The thing i find hard to understand isn't that there are these people who complain all the time, who try and get compensation or whatever, what annoys me is that they do something that gets them banned, and they run to the newspapers to act as if they're the victim, when in reality everyone reading this article is thinking the same thing, is this just a 5 minutes of fame attempt, is it worth that for embarrassing yourself online, it's done so often now it's becoming the new normal.
@theotherjonv 😳
Yep, it's a truly special person who complains about a ride they weren't even on!
Now imagine being a teacher, with the same entitled, arrogant, people coming in to co,plain that little Joffrey is getting too much/not enough homework, that the work is too easy/difficult
Wait, what? Are you now entitled and arrogant if you believe your child should be engaged and challenged at school? I mean, there is obviously a way to approach these things but otherwise, c'mon.
Is this someone I need to Google incognito?
Wouldn't go that far unless you want to watch her dressed as a dominatrix in Dollhouse on a loop.
Surely the immediate reply would be “well, so **** what?”
Indeed. And at the risk of opening the lid on another 'club road rides sound like nightmares' thread, we're an inclusive club and while that may have been the first draft of the committee's response, I think it was then rephrased in slightly more conciliatory tones.
[In fairness, the other point of the complaint was that when someone sees that posted on the club facebook after it puts them off going in that group in future because they feel they won't be able to keep up. Which may have some credibility but would have ruined my story 😉 ]
Wouldn’t go that far unless you want to watch her dressed as a dominatrix in Dollhouse on a loop.
Amateur, Bring it on is her finest film!
the waitress had leather shoes on and I’m a vegetarian “
She hadn’t presented them on a plate with a light garnish, had she?
You know those 'militant vegans' that apparently we can't move for? I had this exact argument with one of the two I've met in my life ever.
She was going round the pub spoiling for an argument and accosting anyone who didn't tell her to **** off inside of five seconds. She latched onto me and I thought "right, let's dance then." She had the Vegan Bingo card, in my back pocket I had the fact that despite her assumptions I'd been vegetarian likely longer than she'd been alive. When I finally showed my hand she spluttered "but... you're wearing leather shoes!" I replied, I don't eat shoes. At which point she went a funny colour and stormed off.
Yep, it’s a truly special person who complains about a ride they weren’t even on!
Ranking fairly high on Cougar's C***ometer is people who have nothing better to do than bitch about things they have no knowledge of. Like those roasters who put the 'mental' into religious fundamentalist by protesting outside a cinema about a film they haven't actually watched, or the so-called fans crying that their childhood has been ruined every time a new Doctor Who actor is announced.
Wouldn’t go that far unless you want to watch her dressed as a dominatrix in Dollhouse on a loop.
I'll be in my bunk.
I’ve been following a Facebook group by a group of English speaking Spanish police who translate the Spanish driving rules into English and generally explain the legal side,it’s not part of their day job and have actively helped with some of the Brexit weirdness.
They’ve just decided to disallow comments as they were fed up with the behaviour in the stupid comments and infighting of people commenting on anything they posted. these people are mostly going to be English people in Spain, who you would wonder why they still live there.
There is also another helpful FB group Citizens Advice Spain who also seem to be targeted by the same type of person although more of a I’m alright righteous type and it’s your own fault bitter and twisted sort.
It’s well weird and tbh a little embarrasing.
I’ll hazard a guess that to get banned by Amazon and Waitrose she’s probably been kicking off at the delivery drivers as well, online live of their returns policy and Amazon are such a logistic monster I doubt it’s only the high level of returns
kerley
If Waitrose deliver anything that has a use by of the day of delivery they don’t charge me for it so not sure how the complainer was getting stuff that is past it’s date (or paying for it)
Not actually read the article but doesn't this just show how shit supermarket deliveries are.
It shouldn't happen at all... but then what's the point if you order your ingredients for the week because you can't go to a supermarket and they just turn up with some stuff missing or out of date.
You still can't cook what you bought the other ingredients for because part of the recipes are missing
I don't find food deliveries shit I actually find them very convenient. You have the option to check the box at ordering for no substitutions and when they do turn up with substitutions you are asked if you are happy with them. More often than not the substitutions can be from a better range. I get an email on the morning of the delivery telling me what's been substituted and what's not available. And I have never had anything out of date in all the years I've been using them.
Considering they do not charge extra for time involved with a physical person picking and bagging your shopping.
IT IS VERY MUCH A CONVENIENT EFFICIENT & TIME EFFECTIVE PROCESS.
I don’t find food deliveries shit I actually find them very convenient.
This, and also mistakes can and do happen. It's hardly the end of the world if on a rare occasion you get something 'out of date'... assuming it is actually 'off' then just get a refund for that item. Some people have far too much time on thier hands!
Last time I bought something out of date from M&S, the wife took it back and got a full refund plus free replacement. They were very apologetic. I would have just eaten it....
Cougar
Really not seeing the problem here. It’s his stuff to sell. And it’s exactly what they’re doing.
Yeah scalpers are such valuable members of society
I don’t find food deliveries shit I actually find them very convenient.
+1 from me too.
As an old codger I’d rate the introduction of Supermarket food deliveries as one of the most life enhancing changes of the current millennium.
I would have just eaten it….
🤣🤣
Me too, to be honest
I worked as a Waitrose delivery driver during lockdown (out of work musician)
Try and just hazard a guess for a second how many shits we all gave about whether or not you posh food delivery was in date or not?! 😂
We were earning minimum wage and going to our 'covid secure' work place, whilst the majority of our customers were furloughed on treble our wage struggling to work out what to buy/complain about next.
My SIL does this constantly whether it’s in a shop , hotel or restaurant . She’ll polish off all her food in a restaurant then ask to see the manager .” It was too salty , not salty enough , too hot , not hot enough , the waitress had leather shoes on and I’m a vegetarian “ . Usually in the hope of some discount vouchers etc . She too is a weapons grade gobshite
Your SIL might be my missus' mate. She cannot go out for a meal without complaining. No matter if it's a low end or high end place. Plus she's rude about it when complaining.
I refuse to ever socialise with her
I would have just eaten it….
We once missed a Sainsbury’s delivery so they rescheduled it for the following day. However, in transferring the basket to the new delivery they mixed up numbers of items with kg, so instead of 8 bananas, they brought 8 kg of bananas! It was quite a sight - I’ve never seen so many mushrooms and courgettes, and so much broccoli (the latter being the stuff of nightmares for our kids).
Yeah scalpers are such valuable members of society
I'd say there's a difference between picking some stuff cheap to sell later and selling stuff at a ridiculous markup. I know folk do this with the stupidly expensive lego kits, buy a few and sell the ones you don't build later when they're out of production.
Still not as bad as folk selling Super Monsters for £1k+
Is it finally not just me who fails to comprehend that lego should not be more costly than 24carat gold.
I laughed so hard when a stw chap was selling a few lego cars for £999 joblot the other day.
Riiiiiiiight... 🙄🤣
Considering they do not charge extra for time involved with a physical person picking and bagging your shopping.
IT IS VERY MUCH A CONVENIENT EFFICIENT & TIME EFFECTIVE PROCESS.
That's a non sequiter. Perhaps they aren't charging enough to make it an efficient service?
There is also a consideration they use this to get rid of items they would otherwise need to reduce.
This, and also mistakes can and do happen. It’s hardly the end of the world if on a rare occasion you get something ‘out of date’… assuming it is actually ‘off’ then just get a refund for that item. Some people have far too much time on thier hands!
Some people can't go to supermarkets and are reliant on this.
My mum has specific dietary requirements and she plans her meals for the week to meet them so it is a major inconvenience and affects her health. Its a MAJOR issue for her and she's frequently depressed and in tears because she can't follow her medical diets which when combined are not easy at all.
If she has planned a meal plan (as she's told to do) for the week it's a major upset when a key ingredient just doesn't show up and all the other ingredients she'd bought for that recipe are now useless to her. (She often phones me saying this is what I got delivered what can I make because I was planning this and key ingredients didn't arrive)
If she gets milk (for example) its to last the whole week... so anything expired is useless for her and she'll need to have another delivery.
She gets pressured into accepting stuff because she can't read the labels quickly enough
Some people have far too much time on thier hands!
Well in theory my mum has lots... but she wants to stay as active as her health allows.
Why should she stay in waiting for deliveries that don't deliver what she ordered then have to reorder and stay in again?
That’s a non sequiter. Perhaps they aren’t charging enough to make it an efficient service?
Perhaps your mum needs to pay someone more £££ to do her shopping to get the exacting service she needs.
Some people can’t go to supermarkets and are reliant on this.
My mum has specific dietary requirements and she plans her meals for the week to meet them so it is a major inconvenience and affects her health. Its a MAJOR issue for her and she’s frequently depressed and in tears because she can’t follow her medical diets which when combined are not easy at all.If she has planned a meal plan (as she’s told to do) for the week it’s a major upset when a key ingredient just doesn’t show up and all the other ingredients she’d bought for that recipe are now useless to her. (She often phones me saying this is what I got delivered what can I make because I was planning this and key ingredients didn’t arrive)
Probably better off with Hello Fresh / Gousto etc - specific meals with the right amount of ingredients and you can plan for a week like that.
If she gets milk (for example) its to last the whole week… so anything expired is useless for her and she’ll need to have another delivery.
My Mum was the same - didn't want to be going to the supermarket regularly for a pint of milk at a time but ended up wasting the last bits of a 4 or 6 pint so she now gets Cravendale which (she says) lasts longer.
It might be worth considering UHT milk? I only tend to buy UHT as I go through days of using loads of it, and days of hardly using any, so it's really convienient as an unopened carton doesn't need refrigerating and lasts months and months.
Maybe I'm odd but I actualy prefer it to fresh milk now I'm used to it!
UHT milk, you say?
squirrelking
I’d say there’s a difference between picking some stuff cheap to sell later and selling stuff at a ridiculous markup. I know folk do this with the stupidly expensive lego kits, buy a few and sell the ones you don’t build later when they’re out of production.
Still not as bad as folk selling Super Monsters for £1k+
Posted 13 hours ago
The poster said the person bought "in large quantities to sell at RRP+ at Christmas". Also he'd done it often enough to be noticed and therefore banned from a number of stores.
I stand by my original analysis, worthless scalper parasite tosspot.
Milk freezes and defrosts just fine, worth having a pint or two tucked away, it's hardly a lot of capital tied up.
As for the missing ingredients. Under normal circumstances I'd say just making do with the usually very reasonable substitutions. But sounds like your mum has issues in this respect, so I'd also query if having appropriately frozen fall back options tucked away might be a sensible idea to remove the anxiety. Failing that, is there a near neighbour or someone that can do an emergency top up run, or even Deliveroo type orgs also do small food shops now, depending where she lives of course.
Dickeyboy
Perhaps your mum needs to pay someone more £££ to do her shopping to get the exacting service she needs.
How much do you think she should be paying out of her state pension ?
How about they just actually deliver what they took her money for?
crazy-legs
My Mum was the same – didn’t want to be going to the supermarket regularly for a pint of milk at a time but ended up wasting the last bits of a 4 or 6 pint so she now gets Cravendale which (she says) lasts longer.
I think she does now... (thanks though)
crazy-legs
Probably better off with Hello Fresh / Gousto etc – specific meals with the right amount of ingredients and you can plan for a week like that.
More thanks, I'll take a look.
Her combined medical diets are quite difficult for her (or indeed anyone to be honest) as in the lists of what she can have on each is then mutually exclusive to another and she tries to have a routine albeit a little repetitive so any non deliveries really break that and her "comfort zone" is knowing what she's getting and being able to plan. At her age its hard enough to adapt to "non traditional Lancashire cooking" and was brought up with WW2 rationing - my brother and I were amazed she adapted to online shopping at all.
UHT milk, you say?
Hahaha! 😀 but seriously though, if someone is relying on milk its worth having a couple of UHT cartons just as backup, I've just checked mine and is has a best before date of January 2023!
Maybe I’m odd but I actualy prefer it to fresh milk now I’m used to it!
You vile bastard.
Even at sea I'd drink boggo nescafe black before I put any of that filth near it.
I actually feel nauseous now.
Dude, if you're drinking Nescafe coffee you have absolutley no room to talk! 😀
How about they just actually deliver what they took her money for?
You make it sound like they are not delivering things just because they can't be bothered.
How much do you think she should be paying out of her state pension ?
How about they just actually deliver what they took her money for?
Err, you're the one who suggested the service is too cheap, the online grocery services are actually subsidised by shoppers who go to the store, so yes they are too cheap but if your mum has exacting dietary requirements then sorry but she's gonna have to pay more for that service or find another work around.
I actually feel nauseous now.
Just avoid this:
https://groceries.asda.com/product/cat-kitten-milk/whiskas-kitten-cat-milk-bottle-3-x/2110661
It doesn't even state if it's Persian or Siamese, so I think we have to asume it's harvested from Moggies and alley cats.
TBH you do get used to UHT in the 'otter climes 🙂
I have found in date and tangy UHT milk so don't think it lasts forever.
How about they just actually deliver what they took her money for?
The service is what it is - and it is designed (and baked into terms and conditions) that it will work for the majority of people the majority of the time.
I use sainsburys. If they are delivering a shorter life product the will email me ahead of the deliver to say so. Same with substitutions. This is so I know what items to check when the driver arrives. I don’t know how they determine if something is shorter life, but it’s generally been a fair approximation.
Sometimes things are not available, or have a shorter date, this is an accepted reality of a delivery service which is offset by the convenience it offers. If the way the service operates does not work for an individual there are other services out there - including (but not limited to) going into a shop.
TBH you do get used to UHT in the ‘otter climes 🙂
Condensed milk was indespendable to British Empire building.
After a hard day's subjugating the natives a nice refreshing afternoon tiffin would not have been the same if that lovely cup of pick-me-up tea hadn't had a dash of condensed milk in it.
Although undoubtedly in that damn heat they must have dreamt of fresh British milk being delivered to their doorstep in pea green vans.
The poster said the person bought “in large quantities to sell at RRP+ at Christmas”. Also he’d done it often enough to be noticed and therefore banned from a number of stores.
I stand by my original analysis, worthless scalper parasite tosspot.
You do know how "shops" work, right? Or for that matter, shares?
IF he's hoovering up the entire stock of hard-to-find items (such as concert tickets, or hand gel and toilet roll a couple of years ago) and in doing so is preventing regular customers from buying them, I would 100% agree with you. But there's no indication that that's what's happening here, is there?
He's bought a product legitimately, it's his to do what he likes with. If its value has appreciated and he wants to sell it, then why not? Something is only ever worth whatever someone else is willing to pay for it. Some folk pay millions for a few daubs of paint on a bit of canvas.
IF he’s hoovering up the entire stock of hard-to-find items (such as concert tickets, or hand gel and toilet roll a couple of years ago) and in doing so is preventing regular customers from buying them, I would 100% agree with you. But there’s no indication that that’s what’s happening here, is there?
Well...
Only ever buying stuff on offer and in large quantities, to then sell at RRP+ on eBay in the run up to Xmas
Cougar
You do know how “shops” work, right? Or for that matter, shares?
IF he’s hoovering up the entire stock of hard-to-find items (such as concert tickets, or hand gel and toilet roll a couple of years ago) and in doing so is preventing regular customers from buying them, I would 100% agree with you. But there’s no indication that that’s what’s happening here, is there?
He’s bought a product legitimately, it’s his to do what he likes with. If its value has appreciated and he wants to sell it, then why not? Something is only ever worth whatever someone else is willing to pay for it. Some folk pay millions for a few daubs of paint on a bit of canvas.
Thanks for that, Mr Logic.
It is obvious the items are hard to find and/or limited quantities otherwise scalping is not profitable. Nobody would pay RRP+ 50% or more if they could simply walk into Smyths and buy one.
It's not someone looking for a Rembrandt or a Porsche GT3 RS it's a toy: many parents will be on the look out all year round for discounts on item they know their child will want for Christmas or their birthday, but they are otherwise unable to afford. So this gentleman (and many others doing the same) hoovering these up DOES prevent legit customers being able to buy them.
I couldn't care less if he's legitimately bought them, he's a ****ing tosspot, and I'm glad the shops banned him.
They were hard to find, yet he bought them quite readily in bulk from a retailer?
There's a lot of conclusion-jumping here. You could be right. But is there anything to suggest limited quantities or that the parents couldn't have planned ahead and done exactly what he did? They can't afford [toy] when it's on offer in July but they can afford to pay over RRP on December 20th? If as you say they're "on the look out all year round for discounts" then, well, that's exactly what he was doing, no?
Again. IF he's depriving people of legitimate purchases, I agree with you. IF he's selling stuff that was discontinued months ago then he's actually providing a service. From the information provided, neither of us know which is the case.
TBH you do get used to UHT in the ‘otter climes
We used to be able to get fresh milk in the supermarket in Saudi in the early '80s.
the online grocery services are actually subsidised by shoppers who go to the store,
This suggests that online shopping items are cheaper than in-store items?
