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Why do people do this

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youalright · 03/08/2026 18:45

Say you work in a job where you're dealing with the general public why do some people feel the need to tell you how much better the competitor is think aldi/lidl or mcdonalds/ burger king im sure their are lots of others but you get the point. Like why would you walk into aldi walk upto a random sales assistant just to tell them how much cheaper and better the food and staff are in lidl. If you like lidl go in lidl nobody is forcing you to shop in aldi. I had someone with a recipt from another shop come in to show me and tell me how much cheaper it was at this other shop and he was going through every individual item. Like go away you absolute weirdo.

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vincettenoir · 03/08/2026 19:02

Yes I agree it’s odd. If someone want to provide feedback there are lots of ways to do it that don’t involve harassing ground floor staff. And it’s also very unlikely to go anywhere that way.

youalright · 03/08/2026 19:05

vincettenoir · 03/08/2026 19:02

Yes I agree it’s odd. If someone want to provide feedback there are lots of ways to do it that don’t involve harassing ground floor staff. And it’s also very unlikely to go anywhere that way.

Exactly i have zero control over prices or anything in the store.

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JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 03/08/2026 19:13

youalright · 03/08/2026 19:05

Exactly i have zero control over prices or anything in the store.

DW comes home with tales of Asda.
During bad weather on staff member was getting it tight..because the papers weren't in at 8am.
Loaf
Milk
Same scenario.

Nah the staff hide it bain the back cos they don't want you to hae it.

Holymolymoon · 03/08/2026 19:13

I hate going in a shop and it telling me the other shop is better. Went into Tesco and it was showing off about price-matching to Aldi. Aldi is 300 yards away, give or take. Next time, I just went to Aldi.

youalright · 03/08/2026 19:18

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 03/08/2026 19:13

DW comes home with tales of Asda.
During bad weather on staff member was getting it tight..because the papers weren't in at 8am.
Loaf
Milk
Same scenario.

Nah the staff hide it bain the back cos they don't want you to hae it.

What you mean the staff member couldn't control the weather bastards 🤣🤣

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JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 03/08/2026 19:23

youalright · 03/08/2026 19:18

What you mean the staff member couldn't control the weather bastards 🤣🤣

I know their fault roads impassable with snow ice and deliveries not coming from the south ..were in Ne Scotland.

Eightdayz · 03/08/2026 19:41

Definitely weird.. id say, yeah but these lot pay better wages.

DysmalRadius · 03/08/2026 20:04

I was once trying to help a service user by telling him that we wouldn't be able to accept forms completed after the. deadline, but that we would go by the date he put on the form regardless of when it was received.

He would NOT listen to the helpful bit that I was trying to tell him, and just kept bellowing at me that he didn't have enough time to complete them and it wasn't fair. 🙄

In the end, someone from another department who was waiting to speak to me just burst out with 'listen to what she's saying and put whatever date you want on the forms!'. The guy did have the grace to look embarrassed as he bustled off, but it was so exasperating trying to help someone who wouldn't listen long enough to actually be helped!!

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