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on Mon 18 Jan 10, 6:17 PM to MisterBear's blog.
Yeah, I know you were all waiting for an Asda blog, but no, I thought I'd surprise you.
It's been a while since I've been into the Tescos are Prescot and in that time they have had a big change around and expanededed the store. I knew the petrol station had moved as I've been there a couple of times. Once was one night on my way home from Blackpool when running quite low on fuel, I decided to stop there and make use of their 24 hour petrol station. It's 24 because you can pay at the pump and they leave a couple on for people to use.
However one was out of action and the other, just wouldn't take my card and so was also out of action. So that was kind of crap. Still, I had plenty of fuel to get home and went to one of the local stations instead.
Anyway, the store itself pinched part of the car park to the side and expanded outwards and upwards in that area. So now they have a first floor part where all the clothes, electricals and media stuff is. They also have those ramp escalators so you can get your trolley up there. However they don't have any stairs to the side for people to get up and avoid those pain in the arse people who won't push their trolleys up the ramp and get out of the way. And so you have to stand there for the hour or two (well seems like it, more like a minute or two really) in order to get up there.
And then they have done the usual shit of putting railings around the edge with glass in between so that any acrophobics like me can spend their time on the edge of a panic attack if they wish to check out the console games.
However it seems that given all this extra space in which to stock stock. They seem to have reduced the amount of media on offer to basically a pile of crap that wasn't really worth my time to look at, except for Ashes to Ashes complete series 1 and 2 for £25. So there I was, £14 of vouchers in me wallet waiting to be spent on something entertaining, and they stayed there. There weren't even any games worth buying, although they do get points for having a PC games section. But they did have quite a few Modern Warfare 2's at the silly price of £29. Maybe when it's £5 I might get it to see what it's actually like to play it with a decent control system.
So the media section was a flop. I didn't check the music as they generally don't have much of interest to me. But they have rearranged their TV section and so I had a look around there. Wasn't going to buy as Freeview HD ain't out yet, just wanted to check out the prices. However it seems the TV's that were of interest to me were sold out and so no prices were on display.
And so I browsed around and eventually, after finding nothing of interest, I had a look at the camera section. But yet again I was defeated by the fact that every interesting looking camera was sold out and so had no prices on display. However I did check out the Fuji bridge cameras, the current equivalent to the one I have, and they seem tiny. Not sure if I could operate them with my hands.
So with no interest in the clothes, I decided to descend back down to the ground floor. I tried to time it for when the escalator would be empty and so I could get down quickly to help with my heigh issues which aren't too much of a problem on the escalator, but I didn't want to have to stand around like a muppet for an hour until I could be free to roam again.
I could be locked in a tiny cell and I'd be fine, well other than the boredom and insanity that follows it, but that's not really a scary prospect. However, being trapped by people is like being in hell and so going up or down on that escalator is a living hell. And yes I was trapped yet again. I managed to make it about half way down before I got stuck. And then to top it off, the lady in front of me decides to take her time getting out of the way at the bottom with me being forced towards her and people behind me preventing my escape. Fortunately she managed to move out of the way just in time to let me out and get across the the entrance back to hell and around to aisles under the new floor.
And there I made an interesting discovery. Krusty Kreme. Apparently they sell these apparently heavenly doughnuts now. They seems to be only reserved for America, suverners and maybe the odd city dweller up here in the north of this country. And so I'd given up on the idea of ever actually getting to taste one. And then I saw the prices and considered giving up again. However there were some boxes of assorted doughnuts that apparently work out at 12 for the price of 7. So I decided that I'd give one of those boxes a go and see what all the fuss is about.
I've had a couple. Well I think it's 3.5. One of them had this translucent black stuff in it. It's the kind of stuff you see being used for something evil in films. A bit like black ink in water when the dreadful spindly killer fish is about to attack. Or it would be the evil version of Flubber, that would succeed in taking over the world. And so that one ended up in the bin. The others were less scary and were consumed with much less trouble, although one did look like a well buggered arse. I have to say that they do have a unique flavour. Kind of like, I don't know, that stuff, sort of doughy and circular, I know, they taste of doughnut. So apparently you are just paying for the name. Hell if you go for Supermarket's own, you'll get about 4 doughnuts for the price of one Krusty Creme. And they will probably be less greasy too. I have to say that Krusty Kremes aren't anything special and I can make my own Krusty Kreme by wanking into me boxers, and it would probably have a higher sugar content too.
And so after getting the rip off breads I wondered further around this lower ceilinged Tesco grotto. I discovered a sale area, where Planet Earth DVD was going for £12, whereas upstairs in the non-sale area it was £10. I did decide to get Cloverfield to see what all the fuss was about. It was only £2. However there was very little else there worth getting. Still the rest of the area is probably somewhere that parents don't want to take their children (or do they have to be called young goats now? Seems that children has been removed from the English language). Yeah they have expanded their toy section.
So the grotto was very limited in points of interest and so I ventured out in the higher ceilinged world of Tesco. Yeah some things had been moved about. The DIY section had expanded and there were power tools for sale, although none that captured my interest. They have now got one of those fish counters that are filled with ice. That seems to be the nicest improvement that have actually made to the store and it makes it look like an oasis of freshness in a drab world.
Why don't they sell orange juice with bits in decent sized packs. You can get 2 litre cartons of smooth OJ, and get 2 for £2.50. Or you can get 4 1 litre cartons of bitty OJ for £3. In Asda you can buy multi-packs of smooth OJ but bitty OJ can only be bought in individual cartons. All this extra space and they didn't even balance out the OJ.
However, that wasn't the worst. The worst was yet to come, in the fizzy drinks section of the store. Yes you could by multi-packs of diet coke. However could you buy lemony diet coke? Could you hell as like? You couldn't even buy it in cans or small bottles. Eternity on the escalators and not even any lemony coke to make up for it. That's just outrageous. How the hell do they expect people to take them seriously as a supermarket when their media section is woefully understocked and they don't sell lemony coke.
Still they do better Danish Swirls than Asda and they had some Gu stuff on offer. And with the extra space, the usual supermarket muppets were more spread out and so easier to avoid. Although their staff seemed to be trying to make up for it.
They haven't won me over. Yes I might pop in occasionally to see if there is anything in the media section to spend me vouchers on, especially when Blu Ray discs drop in price to something similar to DVDs. Hell you should be able to buy complete series on DVD quality shows on Blu Ray for less than you pay for the DVDs are you are getting less discs and packaging, but they won't do that.
Now I'm off to find out if it's architects or designers who are to blame for the use of floor level glass in high areas and then go and knock some sense into them, before coming back to research remotely controlling the speed of escalators.
| 18 Jan 10, 6:42 PM NilSatisNisiOptimum UK, 6 yrs |
Slagging Tesco's off how could you,a company that cares for its staff and customers NOTTTT | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 4:12 PM Supreme_Emmie UK(B), 3 yrs       |
And now I'm craving Krispy Kremes!!
So many shoes, so little time .......... | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 7:43 PM MisterBear UK(WA), 8 yrs |
I'm certainly not. They are far too overrated. I always behave. I just don't specify how. | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 7:52 PM Supreme_Emmie UK(B), 3 yrs |
They are sex in donut form!!! So many shoes, so little time .......... | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 9:07 PM Skyhook 7 yrs |
I'm not entirely sure why, but that's one of the best blogs I've ever read! "Me? I'm all about the hugs. | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 9:45 PM MisterBear UK(WA), 8 yrs |
But they taste just like doughnuts. Doughnuts you can buy from almost anywhere. Except they cost several times more and some of them contain that Alien tar stuff from X-Files. I always behave. I just don't specify how. | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 9:46 PM MisterBear UK(WA), 8 yrs |
I have no idea either. Maybe you just need to read more blogs? I always behave. I just don't specify how. | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 10:01 PM Skyhook 7 yrs |
That could be it.
I only read my own at the moment, what with my huge ego and all "Me? I'm all about the hugs. | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 10:14 PM Supreme_Emmie UK(B), 3 yrs |
They taste like fecking amazing donuts. Nothing like the 10 for a quid crap from supermarkets. But they are soooo expensive they are a once a year treat for me. So many shoes, so little time .......... | ||||
| 19 Jan 10, 10:20 PM trumzi UK(NP), 5 yrs |
I do apologise MisterBear, But i have been sent from the depths of IC to tell you that KrispyKremes are awesome and that they are lovely. I have not been forced to write this reply. P.s Apparently MissEmmie is awesome I am AWESOME! |
