I don't think Tesco is any different from any of the other big stores in this respect. If the stuff is on the shelves it's because their customers will buy it. So greedy customers!! ;)
Or maybe Tesco et al are guilty of greed and the customers of gluttony? Just cutting those two would massively reduce the number of deadly sins to 5.
I don't think Tesco is any different from any of the other big stores in this respect. If the stuff is on the shelves it's because their customers will buy it. So greedy customers!! ;)
Or maybe Tesco et al are guilty of greed and the customers of gluttony? Just cutting those two would massively reduce the number of deadly sins to 5.
Given that every square ft of store space has to generate income you're right if folk didn't buy it it wouldn't be on the shelves
I worked for several food retailers in the past inc Tescos and yes they're all the same, that said they were a very good company to work for and despite what people think they had a strong policy on customer service and we were encouraged to always go the extra mile for the customer- just read that back and I'm waiting for the funnies ;D
Who actually buys Easter eggs now?
soon, it will be seeds an' plants an' trees, blow the Easter eggs, let's get the gardening stuff in ;DYes. Back to gardening and naughty jokes. Anything else I think leave to others.
Personally I give most of my suppport to local growers and local grocers and butchersThat becomes a lot harder one tesco opens, the local producers are usually the first to be put out of business.
Well that's the last time I shall be bothering to log onto this site let along placing any remarks or topics on here. The number of abusive emails I have had of you lot leaves me with disgust. With regards to comments about putting Tesco workers on the dole when Tescos opened up their first shop in Cardiff they employed a work force of 350 people the number of shops that closed down because of Tescos in Cardiff totaled over 380 shops with a work force of nearly 1000 people put out of work. To even think that Tesco is doing us all a favour is missguided the only people that Tesco care about is their share holders. If you want to see what Tescos does to local shops pop into Ystrad Mynach in the Rhymney Valley Once it was a thriving place now it has been reduced to ghost town. Personally I give most of my suppport to local growers and local grocers and butchers
still like Tescos but I did see an article about them once that said their philosophy was....Judging by all the daft buggers queuing at the checkouts with there trolleys piled to the top on Xmas n new years eve, who can blame then for cashing in on the greed of the masses
To sell EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE
to EVERYONE
ALL THE TIME
makes you think doesn't it :o
Well that's the last time I shall be bothering to log onto this site let along placing any remarks or topics on here. The number of abusive emails I have had of you lot leaves me with disgust.
I can not understand why you have had abusive mails.
If that is the case you should report the members to the moderator.
Well that's the last time I shall be bothering to log onto this site let along placing any remarks or topics on here. The number of abusive emails I have had of you lot leaves me with disgust.
I can not understand why you have had abusive mails.
If that is the case you should report the members to the moderator.
Indeed. Powerspade (should you log on again) please do not hesitate to report any abusive or unpleasant communications you receive via A4A.
Do you mean actual emails/PMs or or are you referring to the replies within this thread I wonder?
Well the PM `s I have received have called me a sheep S###r , one called me a atheist which as a christian I find very offensive, and several messages in which I was told to "F" off.. There have been 7 people on here sending me abusive messages
who were they? name and shame, I say!!
The number of abusive emails I have had of you lot leaves me with disgust.Come on powerspade, put up or shut up. Your e-mail isn't published, so how can anyone have sent you an e-mail. Were you just upset by the responses posted in this thread? You posted angry invective in a public discussion forum and it generated a range of opinion, none hostile to you personally. Now why not pick your toys up and come and play nicely.
unwahed you are one of them
SamLoise, why are you glad that powerspade hasn't 'named and shamed' ?
shouldn't we, the board members be told who is sending abusive mails?
or is it ok for everyone to do it??
a little clarity would be appreciated, please.
rgds, Tony
thanks for the response, SamLouise, that makes the whole situation a lot clearer. No we don't want or need another row / witch-hunt on here.SamLoise, why are you glad that powerspade hasn't 'named and shamed' ?
shouldn't we, the board members be told who is sending abusive mails?
or is it ok for everyone to do it??
a little clarity would be appreciated, please.
rgds, Tony
Because the situation in question is between Powerspade, the people responsible for sending unwarranted PMs/emails and I'd say Dan (as he's the only one who can do anything about it at the end of the day)
I'm not sure how you feel it would benefit YOU or other members to have another row/witch hunt start about something that has nothing to do with them?
And Unwashed, I'm not sure there was any need to be quite so abrupt in your response :)
I've given all the advice I can give and I hope that Powerspade acts upon it :)
unwahed you are one of themI assume this is directed at me.
I would not bother responding to Unwashed as that is what he wants you to do ::) ::) ::)
But surely the fault is with us,the great British public.
If we did not shop at Tesco and shop at the shops that are put out of business it would never happen.
Sparkly just seen your post & presume you are in the Manchester area. Have you been to Unicorn food co-operative in Chorlton. It's fantastic, great products & prices. It's vegan but still lots to buy.
No, greed wasn't invented by the church, it's just a behaviour. But sin, that's a disease invented by the church, and greed is marketed as one of the big-seven. Of course, the church controls the medicine, and it's made itself rich and powerful selling it.
So the concept of greed being a dirty thing is a Christian idea, so to accuse Tesco of greed is to judge a secular organisation against a Christian value. Yes, of course Tesco is greedy. All for-profit organisations are greedy by definition. It's what greedy is - the persuit of profit. It's only a problem because the church has loaded the word. It's a circular argument.
And again, it's a very tricky accusation for a Christian to make, because the church itself does so very poorly when it's measured against pretty much any of its religious values - though hats off, it is a remarkably effective business.
I'm not necessarily saying the Christian church is an unhealthy organisation, I'm saying it ought to keep its nose out of secular affairs.
And I'm not necessarily saying that being a Christian makes you a bad person, but my experience is that it doesn't necessarily make you a good person.
If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time
If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time[/quote]
If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time
Occam's Razor would get rid of God too!and who does his washing?
Since it can neither be proved or disproved we could have an endless debate about whether, if God exists at all, it can be regarded as a 'real' phenomenon. But if God exists, it does so within the universe, or 'creation'. That then leads to the question of who put God there.
Occam's Razor would get rid of God too!
But if God exists, it does so within the universe, or 'creation'. That then leads to the question of who put God there.
I'm Zero the Hero and my head is floating away in the sky don't know why...
I didn't think I'd missed the "creation" and existence of God debate, not having tried to teach it at GCSE for the first time in ten years... but I think I have missed it, or the point, or the teapot... :-X
Anywho grawrc, it's not all Tesco. Wasn't it the church that invented the three-for-one deal? ;)
Anywho grawrc, it's not all Tesco. Wasn't it the church that invented the three-for-one deal? ;)
ROFL now that is funny. But where's the original poster? Still some explaining to do methinks.
G x
I think the shops that are more expensive than the big superstores are the likes of the Coop, small one here and boy are they pricey! And yes they have some cadbury's cream eggs ::)
unwahed you are one of themI assume this is directed at me.
I have not sent powerspade any e-mail or private message whatsoever. The whole of my contribution to this debate is contained in my posts to this thread. Powerspade, would you care to clarify?
SamLouise, powerspade accused unspecified members of sending "a number of abusive e-mails", and as I was one of the members to have taken issue with the original post it would be a reasonable inference that were this to be true, some of those e-mails had been sent by me. Powerspade has subsequently specifically accused me of sending e-mails. I wouldn't want members here, or indeed people who visit this site and know me in real life, to think that I would abuse anyone in this manner. I suggest that the accusation is false and that powerspade owes us all an explanation.
what a brilliant idea!! Tracie says she'll try this next time!! ;)
OH and I go round them backwards and find this helps us a) buy less crap we don't want and b) is more fun.
Co-op can be pricey but so nice. :) Unlike Scummerfield who are rubbish and pricey.
OH and I go round them backwards and find this helps us a) buy less crap we don't want and b) is more fun.
But if you start backwards - that means you start on the booze aisle .......
[quote(these are easily double the supermaket prices]
QuoteIf I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time
A person was weeding their new Allotment with a scythe and accidentally
cut off the tail of A cat which was hiding in the Long grass.
The cat was rushed along with the tail, over to TESCO'S.
Why?.................................
TESCO'S
is the largest re-tailer in THE UK
I very rarely go to Tescos or any other supermarket come to that but I needed to buy some new boots for use down the allotment and a couple of pairs of jeans. So I popped over to Merthyr yesterday, on arrival at Tescos I was faced near the entrance with a mountain of EASTER EGGS. Are they going bonkers or what. No just plain Greedy. A day or so after Christmas when the birth of Jesus is celebrated and Tescos put out stock for Easter. Well it turned me right off the GREEDY SODS. I got my jeans in Primark and the boots form a local shoe shop. My New years resolution will be"STUFF TESCOS"You did the right thing in supporting Primark they sell clothes and shoe shops sell footwear, I hope in the coming year when 'Tesco's have their offers on food and other sundries that you will also bypass them