The day I tried to buy a kit-kat

[legrandefromage]

You'll like this.


The worlds gone mad I tells ye!


Co-op, evening, weather; moist... I buy a multi pack of 2 fingered kit-kats advertised at a £1 to munch whilst out and about.

Lady behind the till says 'that'll be £1.39 please' Aha! I point out the price is a £1 and a girl goes off to check. She comes back and shows the nice lady how to do a void transaction...

and here comes the money shot:


'your name please?'

exsqueeze me? Baking powder??

'you name please otherwise we are unable to refund your 39p'

Er, ok but why?

'its company policy'

Ok but what has that got to do with a mistake made by your company?

'Its company policy'

But I only came in here to buy a kitkat, not give my name out because you've made a mistake

'you name please so we can do a refund'

But my moneys still in her hand, she hasnt opened the till yet, my name is Mark BTW if that helps'

'we need your information se we can do a refund, sirname?'

What??

'Sirname and address please'

Whoa! balls to that just give me my £2 back and I'll be on my way

'so you dont want the kitkats?'

No I dont!

 

[jimihendrix]

, idiots, well done for lasting that long though, i'm not so patient

 

[Gadro]

Good shout

Thats stopped a pile of promotional crap being sent through your letterbox

 

[Pickle]

 

[Easy_Rider]

It is ridiculous isn't it. I have faced situation like that before, if they are complete numpties and fail to distinguish between "company policy" and "consumer law" then i just give them an obvious bogus name.

We need a kind of unifying resistance to this sort of thing, like if we all used the same name and address in these situations, the same way many of us put "Jedi Knight" as our religion on the last census, or so many if us would tick "None of the above" if there is one.


It's too dangerous to actually protest as is our right. At best we end up on Police video and on a data base for future "reference" and worst you get beaten up :roll:

 

[Mr Panda]

The following is true:

Staying at pals house in Glasgow a couple of years ago.
Making dinner and found we were lacking an onion. (no reference to Onion Johnnies pls :roll: )
Went downstairs to handy Tesco Metro to buy onion.
Late Friday evening, so no loose onions left
BUT then we spotted one in the prepacked onion box
( One of those bunches of onions in an orange net bag, but the bag had burst open and instead of three onions, only contained one)
PERFECT we thought - we have our onion!
Pal went to pay for onion and joined queue. I helpfully stood aside to allow other folk to joint queue also.
Got to front of queue..........problem started.
"You can't have that onion" :shock:
Why?
"Its one of the prepacked onions, but the packaging is damaged and some have fallen out. You can't buy it on its own"
Why??
"I've just told you"
Silence.
"Do you want anything else?"
No - Just this onion
"Well you can't have it"
Why???
"It doesn't have a price so we can't sell it."
Charge me for a loose onion then.
"Can't"
(by this time queue is about 12 people)
Look mate its just a fookin' onion. Just weigh it and sell it.
"Nope"
OK I'll give you a quid for it.
"Nope - give it to me"
(Pal mistakenly hands onion over)
"I need to put it in the bin now"
Why???? Look I'll give you £2 for it OK - just sell us the bloody onion!
"No its away now - you can't have it.

Expletives followed and we left onionless :shock:
Remainder of queue was on our side

Ar$e shop assistants.

 

[Pickle]

The world is mad :roll:

 

[lewis1641]

and getting madder

 

[gibbleking]

lgf.....fella you missed a golden oppurtunity to give a ridiculous name to them......so many names....oh well....

 

[Gadro]

Mr C Lyons

Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HA.


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