To think Aldi staff need to stop being jobsworths over 6p bargains?

Of course they will be thrown away. They're not going to donate them to charity

So you believe that the items had a maximum purchase amount but neither the assistant or manager could communicate that to the OP?

Of course it's not cruel.

It's not being cruel and they weren't being jobsworths - they have rules they have to follow as part of their job and this was one of them. Not doing it risks their jobs if it's found out.

I love that you put ‘get into trouble’ as if they wouldn’t. People in supermarkets are made an example of regularly. The cruel comment makes me think you possibly weren’t easy to deal with and potentially your attitude stopped the sale in the end

Maybe they would get into trouble if items not supposed to be for sale go through the till. The management higher up would know there not removing what they are told and would get into trouble

shops need to be stopped from doing this shit - they are just gonna dump the fucking lot of it

I bought loads of Halloween clothes in Sainsbury tu last week after Halloween - got pjs and next years costumes 70% off the woman on the shop floor was like be quick and get what you want as we’ve been told to remove all from the rails now !

I took that to mean taken away and sent to landfill - it’s so wasteful

I agree but stores need to empower staff to make decisions.
I mean it could go unnoticed, it could be good sales or it could sackable. How are staff to know?

I work in a different supermarket and I admit we have some weird little tricks to get our waste down but I can’t imagine any of us reacting the way these staff members did. That said, I don’t know exactly what kind of a bollocking the duty manager would get. Their reaction might have been pure desperation.

I’m not sure how it can be classified as cruel. You didn’t go the Aldi with the intention of buying these things, and so presumably your daughter has no idea they even exist. And I can also see why a minimum wage or low paid employee is not going to circumvent an internal process, no matter how silly you think it is, for a customer because they are the one that’ll get the grief for it. In the current UK jobs environment I think it’s unreasonably entitled to expect an unknown employee to bend the rules.

And I have little time for anyone who takes their frustration out on those on the shop floor. The policy is a corporate one, and they are not empowered to change it. And they’d be foolish to ignore it, because retail is notoriously unforgiving of people who don’t follow process. So calling them a ‘jobsworth’ is uncalled for, and says a lot more about your unreasonableness than theirs. Sure, it’s frustrating. But take it up with corporate not a frontline worker. IMO

So why keep mentioning that she’s a mum and accusing them of cruelty over kids party bags?

I'm a bit confused OP - is it going to waste (i.e. landfill) or charity (for the charity to sell or reuse)? Those are different things. If it's going to waste then I agree it seems weird they wouldn't accept some money for it. I doubt they are simply landfilling it though - there are laws which are supposed to prevent that.

If it's going to charity then I think it's fair enough - they'd rather donate it to a charity than sell it to you for 6p, which I don't think is unreasonable. It's like if I am trying to sell something on Vinted for £2 and no one bites apart from someone offering me 50p - in that situation I would probably prefer to just give it to a charity shop and let them benefit, than make 50p for myself.

I think it was a mistake to use AI to write your OP and its derailed the thread.

Cruel? That’s ridiculous.

They gift the 6p items on.

They always have. They said they can't sell it to you. He grateful you got three.

Also you don’t know they were going to chuck the stuff in the bin. They might have written it off as losses and then donated it. My shop donate wasted (but not out of date or damaged) food to our city’s homeless shelter every night once we’ve recorded the write off. The only stuff we don’t donate is damaged/out of date and booze. That all gets binned after recording it.

I don't understand the marking it down thing - surely they should just take it off the shelves? Saves all the annoyance.

I’ve had this before with some items that were reduced waaaay to cheaply and the staff on the till actually acting as though it was coming out of their personal wage! Questioning if this was the sticker? Where did I find it? One woman radio-ing to see if there were any more left. No love, I’ve cleared the shelf. Jobs worths with a mixture of jealousy. Blood ludicrous.

Less goes to landfill now. Staff used to take stuff home for free but it’s all too good to go ( at a £5) or given to charity.

You keep saying jobsworth like youre entitled to a freebie, or like they shouldnt do their job so you can take advantage of a loophole.

You scanned 2 items for 12p instead of £1.58 & instead of enjoying the bargain you decided to buy 10 more for 60p instead of £7.20. They dont owe you access to a loophole and I think when you got 3 for 12p you should consider that a win and not invent an emotional tale where youre the underdog because your attempt to cash in was scuppered

I dont work for Aldi, but I would imagine it's similar there. Our wasted items have to be checked off by someone independent the following day. If I were to do waste, they would be checked and signed off the following morning by someone else (usually a shift leader). If items are missing I can be accused of theft and get into a lot of trouble. Detailed reports are also sent to the area manager who would think it was very suss if items marked for waste were never actually wasted. So yes, yabu to risk getting them in a lot of trouble over some balls.

Get a grip! You didn’t go in to buy cut price tat, you managed to bag a couple and now seem to think it’s cruel to not be allowed to buy 10 more items of tat.
Your understanding of the world cruel needs clarifying.

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