Scotmid-What's it like?

by DG » 19 Dec 2004, 22:13

I went to Scotmid last week in a good mood and came out really p issed off. This was not the only time this has happened to me and this time I have decided to give it a swerve for a while. I was at the checkout and a woman was being served in front of me. I was next. There were 3 assistants talking loudly amongst themselves and one of them, a young guy,put up a sign saying that the queue I was in (the only queue) was not serving any one else. He did this right beside me , ignored me, went and opened another till and sat down saying nothing. The assistant in the queue I was in shouted at me 'he'll take you over there' - 'well, he could have said' I replied to deaf ears. The young guy then served me while still shouting ove me to the girl and another about them all being drunk the night before. The customers at these checkouts are completely overlooked and, if that isn't bad enough, have to endure the tedious conversations about the private lives of the assistants :evil:

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This is also the only shop I have been to in years where the checkout assistants ask you to pay for your shopping while you are still filling your bags and then start to serve the next customer before your organised to go. A truely horrible experience - :idea:

perhaps another supermarket chain could take over Scotmid and upgrade our existing facilities before anyone talks about creating a new supermarket.

DG

by **Gemini** » 19 Dec 2004, 23:41

by **MrSpoon** » 19 Dec 2004, 23:54

by **Porty** » 20 Dec 2004, 00:28

by **Porty** » 20 Dec 2004, 00:38

by **wangi** » 20 Dec 2004, 10:31

by **Porty** » 20 Dec 2004, 17:49

by **scossie5** » 21 Dec 2004, 15:10

by **Dadaist** » 21 Dec 2004, 15:49

by **Porty** » 21 Dec 2004, 15:57

by **Maria** » 25 Jan 2005, 19:11

Was anyone else daft enough to think that you'd be able to buy a swede today at Scotmid? :roll:

Mix up at central warehouse apparently meant that three Scotmid stores were without any supplies of swede on Burns' Night and you've guessed it, the Porty store was one of the three...

by **foxy** » 25 Jan 2005, 19:17

by **Maria** » 25 Jan 2005, 19:37

by **Epykat** » 25 Jan 2005, 22:25

by **Pal of Porty** » 25 Jan 2005, 23:21

by **Pal of Porty** » 25 Jan 2005, 23:25

by **foxy** » 25 Jan 2005, 23:34

by **Porty** » 26 Jan 2005, 01:49

by **Pal of Porty** » 26 Jan 2005, 15:06

by **bouncie_kiwi** » 04 Mar 2005, 20:06

by **ali** » 04 Mar 2005, 21:12

by **mr magnolia** » 04 Mar 2005, 21:45

Hey welcome bouncie, and good to hear fom you - is bouncie_kiwi a geographic or anatomical description? And do you come from Portobello NZ?

And as Ali says, don't take it too personally: in the absence of British Rail, or indeed any other nationalised industry bar Royal Mail, Scotmid occupies that great british position of being an element of the fabric of life that everyone loves to bash...

But while we're here, I used to love our old store at Tollcross (city store of the year, no less!) but it drove me mad for about a year after refurb by having individual queues at the little checkouts instead of one to share them all. That may of course not have been your fault...

:alien:

by **bouncie_kiwi** » 04 Mar 2005, 23:20

by **Lil ms notty** » 05 Mar 2005, 02:48

by **Brian McCrow** » 05 Mar 2005, 12:33

by **Maria** » 05 Mar 2005, 12:53

by **foxy** » 05 Mar 2005, 21:44

by **CatzVP** » 06 Mar 2005, 08:29

by **Brian McCrow** » 06 Mar 2005, 12:05

by DG » 06 Mar 2005, 13:02

Sounds like eutopia, Brian

. When do we move?

DG

by **Brian McCrow** » 06 Mar 2005, 14:16

I'm going out there soon to get my top-up of good vibes.

Forgot to mention that there are great restaurants and bars.

This one is closest to a UK style pub.

www.darkhorsebar.com/

Great steaks and posh atmosphere.

www.chophouse.com/RockBottomWeb/CH/inde ... onID=10090

Fabulous dining and cultural events at this place.

http://209.104.0.64/boulder/listings/in ... G&notify=1

Lots happening in this city of only 75,000 people plus 25,000 students -

http://209.104.0.64/boulder/lifestyle/i ... ion=trivia

Look at these demographics (helped by having 25,000 students).

http://209.104.0.64/boulder/lifestyle/i ... tion=facts

I won't bore you with anymore.

by **CatzVP** » 06 Mar 2005, 19:23

Brian, you forgot to mention the one crazed hippy who lives there.. :lol:

there is always one I guess!!!!!

it seems a real good, and healthy place to live. Just watch out for the men in black!!!! :lol:

NORAD military base is also based in Cheyenne Mountain, Boulder, and is a amazing feat of engineering!
The NORAD base exterior is used for filming for movies, and TV, including Stargate SG1. and put on a 'NORAD tracks Santa' every Christmas, and has a really cute story behind the whole Santa thing!.

by **ecm** » 06 Mar 2005, 19:44

by **Check-out_Chick** » 06 Mar 2005, 20:17

by **ecm** » 06 Mar 2005, 20:26

Scotmid-What's it like?

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