Tesco/helmet interface

[alpslapper]

Stopped at tesco's for a bit of shopping on the way home as normal. Opened flip-up lid keeping it on, as normal. Except today a security guard felt the need to pull me out of the queue and tell me to remove my helmet.

I was about 2 from the cashier so I told him I'd remove it when he went to the person 3 aisles over and asked them to remove their yashmak, which covered their face and head in it's entirety.

He asked me what, the muslim woman - to which I pointed out how did he know it was a muslim. In fact, how did he even know it WAS a woman, that he was making an awful lot of assumptions given that you couldnt make head nor tail of who was under about 20 foot of cloth, with only a pair of eyes looking out.

Meantime his 8 foot tall gorilla mate comes over to see what the problem was - I poiltely but firmly asked him to move back out of my personal space. I again reiterated my request for him to go over and ask the person in Aisle 3 to remover their face covering and I'd happily oblidge in taking off my helmet - bearing in mind you can already see my face, not just a pair of nondescript eyes.

This faffing about was enough to kill the time it took me to get served - they buggered off, reminding me theres a notice to the effect motorcyclists must remove their helmets, but it did annoy me. I asked them if I did take it off and someone wacked it with a trolly, would Tesco's buy me a new one, given they wanted to make me remove it.

I'll take it off in future, no problem, as I just cant be bothered with the hassle, but it just wound me up. Went out to the bike and as I was loading up had a really good bollocky chat with another biker that had just pulled up, about tyres as he commented on my new boots on the alp so set off in a much better mood home.

[Sharribee]

Not a good day then sweetie.

I'd have liked to have seen you face up to the 8ft guard mind

[alpslapper]

Not a good day then sweetie.

I'd have liked to have seen you face up to the 8ft guard mind

When you're a shortass like me, you have to look up to or face up to everyone

Now you know this - you know that ''tone'' you adopt when dealing with ''difficult'' patients..... Gets results every time

[Sharribee]

I have used that tone many times.

I remember this nursing officer in A and E when I was a student, she was about 4ft nothing and about 6 stone. On a Saturday night she was the one you wanted on duty with you because she would walk into the unit and no matter how much the drunks were kicking off she would just look at them and take "the tone"

"I really think you should sit your arse back on that trolley RIGHT NOW, and stop giving my nurses a hard time"


It always worked, no matter how drunk they were she was bloody scary

[Yeti]

Can be a pain but remember sometimes they have had run-in's with undesirables in helmets! (granted it doesn't take much common sense when you are holding your wallet and a pint of milk?!?!?!)

I walked into B&Q in Sheffield a year or two back and was in the process of removing my helmet as I walked through the door only to be greeted by dads army weilding not very well hidden heavy stuff!!

'crikey!' I exclaimed

'You just been held up or somat??!!'

...to which they informed me, actually yes they had, and recently about 30 employees had been herded and held at gunpoint by a gang wearing bike hemets with tinted visors!!

I looked accross at the tills and they were all staring wild eyed at me in horror!

So I said sorry for startling them and went about my shopping.

[alpslapper]

(granted it doesn't take much common sense when you are holding your wallet and a pint of milk?!?!?!).

yep in the queue with a trolly and a credit card in my hand along with my tesco card..... I was well tooled up mate ... I really did understand that the guy was just doing his job .... just fecking annoying ..... and like I said, I'll remove it from now on, no problem, just not tonight thats all

[winxp-master]

I love stories like this, makes me chuckle... in fact i might go into a tescos with my helmet on just to see how they treat me

I suppose it all depends on how you are told, i have to tell people not to smoke outside our premises since the new government laws last year but i always start with something like "excuse me m8, i know it's daft but..." and i have a bit of a joke about it with them. They see it's not my fault and they don't give me any hassle over it.

I don't know how you were approached Alp but in reply to the muslim head thingymajiggy i would have quietly whispered in your ear that i agreed with you and the management are being all pc bollox and had a bit of a joke with you about it, you would have probably removed the helmet and chatted to me about bikes before being served. The gorilla approach never works, never has and never will as it just gets your back up from the off and it's all downhill from there.

Or, give Chad the tescos address and send him in with his helmet on haha

[Lumiya]

With the amount of scrotes robbing them whilst wearing helmets you can see why they have the rule. Also it is a private store so in the end if you don't agree with the rule then don't go in there.

As a courier we went into everywhere wearing helmets and only one place (chamber of commerce in manchester) used to make us take them off, even flip helmets... So to pi$$ them off we'd put on a balaclava under the helmet and when the guad pointed to the large NO HELMETS ALLOWED sign on the security desk we'd take them off to reveal an equally covered head....

Kymmy

[StumpyFingers]

...... (Snip) So to pi$$ them off we'd put on a balaclava under the helmet and when the guad pointed to the large NO HELMETS ALLOWED sign on the security desk we'd take them off to reveal an equally covered head....

Kymmy

That is just EVIL, But I like it.

[Dee Duble Yuh]

... So to pi$$ them off we'd put on a balaclava under the helmet and when the guad pointed to the large NO HELMETS ALLOWED sign on the security desk we'd take them off to reveal an equally covered head....

Kymmy

LOL