I hate Costcutters
I fail to see how Costcutters got their name. Are they being sarcastic? Every time I go into Royal Victoria Dock’s Costcutters, going to the counter follows this pattern:
- Pick up item, slowly.
- If the item has a price label on it, grimace and type said amount in. Glance up and glare at customer for getting an item at a reasonable price.
- If the item doesn’t have a price on, jabber something to someone in a back room in a language that I don’t understand, receive an equally unintelligible reply, then type in a price that far exceeds any sane cost for said item.
Case in point: I like Bird’s Eye Veggie Fingers. (There’s probably an obscure sexual pun to be made there but it’s too early in the morning to find it.) One day I bought them without a price tag on, and upon checking the receipt afterwards found I’d paid £2.50 for them. The following week it had on a price tag of 99p.
They are scum.