Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
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Who do shops insist on putting all their products with the best dates at the back of the display? All they do is encourage shoppers to destroy their displays getting stuff from the back. I watched 10 shoppers today and not one of them took a product from the front. Also, 'women shoppers' never take the first item of anything, they always go at least two back.
bigpriest said:
Who do shops insist on putting all their products with the best dates at the back of the display?
Seriously?Because they want to sell the older stuff before it goes out of date and most* shoppers take from the front.
It's called "stock rotation"
(* - although some are wise to it, as you have observed)
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 16th November 21:55
popeyewhite said:
Speed 3 said:
Why are Jaguar / Land Rover dealers incapable of installing rear number plates straight ? I regularly see vehicles with plates canted a couple of degrees and almost without exception they are JLR products.
See also Discovery rear wiper.Clockwork Cupcake said:
bigpriest said:
Who do shops insist on putting all their products with the best dates at the back of the display?
Seriously?Because they want to sell the older stuff before it goes out of date and most* shoppers take from the front.
It's called "stock rotation"
(* - although some are wise to it, as you have observed)
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 16th November 21:55
bigpriest said:
Who do shops insist on putting all their products with the best dates at the back of the display? All they do is encourage shoppers to destroy their displays getting stuff from the back. I watched 10 shoppers today and not one of them took a product from the front. Also, 'women shoppers' never take the first item of anything, they always go at least two back.
The canny ones put older stuff at the front. Shoppers assume that is the newest and grab and go, although it won't fool everyone.FiF said:
Plus some stores e.g. Tesco, Aldi, have stopped putting dates on certain goods but have replaced it with a "date code" to try and prevent shoppers picking latest dates.
Eh? How does that work? How are you supposed to know when to use it by? Is it "date of purchase + n days" or something? 
Saleen836 said:
How is it that Barbie has a lot of nice stuff for a lady who's knees don't bend? 
The new cartoons- barbies dream house adventures- are full of wholesome female empowerment messages for young girls:- be who you want to be
- ignore social media if it is toxic
- as a girl you can do any job you want
Etc. I was rather pleasantly surprised when the girls put it on Netflix. There was even an inside joke about being the pilot and not the stewardess. Shows they are having to adapt to modern times, which given the comment I am replying too is probably a good thing.
Although if I have to watch the one with the dolphins and mermaids one more time i might just launch the tv through the window.
Edited by vonuber on Sunday 17th November 10:59
Dr Jekyll said:
Why are TV adverts for Bingo so utterly irritating? I can appreciate that in theory might be some demographic that doesn't find that style irritating. But I can't think of adverts for anything else that's irritating in quite the same way.
So that you remember them. Same with GoCompare. Money Supermarket and those f
king Meercats.Adverts like this aren't meant to make you think "ooh I'll go and buy that", their aim is to be the one you remember next time you're thinking about what they promote.
vonuber said:
The new cartoons- barbies dream house adventures- are full of wholesome female empowerment messages for young girls:
- be who you want to be
- ignore social media if it is toxic
- as a girl you can do any job you want
Etc. I was rather pleasantly surprised when the girls put it on Netflix. There was even an inside joke about being the pilot and not the stewardess. Shows they are having to adapt to modern times, which given the comment I am replying too is probably a good thing.
- be who you want to be
- ignore social media if it is toxic
- as a girl you can do any job you want
Etc. I was rather pleasantly surprised when the girls put it on Netflix. There was even an inside joke about being the pilot and not the stewardess. Shows they are having to adapt to modern times, which given the comment I am replying too is probably a good thing.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
captain_cynic said:
Why are airport tannoy/PA systems utterly impossible to understand?
The speed of sound.Sound waves from different speakers arrive at your ear at different times - not just directly but via reflection from hard surfaces.
Although I thought the system in Amsterdam was absolute pants until I realised they were speaking in Dutch and the English announcement was pretty clear for airport standards.
In my defence, I have now been awake for over 26 hours.
captain_cynic said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
captain_cynic said:
Why are airport tannoy/PA systems utterly impossible to understand?
The speed of sound.Sound waves from different speakers arrive at your ear at different times - not just directly but via reflection from hard surfaces.
Although I thought the system in Amsterdam was absolute pants until I realised they were speaking in Dutch and the English announcement was pretty clear for airport standards.
In my defence, I have now been awake for over 26 hours.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
FiF said:
Plus some stores e.g. Tesco, Aldi, have stopped putting dates on certain goods but have replaced it with a "date code" to try and prevent shoppers picking latest dates.
Eh? How does that work? How are you supposed to know when to use it by? Is it "date of purchase + n days" or something? Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
FiF said:
Tesco uses the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian.
Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
I didn't mean how do those of us who want to beat the system work it out. I meant, how is the ordinary consumer meant to know when the product is best before / should be used by? Which is, after all, the point of putting a date on a product. Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
FiF said:
Tesco uses the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian.
Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
I didn't mean how do those of us who want to beat the system work it out. I meant, how is the ordinary consumer meant to know when the product is best before / should be used by? Which is, after all, the point of putting a date on a product. Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
The original point was they're trying to stop or reduce folks easily picking over the stock to select the latest date items and reducing their risk of having to reduce prices on near end of date products, though to be fair Tesco also seem to take the pee on those reductions. They're not alone in that ime.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
FiF said:
Tesco uses the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian.
Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
I didn't mean how do those of us who want to beat the system work it out. I meant, how is the ordinary consumer meant to know when the product is best before / should be used by? Which is, after all, the point of putting a date on a product. Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
An oft-used approach is a four digit code referencing week number and day number: so 3203 would be week 32, day 3. Very easy quickly to establish what approach is being taken though, to identify the freshest product on sale.
V8mate said:
It's mainly used on fruit and veg where, you'd like to think, humans can identify whether something is fit for consumption without governmental interference.
An oft-used approach is a four digit code referencing week number and day number: so 3203 would be week 32, day 3. Very easy quickly to establish what approach is being taken though, to identify the freshest product on sale.
Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. An oft-used approach is a four digit code referencing week number and day number: so 3203 would be week 32, day 3. Very easy quickly to establish what approach is being taken though, to identify the freshest product on sale.
I thought we were talking about pre-packaged stuff, which is what most people do the "go to the back for the stuff with a longer life" thing on.
For perishables like fruit & veg, especially when loose, I just take pot luck and go on condition.
FiF said:
Tesco uses the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian.
Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
No they don’t, they use a three code number. Thursday on caulis was 312 and a quick glance at the other stock showed it was the highest number and thus the freshest. This goes up to about 330 and then resets and goes back to 300.Not exactly taxing as long as you know today is 19321.
nonsequitur said:
Ayahuasca said:
Bose noise cancelling headphones are your friends. Best thing ever for planes and airports.
And miss your connection.
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