I thought “Won’t Be Beat” was a competitive price slogan. Today, it seemed to mean “Won’t Be Beat By Shoplifters”.
A policy of searching customers’ bags, knapsacks and strollers is being implemented by a security guard. “No Thrills” customers are not the sort of people who take such searches quietly. They yell. They return all of their purchases and demand their money back. They resent the suspicion that they are thieves and they let it be known.
I don’t know if the store’s many CCTV cameras are new or more plentiful, but I’m pretty sure the inkjet-printed notice of the store’s “right to search” wasn’t there last time I visited. Grocery costs are climbing and so is pilfering apparently. Belittling your customers isn’t just for airline and record companies anymore. Of course, it’s “all for our own good”, as the checkout girl explained.
Good or not, it’s a lively show at the old No Thrills.
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We have ‘No Frills’ here too.
Sometimes prices are high and products like turmeric don’t exist.
Names on things like pumpkin seeds are not in English.
Sometimes it is very slow in line ups when the systems break down.
Yet, if you are sharp… there are a few things on sale.
It’s no Ferraro Foods though.
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Ferraro Foods, eh? Sounds expensive. Is there a Mazerato Foods, too? We don’t have none of them uppity end food stores around here… just our Maximum Security No Thrills. Jack says the store’s bag and knapsack searches are illegal, even if they do have a sign posted. Probably true, eh? I could put a sign on my front door saying that anyone entering the premises would be robbed at knifepoint. Wouldn’t make it legal, would it?