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Mowl try to write something positive and/or cheerful

Oh, I know! How about starting a Food & Drink thread? I was thinking of doing that myself..
 
For all the complaining about foreigners- they are a million times more pleasant to deal with in shops, aka. Eastern Europeans know their customer service and take pride in their work.

Gen Z Irish cashiers meanwhile are rude and ignorant little fuckers. If I had my way they'd be out of the job and replaced with non-nationals / self-checkout.
 
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AN4 said:
Mowl try to write something positive and/or cheerful

Oh, I know! How about starting a Food & Drink thread? I was thinking of doing that myself..
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Frozen pizzas and slabs of Dutch Gold won't make for interesting reading, Jimmy.

Try another tack.

David said:
For all the complaining about foreigners- they are a million times more pleasant to deal with in shops, aka. Eastern Europeans know their customer service and take pride in their work.

Gen Z Irish cashiers meanwhile are rude and ignorant little fuckers. If I had my way they'd be out of the job and replaced with non-nationals / self-checkout.
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I refuse to use the self-service check-out.

Even though it's clearly far easier to shoplift if you use the self-service, and I've seen people simply walk through the scanning area and out the door.

None of them were indigenous Finns, mind you: petty theft was unheard of up here until a few years back when Finland decided to up her game and modernize the whole shopping experience to something along the lines of what you have in Ireland. Previous to around 2003, shopping outside the city center had a sort of quazi-Soviet vibe to it. The desk clerks were a million miles away, greetings weren't common, conversations even less so, but I soldiered on and maintained my open-minded friendliness and eventually the tides turned to what we have today: happy workers and happy customers, all in it together.

But I know what you mean about Irish cashiers: the Tesco in Ballyfermot has a check-out decorated with Mary Byrne's photos and loads of pink balloons.

You had to laugh.
 
Mowl said:
Frozen pizzas and slabs of Dutch Gold won't make for interesting reading, Jimmy.

Try another tack.
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I suggested that you start the thread. Food & Drink is a happy place for you, no?

Mowl said:
I refuse to use the self-service check-out.

Even though it's clearly far easier to shoplift if you use the self-service,
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Like more of a challenge do you

Mowl said:
and I've seen people simply walk through the scanning area and out the door.

None of them were indigenous Finns, mind you: petty theft was unheard of up here until a few years back when Finland decided to up her game and modernize the whole shopping experience to something along the lines of what you have in Ireland. Previous to around 2003, shopping outside the city center had a sort of quazi-Soviet vibe to it. The desk clerks were a million miles away, greetings weren't common, conversations even less so, but I soldiered on and maintained my open-minded friendliness and eventually the tides turned to what we have today: happy workers and happy customers, all in it together.

But I know what you mean about Irish cashiers: the Tesco in Ballyfermot has a check-out decorated with Mary Byrne's photos and loads of pink balloons.

You had to laugh.
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I use the self-service myself but make no mistake, it's a - "Fuck off, do it yourself.", that's how Dave likes his service (he'd probably cook his own steak if they told him to)

On the plus side, almost all of the staff in my local supermarket are Irish and white
 
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