Monday, January 21

 
"Moaning Shopper" Gets Bounced

Don't like the prices at your local Safeway? Keep it to yourself. This story on justfood.com, a United Kingdom food-news source, says British shopper Douglas McKinlay has been barred from his local Safeway because he moaned too long and loud about prices. ("Moaning," apparently, means complaining to the management, not standing in the aisle and emitting dolorous tones.) McKinlay said he was just registering his complaints about confusing price displays, having found earlier in his shopping career that a well-placed and well-founded complaint about being overcharged 2 pence netted his 20 pounds' worth of cakes and an apology from the manager. To add injury to insult, McKinlay says he shops at Safeway only on special occasions, that its archrival Tesco has better prices and refund policies. So there, Safeway!
posted by Unknown 9:03 AM