[Spridgets] Absolute frustration

[Weslake1330]

A true story:

Customer Service
     I’d gone shopping and taken Faye with me who was probably aged about
nine or ten years old and we were in Halfords, Nuneaton.  I can’t remember
what I was buying but when I got to the checkout it wasn’t manned.  I
waited a while and looked around the store expecting to see a keen shop
assistant heading in the direction of both myself and the checkout.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t see any assistants walking in my direction but
did see a couple of them talking to each other.  They didn’t see me on the
other side of the store or if they did, it made no difference to them.
      I’m not always the most patient of people and I got fed up of waiting
for them. Unfortunately, I recall that I really did need what I’d planned
to purchase.  So, in a moment of inspiration I leaned over the counter and
moved the microphone for the store’s public-address system near enough for
me to speak into.  I found the switch to press when talking and calmly made
the following announcement: Customer service assistant to the checkout
please’, twice.  I then returned the microphone to its original position
and waited.  Quite soon a young and bemused looking Halfords employee
arrived at the checkout.  She politely took my credit card for the
transaction and while she did so Faye kept squeezing my hand.  Faye
squeezing my hand was her way of sending me a very important ‘message’ when
she didn’t want to speak.  With my transaction complete I left the store.
     As soon as we were outside Faye, squeezed my hand again while trying
to drag me up the road.  I laughed.  She told me to hurry up and I asked
her what the rush was.  She told me that we needed to get a move on before
the police arrived.  I laughed again and asked why the police would come
and she told it was because I shouldn’t have touched the microphone and
made the announcement.  I laughed even harder but she didn’t relax until we
were well out of sight of the store.  She remembers this to this day, and
recalls how the customer behind us also laughed when I made the
announcement.  Finally, I’m pleased to say that I never needed to make a
similar announcement since.

Daniel

On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 at 05:23, AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via
Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Gang,
> A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the
> shop.  Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like
> certain drugs.
> I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with
> padlocks on the glass doors !  A device with a push button indicating if I
> pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.  Well I pushed
> the button.  And waited ....and waited ....& waited for no human to
> arrive.  So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.
> This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.    Later I spoke with
> a person I knew worked at this store..   I was instructed to contact
> Walmart directly.  To date no response from Walmart.  Exactly what I
> expected.
> Figured I'd share this experience out of sheer frustration.
> Chuck
> Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania
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