crowded shops - bit of a rant

[desprateseagull]

aarrgggh! Just got back from Brighton today, shopping for various things... what a nightmare!

I have major issues with Primark, and Sport Soccer - why is everything jammed so close together, in these stores??

I hardly had space to get past the displays- surely a health and safety issue, in emergency evacuations? - or to look up at / reach stuff on many of the higher shelves - some were way above MY reach (a lanky geeza..)

Also, even though SS had loads of 1/2 price footwear, there were only 6 or so seats to actually sit down and safely try them on- rather than balance on one foot, and get pushed over by other people, trying to squeeze past the displays!

And the queues for the tills were worse- hidden behind other displays, with no clear 'exit' - I had to make a hole in the queue behind me..

Both shops lost sales, and I went elsewhere. (Littlewoods, out of interest - plenty of space there, done deal! (and quite helpful, good looking staff, too!..)

Sort it out shop people!

 

[Juan Albion]

No room to swing your handbag?

 

[Spicy]

or a cat if you happen to have one on you.

 

[Juan Albion]

The cat was in the handbag, Spicy.

 

[Spicy]

rather than in the hat, Juan!

 

[Spicy]

or on the rack!

 

[Juan Albion]

Depends what else was in the handbag.

 

[cardboard]

Why were you in Primark?

 

[Spicy]

Why were you in Primark?

He likes crowds maybe??

 

[desprateseagull]

what cat? on the rack? or in the hat? lol

other people were getting peeved as well, at the rime.

 

[Spicy]

what cat? on the rack? or in the hat? lol

other people were getting peeved as well, at the rime.

Sorry, mate, we're just joking and trying to raise our spirits. It ain't worked though!

 

[desprateseagull]

needed new shirts and a belt. got these, some and jeans, elsehere.

had either that fitted me, or in cotton- cheap n nasty polester makes me itch like hell.

Primark wrte rather drab and fall aprt, but lately has been some interesting stuff there..!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

That's the beauty of shift work, never having to go into town on a Saturday. You can't beat swanning around a deserted Churchill Square Mall at 10am on a Tuesday with only a few ladies at lunch and the occasional drug-addled Romanian shoplifter to get in your way.

 

[brunswick]

dont moan about the crowd if you are the crowd.

 

[desprateseagull]

my rant was about the layout of the shops- would be 'crowded' even with just a few people there...

 

[Jello]

Primark + Soccer Scene!!! Don't be such a chav. The whole idea of both shops is to pile it high sell it cheap.

 

[Rangdo]

I hardly had space to get past the displays- surely a health and safety issue, in emergency evacuations?

With the amount of scoombers in there that might not be such a bad thing

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Try the club shop at Selhurst, no crowds in there, although there might be a rush on the commemerative relegation mugs in a few weeks.

 

[desprateseagull]

disclaoimer- i went to most shops in the area, only littlewoods had my size / type etc..

i am the victim here!

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Do what I do - get all your shopping on the net.