Well, you could have knocked me down with a bleedin' feather!
Amongst other things, I bought half a dozen eggs at the local Waitrose a couple of days ago. Tonight, after deciding on a bacon, onion & cheddar omelette I discovered on opening the egg carton that one egg is cracked!
How this could happen to the product of an upmarket retailer like Waitrose baffles me. I clearly recall the cashier opening the carton to inspect them &, having passed muster, ringing them up on her cash register. She was either not paying attention in her egg inspection, or more likely, Waitrose have a large number of cracked eggs in their warehouse, are completely upside down on their egg balance sheet & are trying to ease them into market by slipping one in every six into their containers (no doubt 2 if you buy a dozen). They cost a whopping £2.19 too so this means Waitrose have effectively stolen 36.5p from me & reduced my egg purchase to 83.333333% of the intended & needed eggs I required. 36.5p may not sound like a lot of money but if they do it a thousand times a day in each of their outlets for two weeks it adds up to.... quite a lot of money!
Not only that, but unless I re-jig my entire schedule for the next two days & expend the time & energy required & hoof it down to Waitrose again to replenish egg supplies someone in this household is going to get shorted on their egg portion come Saturday morning, with repercussions extending to their immediate health & diet, to say nothing of the long term consequences, both known & unknown.
It's a nightmare.
I have written to the CEO of the John Lewis Group seeking an apology (preferably in the national press), the cashier to be cashiered & suitable compensation for me, my children & their descendants. For good measure I've cc'ed my MP who just happens to be the Home Secretary
with a bcc asking her to adopt a waiting posture until the head boy at JL makes his move.
I'll keep the forum updated as things develop.
Amongst other things, I bought half a dozen eggs at the local Waitrose a couple of days ago. Tonight, after deciding on a bacon, onion & cheddar omelette I discovered on opening the egg carton that one egg is cracked!
How this could happen to the product of an upmarket retailer like Waitrose baffles me. I clearly recall the cashier opening the carton to inspect them &, having passed muster, ringing them up on her cash register. She was either not paying attention in her egg inspection, or more likely, Waitrose have a large number of cracked eggs in their warehouse, are completely upside down on their egg balance sheet & are trying to ease them into market by slipping one in every six into their containers (no doubt 2 if you buy a dozen). They cost a whopping £2.19 too so this means Waitrose have effectively stolen 36.5p from me & reduced my egg purchase to 83.333333% of the intended & needed eggs I required. 36.5p may not sound like a lot of money but if they do it a thousand times a day in each of their outlets for two weeks it adds up to.... quite a lot of money!
Not only that, but unless I re-jig my entire schedule for the next two days & expend the time & energy required & hoof it down to Waitrose again to replenish egg supplies someone in this household is going to get shorted on their egg portion come Saturday morning, with repercussions extending to their immediate health & diet, to say nothing of the long term consequences, both known & unknown.
It's a nightmare.
I have written to the CEO of the John Lewis Group seeking an apology (preferably in the national press), the cashier to be cashiered & suitable compensation for me, my children & their descendants. For good measure I've cc'ed my MP who just happens to be the Home Secretary
with a bcc asking her to adopt a waiting posture until the head boy at JL makes his move.I'll keep the forum updated as things develop.
