I'm off to football training with my youngest, and I guarantee that once the football training(taken very seriously we call the coaches and managers the Gestapo) has kicked off i'll find myself within a coven of dim witted mothers drivelling on , as they do every single friday about, what they did with their club points...club points are not a bonus!! they are a means of exploiting us!!...for a start the data base they collect in order for us to 'earn' these points is the equivalent of a duck's ass endoscopy of your life... detailing every product and service you buy, every little treat, every bit of binge drinking evidence, every lazy cholesterol laced heart attack ready meal you feed the kids...every humiliating economy label you are reduced to, every BOGOF you needlessly aquire, your like dislikes, weaknesses etc etc and so on..(and then sell the info/ persist in targeting you without permission).
Secondly it's a rip off...I shopped exclusively at Lidl and Aldi for 6 months, and then switched to Tesco, and the difference beween the former two and Tesco is approximately £1200 per year for groceries to feed and cater for a family of 4 in favour of Lidl and Aldi, Yes that's right... £1200 per year for general groceries...the average refund through the club card from Tesco approximately £300 per year for a family of 4, that means Lidl and Aldi are about £900 per year less expensive... a great deal when you have a family to provide for!! But the excitement of being conned is hard to resist...and I felt like an alien when sharing this discovery with them...they think I'm mad....
Thirdly Tesco is trying (and ASDA etc) to take over everywhere and if they ever get the chance prices will soar...they've already murdered the high strret, although I did help them to do so as I do shop in bulk at supermarkets because I work full time and really don't have the time (or money) to swan around on a daily basis purchasing dewey fresh Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall/Jamie Oliveresque pestlesand mortars, and fennel oiled fresh seabass etc !
Fourthly I just want to select a product, pay for it and leave, I don't want an entire lifestyle based
around management of the confetti we call points coupons and vouchers and about 3 million plastic loyalty cards every time I shop..i want simplicity...
and how's this for a suggestion...how about Tesco being less sinister and just charging what something is worth? It would be a lot easier!!!
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