Tesco Express

The only things this Tesco has going for it are its location and opening hours. Beyond that, it falls a bit short I’m afraid.
The selection is limited to the basics, especially when it comes to produce and fresh food. It’s also quite cramped in here and I’ve seen food that requires refrigeration being stored in the open on more than one occasion. The refrigerators and freezers also seem woefully outdated compared to other grocery stores. There was also a mice or rat problem here recently and yes, there were mice/​rats scurrying around the store.
However, when it comes down to it, I still visit if I’m in desperate need for a pint of milk or a pack or crisps. For anything beyond that, I prefer making the trip out to Canary Wharf.

A nice little tesco. The typically good Tesco opening hours.
A basic selection of everything you need really, what more could you want!

Yuck Yuck Yuck…
This is my local, run out to get milk place and when I cannot be bothered to go to my fave Waitrose in Canary Wharf.
The busiest time has to be when everyone is getting off the DLR and heading home after work. This place decides to have a delivery scheduled, Hence, there is nothing left on the shelves and then the staff are blocking aisles trying to replenish them. Not only are the staff working like robots that are running on reserve batteries, half of them need to get some extra club points and buy some deodorant, phew!!!
Irritates the hell out of me when these shelf stackers push by you without so much as a cough, let alone and excuse me, get some manners will you.
One guy slops around dragging his cheap plastic shoes on the floor making this awful noise like some wild animal on a concrete floor.
I wonder past the Cereal aisle on purpose every time, because, I get a kick out of it, half the packs are opened and crushed, I asked one of the robots one day, why is this like this??? He replied «It’s the way they come into us» DURRR, hence why I make a special trip past them…
Oh, BTW, for the shoplifters amongst you, and you know who your are… this place is prime, I see more stuff getting nicked in here than I ever did at the pick n mix stand in Woolies. OH the penny might have just dropped as to why the shelves are empty!!! LOL
The checkout experience, UGH, I just want to dump the stuff down and leave every time. Not only do you get stupid people waiting in line for 10 minutes, when they get to the check out they don’t have the money ready and they are searching their handbag, or manbag for those that have one… So there are 2 lines for checkout, 2 machines for the self service check-​out and usually one operator at a old fashioned human check-​out, there are actually 3 tills, but they are always short of robots to operate them, cus they are too busy stocking shelves. What is wrong with people today in these places, why can’t you say PLEASE and THANK-​YOU, if you hate your job that much, leave, go make others miserable, get out of my local shop, every little helps!!!
I did actually write to Tesco about all this a few weeks ago, but sadly, they never replied. Shame really, if they get there deliveries right and stocks filled in time for rush hour, they could increase revenue. If they got some people to work there with some basic common sense wow, I might even buy my Frosties there…
OMG — I just got off the DLR and was walking home, I suddenly remembered that they had some nice red wine at half price. So, off I march… I walk in and there is a bicycle lying on the welcome mat as you enter, lights flashing… The usually lazy security guard is having a dicky fit over who’s it is, I hear him asking a 50+ year old lady if it’s hers, it’s a mans bike you idiot, I mutter to myself and giggle…
I look for a basket, the two basket stations are empty, I do a little tut and huff, to my surprise it was noted by the checkout staff, made me chuckle inside… I see all the baskets are on the check-​out stations, maybe someone should train the lazy security guard to top them up and keep things moving.
So, I head to the wine section, there’s a robot stocking up the shelves of soda opposite, he has his huge trolley of soda’s in my way, (I am sure it’s a conspiracy) Another guy is trying to look at the wine selection and the robot does not get the fact that 2 customers are trying to look at the wine and spend their hard earned cash. Finally, he moves the trolley so we can select what we want.
So, I am now ready to check out, to my horror, I notice a mistake on my earlier post, they actually have 4 robot check-​outs, but wait, something is different, no, only one is still open, but the other three have Tesco carrier bags over the terminals. So, I am in a line of 7 people, I wait 8 minutes, there’s 2 women behind the counter, one is called Angel, go figure!!! The one not called Angel, goes and takes all the baskets to the front door and allows shoppers to shop with ease again. As she passes me she says «sorry», ok, now your making me feel bad, but it passes very quickly. So shes dumps the baskets and I am still 3^rd in line to be checked-​out, I look at the non Angel woman, shes reading the customer advert board, ugh, now I am mad… she looks over at me and I shout «Instead of reading the customer advert board, do you not think you could open another check-​out lane» OMG, if looks could kill, you would of thought I had drowned a kitten… She slops off and goes out of sight… I finally get check out and leave… Oh BTW the wine is good…