things that make you want to throttle shop keepers

hi jb wow that is a letdown to find that the ratfood really was not for rats at all, why did they not specify that to you before. LIke me, I had read one should check out the expiration dates on foods more carefully. so when I set out to buy my usual five container of yogurt for so much, I carefully read the dates on all my five containers before putting them in the grocery cart. to my dismay all five containers were outdated. I asked the clerk if he knew that all of that whole shelf of yogurt containers were outdated. He shrugged his shoulders and said, I have no idea, I just work here." Say what? So there I was, thinking is it safe,is it not safe, do I buy these, do I put them back? So finally I just put them back where I found them, then checked on another brand and the dates on them gave me all sorts of time. Whey don't the clerks who stock these shelves not know if something is outdated or not?

Oh, and they told you it WAS OK for rats? I say feed the lot of it to the shop keeper...

My former hay man lied to me, and him such a devout fellow, Bald faced lied to Husband and I about the grass mix of the hay we had been buying for 5 years. We went to him specifically for Orchard grass mix. The horses ate EVERY SINGLE BLADE of this hay. One day, he loads this crappy hay onto our truck, and I asked him what the deal was. He said it's canary grass, same as you've been getting. It was NOT what I had been buying. What it WAS, however, was the brand spankin new Alpaca farm down the road was paying top dollar to all the local farmers, at $7 a bale/bulk loads. So I did take that one straggly load, and sure 'nuff, the horses hated it, laid in it, peed all over it, but did not eat it. We haven't been back to him, our money is better spent elsewhere in the community.

My peeve with some are those shopkeepers who cannot answer a single question. It is as though they aren't even familiar with their own line of work. That really annoys me, as do the ones who chit-chat forever with a customer as the line of us waiting continually grows longer. Ugh.

Hello, Judith. The only time I wanted to throttle a retail assistant was in Morrisons some time back. I bought a set of saucepans in the sale, but the first time I used them, all the coating bubbled up and started peeling off. I took them back, and the girl on customer service, who was about 12, examined them, gave me a suspicious look and said,'You've had these somewhere hot, haven't you?' No, I'm not making this up - those were her exact words. I replied, 'Oh dear, and here's me thinking I could use saucepans to cook food in on my cooker.' he dug herself deeper by coming back with, 'Of course you can use them on the cooker, as long a it's not too hot.' I had to get the manager to get my money back, and I suggested he pick his staff more carefully in future.

'Caveat emptor' - let the buyer beware... this is the sad truth of modern markets...they will just sell you anything rather than let you return empty handed....so beware....maybe next time they will try to sell you dog-food....

You thought it was rat food though didnt you? like did you ever ask if it was actually ok if you did and they said yes it is then yeh id be annoyed but if you alone brought it thinking its alright for rats well how can you be annoyed? hope the little rats are ok x

Sorry to laugh but, why did the shopkeeper lie to you about rat food? It seems so silly.

So the beasts survived the inedequate diet fine then. Can't you just feed them hamsters or something, or chips. I can't recall ever wanting to throttle a shop keeper actually, but I don't have your violent tendencies. If I ever was in that position I'd send a man in.

Well, I might have had the feeling yet I'm sure it won't happen for rat food Is easy here in my country to find a clerk who have no idea how to sell whatever is in the shop he's working in ..