Customer Notice Boards In Tesco And Morrisons

[Siracusa8]

In our local stores the customer notice boards have disappeared. When I queried this, I was told that this applied to all stores in both chains. I think this is wrong. Where can somebody post that their cat or dog is missing, or that they have found something?? It suggests to me that the chains are interested only in making money, not actually thinking of customers as people

[boxtops]

Ours is still in Morrisons, I was looking at it the other day.

[sandyRoe]

That's a shame. The shops should think again about that.

[dizmouk2009]

I had a similar problem with Tesco, I wanted to place a 'DOG LOST' item and they turn me down point blank. They prefer to have business card boards where they can fleece the customer instead of doing what small businesses do; charge 50p a week to advertise anything.

[boxtops]

In our Tesco, when our cat was lost, they wouldn't let me put it on the notice board (even though Rover was lost in that area) - instead, I had to stick the notice inside the CPL food collection bin.

[naomi24]

Of course they accumulate it through the consumer. They're in business!

Our Tesco still has a board - and so does Waitrose.

[douglas9401]

Both companies still have customer notice boards here in the land of the frozen.
Maybe there's been an issue locally and they've adopted the 'one person wasting it for everybody' method of solving a problem

[naomi24]

Douglas, where is that? Iceland? ;o)

[maggiebee]

Can't ever remember one in a Tesco store in Dundee. However, Morrisons do have one which I look at frequently.

[douglas9401]

Sometimes I have to check my GPS co-ordinate Naomi. :)

[naomi24]

:o)

[Baldric]

I didn't realise that Supermarkets were under any sort of obligation to supply a Customer Notice Board as some seem to think!

[naomi24]

Steve, still whining about the haves and have nots – without considering why they have it and you don’t? I’ve copied and pasted something I posted elsewhere earlier today.

Many people who own businesses have lived with nothing – which is why they’ve had the incentive to get off their backsides and work all the hours God sends to build their business. I get sick of people whinging on about businesses raking in the profits. Business generates jobs and jobs generate wealth for the country – and if someone has worked to build a business and happens to make a lot of money doing it, then bloody good luck to him! What do you want him to do? Give his hard-earned money to you?

[AlwaysConfused]

The Tescos near me has a customer notice board, the other supermarkets in the area do not. I flick my eyes towards the board when I am stuck in a queue, but would not use it. A little outdated, I think.

[naomi24]

Steve, but don’t you understand that big business starts off small and grows? Tesco began with one man and a market stall – and it’s not fair to assume that big companies treat staff badly. They don’t. Simply because they are big and influential, they have to be seen to be doing the right thing, so you’ll usually find they pay reasonable wages, offer benefits to their staff, and have good pension plans in place.

[ummmm]

Big businesses tend to treat their staff better. They can afford to.

[tonyav]

My two daughters both work for Tesco, there wages are pretty good.

[Old_Geezer]

The trouble with that quote Naomi is that it can effectively excuse anything a business does and any amount of wealth it attracts to itself from others. All should operate within a morally correct framework. Moaning at businesses who seem to be using their power to lever unjustified excess profits is a reasonable thing to do. It also covers the right wing implication that someone capable of building a business opportunity and who does so is worth as much as they can screw out of it as it's their hard earned wealth, whilst those employed to actually make it happen are merely a simple resource who should be grateful they now have a job. I can't accept that, I see that view as wrong. I accept that not every company is the same, but it underlines that fair criticism from those underlings who are used to provide excessive wealth to a company owner, is not something to be sick of. They have their voice, and often little else.