Mr. Manners (aka Julian Ayrs)...grocery bag etiquette! Walgreens worst offender!

In recent days, immigrants from around the globe have been flooding the country; consequently, a handful of our American customs are at risk - could very well fall by-the-wayside - if the citizenry does not stand up and take action to preserve the status quo.

For example, when a  U.S. resident strolls up to the cashier at a business establishment, they have a reasonable expectation that their groceries (and other precious goods) will be carefully packed into an appropriate bag so they may be toted all-the-way home without difficulty.

Now-a-days, when a shopper pays the bill - instead of grabbing for a bag - the counter-person is more inclined to linger for a moment or simply look away before awkwardly cutting to the chase.

"Do you want a bag," they finally snipe at the customer, as they wrinkle up their nose in distaste.

At this juncture, I am inclined to respond with a knee-jerk reaction, for starters.

"If you can afford one, please!"

Gosh, I sure hope that was a slap in the face.

In some primitive cultures, the natives simply balance the fruits and vegetables on their heads - or in the alternative - tuck 'em in the hem of their skirt (I guess!).

But, in America, we tend to be a tad more sophisticated than that!

There is a pratical reason for providing a bag, too.

If a customer waltzes out the door with purchase in hand, some overzealous security guard with shit for brains may mistakenly surmise that the individual is guilty of a five-finger discount!

Go figure!

Bottom line?

If these grocers can't afford to provide a bag up-front (without questions asked) they shouldn't be in the business of providing goods and services.

You know what they say.

Penny wise. Pound foolish.

No bag?

Then, I'll pass on patronizing your store, too.

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Walgreens & 99 cent store worst offenders!

Pavillions...loss of customers due to employee stupidity!

At the crack of dawn, the morning light wakes me up without fail, so I head over to Pavillions to pick up the newspaper, pluck up a light snack, and wait for Starbuck's to open at six.

Occasionally, I zoom into the parking lot early, so I listen to the morning news on the radio.

Without fail, during the course of the week, it does not escape my attention that Pavillions is losing shoppers on an almost daily basis because their employees are too stupid to figure out the obvious!

For example, although the Pavillions outlet in West Hollywood is open 24 hours, only one door remains available for customer use in the middle of the night (for security reasons I guess).

Because that "main" door is on the side of the building about fifty feet away from the street, many customers are not aware that is open during off hours, when the other doors are locked tight.

Consequently, time and time again, I have witnessed individuals walk up to the street entrance (where the garden shop is situated) then jump back into their car and drive off when they determine the glass-sliding-door is locked.

Well, it's pretty obvious, isn't it?

How is it that I have noticed the problem - and subsequent loss of shoppers - but no one at Pavillions has?

Because they're morons with IQ's of about 2, that's why!

All the Manager has to do to resolve the problem is post a notice at the front door stating the hours of operation ( midnight to six o'clock a.m) - and likewise - note that the side door is open twenty-four hours for all-night shoppers to access.

Duh!

Couple the aforementioned shortcoming with the fact that most employees at this Pavillion's outlet have little or no personality (and no communication skills to speak of) and it's easy to fathom why this grocery store is fu**ed!

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Pavillions...insults customers to save face! Sagging profits pay-back...

 

Low-life Pavillions' employees insult customers!

(older blond hag on cashier the worst)

Oh, those a**holes at Pavillions will never learn, will they?

As I noted in a past post, the employees at the West Hollywood outlet have an IQ of about  2, between the lot of them.

Post:  02/22/10

http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2010/02/pavillionscashier-jumps-to-conclusion.html


For example, in recent weeks on my consumer alert page, I warned readers (and shoppers near-and-far) about their racist African-American security guards, harassment of customers while they were innocently shopping (at whim) for the week's groceries, male employee closet-cases trying to put the make on customers in the men's room, and so forth and so on.

One day, I focused on Pavillions' tendency to jump to conclusions about the habits of some of their customers, who are regulars and long-time residents in the neighborhood.

For instance, at the crack of dawn - a posse of residents stream into the grocery store, snap up a bit of fruit, maybe grab a coffee and doughnut - then proceed to plunk themselves down in the Starbuck's cafe to read the paper (after they've paid for the items).

One employee (after-the-fact) - with a bad attitude and looks to match - would then stride through the cafe and assume that the customers didn't pay for their snacks (and what-not)  when he spied empty wrappers and half-full cups of java on their tables.

As I noted in my post, a number of loyal patrons started to get annoyed about being "falsely accused" (by inference, for starters) that they were gobbling up their morning breakfast in the cafe without paying (in spite of the fact they had their receipts in tow to prove otherwise).

Instead of recognizing the error of their employee's despicable unprofessional (unjust) conduct (which amounted to defamation of character and which warranted disciplinary action) Pavillions proceeded to post a rude insulting sign on the side panel of a partition in bold-faced type:

ATT: 
CUSTOMERS
PLEASE PAY BEFORE EATING
THANK YOU

Yup.

They're trying to toss the blame on the customer when - in fact - it rests squarely on their own drooping shoulders.

In view of the fact I penned a post enlightening neighborhood shoppers and residents about the stupidity of the cashier and the false assertions, Pavillions should have taken extra precaution not to misjudge (or jump to conclusions) in the future.

Instead, they chose to slap their customers in the face with their insulting sign.

No wonder Safeway (owner of Pavillions) has suffered  a loss of revenue over the past quarter.

Shoppers (and locals alike) are turning away from Pavillions in view of the disturbing conduct of the a**holes in their employ.

As far as I am concerned, they're a useless gang of low-lifes, as evidenced by their revolting conduct.

Losers, the lot of 'em!

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Whole Foods...racist security guards shake-down white folks!

Racist African American guards harass white shoppers!

 

A few months ago when there was a big brouhaha over the issue of racism  around the country, I noted at the time that there appeared to be a double-standard.

It was okay for African-Americans and Latinos to gripe about the issues, but if a white individual made specicfic comments about the sensitive topic, they were generally labelled a racist.

For this reason, I vowed that I was going to level the playing field.

I informed my readers that whenever I witnessed an Afro-American and/or Latino engaging in racism, I was going to report the incident.

True to my word, I proceeded to warn consumers about Black racist guards at Pavillions supermarket, who were harassing and intimidating white folks when they were shopping at the WeHo outlet on Santa Monica Boulevard at Robertson.

Undoubtedly, I  irked a couple of those guards (and management) in view of the way they eyeball me now whenever I saunter in to pick up a few items or sip on a hot tea while I check my e-mail on the free WiFi provided in the Starbucks cafe (franchised by Pavillions).

Well, it appears that Whole Foods draws from the same pool of workers, because in the past couple of weeks I have spied African-American guards shaking down white folks without provocation (which amounts to discrimination & racsim)) at the Fairfax and Santa Monica Boulevard store.

In fact, one guard - about 6 foot 1, overweight and slovenly in nature, and ugly as hell - thinks he's downright clever (fool).

When he spots a caucasian walk through the door, he doesn't trail them right away up-close. 

Oh no, Mr. Sleuth strolls across the busy grocery at the "head" of each aisle and oggles them from afar for a bit, before he struts in and goes for the overkill to make these clueless shoppers feel the heat.

I was quite shocked when I spied  him follow a man (about mid-thirties) to the mensroom (last evening around 9 p,m.) when there was obviously no need to.

The gentleman in question has been hanging around the neighborhood for years (I have been a local resident for at least two decades and know this to be true) and is certainly not a thief nor does he mean anyone any harm.

In spite of this, the guard put his ear up to the closed bathroom door (?) to listen to the fellow as he went about his business inside.

Perhaps the distinctive sound of a male pi**ing in a toilet bowl turns the security guard on?

If a shopper notices the "tail" - and stares back in surprise or annoyance - the guard acts like he's guilty of nothin'.

You know the drill!

He'll look this way 'n that, shift the weight on his feet, and self-conciously glance up-and-down or in another direction. 

Did I hear a low whistle?

Too late.  Gotcha!

Obviously, Whole Foods doesn't monitor their employees, otherwise they'd give this piece of sh** the old heave ho!

At this juncture, it's evident that Management won't wake up and smell the coffee, until they've been raked over the coals and sued for damages.

I'll rub my hands with glee when that scenario does down.

After all, I'm tired of racists like this dude victimizing individuals because of their own self-loathing, jealousy of privileged whites, and inability to function in a civilized society because of their lack of class, bad manners, and low IQ.

Call a Spade a Spade!

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Gelsons...cat food cheaper than CVS. Meow!

Mayfair Market used to be situated where Gelsons is now.

When I was ensconced in my cozy little apartment on Flores years ago, the corner market was just a hop-and-a-skip away, so I tended to shop there.

The staff were pleasant, the products were reasonably priced, and other shops were in walking distance if there was a need to pick up specialty items.

One of the perks included the occasional glimpse of singer Johnny Mathis or Streisand's son - Jason - squeezing fruit and vegetables in the produce department.

But, I moved, and started to shop at Pavilions.

Now that the Von's grocery is under construction, and temporarily shut-down, I have been forced to seek shopping-cart adventures elsewhere.

Last week, when I succumbed to a stray's whines, I was forced to dash into Gelsons for a can of cat food.

Not being a pet owner in a couple of years, I wasn't able to gauge the prices.



Nonetheless, they appeared to be within a reasonable range, so I plucked up a bit of the well-packaged attractive-looking stuff.



Shortly after "Gonzo" (a black two-year old with skit-zoid tendencies) gobbled down the last of it - I happened to be in the neighborhood of CVS - so I lurched in there on a gamble.

Surely, with their rock-bottom prices on Gatorade and Vitamin water, cat food would be inclined to hit the lower register, too.

Wrong!


On average, every pet food product on their well-stocked shelves, was about twenty-to-thirty cents more expensive than Gelsons.

'Ya got it.

I'm a regular at Gelsons, now.

Cruising ain't so bad, either!

Say, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?