RANT CORNER

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Fried bread in hospital! Haven't they heard of the obesity/cardiac problem?

Depends on how many times you consume it. I actually don't like fried bread. A great bread toasted, with a decent butter is my go to. But that's a difficult and expensive thing to find.

M&S French salted butter

Ta will give that a go when i next go by there. Surprising what a difference such a basic I take frogranted can make.

[firlandsfarm]

M&S French salted butter

Not supporting British Farmers then!

[ForFolksSake]

M&S French salted butter

Not supporting British Farmers then!

I have French butter as an occasional treat

[Derek27]

So annoying when you order breakfast, and the idiot places your fried egg alongside the fried bread instead of on it, then dumps the beans on top of your egg. Next time I'll have to give him ordered instructions on how to construct my breakfast!

Fried bread in hospital! Haven't they heard of the obesity/cardiac problem?

Hospitals are full of people grossly underweight who need as many calories as they can get. They won't serve you inappropriate food on a hospital ward, but if you're mentally agile enough to go to the cafe, you should take responsibility for what you order/eat.

[firlandsfarm]

Hospitals are full of people grossly underweight who need as many calories as they can get. They won't serve you inappropriate food on a hospital ward, but if you're mentally agile enough to go to the cafe, you should take responsibility for what you order/eat.

My wife recently spent 2 nights in hospital and bemoaned that breakfast was a choice of cornflakes, rice krispies and toast ... her point was no protein!

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Hospitals are full of people grossly underweight who need as many calories as they can get. They won't serve you inappropriate food on a hospital ward, but if you're mentally agile enough to go to the cafe, you should take responsibility for what you order/eat.

My wife recently spent 2 nights in hospital and bemoaned that breakfast was a choice of cornflakes, rice krispies and toast ... her point was no protein!

I remember going for my last NHS MOT. They commented that breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day. But I reckon that's based on doing stuff for 9 hours, not resting and recovering. But I seem to remember an article (can't find it) that said cornflakes were as about nutritious as the the box they are within.
That puts a different spin on the recent criticism of muesli.

Our combined intelligence seems to take a convoluted route sometimes. I know people that construct their own muesli mix.....every single day.
Because they want control of what goes in.
Me? 2 Weetabix with a banana sliced in.
BTW bananas are flipping great for slow energy.

[Derek27]

Went up to Asda's customer service desk. Silly cow ignored me for a minute while she finished whatever she was doing, not even an "excuse me, I'll be with you in a minute".

When she was ready I asked her where the cocktail sticks are, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack in a large supermarket. She said, "It could be on aisle 44, 45 or perhaps 46, or possibly the party section".

flipping useless cow!!

[Derek27]

Brilliant, so I just need to spend another £39.40 and I can get someone to find and deliver them!

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Went up to Asda's customer service desk. Silly cow ignored me for a minute while she finished whatever she was doing, not even an "excuse me, I'll be with you in a minute".

When she was ready I asked her where the cocktail sticks are, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack in a large supermarket. She said, "It could be on aisle 44, 45 or perhaps 46, or possibly the party section".

flipping useless cow!!

My experience of CS at supemarkets is they know nowt about products. They are there to deal with returns/disputes.
Asking random staff on the aisles is much more successful. Half of them even escort you to the aisle.
One time at Tesco the assistant didn't know, looked at their app and pointed out the product was actually next to us.
Tough job to know where every product is in a supermarket, don't you think?

[firlandsfarm]

Went up to Asda's customer service desk. Silly cow ignored me for a minute while she finished whatever she was doing, not even an "excuse me, I'll be with you in a minute".

When she was ready I asked her where the cocktail sticks are, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack in a large supermarket. She said, "It could be on aisle 44, 45 or perhaps 46, or possibly the party section".

flipping useless cow!!

My experience of CS at supemarkets is they know nowt about products. They are there to deal with returns/disputes.
Asking random staff on the aisles is much more successful. Half of them even escort you to the aisle.
One time at Tesco the assistant didn't know, looked at their app and pointed out the product was actually next to us.
Tough job to know where every product is in a supermarket, don't you think?

Likewise I've always found the floor staff in my local supermarkets very knowledgeable of where items can be found and always escort me to them even when I protest "I can find them just tell me which isle". The problem I find is my mind and the store designer's mind are never on the same wavelength when it comes to the logic of product grouping. Likewise, I now tend to use the delivery service. £2 to avoid going to the shop, walking around to pick items, queuing to pay, back to the car and driving home ... it's a no-brainer. But I never ask for substitutes if something is not available ... again we don't have similar thought processes!

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Went up to Asda's customer service desk. Silly cow ignored me for a minute while she finished whatever she was doing, not even an "excuse me, I'll be with you in a minute".

When she was ready I asked her where the cocktail sticks are, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack in a large supermarket. She said, "It could be on aisle 44, 45 or perhaps 46, or possibly the party section".

flipping useless cow!!

My experience of CS at supemarkets is they know nowt about products. They are there to deal with returns/disputes.
Asking random staff on the aisles is much more successful. Half of them even escort you to the aisle.
One time at Tesco the assistant didn't know, looked at their app and pointed out the product was actually next to us.
Tough job to know where every product is in a supermarket, don't you think?

Likewise I've always found the floor staff in my local supermarkets very knowledgeable of where items can be found and always escort me to them even when I protest "I can find them just tell me which isle". The problem I find is my mind and the store designer's mind are never on the same wavelength when it comes to the logic of product grouping. Likewise, I now tend to use the delivery service. £2 to avoid going to the shop, walking around to pick items, queuing to pay, back to the car and driving home ... it's a no-brainer. But I never ask for substitutes if something is not available ... again we don't have similar thought processes!

I think they move stuff around periodically because humans are creatures of habit to a large extent. We buy the same stuff, go down the same aisles, so they need a method of presenting new products to us by moving everything aroound.
If you doubt the effectiveness of this I can tell you it works on at least a third of the people I've known. Not on me. I don't browse supermarket shelves.
For me, it's have a list, go in, buy it, leave.
The delivery concept is good except for the picking of fresh veg and fruit. But yes, why do it yourself when you only need to be at home during the delivery window.

[Lynskey888]

Brilliant, so I just need to spend another £39.40 and I can get someone to find and deliver them!

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I’ll put them on my Thursday order and post them to you.

[Derek27]

flipping hell, is Trump attending church really newsworthy?

[greenmark]

flipping hell, is Trump attending church really newsworthy?

We're in for a bumpy ride with Trump it seems.
He's bonkers and the media can't get enough of his lunacy. Think I may become a recluse and just commune with non-human nature, far more sane.

[firlandsfarm]

The delivery concept is good except for the picking of fresh veg and fruit. But yes, why do it yourself when you only need to be at home during the delivery window.

Totally agree, after my first delve into home delivery I decided anything "fresh", including fresh meat, was a no-no. I want to see the product to decide it I like how it looks.