Can't believe their attitiude

[Flipatron]

We and a lot of our friends use a popular butchers in the next village to ours, they seem like a nice bunch behind the counter and the quality is always great. A friend of ours went in as usual, same weekly chit chat with the staff etc etc and then came to pay. The bill was £30.33, 33p more than he had on him "oh sorry, I'm 33p short" he said and was expecting the butcher to just let him off or say to pay next time "what do you want to put back then!" he said Now my friend is in this butchers weekly and over the course of a year spends a few hunderd pounds, so he turns round and says "you can put it all back" and walked out.

You'd have thought in the current financial crisis you'd be bending over backwards to keep your customers happy!

[groucho]

That's just stupid.

[singlecoil]

Probably more to that story than you are telling us.

[tinman0]

Flipatron said:

We and a lot of our friends use a popular butchers in the next village to ours, they seem like a nice bunch behind the counter and the quality is always great. A friend of ours went in as usual, same weekly chit chat with the staff etc etc and then came to pay. The bill was £30.33, 33p more than he had on him "oh sorry, I'm 33p short" he said and was expecting the butcher to just let him off or say to pay next time "what do you want to put back then!" he said Now my friend is in this butchers weekly and over the course of a year spends a few hunderd pounds, so he turns round and says "you can put it all back" and walked out.

Half a dozen of one and a dozen of a half of the other I'm afraid.

And some small businesses wonder why people just give up and go to a supermarket.

[Overhaulin]

Why didnt he get the butcher to trim one of the pieces of meat?.

[Rude-boy]

I totally agree that no one expects any charity or any credit but 33p from a loyal regular customer?

Sometimes exceptions should be made, not if demanded but certainly the offer of just drop it in next time should have been made. Fair enough if they don't see him for months at a time or he was arsey though.

[ianash]

Your friend should have just asked the butcher to carry the 33p forward to the next week. There's no point blaming the other party if you don't make it clear what it is you want.

[Racingdude009]

Sounds like the Butcher must have gone to the Lloyds TSB school of Business.

[DrTre]

So basically your mate and his butcher are involved in a beef?

[littlegreenfairy]

If there are other people in a shop like that then it is quite usual for another person to give a few pence to allow the transaction to take place.

I've given people the odd 10/20p before and had it done to me too (passing on a favour) - I suppose its the old small town helping mentality.

Seems a little silly to quibble over less than a squid.

[SS HSV]

DrTre said:

So basically your mate and his butcher are involved in a beef?

No I think there's more than that at steak..

[Flipatron]

The thing is everyone we know is now thinking twice about using them again.

[ianash]

It's just so much old tripe.

[SS HSV]

Well done that man, although it could be chips. He talking giblets

[DrTre]

As an aside, and apols for the diversion (butcher was a bellend is the long and short IMO) can someone explain why you can get lamp chop and pork chop but not beef chop?

[SS HSV]

Shirlee he just got his beef chopped?

[Marf]

SS HSV said:

Shirlee he just got his beef chopped?

Was it a kosher butcher?

[SS HSV]

Marf said:

SS HSV said:

Shirlee he just got his beef chopped?

Was it a kosher butcher?

No, apparently it was a bell-end butcher

[Marf]

SS HSV said:

Marf said:

SS HSV said:

Shirlee he just got his beef chopped?

Was it a kosher butcher?

No, apparently it was a bell-end butcher

[singlecoil]

So, everybody agrees it was downright foolish behaviour on behalf of the butcher. Maybe he really is an idiot, or maybe there is more to this story?