Popped into Marks & Spencer at lunchtime to pick up a sarnie and I was shocked at how standards had dropped. I haven't been in there for ages but it used to be that you would almost be treated like royalty but today the spotty youf that served me could barely tear himself away from the conversation he was having with the spotty youf next to him. Is customer service really a thing of the past or do I just expect to much?
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You still get the service in Waitrose and John Lewis.
M&S are cheapskating these days - especially the one on Moorgate.Serving religion with the contempt it deserves... -
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Originally posted by TheMonkeyYou still get the service in Waitrose and John Lewis.
M&S are cheapskating these days - especially the one on Moorgate.
p.s Is there a Waitrose around Moorgate or anywhere else in the City? Fed up with Tossco's !!Comment
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Originally posted by NoddYThere's nothing more irksome than the middle classes moaning about trivia.Comment
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Originally posted by Hart-flootIts a London problem. The further away you get from the place the better the service, even in M&S.
p.s Is there a Waitrose around Moorgate or anywhere else in the City? Fed up with Tossco's !!Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...Comment
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Originally posted by NoddYThere's nothing more irksome than the middle classes moaning about trivia.Comment
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Originally posted by TheMonkeyNo waitrose around there unfortunately that I know of. I tend to end up in Tescos near City Thameslink as they do Krispy Kreme donuts and beef jerky in there and I'm a fat middle-class bastard.
TheMonkey is Homer Simpson and I claim my £5!"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by John GaltPopped into Marks & Spencer at lunchtime to pick up a sarnie and I was shocked at how standards had dropped. I haven't been in there for ages but it used to be that you would almost be treated like royalty but today the spotty youf that served me could barely tear himself away from the conversation he was having with the spotty youf next to him. Is customer service really a thing of the past or do I just expect to much?
It is considered 'good enough' service nowadays if our purchases (once stuffed into a flimsy EU-compliant plastic bag) are flung at us by some pimply, pre-menstural, lank-haired little bitch at the checkout who never makes eye contact and is yacking away to some other checkout proll.
Anyway, only Threaded is required to be treated like royalty in a checkout queue.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Popped into Marks & Spencer at lunchtime to pick up a sarnie and I was shocked at how standards had dropped. I haven't been in there for ages but it used to be that you would almost be treated like royalty but today the spotty youf that served me could barely tear himself away from the conversation he was having with the spotty youf next to him. Is customer service really a thing of the past or do I just expect to much?
People are too demanding these days. Here's your sandwich now give me the money and f**k off!Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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