Even bigger news than the USA Presidential Election Result....

[Ian_Davies]

....I've given Waitrose the sack!

Permanently.

And, on this attention-seeking bombshell, THAT IS ALL!!!!

 

[The Fortune Teller]

Haha.

Don't think we've got any Waitroses up here. Sainburys is as good as it gets.

Mark's and Sparks closed years ago.

 

[Ian_Davies]

The not-inconsiderable Davies food shopping spend has been transferred to Tesco with immediate effect.

 

[LUKE]

The not-inconsiderable Davies food shopping spend has been transferred to Tesco with immediate effect.

Why -I'd go 11/10 a poor customer service experience.

 

[Outsider]

Probably the tiramisu is cheaper.

 

[LUKE]

Probably the tiramisu is cheaper.

33/1.

 

[Ian_Davies]

Why -I'd go 11/10 a poor customer service experience.

(NAP)^

 

[Ian_Davies]

Probably the tiramisu is cheaper.

Great line - made me laugh - but LUKE has nailed it.

 

[LUKE]

Great line - made me laugh - but LUKE has nailed it.

That's the world we live in -went for a cup of tea and a slice of cake in a cafe I have used a lot over the last 10years.The teenager who served me seemed inconvenienced by my presence an hour before closing time.
Bottom line is we live in an age where customer service is a dying art.

 

[Ian_Davies]

I shopped at Tesco today - retribution was swift!

 

[Ian_Davies]

19 days since I gave Waitrose the sack and, after prolonged thought considering their excellent Brandy Sauce and the fact their equally-excellent Christmas Pudding is a pound cheaper than some untried Tesco equivalent, I have decided to confine my Waitrose ban to the Old Basing, Basingstoke, branch and make the occasional foray to other Waitrose branches when convenient to do so.

 

[an capall]

Dunnes Stores, Cornelscourt. (NAP)

 

[Ian_Davies]

A tremendous recommendation, no doubt, sir, but, as the attachment hopefully illustrates, possibly not the most cost-effective option for the Hampshire, UK, daily food shopper.

 

[an capall]

It's only 1Km from Leopardstown racecourse. Come for the DRF and I'll give you a personal tour. The fresh fish counter is particularly beguiling.

 

[Ian_Davies]

That's an extremely kind offer, but I decided many years ago that, for various reasons, any form of travelling really doesn't do it for me - I will be googling the fresh fish counter, however.

 

[Outsider]

Do they deliver like tesco

 

[walsworth]

Can't afford posh supermarkets, I go to Lidl.

 

[trudij]

Waitrose? Yes - and pretty reasonably too

 

[Ian_Davies]

I am planning a trip to ALDI today - I know how to live!

 

[Ian_Davies]

I am pleased to say it was a successful expedition - I am safely home now and nowhere near any pubs.

 

[Ian_Davies]

The utter basterts (blame Maurice - he taught me the heinous expression) have drawn me back in with their Belgian Dark Chocolate & Sour Cherry Ice Cream - it should be a Category A restricted narcotic, it's highly addictive!

 

[Desert Orchid]

I think that must be a local thing, Ian. I've never seen it up here in Chillychillyjockoland (Walsworth will probably get the reference) but it sounds to me like it would be dynamite.

Fingers crossed it does find its way up here but if you aren't getting Strachan's Tablet ice cream it would seem there's very little chance of it happening.

Basterts.