1. You put the divider on the conveyor belt after your shopping, even
if the next shopper has not queued up behind you yet, because that is
helpful.

2. You suddenly look very busy and pretend you can't see the next
shopper, so you don't have to go to the huge effort of putting the
divider down behind your shopping, because there is no way you will
lift a finger to help anyone.

Answers after this divider, please.

.........................
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l.......................l

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:44 +0100, Sheel wrote:

>1. You put the divider on the conveyor belt after your shopping, even
>if the next shopper has not queued up behind you yet, because that is
>helpful.
>
>2. You suddenly look very busy and pretend you can't see the next
>shopper, so you don't have to go to the huge effort of putting the
>divider down behind your shopping, because there is no way you will
>lift a finger to help anyone.
>
>Answers after this divider, please.
>
>.........................
>l Shoppers R Us l
>l.......................l

3.  I look for a divider but they have all migrated to the checkout at
the far end, so the next shopper will have to leave a space.
-- 
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Liz burbled:


>3.  I look for a divider but they have all migrated to the checkout at
>the far end, so the next shopper will have to leave a space.

That reminds me - an old man put his tray right next to mine at the
till in Tesco's cafe. He was mucking about, pretending I was gonna pay
for his as well.

Then he paid for his own and asked the assistant if the points could
go onto my card as he didn't have one. She said no. 
Don't see why not; it's like people who accept the sports vouchers
then give them to someone else in the queue.

I pretended I didn't know what he'd asked, but he was embarrassed.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:06:26 +0100, Sheel wrote:

<><
>Then he paid for his own and asked the assistant if the points could
>go onto my card as he didn't have one. She said no. 
>Don't see why not; it's like people who accept the sports vouchers
>then give them to someone else in the queue.
>
>I pretended I didn't know what he'd asked, but he was embarrassed.

If you were allowed to put points from somebody else's shopping on
your card, that would muck up the record keeping: Tesco wouldn't know
exactly what you were buying, and therefore what they might be able to
tempt you with in the next mailing of vouchers.  The clubcard system
is purely for the database.  If they wanted to give everybody a
discount, they could just reduce the prices by a penny in the pound.
-- 
Liz

Liz burbled:

>If you were allowed to put points from somebody else's shopping on
>your card, that would muck up the record keeping: Tesco wouldn't know
>exactly what you were buying, and therefore what they might be able to
>tempt you with in the next mailing of vouchers.  The clubcard system
>is purely for the database.  If they wanted to give everybody a
>discount, they could just reduce the prices by a penny in the pound.

The vouchers I get are always for stuff I've bought recently anyway.

The vouchers came through this week. Nice savings!

The bloke in front of me today (too busy to put the divider down but
not too busy to moan to me about having to bring a bag in)
had a voucher for some denture stuff. He must buy that. I don't so
never get those vouchers.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:13:23 +0100, Sheel wrote:

<><
>The vouchers I get are always for stuff I've bought recently anyway.
>
>The vouchers came through this week. Nice savings!
>
>The bloke in front of me today (too busy to put the divider down but
>not too busy to moan to me about having to bring a bag in)
>had a voucher for some denture stuff. He must buy that. I don't so
>never get those vouchers.

Exactly!  Tesco monitors your shopping, through the Clubcard, and
gives you vouchers you might use.  I have observed that they sometimes
send me a voucher for something that I used to buy regularly but have
not for a while.  They want to get me hooked again.

Amazon, on the other hand, tries to offer me the most attrocious music
CDs because I once bought a CD that my son wanted for his birthday.
That is wasted effort.
-- 
Liz

Liz burbled:


>Exactly!  Tesco monitors your shopping, through the Clubcard, and
>gives you vouchers you might use.  I have observed that they sometimes
>send me a voucher for something that I used to buy regularly but have
>not for a while.  They want to get me hooked again.

Yeahbut - I can use the Tesco ones. Homebase also send me vouchers for
stuff I've just bought, but it's not so easy to repeat shop there.
There is only so much paint you can buy.

>Amazon, on the other hand, tries to offer me the most attrocious music
>CDs because I once bought a CD that my son wanted for his birthday.
>That is wasted effort.

I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
2007 book at the mo.
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Sheel wrote:
> Liz burbled:
> 
> 
>> Exactly!  Tesco monitors your shopping, through the Clubcard, and
>> gives you vouchers you might use.  I have observed that they sometimes
>> send me a voucher for something that I used to buy regularly but have
>> not for a while.  They want to get me hooked again.
> 
> Yeahbut - I can use the Tesco ones. Homebase also send me vouchers for
> stuff I've just bought, but it's not so easy to repeat shop there.
> There is only so much paint you can buy.
> 
>> Amazon, on the other hand, tries to offer me the most attrocious music
>> CDs because I once bought a CD that my son wanted for his birthday.
>> That is wasted effort.
> 
> I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
> check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
> 2007 book at the mo.


Gervais Phinn is great, read all his books and seen him live 3 times. He 
does repeat himself on stage a bit, but very entertaining. I like his 
poems as well.

dennis@fake burbled:

>Sheel wrote:

>> I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
>> check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
>> 2007 book at the mo.

I've checked and the 2007 book seems to be his latest.
The similar book titles are confusing and I reckon he loses out on
sales cos people are not sure if they've read the book or not.

>Gervais Phinn is great, read all his books and seen him live 3 times. He 
>does repeat himself on stage a bit, but very entertaining. I like his 
>poems as well.

I saw Fintan O'Regan give a talk this summer. He writes books on BESD,
ADHD etc. He was very down-to-earth and realistic and practical as
well.
I had actually used one of his books for my long story. He told me
there were a lot of spelling misttooks innit, witch wurried me as eye
had'nt notissd eny.
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Sheel warbled...
> dennis@fake burbled:
> 
> >Sheel wrote:
> 
> >> I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
> >> check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
> >> 2007 book at the mo.
> 
> I've checked and the 2007 book seems to be his latest.
> The similar book titles are confusing and I reckon he loses out on
> sales cos people are not sure if they've read the book or not.
> 
He loses out on sales to me because in what I read he didn't seem to 
have stepped out from beyond 1950.
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On Aug 13, 2:38�pm, Liz  wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:13:23 퍝, Sheel wrote:
>
> <><
>
> >The vouchers I get are always for stuff I've bought recently anyway.
>
> >The vouchers came through this week. Nice savings!
>
> >The bloke in front of me today (too busy to put the divider down but
> >not too busy to moan to me about having to bring a bag in)
> >had a voucher for some denture stuff. He must buy that. I don't so
> >never get those vouchers.
>
> Exactly! �Tesco monitors your shopping, through the Clubcard, and
> gives you vouchers you might use. �I have observed that they sometimes
> send me a voucher for something that I used to buy regularly but have
> not for a while. �They want to get me hooked again.
>
> Amazon, on the other hand, tries to offer me the most attrocious music
> CDs because I once bought a CD that my son wanted for his birthday.
> That is wasted effort.
> --
> Liz

When I left England, I gave my card and the vouchers that had just
come to a friend with four kids. I knew she could use it.

On Aug 13, 7:26�pm, Bev  wrote:
> �Sheel warbled...> dennis@fake burbled:
>
> > >Sheel wrote:
>
> > >> I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
> > >> check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
> > >> 2007 book at the mo.
>
> > I've checked and the 2007 book seems to be his latest.
> > The similar book titles are confusing and I reckon he loses out on
> > sales cos people are not sure if they've read the book or not.
>
> He loses out on sales to me because in what I read he didn't seem to
> have stepped out from beyond 1950.
> --
> Bev.
>
> Please take time to read the Charter & FAQs for uk.education.staffroom:http://staffroom.wikispaces.com/Charterhttp://staffroom.wikispaces.com/FAQs纊ﺹ

I still think he's quite amusing. Saw him speak at some convention or
other in 2004 or 2005 - he was amazing. What's the name of his latest
book? I'll have to see if it's on Amazon, and if they can ship it here
from the UK without it costing me a fortune and a half!

Bev burbled:

> Sheel warbled...
>> dennis@fake burbled:
>> 
>> >Sheel wrote:
>> 
>> >> I get details of school books sent, but also Irish novels. I must
>> >> check if Gervase Phinn has a new book out this year. I'm reading his
>> >> 2007 book at the mo.
>> 
>> I've checked and the 2007 book seems to be his latest.
>> The similar book titles are confusing and I reckon he loses out on
>> sales cos people are not sure if they've read the book or not.
>> 
>He loses out on sales to me because in what I read he didn't seem to 
>have stepped out from beyond 1950.

Yeahbut - he's in Yorkshire.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:38:50 +0100, Liz
 wrote:


>
>Exactly!  Tesco monitors your shopping, through the Clubcard, and
>gives you vouchers you might use.  I have observed that they sometimes
>send me a voucher for something that I used to buy regularly but have
>not for a while.  They want to get me hooked again.
>

Getting mildly serious for  a mo - irritated by the amount all these
people seem to know about me and my life, I tried to go below the
radar about a year ago by chucking all loyalty cards out and paying
with cash for pretty much everything. Apart from me feeling a little
happier, one practical result was a huge reduction in junk mail - and
not just from the loyalty card shops.

Marshal

dennis@fake wented:
>Gervais Phinn is great, read all his books and seen him live 3 times.

Hey, that's cool! Most of us only get to live once!
-- 
greebs

greeboe wrote:
> dennis@fake wented:
>> Gervais Phinn is great, read all his books and seen him live 3 times.
> 
> Hey, that's cool! Most of us only get to live once!
You only live twice Mr Bond.

"Sheel"  a écrit dans le message de news: 
2e16a45kido13f9e6ca4m0si1ealmohqml@4ax.com...
> Liz burbled:
>
>
>>3.  I look for a divider but they have all migrated to the checkout at
>>the far end, so the next shopper will have to leave a space.
>
> That reminds me - an old man put his tray right next to mine at the
> till in Tesco's cafe. He was mucking about, pretending I was gonna pay
> for his as well.
>
> Then he paid for his own and asked the assistant if the points could
> go onto my card as he didn't have one. She said no.
> Don't see why not; it's like people who accept the sports vouchers
> then give them to someone else in the queue.
>
> I pretended I didn't know what he'd asked, but he was embarrassed.

I found it a cute story.

"Liz"  a écrit dans le message de news:

  The clubcard system
> is purely for the database.  If they wanted to give everybody a
> discount, they could just reduce the prices by a penny in the pound.

Yes, database is the main interest for them. In France I stopped using my 
card because the savings are ludicrous compared to the amount of spam I get 
through the mail.

Marshal wirritried:

> I tried to go below the
> radar about a year ago by chucking all loyalty cards out and paying
> with cash for pretty much everything.

Here's a intrestin thort: if you pay with cash for everythin, do you
get a loyalty postcard from the Queen?

~..~
(  '  )

In a mad moment - Scatterbunny  mumbled :

> Marshal wirritried:

>> I tried to go below the
>> radar about a year ago by chucking all loyalty cards out and paying
>> with cash for pretty much everything.

> Here's a intrestin thort: if you pay with cash for everythin, do you
> get a loyalty postcard from the Queen?

Yes - If you stay loyal for 100 years!

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La mouette burbled:

>
>"Liz"  a écrit dans le message de news:
>
>  The clubcard system
>> is purely for the database.  If they wanted to give everybody a
>> discount, they could just reduce the prices by a penny in the pound.
>
>Yes, database is the main interest for them. In France I stopped using my 
>card because the savings are ludicrous compared to the amount of spam I get 
>through the mail. 

I prefer the money. My spamblocker must be working.
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Bryn Evans burbled:

>In a mad moment - Scatterbunny  mumbled :
>
>> Marshal wirritried:
>
>>> I tried to go below the
>>> radar about a year ago by chucking all loyalty cards out and paying
>>> with cash for pretty much everything.
>
>> Here's a intrestin thort: if you pay with cash for everythin, do you
>> get a loyalty postcard from the Queen?
>
>Yes - If you stay loyal for 100 years!

But only if you order one and pay ferret.
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