Tesco seems to be becoming ever scared of letting anything get in the way of people shopping - such as having a good time. Tesco has banned entertainers with balloons, forbidden spending too much time shopping, and now thrown a band playing Christmas carols out of its store. Despite booking a slot to entertain shoppers, the Blackpool Gazette reports that the local Guardian Concert band was asked to stop playing after only 3o minutes, for 'Health & Safety' reasons.
What we really like about this story is Tesco's incredible spin on the story - in particular its use of the phrase 'the band were moved to a sheltered area immediately by the front door' to mean 'the band were moved outside'. Unsurprisingly, they weren't able to keep playing in the cold and went home.
UPDATE: The Daily Mail adds a comment from one band member 'The feeling of our bass player was that [Tesco] merely wanted more space for the poinsettia display - because that is what they moved in when we left.' Every little helps...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment