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Your post provoked me to register.
I use to work in Tesco. Two Tesco stores actually. The first one was a Metro and I deliberately tried to work in every department because I wanted to know everything about the job.
Towards the end I worked in pricing/marketing promotions so I had to know where all 5000+ items were. But that coupled with my interests in gaming, electronics, healthy living and obscure food I had never seen before meant I became the go to guy for practically everything customer/staff related. We had 1 customer ask if we had Tofu and whether we stocked it.
Nobody even knew what Tofu was except for me. 'Jonathan will know', and I did.
Then I transferred to an Extra Store and worked in the Non-food department. I did the same thing there and made sure I knew everything about the products on the shelves (except for clothing). This is a store with over 20,000 products. I survived and prided myself on being resourceful. Though it was boring.
I just want to say, it's not hard, it really isn't. I didn't do any homework or extra research. I'm not saying I'm a fantastic employee either (I wasn't I caused as many problems as I solved). I just had a twisted sense of curiosity and because I cared about the things I bought, I gave customers the knowledge I learned. Just like people do on a web forum. We learn from those we talk to.
So it shocks me to read stories here from customers who have used the services of much smaller stores and the clueless staff.
Though I have one friend who work in Jessops and he will just read what it says on the card, he is clueless but at least he doesn't lie. He is a photography graduate with first class honours and a canon gear head, not sure of his excuse.
I don't personally know what its like in camera stores anymore because I like to read about things online and then buy online.
Like everything in life, everybody is better off with a little bit of education and patience, because capitalism preys on both of those things when in short supply. Plus have you noticed how stores generally (Apple stores don't) don't educate staff or customers on products, just on promotions.
Importantly, because I think I'm rambling, I did this for myself, not for any company, if people were more inclined to do the same then things might be a bit better for everyone in general.
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Btw, what is processed fat, all Tesco products state fat in three ways, the bad fat (saturated) first, then followed by the mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. This is a trick question? The only fat you need to worry about is saturated fat.
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One story (not horror) I would like to share is this: By chance I was in Jessops one time, when the G11 came out and it had less megapixels than the G10. Automatically the sales rep thought it was a misprint on the advertising bumf.
I instantly without realising until I past my first word, let him know about the real reason why it was lower in pixels; because it was for improved noise control.
I use to work in Tesco. Two Tesco stores actually. The first one was a Metro and I deliberately tried to work in every department because I wanted to know everything about the job.
Towards the end I worked in pricing/marketing promotions so I had to know where all 5000+ items were. But that coupled with my interests in gaming, electronics, healthy living and obscure food I had never seen before meant I became the go to guy for practically everything customer/staff related. We had 1 customer ask if we had Tofu and whether we stocked it.
Nobody even knew what Tofu was except for me. 'Jonathan will know', and I did.
Then I transferred to an Extra Store and worked in the Non-food department. I did the same thing there and made sure I knew everything about the products on the shelves (except for clothing). This is a store with over 20,000 products. I survived and prided myself on being resourceful. Though it was boring.
I just want to say, it's not hard, it really isn't. I didn't do any homework or extra research. I'm not saying I'm a fantastic employee either (I wasn't I caused as many problems as I solved). I just had a twisted sense of curiosity and because I cared about the things I bought, I gave customers the knowledge I learned. Just like people do on a web forum. We learn from those we talk to.
So it shocks me to read stories here from customers who have used the services of much smaller stores and the clueless staff.
Though I have one friend who work in Jessops and he will just read what it says on the card, he is clueless but at least he doesn't lie. He is a photography graduate with first class honours and a canon gear head, not sure of his excuse.
I don't personally know what its like in camera stores anymore because I like to read about things online and then buy online.
Like everything in life, everybody is better off with a little bit of education and patience, because capitalism preys on both of those things when in short supply. Plus have you noticed how stores generally (Apple stores don't) don't educate staff or customers on products, just on promotions.
Importantly, because I think I'm rambling, I did this for myself, not for any company, if people were more inclined to do the same then things might be a bit better for everyone in general.
~
Btw, what is processed fat, all Tesco products state fat in three ways, the bad fat (saturated) first, then followed by the mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. This is a trick question? The only fat you need to worry about is saturated fat.
ziggy©;3627930 said:I dont really expect them to be know everything i would know. Its the same as going to Tescos. You would not expect the sales assistant at Tesco to know the amount of calories in every can of Tuna.
If you ask a sales assistant at Tesco whether a product contains processed fat she/he will probably think you are mental.
They are sales assistants not photography experts.
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One story (not horror) I would like to share is this: By chance I was in Jessops one time, when the G11 came out and it had less megapixels than the G10. Automatically the sales rep thought it was a misprint on the advertising bumf.
I instantly without realising until I past my first word, let him know about the real reason why it was lower in pixels; because it was for improved noise control.
i'm too broke and getting told off constantly is a bit demoralising for a hobby i really enjoy.