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In Lush at lunchtime...
Me: 'Can I have a £20 Gift Voucher please?'
Shop assistant: 'Sorry, we don't do them. We only do £5 and £10 Vouchers'
I blame the education system. It doesn't each our kids to think.
I think it's a fair point. You want it for a present, right? How cheap are you going to look if you give someone two £10 vouchers rather than a £20?
How cheap are you going to look if you give someone two £10 vouchers rather than a £20?
LOVL!
What part of her answer was wrong?
Jump down off your high horse and answer 🙄
What part of her answer was wrong?
WTF were you doing in that pile of shite of a shop anyway, you cheapskate?
Get to Jo Malone and stop being so miserly.
How cheap are you going to look if you give someone two £10 vouchers rather than a £20?
You joke about it, but from my auntie I once received:
1x £10 voucher
1x £5 voucher
2x £2 voucher
1x 98p in change
all for different shops too? 😆
Well, technically, she was correct and I appreciate that.The point being she was unable to make the assumption that it was not actually a £20 voucher I wanted, I just wanted vouchers to that denomination. The posts above had managed to figure that fact out, as I am sure you had too. Hadn't you? 😉
WTF were you doing in that pile of shite of a shop anyway, you cheapskate
11 year old niece - she likes their stuff and I ain't gonna start trying to guess what she might like instead of something she has said she does like.
In all seriousness, mastiles could perhaps have avoided the problem by asking for "£20 worth of gift vouchers please", but the assistant could easily have simply said "2 £10s OK love?"
Afterall, if you order coke in a pub, they say "is Pepsi alright?", not "we only have Pepsi", because they know you don't care unless you're odd. 🙂
OK, I take it back. Ideal for an 11 year old!
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OK, I take it back. Ideal for an 11 year old!
Goodho! And I don't mind being called a cheapskate - she was bought an bl00dy iPhone from her mum and dad - that is more than enough for any 11 year old's birthday.
In all seriousness, the request was at fault, not the girl. You should have asked for vouchers to the value of, not for a voucher of that value. She was just pointing out that she didn't have £20 vouchers. This is why I always used to ask for "vouchers to the value of, please". These days I dont see the point in sending vouchers, they're just the same as notes but usable in fewer places.
In all seriousness, if I had known that she was unable to make the assumption that I did just want vouchers to that value, I would have been sure to have made my request more clearly understood to her.In all seriousness...
It was so mind-numbingly stupid a response I couldn't even muster up the enthusiasm to come back with a witty retort either.
In all seriousness, I can't believe this one made it to more than ten posts....
But it's like the whole coke-pepsi thing, they're probably required to specify the difference by some stupid policy. I'm tired of being asked "is pepsi ok?"
These days I dont see the point in sending vouchers, they're just the same as notes but usable in fewer places.
So she doesn't spend the money on cider or whatever it is 11 year olds spend their money on these days...
So she doesn't spend the money on cider or whatever it is 11 year olds spend their money on these days...
I trust her parents have control over her iPhone apps then?
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I trust her parents have control over her iPhone apps then?
She and her 12 yr old sister both have one and they won't let their mum and dad near them! I keep meaning to show my brother how to restrict their usage...
Could you hold your breathe long enough to go in? The one in Chester honestly makes me feel nauseous walking past
I don't get it?
It's equally possible that the person knew exactly what they were saying and were just being deliberately literal, flippant, facetious, because they don't like their job and any customer is just a pain in the arse.
It reminds me of what used to wind me up behind the counter, often you'd ask the customer if they wanted a bag?. Loads of people would say along the lines of, "Yes please, if you've got one?". Obviously they were just being polite, but I used to [u]think[/u], "why the fringin hell would I ask you if you wanted a bag, if I didn't have any?, you stupid numb nuts!".
just being deliberately literal, flippant, facetious
Judging by the vacant look in her eyes, I don't think so.
This must rank as one of the most spectacularly worthless threads ever on STW - bravo! 🙂
I'd like add a pedantic comment but I think it's already been said
Pepsi doesn't taste like Coke it's awful.
[i]Afterall, if you order coke in a pub, they say "is Pepsi alright?", not "we only have Pepsi", because they know you don't care unless you're odd.[/i]
/waves
pepsi is minging!
So what do you order instead if they've only got Pepsi? 😯
How about, next time you go to a pub that you know damn well does not have Coke, ask for it, then have a massive rant about how coke is far better than whatever dodgy cola they have, then just give in and order a double whiskey instead.
That will teach them.
I sit there thirsty, that'll teach them.
Slightly off topic but my favourite shop assistant question is if I stop at a petrol station to pick up a drink when out on my bike in full roadie riding gear is "any petrol?" 😆
Is it just mee that gets slightly annoyed when I ask for a Pint of COake in a pub to be told that they do not do them and you can only get one size? Why the change? They do beer in Pints so why not coke? It really grips my sh*t!
..can 'only' get a job in a shop
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The government prints vouchers which can be used in nearly all shops and even exchanged for beer I'm told...
It was so mind-numbingly stupid a response I couldn't even muster up the enthusiasm to come back with a witty retort either.
No, it wasn't. Get over yourself. The only good thing about this story was that you didn't get around to your 'witty retort'...
The government prints vouchers which can be used in nearly all shops and even exchanged for beer I'm told...
As pointed out once already - [i]So she doesn't spend the money on cider or whatever it is 11 year olds spend their money on these days...[/i]
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So she doesn't spend the money on cider or whatever it is 11 year olds spend their money on these days.
hmmm - are you some kind of control freak ? If you don't respect the kid enough to let her make her own purchasing decisions then perhaps you should just not give her anything ?
'And this is why you can only get a job in a shop.'
Really? Do people actually think like this - presumably the guy who works in your LBS can 'only' get a job there too? I'm impressed you managed to stay in there long enough to find out about her background, talents, abilities, traits, beliefs, qualifications etc.. I can't walk past the one in our town - the smell!!
Honestly, the title's got to be tongue in cheek, right??
So what do you order instead if they've only got Pepsi?
lemonade.
"mastiles_fanylion - Member
In Lush at lunchtime...
Me: 'Can I have a £20 Gift Voucher please?"
The most amusing thing is that working in retail you meet pr*cks like this all day long, and kind of get used to (laughing at) them. Obviously getting none at all from Mrs Fanylion 😉
Yeah Mog - ONLY get a job in a shop. So useless they can't do anything else.
Let's get into a stupid and petty little spat about the title of a thread that was only meant to be an amusing thread about one person's stupidity shall we? I am happy to do it if you are?
meet pr*cks like this
If meeting a prick like a customer is something a shop assistant gets off on, then all well and good to them. Not entirely sure why I was a prick for asking for a £20 gift voucher though, perhaps you could explain my cockish behaviour - in simple terms please, I am obviously very slow if I cannot grasp why asking for a gift voucher makes me a prick.
Indeed pepsi isnt great, but it does go fine with JD, so no problems for me 🙂
Its just DIET anything that makes my throat feel like it's made of fish scales - euuuuchhh.
an amusing thread about one person's stupidity
Which person was that then?
If meeting a prick like a customer is something a shop assistant gets off on, then all well and good to them. Not entirely sure why I was a prick for asking for a £20 gift voucher though, perhaps you could explain my cockish behaviour - in simple terms please, I am obviously very slow if I cannot grasp why asking for a gift voucher makes me a prick.
Perhaps your snobby condescending pedantry as displayed on this thread came across to her in your response/tone of voice?
You tell me Grumm...
See my edit above your post.
only meant to be an amusing thread about one person's stupidity
It might be more amusing if there was an actual example of stupidity in it. Did it occur to you that she may get lots of people in who want a £20 voucher and nothing else?
Correct answer to a stupid question if all you wanted was 20 quids worth. You asked for a 20 quid voucher and you got an answer. You were not precise in your question.
Perhaps your snobby condescending pedantry as displayed on this thread
Sorry - I asked for a £20 gift voucher.
Can you explain to me how I managed to come across as being a snob, a pedant or condescending in one sentence and before I even knew that I was about to be told that they 'don't do £20 gift vouchers'?
Or am I so special that I can anticipate a shop worker's response even before they are able to give it and speak to them in the appropriate manner?
Correct answer to a stupid question if all you wanted was 20 quids worth. You asked for a 20 quid voucher and you got an answer. You were not precise in your question.
That was covered right at the beginning of the thread - please go back to there, read and repost...
@MF
Get over yourself. You base your opinions on a twenty second exchange where a young, underpaid and probably poorly treated girl simply did her job. Says a far deal more about you than about her.
Did it occur to you that she may get lots of people in who want a £20 voucher and nothing else?
No it didn't. Did it occur to you that a requirement for one £20 gift voucher rather than two £10 vouchers, four £5 vouchers or one £10 and two £5 vouchers would be a really rather peculiar request.
This thread has gone septic. Just back away from it. 😕
Get over yourself.
LOL - it was only meant to be an *amusing* thread, I think it is those of you that are biting my teeth over this little bit of *fun* are the ones requiring to get over themselves.
But seeing as there are several seemingly unable to 'get over themselves', this could run and run. And as long as these people want to argue the toss with me about it, I will be happy to respond - I find it quite interesting how easy some people find it to rip any thread to shreds because of seeming injustices.
(MF is now regarded an even bigger nob than TJ).
No it didn't. Did it occur to you that a requirement for one £20 gift voucher rather than two £10 vouchers, four £5 vouchers or one £10 and two £5 vouchers would be a really rather peculiar request.
Yes it did, but having done my time in shops I know that that is exactly the sort of peculiar request people make all the time.
Still, you know best.
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I, too, have worked in the retail sector.
I once was asked how long the chips the customer had ordered would be and I responded 'about two inches'.
Perhaps I am a bit of a cock?
[i]why I was a [b]prick[/b]
my [b]cockish[/b] behaviour
argue the [b]toss[/b] with me [/i]
Do we have issues in this area then ???????
What's this got to do with the p*%s taste of pepsi?
OJ and soda.
I, too, have worked in the retail sector.I once was asked how long the chips the customer had ordered would be and I responded 'about two inches'.
Perhaps I am a bit of a cock?
End of thread.
This thread is going to keep going back to the fact that your original question was wrong. And then to base your opinion on the poor girl on this short exchange is so wrong that it's bound to resulted in name calling. Perhaps a bit of thought is required before posting?
I just cannot imagine asking for a 20pound voucher unless I wanted just that. Otherwise I'd ask for 20 pounds worth of vouchers. Perhaps she's posting somewhere on armpitsworld.com 's forum about this guy wanting a specific 20pound voucher and how she had to explain that she'd have to give him 2 10pound ones? Posted under the title "and this is why you have to shop in lush...?"
[i]Perhaps I am a bit of a cock?
[b]End of thread.[/b] [/i]
No, we need to know exactly [i]which[/i] bit of a cock 😆
Basically, it was a bit harsh posting a thread on a forum showing how stupid someone was. That's why people are narked MF.. 🙂
Take note, move on - everyone!
End of thread.
Agreed - it would be nice.
I just cannot imagine asking for a 20pound voucher unless I wanted just that. Otherwise I'd ask for 20 pounds worth of vouchers.
And I cannot imagine that there would be a barrier to making a transaction because the wording of my request did not compute with the shop assistant in the first place. Had I anticipated that she would struggle in selling me vouchers to the value of £20 unless I specifically asked for them in that manner, then maybe I would have proceeded differently.
And still, after all these responses, those sitting on high are still missing the fact that the original post was only ever meant to be said in jest.
But that is a fact that doesn't really matter to those righteous ones amongst us.
She's probably got a degree in media studies and this is an art installation for the Tate Modern.
That or it's all on digital cctv to be edited and released as a reality show on some obscure SKY channel later this year showing what shopgirls have to put with on minimum wage.
Laugh? I nearly spent my gift vouchers!!
I think we should be grateful that people are willing to work in shops and accept a little truculence ...
One of my jobs included scooping up dog sh*t from a field at a boarding kennels. I would be happier doing that again rather than dealing with a bunch of middle-class wannabees.
Get out into the real world and don't judge people by what they do, how they talk etc etc.
C_G
(working class bred but presumably considered underclass as currently unemployed).
what sfb says.....although I don't know why we can't just be nice to people who work minimum wage. How difficult can it be?
truculence
She wasn't truculent - she simply hadn't figured out that she could sell me £20 worth of vouchers as opposed to a £20 voucher. She was quite pleasant actually. And had big bazookas.
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Agreed - it would be nice.
And yet you keep coming back for more MF 🙂
Saying that it was 'in jest' doesn't make it any better. In fact it's worse. If you'd simply been complaining of bad service that would be one thing, but posting her up specifically for us to laugh at is much worse!
She was quite pleasant actually.
Everyone that's served me in Lush has been absolutely gorgeous and dead nice. They also look really happy - go figure, as they say over there 🙂
Is it just mee that gets slightly annoyed when I ask for a Pint of COake in a pub to be told that they do not do them and you can only get one size? Why the change? They do beer in Pints so why not coke?
Do they serve beer in 375ml Coke-branded glasses? It's all about portion size, the pub's till and stock management system will be set up to sell a set volume of Coke, so they can't dispense a non-standard measure.
Slightly off topic but my favourite shop assistant question is if I stop at a petrol station to pick up a drink when out on my bike in full roadie riding gear is "any petrol?"
My motorbike needed a wash, so I went to the perol station, walked in in all my leather gear, removing my crash helemet as I wasled up to the teller and asked for a token for the car wash.
"Drive through or jet wash?"
back on topic. You walk into a shop to buy something. They don't have it, but tell you they sell something broadly similar. You can't wait to rush home and post it on STW. Wow, I wish my life was that full and exciting.
Next, why not go to BurgerKing and ask for a Big Mac and please do let us all know how you get on.
And yet you keep coming back for more MF
Several of us do.
but posting her up specifically for us to laugh at is much worse!
So in your eyes it is okay to post about bad service, but not when the assistant opens their mouth before engaging brain?
They also look really happy - go figure
The joy at her employment by Lush leaves her in such a state of permanent extacy that the mundanity of actually serving someone whilst employing common sense is a gift she cannot grasp?
jaffa
Brilliant - just seen this in the tags. The level some people will go to in trying to offend really amuses me.
Go on, whoever posted that up be a man (or woman) and admit to that. I would love to know who it was - do you have the balls?
She wasn't truculent - she simply hadn't figured out that she could sell me £20 worth of vouchers as opposed to a £20 voucher.
You mean you hadn't figured out to ask for £20 worth of vouchers when that's what you wanted?
You mean you hadn't figured out to ask for £20 worth of vouchers when that's what you wanted?
I asked for £20 worth of vouchers when asking for a £20 voucher. If I asked for £20 cashback at the supermarket I would not be offended to get two £10 notes passed to me.
You are eager to believe that she's stupid. Thing is there's nothing in your description of what happened to say that she's stupid, or that she was 'unable' or 'struggling' to 'figure out' what to do.