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Re: Strange multi-set at ASDA
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:21:21 GMT
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> That's because Walmart owns ASDA now. Most ASDA stock has Walmart codes on
> it. It also explains why all ASDA staff have to refer to each other as
> 'colleagues' (or was that 'comrades'? :). A bright idea from the land of
> the law-suit (N.B. numerous cases are still outstanding against Walmart for
> stacked stock falling on customers).
> Customer notices now say "If you need any help, just ask a colleague" - THEY
> ARE NOT MY COLLEAGUES! I DON'T WORK THERE. It's like "10 items or less" -
> right: 40 loaves of bread, 20 cans of coke, 80 packets of crisps and 15
> bottles of Hardy's Special Reserve. That's 4 items. Count them. And it's
> "or fewer" not "or less". Good grief. Doesn't anyone speak English? And
> don't even mention the war... ;)
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> Guess what? I'm still waiting for my eToys.
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> Jason.
I was once in a cash only "10 items or less" lane. The guy at the register
was new and looked like Lee Haney, I mean the guy was busting out of his
shirt like the Incredible Hulk. The woman in front of me had a carriage
full of stuff and wanted to pay half of it with a credit card and the other
half with a check.
junior
-in the States-
I think my dishwasher is dying a slow and painfull death, what is that noise...
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| (...) register (...) other (...) There you go - an advantage to shopping on-line, you avoid people like that :) (...) noise... Probably the lego you're washing in it (Anyone tried that yet?) Steve (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) That's because Walmart owns ASDA now. Most ASDA stock has Walmart codes on it. It also explains why all ASDA staff have to refer to each other as 'colleagues' (or was that 'comrades'? :). A bright idea from the land of the law-suit (N.B. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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