Does anyone still shop at HMV?

http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/marginal-utility/pret-a-mourir/

p much otm

I'm all for efficiency and politeness but fuck making people feign hyperactive jollity at all times, especially on that kind of money.

see i'll eat battery eggs whilst bedecked in sweatshop garb but pret, it turns out, is my limit

friend of mine was actually told that if she smiled she'd get her pret coffee free. she walked out

i felt fucking terrible the other day when i bought my first innocent product. it was half price okayyyyy

If you want to see ... all the principles of immaterial and affective labor, Virnoesque virtuosity, lateral surveillance, obligatory reflexivity, emotional management, gamification and so on

long been my dream to witness, tbh

innocent have moved into big branded new skyscraper offices in west ldn where my mum lives, come up from grove and it's like the fucking eye of sauron

give me 10 shards over that, brr

Went and checked on the local branch today and there is a note up on the door about going into receivership and how to contact them. Including a point being made about expected volume of contact so better to try to contact them via a website email address.

Shop still looks like it is fully stocked & has advertising pointed towards the door etc. Will miss being able to browse in there even if the ability to do that comfortably was progressively deteriorating over the last while. I was still finding some interesting and unexpected stuff in the racks up until recently. Sir Cloudesly Shovell the Rise Above label stoner band springs to mind from a few months back.
There were still several titles I had my eyes on last time I was in there. So wonder what next? Is there going to be a major sale happening?

Really do feel sorry for the guys working in there that I half knew.

As Ian says, its up to Charidee Shops now.

If Deloitte is the administrators, the clusterfuck will continue. They are the worst.

They're no Duff & Phelps.

i miss ottokar's, yall remember ottokar's

now that i work in central london i've been coming into contact w/pret more than ever before and i have to say their operation is impressive. the coffee is good. there's not a huge selection but you never have to wait more than a few seconds to get served. i haven't particularly noticed any overweening forced jollity but then again i am american so maybe that sort of thing seems normal to me.

plus the people who work there are cute as all hell.

who was the borders administrator? i have a friend who's STILL trying to get the last of her wages from them.

mini-thread-detour: I work in retail...so my question is: how 'friendly' is TOO friendly for guys as customers?

ok just read that nytimes article. if americans need tips from british people on fake cheer and motivational teamwork we must be in end times.

xp

smiling, eye contact, talking to me

xp to myself ah mcr, now part of trusty old duff & phelps.

commenting on what i'm buying, looking at me funny

stopping me from shoving stuff down my trousers

septum piercings, stupid hair

commerce cheapens us all, i just wanna get what i need and get out while pretending it's not happening

see i'll eat battery eggs whilst bedecked in sweatshop garb but pret, it turns out, is my limit

fairly sure i recall your presence of the pret thread on ile? given it up?

i never used to go there but i work in hammersmith and there's fuck all else. pret/wasabi are the only options on the days i don't bring my lunch.

wasabi isn't terrible

Greggs 4 Lyfe

Greggs must be so much better up North cos it's really nothing special down here. They are great at egg sandwiches, I'll give em that.

oh and they're pretty cheap too, so bonus

fairly sure i recall your presence of the pret thread on ile? given it up?

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yeah only learned of this lark a few months ago. wasnt really intending to make a big stand for worker rights but once aware going in just started to feel creepy and depressing

Pretty sure Greggs is exactly the same everywhere.

nah there are small regional differences but they are cheapish and tasty and don't come with an ideology

bonuses are awarded based on the performance of an entire team, not individuals

classic mongol tactic here

reading the pret thing now actually... xposts

Greggs only does Scotch pies in scotchland ;_;

Egg sandwiches are fucking wrong.

^ban

You need some kind of meat in there with the egg. Just mayonnaise or cress or whatever is for savages.

gtfo egg and cress sandwiches are a cornerstone of this great nation

the secret behind the egg sandwiches at Pret is they're only about a quid and they use really nice poppy seed bread.

gtfo egg and cress sandwiches are a cornerstone of this great nation

So are rugby and the systematic and brutal oppression of most of Africa and Asia, what's your point?

jabba hands otm regarding egg and cress sandwiches. They can be posh, or they can be plain. They are the sandwich that crosses all class barriers.

Yeah, I like em with bacon more. But I egg and cress is the building block of the egg based sandwich, the first piece of DNA, the fish that crawled from the sea etc etc etc

there are almost always more exciting choices egg & cress sandwiches (or egg & cucumber) but they have their place - in a particular mood or headspace they can really hit the spot and nothing else will do

who was the borders administrator? i have a friend who's STILL trying to get the last of her wages from them.

MCR - who were later acquired by "Corporate Restructuring Advisor of the Year 2012" Duff & Phelps

and no they don't need meat with them, the point is that they are light and a bit refreshing

i could murder a scotch pie right about now

Cress is not food and it has no place in a sandwich. Egg & Mayo, Egg & Bacon, even Egg & Tomato at a push but fuck an Egg & INEDIBLE LEAVES WITH STEMS THAT CATCH IN YOUR THROAT.

I'm totes having a scotch pie for lunch now. Thank you, this thread!

"Corporate Restructuring Advisor of the Year 2012" Duff & Phelps

Lol, really?

Egg mayo sandwiches with a dash of tabasco or encona hot pepper sauce are yum.

Yes, really!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-18611778

xp

lex otm. they particularly suit the 'i've got less than £2 to spend on lunch' headspace, i find