u/Fit-Incident-1207

Not much to say I’m just sick to death of ordering items and theres some girls crusty discharge all over them. Why do people keep doing this. WASH YOUR FILTHY CLOTHES.

I’m 21F and have worked at Tesco for 6 years now, mainly working in 2 different stores but since moving to a city I’ve worked in a fair few other express stores too. I think I’ve hit my breaking point with Tesco now. I used to justify it with the money when we were paid much more than other supermarkets but now that we are one of the least paid I’m struggling to see how this is worth it anymore.

I understand this might sound silly to some, it’s just Tesco right? But the ridiculous shit I have to put up with every shift has gotten too much. I work in an express store that’s one of the main stores bang in the city centre so we are extremely busy, we have many regulars but it’s mostly stag do’s and people visiting for a night out. The abuse has truly gotten too much.

For £13 an hour im dealing with men telling me they’re going to kill me, they’re following me home, following me around the shop for most of my shift making sexual comments to me, touching me inappropriately constantly and nobody cares that it’s happening to us and we aren’t allowed to do anything about it.

The smackheads are the worst, I’m tired of the constant violence I’m seeing. People getting stabbed, jumped by gangs, turf wars for who gets to sit out side of the shop, there’s needles everywhere and I’m constantly finding drugs on the floor that I have to clean up.

However, the rude customers are probably what bothers me most. I do not remember people acting like this for the last 6 years. I truly believe everyone has lost their minds. I’m getting screamed at multiple times a shift, the shop is having to be closed because we are getting threatened by customers. We have the box around the till aswell as bars for the baskets and customers still try to reach through to attack me, banging on the box to try and break the glass. It’s gotten to the point where I’m fearing for my safety and can’t even walk home at night because of the customers who are so angry we shut at 11 that they stand outside and wait for us to close the shop to threaten us and follow us home.

Even the simple things like rude customers aren’t just a few a shift anymore, it’s every other person and it’s BAD. I am always doing something to upset someone and there’s no way I can make any of this easier on myself I’ve truly tried everything. During my 4 hour shift yesterday we had a pedophile and a group of kids run into the shop with knifes, a woman screamed at me and tried to break down the till door because I put her pint of milk in a bag like she asked, a man asked me where the eggs were and proceeded to put his hand round my waist very tight so I couldn’t pull away. I feel unsafe but it hasn’t always been this way.

This was a very long one but surely I’m not the only one experiencing this behind the point of ‘normal’ or what we expect from working a retail job. If there were any other jobs available I’d jump at the chance, trust me I’m not here by choice anymore.

Hi! I’ve just put an offer in on a property just off poulton road in Wallasey. Does anyone have any knowledge of the area or specifically around poulton road.

I’m 21F so wanting to know if this would be suitable for a young girl. I’m not phased by much (I’m from Yorkshire I’ve seen it all) so run down areas don’t bother me but obviously would like to be aware of any crime or generally bad areas.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated:)