A Tesco employee urged all shoppers to do one thing in any supermarket as it helps workers keep the store as clean and pleasant as possible for its customers daily
While doing your food shop might not be the most fun part of the week, it’s still something most people will complete at least once a week. In the UK, the most popular supermarkets, often referred to as the “Big Four,” are Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and Morrisons, with Tesco being the largest chain overall.
Despite it’s popularity among Brits, one Tesco employee has now come out to complain about ‘messy’ customers in stores, as they urge all shoppers to start doing one thing since it helps the members of staff keep the store as clean and pleasant for shoppers as possible.
Taking to the Tesco forum on Reddit, one employee went on to complain about costumers who refuses to tell staff members if they accidentally broken a product, as it leaves them having to clean it up hours later, most likely after the mess has gotten bigger.
“Customers, why don’t you tell us when you’ve made a mess?” they wrote on the post. “I have to clean it either way, at least if you tell me, I can stop it from spreading? Or can you not just be careful? This happens way too often.”
Along with the post they shared two photos of a 300ml tub of cream having spilt out on the shelf and onto several packages of yogurts and pints of milk.
Several people soon took to the comment section to share their thoughts, as many agreed something should be said to the staff.
“Probably either lazy, embarrassed, or worried they’ll get charged for it,” one person said. A second person agreed and said: “Good-natured people think they’re going to be charged for it. Maybe even told off.”
“Customers don’t do a lot of things that would make retail workers jobs easier, like instead of putting a whole chicken back in the fridge or handing it to a staff member they’ll just leave it on a random shelf to be wasted when it’s eventually found,” a third person commented.
Another person shared their own horror story: “I’ve had a customer drop a 6 pinter and had it spill all over the aisle, didn’t even bother to turn round, just picked up a new one and carried on. This was after 10pm, too, so there were no cleaners on shift.
“I had to close the top end of the aisle because people were just pushing their trolley through it as if they didn’t see the massive white puddle!”
Someone went on to suggest: “Needs a sign saying ‘accidents happen, please let us know and we won’t make you pay’ (with the obvious implication it doesn’t cover spilling 10 bottles of milk). Then people will feel safe and report it to you. Otherwise they won’t.”
However, some complained there wasn’t always a way to tell someone, as they claimed: “There’s not always staff around.”