Cinnamon Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Has anyone else had a worse Friday the 13th than me? I went to Tesco this morning & was standing by the checkout waiting for the lady in front of me to put her purse in her bag after she had paid. You know how the conveyor belt runs forward & stops when the shopping hits the top end – well it didn’t , it carried on moving causing a 4 pint carton of milk to fall of & spectacularly explode on the floor, & all over me. Apparantly this new till,has a faulty belt. I was literally covered in milk, all down my back from my hair to my crocs (which were full!), & right through to my knickers. The other ladies, one in front & one behind got a liberal dousing too. It was awful & really mortifying..I was dripping everywhere & people were staring I had to then finish packing my shopping (which was also covered in milk & had to be rinsed when I got home)pay & drive home. The car now has a nice milky patch on the seat. So, I got home, showered, changed, rinsed the milky shopping & went to phone Tescos Customer services, to find that my phone line was dead. Today is the day I change back from TalkTalk to BT, & something had gone wrong. So, no phone or internet for several hours……. I am so not looking forward to cooking supper tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 That sounds like a pretty horrible day.......That must have been awful in Tesco...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh dear... how did the store manger deal with that incident? I suspect lots of vouchers coming your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh no!! How irritating! I've never minded Friday 13th's as my youngest was born on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh no Cinnamon, poor you! I think Tesco owe you for the cleaning bill at least ... if you ever get through to them .... I was going to say it can't get any worse ... but better not .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh no!! How irritating! I've never minded Friday 13th's as my youngest was born on one. Me too Egluntine - both my husband and oldest son were born on Friday the 13th! Lucky for some then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 how embarrasing!!!! poor you!!! my friday 13th wasnt that bad apart from the fact the cat went missing for 8 hrs but she's back home now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Poor you Cinnamon, kick up a fuss and get some vouchers out of them. If they knew the belt was faulty then they should have taken action to prevent incidents, what if it had been glass! I forgot it was Friday the 13th, consequently my day has been relatively okay, i find its always worse when i remember the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 If it had been the mega bottle of red that was just behind the milk on the belt,I would have been really badly cut I reckon. Would have smelt better though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh Sarah what a pants day you have had Hugs to you and count your blessing about the red wine being still in tact - open it now it sounds like you need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 That is awful, Sarah Even worse that they let you leave the shop without rectifying the situation in some way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I can't beleive that so many people hope you get some vouchers , my guess would be that the vouchers will only be for use in T*sc*'s. First they cover you in milk, then they give you vouchers so that they might be able to do it to you again!! my advice avoid T*sc*'s at every opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Friday 13th is only supposed to apply in October I think as it is the anniversary of the day the Knights Templar were so brutally disbanded. I'm not going into details but my day has been totally devastating, so maybe it is every Friday 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Oh Ginette im sorry to hear you have had an awful day too - are you ok? The day is nearly over now so hopefully it will all come out in the wash and tomorrow is another day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Lets raise a glass of wine to all those who have had a pants day (sorry Kate) and hope that tomorrow gets better and better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Hope everyone has a better day tomorrow (OH was born on Friday 13th October ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Sorry Sarah and Ginette ...... but we had a brilliant day - we sold our house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 Great news,Lesley....you must be over the moon Still waiting to hear back from Tesco customer services. I don't mind that they haven't got back to me yet. As far as I am concerned it makes for an even stronger case when I phone them back on Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I can't believe that management didn't do something at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 Me too, but to be honest I did scuttle out of there pretty quickly It would have been nice to be offered a towel though, & something to sit on so I could drive myself home........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Congratulations Lesley. Excellent news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 It would have been nice to be offered a towel though, & something to sit on so I could drive myself home........................... Dont worry about that just sting them and tell them you need your clothes dry cleaning, the car valeting and some vouchers for more shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 I fully intend to Emma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Sorry to hear about your awful days Sarah and Ginette Fantastic news Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 (OH was born on Friday 13th October ) Youngest son was too!!! (1989) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
