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M&S customers are a nuisance

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DamnAlabama · 28/03/2025 17:05

I went into M&S Food today and every customer I came across was absolutely oblivious to anyone else in that store. It's like Percy Pigs over morals.

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Noperope · 29/03/2025 18:39

YachtMistress · 29/03/2025 17:57

What type of biscuits?
Unacceptable behaviour anyway, just curious 🤔

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Ginger nuts. They're hard bastards as well.

Cathandkin · 29/03/2025 18:06

YachtMistress · 29/03/2025 17:57

What type of biscuits?
Unacceptable behaviour anyway, just curious 🤔

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I'm betting custard creams.

YachtMistress · 29/03/2025 17:57

Noperope · 28/03/2025 17:46

A women in my Aldi threw a packet of biscuits in the store assistants face after she was asked to leave.

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What type of biscuits?
Unacceptable behaviour anyway, just curious 🤔

Unbelievable27 · 29/03/2025 17:54

Crunchymum · 28/03/2025 17:58

Please don't call it Markies.

It's Marksies (pronounced Mark-zies)

Or as my DC when he was little said "Marks and Spensive" 😂

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Or Marks & Sparks!

Redkatagain · 29/03/2025 16:52

Syrup sponge was in M&S this morning

Oneandahalfonagoodday · 29/03/2025 14:22

Fagli · 28/03/2025 22:22

Unfortunately yes, have had to slum it in the Selfridges food hall. I stand by it though, never back down, never surrender!!

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That"s the spirit! Never let the buggers win! 🤣

SkiAndTravelTheWorldWithMyDog · 29/03/2025 12:08

Were they in the M&S in Broughton by the fish about 10 days ago?

Needmorelego · 29/03/2025 11:44

I sent my mum an M+S voucher for Mother's Day.
Am I a bad daughter?

CountryQueen · 29/03/2025 11:38

daisychain01 · 28/03/2025 17:12

I was only thinking the other day that the M&S poster hadn't been on here lately and lo and behold you're here. Hope you're well and that you'll be getting something nice for Easter with your Sparks points.

Haha totally.

SuspiciousChipmunk · 29/03/2025 11:19

I love a good thread about M&S. I bought a top form there last year. I’m really turning into my mother!

I’m going to my M&S food hall this afternoon.

Cathandkin · 29/03/2025 10:31

DamnAlabama · 29/03/2025 10:29

Some of the food items mentioned on this thread sound divine! What I shame I never see half of them on there thanks to bumbling Susan and her trolley constantly in the way

There are many aisles. Failing the use of a polite "excuse me!" I would just go round the other way.
Why are you so intolerant of other shoppers?. It's not your personal space.

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DamnAlabama · 29/03/2025 10:29

Some of the food items mentioned on this thread sound divine! What I shame I never see half of them on there thanks to bumbling Susan and her trolley constantly in the way

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DollopOfFun · 29/03/2025 09:26

user9632579 · 29/03/2025 03:12

I still get these at Ocado and M&S.

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Can you link please??

Cathandkin · 29/03/2025 08:31

niuwyoosername · 28/03/2025 22:35

Slowness is perhaps down to the fact that the only people who can afford to shop there these days are the wealthy pensioners?

My local one is filled with students - Chinese and other overseas university students. I think there's possibly a good variety of types and quality of food there than other places.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 29/03/2025 08:13

user9632579 · 29/03/2025 03:13

Love the Charlton branch, was there today. What's up with it?

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A joke about a post on page 1.

user9632579 · 29/03/2025 03:13

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 28/03/2025 23:08

Sounds like you were in Charlton SE London branch OP.

Clapham branch introduced kiddie trollies.
Someone was actually paid for the idea of having toddlers pushing their own trolly next to mummy and daddy.

Love the Charlton branch, was there today. What's up with it?

user9632579 · 29/03/2025 03:12

DollopOfFun · 28/03/2025 17:36

M & Who?

They are dead to me since they discontinued the syrup sponge pudding last year, the one I that I had been buying since the 1990's. DEAD.

I still get these at Ocado and M&S.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 28/03/2025 23:08

Sounds like you were in Charlton SE London branch OP.

Clapham branch introduced kiddie trollies.
Someone was actually paid for the idea of having toddlers pushing their own trolly next to mummy and daddy.

SleepyZzz · 28/03/2025 23:08

Snorlaxo · 28/03/2025 17:06

Were they were looking for steak cut chips ?

No, they were looking for Percy Pig.

FeministUnderTheCatriarchy · 28/03/2025 23:07

DamnAlabama · 28/03/2025 17:29

What would I know? I don't eat chips so not an aisle I venture down

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You don't eat chips???

Well that calls everything you've said into question 🤔

OudAndRose · 28/03/2025 23:07

HarperStern · 28/03/2025 18:15

Ha, my local M&S is totally like this. Full of people who have come shopping in gangs (OK couples) and stand mid-aisle blocking everyone with their trolleys taking an age to choose between mash and luxury mash.

In our case it's because the company decided to make the food hall smaller and squeeze an unnecessary cafe in. Still not over it. Will moan about it to my dying day.

I got aisle blocked last week by two girls in their late teens / early twenties doing a dance in the aisle. It wasn't for Tik Tok or the like, they were just enjoying themselves. M&S is that delicious it will do that to you imo.

Redpeach · 28/03/2025 23:04

DamnAlabama · 28/03/2025 17:29

What would I know? I don't eat chips so not an aisle I venture down

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You don't eat chips? Now that's a percy pig pie

mindingmyown37 · 28/03/2025 22:37

Don’t have to much of an issue in my 2 local M&S apart from at Christmas, when everyone seems to lose thier heads, which I know most shoppers do at Christmas but it seems to be ten fold in M&S. the amount of shopping rage I get in there at Xmas is unreal.
also the sparks card is basically pointless, I think in the 2 years I’ve had it, it’s given me exactly 3 vouchers food wise that I’ve actually used. The rest is for stuff I’ve never bought in my life.

niuwyoosername · 28/03/2025 22:35

Slowness is perhaps down to the fact that the only people who can afford to shop there these days are the wealthy pensioners?

EdithBond · 28/03/2025 22:28

Percy Pigs are about the only thing that’s affordable in M&S.

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