Sainsburys "Colleagues".

[Psycolist]

Its not just you Psycolist. This kind of bollix infect industry with pseudo management.

I'll have to remember that phrase......sums it up to a T

 

[PaulB]

Link Wray appreciation?

I think this features in the film 'Pulp Fiction'.

And didn't Steven Fry opine that 'the best thing about Sainsburys is that it keeps all the scum out of Waitrose'?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

And didn't Steven Fry opine that 'the best thing about Sainsburys is that it keeps all the scum out of Waitrose'?

Alan Coren. And it was riff-raff not scum.

 

[PaulB]

Alan Coren. And it was riff-raff not scum.

Beg to differ but a quick trawl reveals it was Fry, and it was scum. It was a re-jigging of what Coren said years ago but that was about ASDA and riff-raff. https://twitter.com/hannahwhiteuk/status/275012460556206080

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I haven't heard Fry's, but Coren's was Sainsburys and riff-raff.

 

[Leaway2]

One of my "colleagues" regularly uses the the term, co-worker, when talking to customers on the phone. "please ask one of your co-workers to test it". I hate it.

 

[PaulB]

One of my "colleagues" regularly uses the the term, co-worker, when talking to customers on the phone. "please ask one of your co-workers to test it". I hate it.

A hideous Americanism that's spread like measles in an infants school. And that's given them (bet this doesn't catch on here for obvious reasons) 'co-anchor' which one TV/radio presenter will refer to a colleague by. Ok in print but said on air!

 

[Leaway2]

I had to slap said colleague when he once said elevator.

 

[Profpointy]

"One of my colleagues will help you" is perfect! But ..... "a colleague will help you" is wrong. If they must use the word "colleague" rather than "staff", then the proper tannoy announcement should be along the lines of "This is an announcement for my/our colleagues; would the dream-team get their ar5es back to the check-outs as there is a queue".
"Colleague" is not a collective noun; "staff" is!

I gather they (as did quite a few other British businesses) made a distinction (in status) between "staff" and mere "workers", thus the more sensible word "staff" had some baggage associated with it - so they didn't want to just call everytone staff. Of course, it then ended up merely silly

 

[Headgardener]

Heard last night in Hythe Tescos "This is a colleague announcment would all till trained staff go to...." . The rot is spreading to down hear now .

 

[matthat]

My sainsbos announce that "All colleagues attending the afternoon rumble should go to.... " Rumble wtf is that?

"RUMBLE" is a sweep of the shop tidying shelves and removing empty cardboard trays etc.

 

[Stringy Bob]

In my local Sainsbury's, there is an aisle called, "Foods of the World". All food is of the world, isn't it?

 

[Dayvo]

What gets my goat is when you ask an ordinary assistant in any shop if they have such-and-such a product and they reply in the negative, 'No, I haven't got that in at the moment...' WTF! 'I'? Is it your shop, do you own it, are you the major/only shareholder. Why not 'WE'?

Bloody shop-talk, FFS!

 

[Arch]

In my local Sainsbury's, there is an aisle called, "Foods of the World". All food is of the world, isn't it?

NT's local Morrisons has one aisle devoted to "Dog Food" and "Lightbulbs", which is an interesting combo.

They also have one marked "Chocolate Biscuits" and "Healthier Biscuits"....

 

[Tim Hall]

One of my "colleagues" regularly uses the the term, co-worker, when talking to customers on the phone. "please ask one of your co-workers to test it". I hate it.

In certain parts of The Interwebs, "ourquer de vache" is used in place of "co-worker". I commend it to the house.