Famous People in Sainsburys

[Ladygooner]

Just in Sainsbo's doing my weekly shop - a day off and its raining yet again - and over the tannoy comes this announcement "Can Sharon Stone please come to Customer Services"!

[Domitianus]

Sorry to disappoint you but Sharon Stone is a rather dim and unattractive shelf-stacker on work experience. On the other hand, when I was in Tesco on Old Kent Road recently there was an announcement "Would Harvey Keitel, film actor and screen legend, who has taken some time to join us in the roll of a humble in-store janitor to research his latest film role, please go to aisle 7 where a child has vomited." And guess what.....

[James]

When I used to work in Boots we would make announcements like "Would Mike Hunt please return to the pharmacy." Which amused us a lot (well, I was 16).

[SimonM]

>>Can Sharon Stone please come to Customer Services"!<<

Probably in-store code for "the knickers shelf needs restocking"? :))

[SeanMacGabhann]

Not really?

[lozzyloz]

Once heard over the tannoy in ASDA - "Tess Cosis-Cheeper, Tess Cosis-Cheeper, please come to customer services!"

[david_carnell]

I did see Jeremy Bowen in there the other week. He looked rather dishevelled. Probably just back from Basra or something. Skiver!

[Dulwichmudlark]

plenty of famouses peaple shop there

[char1ie]

Hugh Janus used to work in Budgens.

Charlie

[bawdy-nan]

I saw the lovely, but sad looking, JB in Pretty Traditional the other day - stocking up with UK fruit and veg.

I love him and was happy he went away with a (non-plastic) bag of fruity goodies.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

who JB?

And thesainsburyguy - spill the beans (metaphorically) - who? What a tease!

[bawdy-nan]

JB = Jeremy Bowen (see, see his mournful countenance healed by good fruit and veg)

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

This is off subject but I saw one of the girls from the group Eternal (Kelli) in Dulwich Leisure centre.

Jo Brand, Nesbitt, Hermoine from Cold feet etc all shop in Sainsburys.

[longtalljohn]

Yesterday the tanoy asked for 'Carl Lewis to the check out please'.

She didn't have to ask a second time.

[Domitianus]

longtalljohn Wrote:

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> Yesterday the tanoy asked for 'Carl Lewis to the

> check out please'.

>

> She didn't have to ask a second time.

Why not? Is he very obedient?

[PeckhamRose]

Ahhahahaahahaha that's funny.

longtalljohn Wrote:

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> Yesterday the tanoy asked for 'Carl Lewis to the

> check out please'.

>

> She didn't have to ask a second time.

[Asset]

I'm being really dim and I've tried, but I'm not getting this. Explanation please?

[tiddles]

carl lewis = very fast runner......

[zephyr]

Don't know if this is the case here but many years ago I used to work in a supermarket and we had codes for all sorts of things. Things like security to checkout X or if someone was trying to do a runner a particular call to alert certain staff.

[BarryRoad]

In Disney stores, I think 'customer' means 'shoplifter'. I forget what they called actual customers though... All the staff are cast too.

[Domitianus]

When working in government offices above a large shopping centre in Belfast we soon learnt that the announcement "Plumbers to the basement, please" meant there was a suspect device somewhere in the building. You may imagine my dismay when I heard this announcement being made whilst sitting on the loo, midway through a lengthy commune with nature!

[downsouth]

"Inspector Sams" is the code on the underground.

[Michael Palaeologus]

and indeed in all public areas - I used to hear it when working in Twickenham Stadium during the security tests.

[Domitianus]

What happens if there really is an Inspector Sams (perhaps a police officer of same rank, or someone who work for the Inland Revenue) and he or she gets fed up with going up and down to the basement for no apparent reason? Surely this is somewhat ill-conceived as a policy? Why not just come out with it "There is a bomb in the building. Run like f**k!"

[Siduhe]

downsouth Wrote:

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> "Inspector Sams" is the code on the underground.

'Inspector Sands' I think - fire alarm activated in the station. There is a different one for suspected bomb alerts which is even more innocuous (and doesn't come up on a quick google).