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Teso Shopper Accused Of Trying To Steal A Wire Shopping Basket.
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In this case the security guards were only doing their job, why did this person need to make such a fuss.
/// A spokesman for Tesco said shoppers could take baskets to their cars, as long as they were brought back to the store. ///
Oh yes, and how many would? some can't even bother to wheel the shopping trolleys back where they are stored.
But it appears she managed to get a £10 voucher out of it along with press coverage, the only saving grace is that the security guards also happened to be black, else it could have been even more serious.
In this case the security guards were only doing their job, why did this person need to make such a fuss.
/// A spokesman for Tesco said shoppers could take baskets to their cars, as long as they were brought back to the store. ///
Oh yes, and how many would? some can't even bother to wheel the shopping trolleys back where they are stored.
But it appears she managed to get a £10 voucher out of it along with press coverage, the only saving grace is that the security guards also happened to be black, else it could have been even more serious.
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/// Customers are allowed to take their shopping to cars in wire bags. Says so in the link you provided ///
Only if they take them back to the store, what guarantee is there that they will, or are the guards to chase after the shoppers car when they see that they haven't?
So you think they were just intentionally picking on her then?
/// Customers are allowed to take their shopping to cars in wire bags. Says so in the link you provided ///
Only if they take them back to the store, what guarantee is there that they will, or are the guards to chase after the shoppers car when they see that they haven't?
So you think they were just intentionally picking on her then?
sp1814
/// Looking on the bright side, this story gives you an unexpected chance to shoehorn race into a story that has ***-all to do with race. ///
Just making an observation, that it could have been much more serious had it had been a white on black thing, then it is certain it would have been very much about race, according to some.
/// Looking on the bright side, this story gives you an unexpected chance to shoehorn race into a story that has ***-all to do with race. ///
Just making an observation, that it could have been much more serious had it had been a white on black thing, then it is certain it would have been very much about race, according to some.
I assume the other voice was her friend who was with her, according to the article. Assuming her friend wasn't carrying a basket too I'm sure they could have managed to get the stuff to her car, especially if she was in a rush, and then made her point to Tesco later.
The guards should have done as Mamyalynne suggested. Tesco (and other stores too i suspect) also needs to train its guards and communicate to customers exactly what customers may do with regard to baskets.
The guards should have done as Mamyalynne suggested. Tesco (and other stores too i suspect) also needs to train its guards and communicate to customers exactly what customers may do with regard to baskets.
I dont really believe that in Scotland there have been 70% stolen, below.
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Overzealous staff or not, one can see Tesco's concerns.
/// A Tesco store in Denbighshire, northeast Wales, had 97 per cent of its baskets stolen in the first year of the charge being brought in after only 16 baskets were left out of 500. ///
Overzealous staff or not, one can see Tesco's concerns.
/// A Tesco store in Denbighshire, northeast Wales, had 97 per cent of its baskets stolen in the first year of the charge being brought in after only 16 baskets were left out of 500. ///
mamyalynne
Yep.
That's what I would've done.
Or I would have said to the security guard on the way out, "I've got a bag in my car - do you mind if I just take this basket out?"
Or indeed, I might have gone back into the store and put my shopping in a trolley (if one were available).
Alternative, and this is the most sensible course of action - I would have taken my bag (which was reportedly in my car) into the shop with me.
One thing I would not have done is run to the papers with the story once it had been resolved.
This 5p charge is doing a fine job of identifying the surprisingly large number of jerks we have walking around today.
Yep.
That's what I would've done.
Or I would have said to the security guard on the way out, "I've got a bag in my car - do you mind if I just take this basket out?"
Or indeed, I might have gone back into the store and put my shopping in a trolley (if one were available).
Alternative, and this is the most sensible course of action - I would have taken my bag (which was reportedly in my car) into the shop with me.
One thing I would not have done is run to the papers with the story once it had been resolved.
This 5p charge is doing a fine job of identifying the surprisingly large number of jerks we have walking around today.
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