On 07/03/2012 11:49, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I don't mind people having a quick look through - that's what I do to
see if an article justifies the cost - but I object to people getting
a free read and then leaving a "second hand" magazine for someone
else to pay full price for. It's bloody dishonest in my opinion. I'd
go so far as to say that it's almost like theft.
I hate going in to WH Smiths to get a comic (Linux, Electronics,
Science etc) because I can't get near the racks for a crowd of cheap
skates reading the magazines in the aisles. Bloody irritating.
My wife used to work in WH Smiths on a Saturday and her job was to
wander around the store telling people to stop reading the magazines
and either buy one or foff!
Cheers,
Norm.
OK, Norman's eRant might be over, but here's mine (a dRant?).
You think there's no copy of a mag left then further down the store
you find it in the wrong place - why is it that when customers decide
they don't want to buy something after all they just leave it where
they're stood rather than put it back where they got it. Must cost
shops a staff member or three just to go around picking the items up
and putting them back in the right place.
And the hassle inside the store only came after wading through Big
Issue sellers, loud buskers (who of course always have a smelly dog or
three), charity collectors and TalkTalk high pressure salespeople.
Throw in a few aggressive "switch your energy supplier" salesmen and
that's Bangor High Street on a saturday morning...WH Smith doesn't
stand a chance!
Any more, anyone?
And they wonder why nobody uses High Street shops nowadays.
</dRant>
Dilwyn
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While we are still off topic and in defence of the buying public - it
would be nice if W H Smith did not restock with last months issues just
as the next months come out ( Deja Vu reading of an evening )
and I did have a sneaking admiration for the woman I saw shaking out all
the unwanted fodder from a magazine over the counter before she
purchased - you could say she blew WH a Rasberry -whew back on subjest
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