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We came out of Tesco's today and were walking along the path by the disabled parking spots as an slightly bent over, elderly gent pushing a trolley came towards us. We moved out of his way allowing him to pass. Thank you he said. And we smiled at him. Directly behind him was a young lad a Tesco trolley lad. Pushing a train of baskets along. So we waiting for him to get past as well. Nothing! Not a murmer. Not to tad them all with the same brush, but we were very disappointed.
 
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Crazyface said:
We came out of Tesco's today and were walking along the path by the disabled parking spots as an slightly bent over, elderly gent pushing a trolley came towards us. We moved out of his way allowing him to pass. Thank you he said. And we smiled at him. Directly behind him was a young lad a Tesco trolley lad. Pushing a train of baskets along. So we waiting for him to get past as well. Nothing! Not a murmer. Not to tad them all with the same brush, but we were very disappointed.
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Probably fed up with being treated like 💩 by members of the public. He's doing his job.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
You missed a word out at the end....".badly"
It doesn't matter who or what he is, in uniform and on duty he is a representative of Tesco's, and should act accordingly..
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My eldest works in retail, some of the abuse she has to put up with is absolutely disgusting. If someone is rude then fair enough ok, but them not saying thanks for allowing them to get on with there work ?
 
hambugerpete said:
My eldest works in retail, some of the abuse she has to put up with is absolutely disgusting. If someone is rude then fair enough ok, but them not saying thanks for allowing them to get on with there work ?
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So CF could have stood where he was, and the lad would have had to stop with all those trolleys. You think would have been better? CF made his life easier in that moment, so yes some gratitude wouldn't go amiss.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
So CF could have stood where he was, and the lad would have had to stop with all those trolleys. You think would have been better? CF made his life easier in that moment, so yes some gratitude wouldn't go amiss.
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Cool, I'll tell my daughter that next time someone calls her a slag and sometimes far worse, to say thank you.
 
hambugerpete said:
Cool, I'll tell my daughter that next time someone calls her a slag and sometimes far worse, to say thank you.
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I work face to face with the public, and have for over 40 yrs. I am in their house, on my own. I have been assaulted, abused, had their dogs set on me. That is just that one person at that moment in time.
To assume everyone is the same is silly, so yes I still say please and thankyou in work and personal life.
 
Big bug bear of mine. Was always taught that manners maketh the man, and cost nothing. The one that gets me most is when you give way in a car allowing an oncoming car to pass parked vehicles and the person you let through does not say thanks. It’s just poor form, but seems to be an increasing trait in the younger generation.
 
need_my_wedge said:
Big bug bear of mine. Was always taught that manners maketh the man, and cost nothing. The one that gets me most is when you give way in a car allowing an oncoming car to pass parked vehicles and the person you let through does not say thanks. It’s just poor form, but seems to be an increasing trait in the younger generation.
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Then spend the next 10 minutes berating yourself for letting them through. Ps. And it's not confined to the younger generation
 
The only place for bad manners is when Lorraine is there, drinking Special Brew, doing the Can-Can whilst chanting "Ne-ne-na-na-na-na-nu-nu"
 
These sort of posts make me chuckle. Yes, it is a bit annoying when people don't acknowledge a small gesture, like letting them out in traffic, etc but is it annoying enough to log on to social media and write a rant about about it? Also, do you why they didn't acknowledge you? Have they just lost a family member, been sacked from work, feeling ill, etc? Is it not equally bad manners to instantly judge someone and slag them off on social media?
 
Neilds said:
These sort of posts make me chuckle. Yes, it is a bit annoying when people don't acknowledge a small gesture, like letting them out in traffic, etc but is it annoying enough to log on to social media and write a rant about about it? Also, do you why they didn't acknowledge you? Have they just lost a family member, been sacked from work, feeling ill, etc? Is it not equally bad manners to instantly judge someone and slag them off on social media?
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Yes, thats a very valid point. However I would say that "in general" the standard of manners has deteriorated.
 
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