Comments on: Il-lejla ghal ma' Barney il-Belt

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:23 +0000

It’s a market economy, and the market will weed out the bad from good as long as there is no monopoly.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:03 +0000

“they usually are, by the customers going somewhere else.”

As well as people who they have mistreated spreading their misfortune to other people. It’s the way it works.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:20:10 +0000

Pat said “any store should be held responsible for the bad service they give”

they usually are, by the customers going somewhere else. If that’s not happening, then obviously they have other things (price?) which mean people are prepared to take a little bad service.

By: d gill

d gill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:35:57 +0000

@ Pat or anyone – I dont shop at Lidl. Out of interest, how are you mistreated? Is it true that the Italian staff are very abusive of locals. Or is it just the overcrowding etc at the shop that bothers you?

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:15:31 +0000

Yes obviously. I’m not saying it’s not working, I’m just criticising the mentality of the chain. If I go into a store and get mistreated, I could simply walk away and not return, but in my books any store should be held responsible for the bad service they give.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:26:06 +0000

Pat,
if they are still in business, then they must be doing something right. Maybe it’s just price. Maybe you put quality of service above price, but obviously Lidl’s research says a lot of people prefer cheaper prices, and to hell with service. If there was no demand for it, they would not be as popular as they are.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:48:53 +0000

Pat – The Italian “me ne frego” could be quite liberally translated into “I don’t give a sh*t”. One could therefore assume that by “menefreghisti”, John Schembri is referring to people who … “don’t give a sh*t” about whatever it is he is going on about.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:56:00 +0000

John Schembri:
That’s unfortunately a word which leaves me clueless. Do you mind explaining?

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:12:01 +0000

@ Pat : they are being trained by MENEFREGHISTI

By: Sybil

Sybil — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:13:09 +0000

[Daphne – . You may not want to pay for ‘Austin’s JAQUAR’ and I may not want to pay for your children’s schooling, but tough.]
The MUT may not agree with that comparison though.The main raison d etre for providing free (subsidized by the tax payer) education seems to be mainly to provide jobs for teachers., educating children is largely coincidental.