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Postby jackspratt » May 13, 2011, 9:09 pm

parrot wrote:Great story. I didn't hear any cursing, see any fingers flipped, or bottles of scotch slammed to the floor.....or anything that I'd consider dick-wad-like behavior.
I've encountered the same sort of situation a number of times.....like when the cashier can't ring up the barcoded bag of veggies and wants it weighed and gives you that 'you don't really want this, do you?' look. (This, after the guy in the veggie section said the product didn't need to be weighed.) "Yes, I do," and I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for you to find someone to take it back to the produce section, weigh it, and bring it back so I can buy it. No offense intended, no cursing, no swearing, no fingers flipped.
If you're standing in line behind me, please excuse me for being a dick-wad.


I imagine I have tested the patience of many a local under the circumstances you have described above.

Add to that my insistence on using my (Oz) Visa card to make my purchases at the bigger shops - mad if you don't at the moment, given the strength of the A$. Slows things down terribly.

But I haven't yet been in the position of asking for a refund, based on the absence of an empty box. If it ever happens, UdonMap will be the first place I will report it.

Shades of Kim Craig. :D
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Postby UdonExpat » May 14, 2011, 8:01 am

I, for one, enjoyed your story. All the staff going about trying to satisfy your desire for a box, and your laugh about the manager being afraid of farangs. It's understandable, of course; some of us are so different.

I also suspect all the Tesco employess involved in the fiasco had a great laugh after you left. I guess your wife doesn't enjoy the chuckles.
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Postby mally » May 14, 2011, 5:24 pm

Priceless ! excuse the pun TB, =D> it so remindes me of so many episodes that I've had, some funny and a few not so funny.
I also endorse your comment on attracting such a negative reaction on this forum, as well as the 'help & advice' bit, we're all on here for fun (are we not ?)
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Postby Bertie_Wooster » May 15, 2011, 10:43 am

I thought it was an interesting/funny story.
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