My finest hour was in Safeways...twice.
They extended the back and put a new entrance in. I stepped in off brick onto marble...it was wet and I fell, sitting on the side of my right foot. I went in only to tell a supervisor that it needed a mat inside. She laughed at me and said I shouldn't be coming in that way, in spite of the automatic door ! I found a manager who put the incident in the book. Result, £1500 for me and a chunk extra for my brief. Next time, the mat had gone. I rang Council health and safety who promptly shut the entrance down. Now some tiles have been removed and a proper mat fitted in.
Later, same place. They had a couple of narrow checkouts and small trolleys. Woman in front had a regular trolley, she unloaded and found her trolley jammed. Starting to walk with a pile of bags and three noisy kids, I shouted to her to kindly move it. She glared at me, ignored my request and gave me the finger..red rag time !
It was all disentangled and I loaded the belt. Collecting my stuff, I saw a set of keys, which I swiftly covered up. At a good moment I dropped them on the floor and kicked them under the next, empty, checkout.
Leaving I saw the same woman at the door of a red Fiesta frantically searching every pocket, bag and child she had with her. A great wave of satisfaction flooded over me as I left, noticing her with kids and shopping going back into the store ! Probably to ring a cab
Ted
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