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To have just read this and want to bring it to the attention of everyone in the hope The Range apologise and fix this.

81 replies

littledrummergirl · 04/09/2016 16:04

Just that really.
Apologies if there is already a thread, I haven't seen it.

m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153703718772032&substory_index=0&id=688487031

OP posts:
AnchorDownDeepBreath · 04/09/2016 16:35

PR are very likely to work 9-5 M-F except for emergencies, and this isn't one.

If you weren't there, you really shouldn't promote the story. It could be bollocks. It could be written with an agenda.

PurpleDaisies · 04/09/2016 16:39

If you weren't there, you really shouldn't promote the story. It could be bollocks. It could be written with an agenda.

This with bells on.

Runningupthathill82 · 04/09/2016 16:43

If you weren't there, you really shouldn't promote the story. It could be bollocks. It could be written with an agenda

Absolutely this.
A few weeks ago DH and I had cause to complain to a major supermarket. So we emailed the store manager.

Want to know what happened? The problem was fixed and we were also sent a £10 voucher. No frothing on Facebook, no public outcry, no-one boycotting said supermarket. Instead of having to deal with a pitchfork-wielding mob, the manager did a good job and fixed what needed sorting. Which is surely the best result.

LunaLoveg00d · 04/09/2016 16:46

Load of tripe - it all boils down to a customer being rude to a child in a shop, and the parent of the child who wasn't even present, holding the shop responsible.

  1. Shops cannot and do not vett customers to check they are nice people.
  2. There was no staff member present when this "assault" took pace.
  3. The incident happened yesterday and the parents are expecting an immediate response and some compensation
  4. Stores are not obliged to have CCTV.
  5. Even if there is CCTV, store management have better things to do than check it every time someone complains about something.
Number4OnTheWay · 04/09/2016 16:48

Yep yep yep, if you weren't there, don't start promoting it. As a parent to an autistic child I had reason to complain to a shop a little while ago. All sorted behind the scenes via email and sorted. None of this daggers at dawn stuff on Facebook. There is always an agenda when it's posted on Facebook and 9 times out if 10 its not even truthful.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 04/09/2016 16:49

And why did the husband post it? Was the wife so

TheHiphopopotamus · 04/09/2016 16:49

Hate these kind of things. From working in a shop, I know there are always two sides to a story. Just glad FB wasn't around when I was in retail.

LunaLoveg00d · 04/09/2016 16:49

I'm just surprised that the range haven't responded. It's not as if they operate mon-fri 9-5.

FFS, complaints and whinges on Twitter and Facebook are most probably dealt with by Head Office - WHO WORK OFFICE HOURS.

More shocked by people who have such a poor grip on how businesses operate.

Customer complains politely to store manager = store manager deals with it.

Customer kicks off on social media = Head Office gets involved and in this case, customer looks like a numpty.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 04/09/2016 16:49

Struck down with grief that she lost the ability to type?

Bantanddec · 04/09/2016 16:51

Sorry haven't clicked the link, so what happened? Someone pushed past the kid now they want compo?

phillipp · 04/09/2016 16:55

How can you tell the tone was sincere?

The woman who had her 'baby ripped from her breast while breastfeeding in primark' apparently was sincere as well. Except it was all bollocks. Tons of people believed her.

From what I read there, she had an altercation with a customer. She then took it out on a staff member who asked her to stop her son touching something someone else was trying to buy. I have no idea how blind people get round that, by the way. The staff member said 'I don't like your tone' which implies the woman was quite angry? Agressive?

The woman was close enough to jump in, but not close enough to take her so away from the item then woman was trying to buy.

And the man writing the piece wasn't even there.

There are so many different ways this could have happened, in which the range aren't responsible for.

Also I don't get why people assume because a shop is open, a whole company must be. I am really surprised by the amount of people that don't get how companies work. I have never worked in retail but would assume the social media and/or complaints team don't work weekends.

GwendolynPost · 04/09/2016 17:03

How strange, I've seen this exact same story being shared about a completely different shop, Home Bargains or something similar.

Becky546 · 04/09/2016 17:10

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phillipp · 04/09/2016 17:12

How strange, I've seen this exact same story being shared about a completely different shop, Home Bargains or something similar.

I would love to say I am shocked and surprised. But I am not.

WannaBe · 04/09/2016 17:18

I don't believe this happened. Has anyone looked at the profile of the individual who posted it btw?

JudyCoolibar · 04/09/2016 17:26

Load of tripe - it all boils down to a customer being rude to a child in a shop, and the parent of the child who wasn't even present, holding the shop responsible.

To be fair, it doesn't. The complaint seems to be that the shop automatically backed up the rude customer and made the child and his mother leave. However, I agree that I'd treat the whole thing very cautiously unless and until the shop has had a chance to deal with it.

LunaLoveg00d · 04/09/2016 17:41

Have just read some of the comments on the Facebook page - my goodness there are a lot of ignorant and barely literate people around.

Laiste · 04/09/2016 17:49

What is 'everyone' supposed to do then? Immediately boycott The Range? Because someone on MN has said something about someone who said something on FB? Hmm

It's like Chinese whispers!

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 04/09/2016 17:59

And why is the father posting lots of pics of his DS - you would think he wouldn't want his child all over social media...

Chihuahualala · 04/09/2016 21:15

Local rag now has the story and it's quite a different story to what was posted on Facebook

www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14722596.A_mum_of_two_autistic_children_is_angry_after_allegedly_being_kicked_out_of_a_Newport_store/?cmpid=cmt#comments-anchor

SpaceUnicorn · 04/09/2016 21:35

“We are fully investigating this matter and have asked the customer to contact us directly so we can liaise with them straight away.”

So it appears that they haven't bothered to contact the store, but decided to go straight to social media and the press? Hmm

Gosh, whatever could their motivation be? Wink

PickAChew · 04/09/2016 21:49

If this really happened, you need to contact the police about the other customer assaulting your child. That customer's behaviour has nothing to do with the Range (which, incidentally, has the most Autism unfriendly store layout and environment imaginable, near us, but that's beside the point).

1sttimedaddy83 · 04/09/2016 22:01

Where's my pitch fork????

MumOnTheRunCatchingUp · 04/09/2016 22:03

Sorry but what a load of drama!

Displays aren't for touching.... There are no exceptions. If an accident occurred, that parent would be the first to blame the store.

FrancisCrawford · 04/09/2016 22:13

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