Would they still fail a mystery shop if they looked at the customer, judged he was just here to shop and not be all chatty and friendly, and so NOT start up a conversation ? Or if he was wearing earphones, same thing ?

They can't take the risk, If they fail one and give that reason they will be told to try anyway

So do it to as many as possible then you can cover yourself, Better to have someone totally blank you than risk missing the person who matters

It's an annoyingly stupid thing

I don't mind the conversation, it's a regular thing to hear hi or hello you ok? in a nice chatty manner. That's fine; it was the 'buying a lot of alcohol eh?' Nudge nudge...

I like to keep enough in the wine cupboard to allow it to settle over time and to have something drinkable when it suits without having to nip out to get a bottle. Some youth taking it on himself to query it in a busy shop is overstepping the mark. Say hi like you do when I buy a couple of yoghurts. That's more than enough interaction.

^I'm with ya. The easy, non descript, hi or "weather's kinda shit" etc stuff is ok (usually ) but "hey what's with all the hermeroid cream, man, maybe you should buy some cushions too, we've a sale on, here let me get someone over to show you the way.. and condom, seriously?! maybe you should think about buying a haircut and some new clothes before wasting your money on those, I mean your mug is your best contraceptive, ain't I right" is taking things a little too far.
This is why I go for the self service tills, cos at 7am when I've just woken up I have barely enough energy for shopping let alone for conversation with someone who doesn't really give a fig how I am or how I'm doing. Bet I could do a roaring trade with t-shirts printed with "I'm here to shop, just to shop, so "have a nice day" now leave me alone, darn it" - though maybe it'd just be me a-buying 'em.

It's easier to just go through the scrip with everyone, rather than risk missing mystery shopper - I agree that it's stupid, and employees should be allowed to use their common sense, and I have a lot of sympathy for workers AND shoppers in this situation!

The Hermes deliver who was unable to work out how to get into my tower block to deliver me parcel and so classed the parcel as "undeliverable due to restricted access". Numpty didn't even think to press the tradesman button and/or press a whole bunch of flat buttons to get another resident to let them them in.

Broken search functions on internet forums.

running to catch the bus, and it just goes when you reach the spot..everyone looks at you and feel like a fool..The driver must see that through his wing mirror, but they don't wait really pisses me off

DS threads about racist stories. You open the thread in naïve hope but see that there is at least 10 pages and think "nah". My capacity to cope with Baa Baa Black Sheep references and phrases such as "the PC brigade" left me a while ago.

i been off work on holiday and the thought of going back tom morning makes me annoyed..early night tonight, up early for the bus ..urgh

Vacuuming a room, putting the machine away, and then noticing the floor looks nice and clean...apart from the area you were standing whilst vacuuming.

The way that more and more sites are redesigning their layout to accommodate fat-fingered tablet users.

Everything's starting to look like the Fisher-Price version of the internet now.

^^^^^ This +1

Argos lying about where my parcel is.

^ - is this to do with that click and collect service where you buy on eBay and can pick it up from a nearby Argos ?

The changeover on the tills in Asda.

A fresh colleague comes along to relieve a checkout operator, then spends an eternity typing their life story into the till before we can get moving.

The other day I swear this young girl was typing in a 500 word essay before she scanned my snacks.

reminds me of the change over of bus drivers..they faff about the the change, and that till roll...then we get on and the ticket machine plays up and has to rethread it..

Posters who make silly posts\threads for attention. I don't mind a little controversy if it provokes debate but some of the rubbish on here is truly awful.
How bad do things have to be in your life if you're trying to get attention on here!

Why don't they sell tissue paper in rolls instead of packets? It's totally creased and looks rubbish when wrapped.

Grown men who spend all day everyday charging around the streets on off-road or unregistered quad bikes.

Ooh, you can rev loud, do wheelies and ride while standing up. Yes dear, I'm looking, Mummy's very proud of you...

There was a guy doing that here the other night on a crappy motor bike. 11pm, pissing down with heavy hail, icy conditions and gales. Why the hell would you want to drive round and round and round my street in it? Dick.

Tell me about it!

We have an epidemic of them. Roads, pavements, cycle paths, parks, any piece of communal grass; it's all the set for their own personal episode of Kick Start.

Bastards!

ITV London News. They begin to tell you a light hearted story then they ruin it by saying "to find out what happened, visit our website"

What's the point in doing that?

Companies that keep you on hold for 15 minutes or more and then cut you off.



I bet they do it on purpose. Especially if it's 10 minutes til home time. Why bother themselves with another call?



Well maybe because some people can't call at any other time!