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I like Waitrose. It keeps the riffraff out of Fortnum and Mason.
Please can you clarify that you were not intending to insinuate that I am "riff raff" with this comment. Otherwise I will have no option but to report you to the moderators who I am sure will not hesitate to issue the heaviest of sanctions.
 
Just the other day I was reflecting on how good the scab tills in Waitrose are. In most supermarkets they are a little irritating because of the delay in response when you press a button. It's 2022 and there shouldn't be a lag when you interact with a touch screen. In Waitrose though, the touch screens are nice and responsive, and it all happens like a dream. Wonderful.
But theyu have cost lots of staff their jobs. They are not for me.
 
Agreed. The little Tesco's or Sainsbury's locals etc. I was shouting about those killing local shops years ago. But they create jobs, NOT. They create a few jobs, what with their scab tills, but cost more jobs than they create 😡
 
Agreed. The little Tesco's or Sainsbury's locals etc. I was shouting about those killing local shops years ago. But they create jobs, NOT. They create a few jobs, what with their scab tills, but cost more jobs than they create 😡
And department stores killed tailor shops over a hundred years ago and tailors are still with us. The fact is that workers are better off with big retailers as if they choose to organise they can win better pay and times and conditions as their power is amplified by numbers.

It's up to workers and consumers to organise for better facilities and small shops don't seem to deliver that in the UK.
 
My mate would love this just to say he’s done it. He is a firm believer that all technology is good and cares not a jot for any human fallout that it can cause. I take the piss out of him for it since his house is the most minimalist place I’ve ever seen - almost like a branch of IKEA with no music collection (on the cloud) and no books (ditto), every bloody household gadget can be remotely controlled, etc.
When the broadband went down in his area for 2 days I took petty childish pleasure in spinning some vinyl while reading a paperback 😎
 
And department stores killed tailor shops over a hundred years ago and tailors are still with us. The fact is that workers are better off with big retailers as if they choose to organise they can win better pay and times and conditions as their power is amplified by numbers.

It's up to workers and consumers to organise for better facilities and small shops don't seem to deliver that in the UK.
The arguement is so different.
Tailors are very specialist and up until about 30 years ago you could still go to moss bros or Burton's for a made to measure. I'm not aware of department stores doing that.
 
My mate would love this just to say he’s done it. He is a firm believer that all technology is good and cares not a jot for any human fallout that it can cause. I take the piss out of him for it since his house is the most minimalist place I’ve ever seen - almost like a branch of IKEA with no music collection (on the cloud) and no books (ditto), every bloody household gadget can be remotely controlled, etc.
When the broadband went down in his area for 2 days I took petty childish pleasure in spinning some vinyl while reading a paperback 😎

Got a colleague like that - the day his "Flood Sensors" started playing-up and sending alerts because of some error in his home automation software, he was totally bricking it! :D
 
The arguement is so different.
Tailors are very specialist and up until about 30 years ago you could still go to moss bros or Burton's for a made to measure. I'm not aware of department stores doing that.
Well I've got a made to measure suit at a department store actually but that's not the point. The point is that I could still go to a tailor, just like I could still go to a butcher.
 
And many people who can't use this technology ( or choose not to).
The technophobic people who choose not to need to get with the programme. They’re the bane of my life working in libraries as they keep coming to the counter instead of using self-serve. I try to make them do it themselves, explaining carefully how easy it and how if they get their books issued at counter they are more likely to set off shop lifting alarms if they go shopping next, but some just won’t do it at all. :mad:
 
The technophobic people who choose not to need to get with the programme. They’re the bane of my life working in libraries as they keep coming to the counter instead of using self-serve. I try to make them do it themselves, explaining carefully how easy it and how if they get their books issued at counter they are more likely to set off shop lifting alarms if they go shopping next, but some just won’t do it at all. :mad:
You'll miss then when no one comes to chat to you any more
 
The technophobic people who choose not to need to get with the programme. They’re the bane of my life working in libraries as they keep coming to the counter instead of using self-serve. I try to make them do it themselves, explaining carefully how easy it and how if they get their books issued at counter they are more likely to set off shop lifting alarms if they go shopping next, but some just won’t do it at all. :mad:
There are people with disabilities who can't use more modern tech or people who are not very young.
 
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