4/5 Michelle B. 1 year ago on Google
I
live
across
the
street
from
this
Coles
and
find
it
really
convenient
and
mostly
an
enjoyable
shopping
experience.
I
know
where
everything
is,
the
things
I
want
are
usually
in
stock
and
they
have
regular
sales
and
specials
that
I
take
advantage
of.
It's
also
really
handy
that
it's
next
door
to
a
lovely
newsagent,
near
a
really
nice
chemist
and
medical
centre,
a
bottle
shop,
CBA
bank
and
several
restaurants.
The
only
downsides
are
it's
a
bit
small
and
not
one
of
the
more
spaciously
renovated
Coles
on
the
Gold
Coast,
and...one
older
staff
member
who
I
will
not
name,
but
in
the
5+
years
I've
been
shopping
here,
I've
observed
her
to
be
VERY
slow
on
the
checkout
because
she
is
constantly
talking
and
not
paying
attention
to
what
she's
doing,
she
seems
to
fiddle
with
the
items
a
lot
so
they
get
mixed
up,
she
doesn't
seem
to
listen
to
anything
you
say
and
often
talks
over
you.
When
you
look
at
the
checkout
lines,
the
longest
one
you
just
know
it's
her
serving.
She
seems
to
create
chaos
and
mayhem
wherever
she
goes,
and
I've
literally
seen
other
staff
members
roll
their
eyes
and
make
anguished
facial
expressions
when
they
have
to
fix
problems
she's
created
on
top
of
their
own
work.
A
few
weeks
ago,
this
staff
member
was
aggressively
rude
and
her
manner
towards
my
partner
was,
quite
frankly,
baffling.
My
partner
has
a
hand
injury
and
cannot
carry
too
many
heavy
items.
She
always
uses
two
canvas
shopping
bags,
one
over
the
shoulder
for
heavier
items,
and
one
carried
by
hand
for
lighter
items.
All
the
other
lovely
staff
happily
check
how
she
wants
her
bags
checked,
and
she
even
puts
the
items
in
the
right
order,
ready
to
be
packed
easily
into
the
right
bags.
This
particular
staff
member
repeatedly
and
loudly
demanded
to
know
which
items
went
in
each
bag,
and
seemed
unable
to
understand
the
concept,
and
then
said
she
couldn't
use
the
bags
as
they
wouldn't
stand
up,
so
she
just
scanned
each
item
and
threw
them
down
to
the
bagging
area,
leaving
my
partner
to
pack
the
bags
herself.
Then
the
staff
member
asked
why
my
partner
couldn't
carry
"normal"
bags.
When
my
partner
explained
briefly
about
her
hand,
the
staff
member
said
she
should
use
her
other
hand
and
then
insisted
several
times
that
she
should
use
a
backpack.
During
the
slowness
of
the
checkout
process
(as
is
usual
for
the
staff
member),
the
line
was
growing
longer
and
longer
and
the
staff
member
told
them
"We
won't
be
much
longer!"
while
glancing
at
my
partner.
She
felt
utterly
humiliated.
She
already
has
PTSD
from
the
source
of
the
hand
injury
and
doesn't
need
to
be
further
triggered
at
the
supermarket.
Then,
finally
the
ordeal
was
over
and
my
partner
went
to
leave,
but
the
security
scanner
beeped.
The
staff
member
was
now
even
more
abrupt
and
rude,
and
said
my
partner's
Kathmandu
jacket
"must"
still
have
the
security
tag
on
it,
and
while
actually
touching
the
jacket,
told
my
partner
to
go
back
to
the
store
to
get
the
tag
removed,
and
that
"all
those
expensive
jackets
set
off
the
alarms".
Really?
Firstly,
the
jacket
was
not
expensive.
Secondly,
there
was
no
security
tag
left
on
it.
Thirdly,
that
jacket
was
purchased
7
YEARS
AGO
and
had
been
all
around
the
USA
and
the
UK
with
no
problems
at
all.
Lastly,
it
was
then
discovered
that
one
item
had
not
been
scanned
by
the
staff
member
and
that
was
why
it
beeped.
My
partner
got
home
and
burst
into
tears.
She
felt
harrassed,
judged,
humiliated,
bullied
and
interrogated.
The
behaviour
by
this
staff
member
was
completely
unacceptable.
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