I only came to get a pint of milk

Thursday 24th April 2008 12:32 am

I only came to get a pint of milk
I don’t want a scratchcard
Clubcard
Plastic card
Reward card
Chip card
scheme card
Vouchers for school
Cashback
50p off bric a brac
pulse racing heart attack
Ive chosen the wrong que again
Nectar card sir?
Reward scheme sir?
Win a holiday dream sir?
Home shopping team sir?
Delivery to your door
Sit your arse on the coach and don’t leave the floor
Lazy bastard sir?
Ive chosen the wrong que again
That ones moving faster
The ones got a bar code scanning master
Shes quicker
That bar code scannin dolly is quicker
Than my old dear
Oh dear
The woman infront
Is cashin in
Her Life savings
fiddling for change
And now im feeling deranged
I chose the wrong que again
Get me out of here
I only came for a pint of milk
I just want me milk
Can I have me milk
No not perfume
No not a magazine
About changing rooms
About bride and grooms
About jordans boobs
Just want me milk
Trouble in the car park
Screaming kids that lark
Tied up dogs that bark
Neon lights stop dark
Bar scannin codes that mark
Husband and wife in a narc
Travillin round in arc
Spending money from sharks……
I just
I just want me milk
I don’t want me head filled with special offers
I don’t like lining
The pockets of coporate coffers
I just want me milk
They gave it me in triangle cartons at school
So why cant you
Do such a simple thing

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Francine

Mon 8th Jun 2009 04:33

Awww... I felt the frustration...
Wish you would have recorded an audio for this...
I love the way you express yourself : )

clarissa mckone

Fri 25th Apr 2008 01:44

HI Peter,
Glad you enjoyed it.Metrics are bad I think, they put you up against a national average, everything is measured and watched.They dont take into account bad machinery, computer errors, faulty equip. People at corp that are not entering their info into the system.Bad customers, they are many a problem. I see people that cant swip a CC, or write a check. Or they forget an iteam, and they say "Oh sorry waite please" mean while the clock is ticking on the poor girl, and others are getting mad.Customers yell at and put down the girls, as if they control prices, or the bank that declined their CC or check, they act like its that girls fault.The coupon is expired, the sale is over, the PC wont take it, and its her fault.But the PC is programed by another person. So all be nice, this girl has more then likely had a few bad days in a row. take care Peter

Pete Crompton

Fri 25th Apr 2008 00:08

Hey Clarissa! Great technical explanation- a poem in itself!

'bad marks on metrics' wow that's a poem title!

clarissa mckone

Thu 24th Apr 2008 05:10

Dear Peter,
I can answer these questions, as I run the front end.The PC the cashier is on, promps her/him to ask the questions. The bar codes are a mess, if the gun/scanner is off and humidity can do it, storms can do it, old PC crap can do it, dirt can do it, it will slow the machines down.The bar code can be wrong, if a sale is on, and no one from corp updated system, well its going to slow it down.If the bar code has been marred/slashed/messed up in any way its a mess.People will take bar codes from one product and put it on another, and if the girl has a scale then it stops.As the bar code tells weight.If the sales girl does not follow ever prompt , she will get bad marks on METRICS, its part of the PC and cameras that watches all she does.Bad marks on metrics means no job at some point. So be nice to the poor girls behind the counter, they hate the job. But it pays part of her bills. SMILE!! Nice poem man!!!!

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