Tesco shoppers have come in for a bit of abuse from those who serve them. Taking to the Tesco subreddit on social media site Reddit, it appears as though there are a lot of very . . . unusual requests made by shoppers of the major supermarket, and now people claiming to be staff have gone and divulged all the details – most of which will leave you scratching your head.
Although there’s no way to actually verify if these are members of Tesco’s staffing community, the Daily Star has enough ex-retail employees working within its offices to confirm that ridiculous things like those you’re about to read are very similar to what they have experienced.
(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
One such short story posted on the site reads: “’Is that food suitable for wild birds’ pointing at cat litter bag.” And another wrote: “Do we sell potatoes. I know in the grand scheme of things it isn’t the biggest deal but we are primarily a food shop… it wasn’t even “where are the potatoes” which I would understand!”
A third vented: “’It’s awful that they make you work Christmas eve, you should be at home with your family’. Meanwhile, she’s there shopping on Christmas eve and being the reason we’re there.
“I didn’t even hold back when I said ‘Well, for some reason, people want to come shopping on Christmas eve instead of being at home with their family, which mean I can’t be at home with mine.’ ‘oh…’ when she realised I was talking about her.”
(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Another posting three horror stories, said: “There was the old man who brought his phone back because the charger was ‘foreign’. It wasn’t. It’s just the top prong slides down like most of them do).
“There was the lady who came in to tell me her phone was broken and it needed fixing for various reasons. We’re not a phone shop, but we usually do our best to help the customers. I explained this to her and asked for the phone to see what I could do – ‘It’s at home’ (was the reply).
“And, my personal favourite, the man who told me his wife had bought their granddaughter a dress which still had the security tag on. ‘Not a problem, sir. Where’s the dress?’ And he points to his very sweet two-year-old granddaughter . . . ‘She’s wearing it now’.”
And finally, one staffer was told that Tesco coffee was “cheaper” than Sainsbury’s coffee because “they import theirs” admits that they still think about the incident as they often wonder “where exactly the customer thinks Tesco grows their coffee in the UK.”
Very much Carry On Tesco vibes . . .
For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.