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To tell you not to go to Costa coffee in the Trafford centre

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CharityBurbag · 15/06/2024 09:44

We decided to stop for a little coffee pick me up in the Costa coffee in next at the Trafford centre yesterday.

Mum went to order and I got a table. Every table was covered in cups and plates and used tissues. I managed to find a fairly clean one and sat down.

To be clear it was open!

Then I noticed a lot of staff on the left hand side of the shop all looking at something under one of the booths and trying to get sorting into a cup.

I heard them say 'I don't think that's a mouse I think that's a rat I saw it on one of the tables back there and then it ran under here' and then they closed the coffee shop to try and catch the rat

They must have managed to catch it as it was back open and serving food about an hour later 🤢

Just go somewhere else if you find yourself in next and fancy a coffee!

Yes we were being unreasonable to go into a Costa inside a next and expect a good coffee but we didn't expect it to come with a side of large mouse / rat

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KimberleyClark · 15/06/2024 09:59

No3387 · 15/06/2024 09:53

It didn't 'come with a side of rat' though.

They did the right thing, closed the store and got the issue sorted.

There are rats all over the Trafford centre, at all times, I used to work there.

Yes this is a Trafford Centre problem and not a Costa problem to be fair to Costa.

BellaDelBosco · 15/06/2024 09:59

As someone with a phobia of those things and who goes to the TC now and again I so wish I had not opened this post.

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 15/06/2024 09:58

Im afraid there are rats all over the Trafford centre and the city.

Crumpleton · 15/06/2024 09:57

While it's not pleasant at least they were trying to do some thing to resolve the situation.

Then I noticed a lot of staff on the left hand side of the shop all looking at something under one of the booths and trying to get sorting into a cup.

Unless I'm misunderstanding your comment it must be pretty hard to catch a mouse/rat using a cup, I'd imagine it wouldn't hang around, it would scurry off.

PracticallyYesterday · 15/06/2024 09:55

YANBU, not because they had a rat in their kitchen (🎶what are they going to do ...) but because Costa coffees are an insane waste of money.

No3387 · 15/06/2024 09:53

It didn't 'come with a side of rat' though.

They did the right thing, closed the store and got the issue sorted.

There are rats all over the Trafford centre, at all times, I used to work there.

CharityBurbag · 15/06/2024 09:49

Inside a coffee shop On one of the tables?

Really?

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Spirallingdownwards · 15/06/2024 09:45

Yes YABU.

Rats are everywhere. You just don't always see them.