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I work in a supermarket and am on customer services desk on one of my shifts. Last week I had a customer who brought back 7 quids worth of bird seed, fat balls and peanuts and said that the birds did not like them. What would you have done? I am trained to be polite and not question a customer. He had no receipt and I had to call a manager who would you believe gave him his money back. Another customer bought some letuce and in the plastic bag was a greenfly. He was really aggressive and I couldn't resist saying "Oh dear it must have missed the insecticide spray. I nearly got sacked but for my manager who really understood what pressure we are under in customer service.  I love my customer service job as it produces challenges like the above and gives me such amusement.

You must have more patience than me ;D

I bought a load of bird seed and fat balls from ASDA because it was really cheap...excuse the pun! I have noticed that the birds don't like the seed mix but they like the fat balls. I have noticed that they throw most of the seeds on the floor to get to the ones they want. At the rate they are eating the seeds it will last until next winter.

r.e. bird food

have a look at it this way,
if a new restaurant opened up near me, the food would have to be as good, or better than the one I currently use.

so, buy the best food ( sunflower hearts) or the birds may not bother visiting your feeding station

The birds in our garden never ate any fat balls till I bought the RSPB "Buggy balls" wow they love them. Now I have to buy in bulk to keep up with them.  ;D

Blokes like that should not go for cheap dates then. ;D ;D ;D
Tell him to take a lady out for a proper meal not bird food. ;)

I admit that as I live in a flat, and only go down the allotment to work and then scarper off, I do not feed the birds  :(  But I do try to be nice in that I often let things go to flower and to seed which I guess helps all types of fauna, and occasionally I have grown sunflowers which I then leave for the birds. But in my mind, the less birds on my plot, the better!!!