to be mildly irritated that B & Q .....

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..... were excepting card payments only this aftenoon? And would I have been unreasonable to go to Home Bargains instead?

I fear the current situation is making me unrationally grumpy. Well, it's either that or the bloody menopause

You mean they didn't want to handle cash? I thought that was part of the 'new normal' now.

Lots of places are going cashless at the moment, to reduce the risk of virus transmission.

Most places are asking for card payments only now aren't they? Did they not have signs before you went in to say they weren't accepting cash? I can see how annoying it would be to get to the checkout and only be told then.

YABU.. if you were shop staff would you be happy to handle cash right now?

I think a cashless society will become the new normal from now on to be honest.

You mean they didn't want to handle cash? I thought that was part of the 'new normal' now.

I guess that's what they meant but who knows? That's what made me grumpy. I have no problem with them not wanting to handle cash!

And what in B&Q was absolutely essential for you to have to go in to store to get it?

Yabu

I don’t know of anywhere open near me that is still accepting cash right now. I also thought it was the norm now.

It’s to protect the STAFF from you op.... why irritated by that or are you that selfish?

And what in B&Q was absolutely essential for you to have to go in to store to get it?

Absolutley fuck all. But if nobody went, they'd be in the shit pretty quickly!

And what in B&Q was absolutely essential for you to have to go in to store to get it?

I assume you've missed the confirmation from the government that there is no such thing as an essential item. If a shop is open you can buy whatever you want, keep up

If you don't have a problem, then why has it made you grumpy?

I'm impressed you stood in the queue.

It’s to protect the STAFF from you op.... why irritated by that or are you that selfish?

Nah. But I'm mildly irritated that they didn't check the sign before plastering copies of it all the way down the queue ....

She's annoyed at the incorrect spelling - "excepting" when it should have been "accepting..."

Hasn't anyone else spotted that it's a lighthearted thread about a grammatical error??

You mean they should have said accepting?
gotch.
yanbu in that case

So it was the wrong word on the sign?

Yeah that makes me twitch. You should have taken a photo and posted it on their page.

I saw the grammatical error and thought it was the OP's rather than B&Qs but was too polite to point it out. She should have put it in quotation marks.

Why should the sales assistant have to handle cash? Good on them for not taking cash

And yes, I missed an apostrophe there, Muphry's Law strikes again.

Ohhh, I get it. It's not OP's mistake but B&Q's mistake.

Yes I would be irritated too. It's quite basic to ensure any statements/signage produced by retailers is correct.

Makes a change from card payment’s

Yes, I was feeling unreasonably pedantic about the grammar. I wouldn't pull anyone up on it on here but I do expect a major retialer to get that right

Just to complete the tale, I went for some alpine plants to jazz up the front garden. Not essential, no. Apolgies to the 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' brigade. I was in and out in five minutes and retunred straight home and spent a nice hour in the garden

Shit. I've spelt retailer incorrectly. I'll get me coat