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UPDATE: remember when i shouted at co-op manager....

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Tortington · 13/09/2006 12:42

over mouldy bread....cheeky fuck had the cheek to insinuate i was diddling the co-op out of 93p. i was incensed.

recieved 4 vouchers from Hovis yesterday. cool.

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Iklboo · 13/09/2006 12:43

Yay custardo! Shame they didn't send the hide of the bar-steward manager as well though

colditz · 13/09/2006 12:43

excellent

CheesyFeet · 13/09/2006 13:28

good for you Custy

I work in the food industry and the Co-op have a really bad reputation for selling out of date or crap fresh food, in spite of all their ethical policies.

Glad you got a result

FioFio · 13/09/2006 13:31

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Tortington · 13/09/2006 23:17

i am actually very quiet and rarely complain. in fact i have only recently had the balls to compain about anything.

thing is, i have to be furious to complain which is really the wrong state of mind.

glad i got a result though.

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julienetmum · 14/09/2006 00:15

Agree about co-op food being stale. Bread from there never lasts. Chicken breasts stank and a cooked chicken portion gave me food poisining.

JoolsToo · 14/09/2006 00:20

I trust you'll be going in to wave them under his nose and tell him 'this is what customer service is all about you tw*t'

Blandmum · 14/09/2006 07:26

never have liked the Coop. My freind worked there and used to be searched on the way out in case they had stolen from the shop. Socialist my arse!

Hallgerda · 14/09/2006 07:45

custardo, what about becoming a shareholder (used to cost about £1 in the days when I lived near a Co-op) and causing them some real grief?

april74 · 14/09/2006 07:47

I work for the co-op and your not allowed to search employees every time, they have to do random bag checks, this is part of their audit, and if they fail to show that these happen, they lose points on there audit and get into trouble. If it falls below a certain score.

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Tortington · 14/09/2006 13:05

hallgerda - i think i am a shareholder - by virtue of having a co-op card. i dont think it gives me any extra rights - or does it?

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Hallgerda · 14/09/2006 13:43

As I said earlier, I'm a bit out of date on Co-op politics, but it used to be the case that if you were a shareholder, even with just a £1 share, you could attend the AGM, speak and vote. So you could raise the issues of poor standards of customer service and food preservation at the AGM and cause them some embarrassment.

Then again, I'm not sure I'd bother. I'd probably just go somewhere else, but that approach has the drawback that one eventually runs out of shops.

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