ...
Sorry but its just the way i have been brought up
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doganjo
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Sallie, remember there is a lot of dog stealing going on just now, so be careful. At the moment there is a little working cocker, 2 GWPs, and a Bracco missing - probably a lot more.
I would NEVER leave any of my dogs tied outside a shop, not because I can't trust them, but because I can't trust human beings!
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sallie
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Point taken Anne - but it is a habit that might be hard to break .... plus, leave Poppy behind, she is female after all and shopping is what she loves to do best; for an oldie with arthritis she runs to the door as soon as she sees the rucksack and wallet  Might be hard to leave my lil dude behind  he goes everywhere with me
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johnhod
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I lock my car while I go into the shops. I wouldn't leave valuable lying about on the ground outside the shops while I went in. Why would I want to leave a dog outside to be stole or abused?
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sallie
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This thread makes me wonder what you all think of humans? Generally people are not malicious, in 47 years i have never come across a problem with people and my dogs'. Perhaps i am a dying breed who trusts society rather than thinks the worse of it
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Jim
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Generally I would Agree
but I've seen the best and the worst
so it's err on the side of caution these days can't be sure when that small percentage might come around the corner
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eddieh
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| sallie wrote: | | This thread makes me wonder what you all think of humans? Generally people are not malicious, in 47 years i have never come across a problem with people and my dogs'. Perhaps i am a dying breed who trusts society rather than thinks the worse of it |
After reading a post about the fires in Australia I was thinking how I have always been of the opinion that the vast majority of people are basically good and honest.
Whilst it is wise to guard against some threats, I believe you are right to trust Sallie. Trust is what makes society and holds it together. It is sad that we seem to be constantly discouraged from trusting, to the extent that some people’s inability to trust makes them untrustworthy. I’m not necessarily agreeing with your decision to tether your dogs, but it is your decision. Since I’ve had Tegen and Remi, I’ve not had the need to leave them outside a shop but used to tether Holly in the past (mainly outside the pub or the offy if I remember correctly). I must admit that I wouldn’t do it quite as readily now. I’m not sure whether that is an indication of a change in me or society. I suspect it’s a bit of both.
With regard to Gay’s point, I always told my kids that they should never fuss or pet a dog without the permission of the owner/handler. It’s a shame that absence of this type of education makes it necessary for some to have to keep an eye on and worry about other peoples kids.
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sallie
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| Quote: | | With regard to Gay’s point, I always told my kids that they should never fuss or pet a dog without the permission of the owner/handler. It’s a shame that absence of this type of education makes it necessary for some to have to keep an eye on and worry about other peoples kids. |
I agree with this point - it is all about education - my children and grand-child too are/were made to ask the owner for permission to stroke their dog.
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eddieh
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I don't necessarily disagree with tethering either, I just haven't had to make my mind up on that one. The main thing was what you said about trust. I keep telling my daughter that without trust we have nothing. It makes me very sad (and worried)when I hear people saying that you shouldn't trust anyone.
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doganjo
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Basically I trust everyone until they prove me wrong. The problem is that an awful lot of people have done that over the years.
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Lin Dyke
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I am also a very trusting person. There are still a lot of good people in this world, a lot of whom I am lucky enough to number as friends, but it only takes a few bad'uns to make us wary and question some peoples intentions
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doganjo
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And it really hurts when someone you trusted as a friend for a great many years proves that trust was misplaced. However, having had that happen to me, I still do the same - trust till I find out otherwise.
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