Halfords........

[stiv121]

Brings this to mind

 

[robj20]

So you just left a load of shopping on the till? How did they deal with that I wonder?

They didnt look happy, but i just left and went else where, not been back to Morrisons since. Market for most foods and online for alcohol, where funily enough a credit card is enough of proof that your 18+.

I'm older than you and still get ID'd. As I pull the visa out of my wallet to pay it has a clear holder in my wallet with my drivers licence so I just show them that and get on with my life.

In the one time I only had cash as I had forgotten my wallet I simply thought oh well, paid for my food and again went on with my life.

Maybe I'm just not a tool. The cashier and people behind you will all think the same too!

why the need to call me a tool? To be honest i couldnt care less what anyones opinion is of me, i specifically went in for something and couldnt get it, they treat you like some lier, when its obvious to a blind person your old enough, yet still say with a smirk "cant serve you without ID", bit of power goes to there head i think.

 

[Em3bbs]

I just went to Halfords at lunch time to buy a battery powered tyre pump, a can of tyre weld, some cloths and a few other bits and pieces. The altercation at the checkout I have re-produced for your amusement.

Me: *Puts items on cash desk*
Girl: *Rings up items*
Me: *Pays for items*
Me: Can I have a bag?
Girl: Bags are 2p
Me: *Hands over Visa again* OK, can I have a bag?
Girl: Sorry, we can't accept Visa for 2p
Me: I need a bag.
Girl: They're 2p
Me: I don't have any cash. Can you just give me a bag?
Girl: No *starts serving customer behind me*
Me: Attempts to carry items and drops several

FFS. Why didn't she just ask me if I wanted a bag for my many items when she rang them up in the first place?

Wait - you're one of those annoying people that waits until after they have paid before asking for a bag and then faffing around and packing items? This behaviour is usually preceeded by what appears to be shock that the items have to be paid for with something in a purse/wallet that is at the bottom of a hand/manbag that you spend 2 minutes rummaging around in. All sympathy has gone.

 

[Em3bbs]

In my experience Halfords staff are rubbish.

I once bought a bike from Halfords when I was 15/16. Got it all fitted and ajusted in shop by a 'trained member of staff' and as was their guarantee for it all to be in working order before it left the shop, I decided to ride the bike the 4 miles home... on my way down quite a steep hill the pedals fell off and the handlebars came away in my hands... This sent me careening over a wall and into into a flower bed... the owners of which found me entangled some 10 minutes later in the remains of my 'bike'.

So wait without any prior warning these three independently attached items sponatenously removed themselves at exactly the same time when you just so happened to be going DOWN a hill where two (if not all) of the said items are under the least pressure? Are you sure your purchase wasn't made in the clown bike section and you pressed a button or something?

 

[therandom]

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[H0ax!]

I worked in various retail places when growing up and you'd be surprised just how many people lack common sense.

The classic one has already been mentioned when people buy a whole weeks worth of shopping including alcohol with there son or daughter and get refused?! I even remember one girl refusing to give someone milk from a coffee machine despite offering to pay!!! She even went as far as asking a manager... No hope lol.

 

[topgun06]

Buying some alcohol through a self-checkout:

Security guy: Can I see some ID please?
Me: Sure, here you go.
Security guy: You aren't 25.
Me: I know, I'm 24.
Security guy: You can't buy the alcohol then.
Me: ....You have to be 18 to buy alcohol.
Security guy: *Points to sign* It says 25
Me: *Sigh* If a person looks under 25, you're supposed to check if they are over 18.
Security guy: No
Me: Can I speak to someone that isn't a moron please?

Go go Tesco recruitment team

Haha seriously? Unbelievable.

 

[pepsilol]

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

That needs explaining and I obviously know who he is.

 

[bledd]

Or run outside and look on the ground.

Good advice

 

[pepsilol]

I was more going for the look of, Halfords...unexplainable.

Ignore anything to do with aliens!

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

I was more going for the look of, Halfords...unexplainable.

Ignore anything to do with aliens!

That's where it didn't work because with Gioirgio EVERYTHING is explainable with Aliens.
Perhaps you were right all along.

 

[Rybo89]

Halfords are bloody useless, especially with there warranties.

4 times I went in and ordered a replacement part through warranty, to be told every time I went in to fetch it that the order had never been put through. I gave up in the end.

There paints and professional tools are brilliant though.

 

[Martini1991]

On the not serving alcohol thing.
It's easier to go to a pub/nightclub then get served at a supermarket, especially when they start adding in daft "You've got to be 21 on a Friday after 6PM" policies.

 

[atpbx]

if its company policy then what can the cashier do? they usually have a minimum as everytime the business processes payment via credit cards they get a bank charge so anything less than £5 is not viable financially.

Do what he did which was ring it through.

 

[DB_SamX]

OP, you should have said "May I have a bag please?" Your grammar was all wrong; no wonder you didn't get good service.

Anyway, I am all for cashiers not offerring bags because so many get wasted these days after a single use. If I am going to a shop, I know I will need bags so I take as many with me as I think I will need. If it's an impromptu purchase, it probably isn't going to be for many items anyway so I am happy carrying them in my hands; not a big deal.

 

["andy"]

Buying some alcohol through a self-checkout:

Security guy: Can I see some ID please?
Me: Sure, here you go.
Security guy: You aren't 25.
Me: I know, I'm 24.
Security guy: You can't buy the alcohol then.
Me: ....You have to be 18 to buy alcohol.
Security guy: *Points to sign* It says 25
Me: *Sigh* If a person looks under 25, you're supposed to check if they are over 18.
Security guy: No
Me: Can I speak to someone that isn't a moron please?

Go go Tesco recruitment team

I get this in morrisons and tesco so many times that it hurts . "are you 25" Arggghhhh whats that got to do with anything

 

[KatanaDV20]

What a grumpy ass female, she could have just given you the bag considering she didnt ask BEFORE she started scanning.

I agree...you should have returned the lot! And then gone back and bought them ONE by ONE. And after you bought one item you go to your car, chuck it in the trunk and come back for the next one. When she scans last item ask for a bag.

 

[Unicorn]

Buying some alcohol through a self-checkout:

Security guy: Can I see some ID please?
Me: Sure, here you go.
Security guy: You aren't 25.
Me: I know, I'm 24.
Security guy: You can't buy the alcohol then.
Me: ....You have to be 18 to buy alcohol.
Security guy: *Points to sign* It says 25
Me: *Sigh* If a person looks under 25, you're supposed to check if they are over 18.
Security guy: No
Me: Can I speak to someone that isn't a moron please?

Go go Tesco recruitment team

Pmsl ive had this in my local tesco, They operate a challenge 30 policy (Mad right?)

Me: Hands over ID
Them: Your not 30
Me: Weres your supervisor
Them: I am a supervisor
Me: Leave it ill get no were with you clearly :/

I gave up on tesco from that day

 

[ash_scotland88]

I'm sure I got a bag for free the other day from halfords. The guy must have wanted in my pants....