You're a fucking idiot.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:39, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

on what grounds
specifically in this instance?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:40, Reply)

They do not cater for individuals, they cater for what gets sold out the quickest.
It's not personalisation its stock control.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:41, Reply)

You really know nothing at all, this I promise you

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:42, Reply)

They do not cater for individuals.
They do not ship products specifically for one person through their entire logistics chain, pay someone to unload them and then pay someone to put it on a shelf for one person to buy them.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:44, Reply)

Do you work in Tesco's stalker department?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:44, Reply)

No
But I have experience with large grocery reatilers, and the amount of effort that goes into ranging the correct products is incredible and far more complex than we sell lots of X so stock more.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:45, Reply)

I'm a analyst, you say it's a lot of effort but the principle maths is based on not being sold out.
Just on enourmous databases. The "effort" and "thought" is managment bull shit, it's a formular.
/with the exception of special offer lines
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:48, Reply)

You know this from your close persoinal working relationship with large grocery retailers and their suppliers?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:50, Reply)

I have written a till polling script that was used by M&S food.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:51, Reply)

course you have sweetheart

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:52, Reply)

I have it on a usb pen somewhere I'll post it on here.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:53, Reply)

Promise?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:53, Reply)

Probably not to be honest.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:54, Reply)

Sadly he is correct.
They make it look personalised. Because we only shop in supermarkets and they only sell certain lines, you think tou have a choice catered to your tastes.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:44, Reply)

of course they don't alter their offering for individuals, I ws being facetious
but every purchase that you make has a bearing on what is stocked, what will be stocked and what will no longer be stocked.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:47, Reply)

You've just proved my point.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:50, Reply)

your point was that you are making assertions about a business that you have no experience of
which makes you look like a prick
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:52, Reply)

Only for brands within lines of stock.
It's all pretty much fixed. Example: when was the last time you saw fresh artichokes in a s/m? Now I fucken love 'em, as do all right minded people, but will shitcunt Tesco's stock them? No!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:52, Reply)

I'm afraid as a sample of 1 your opinion doesn't count
whether something is in or out, does not simply depend on how popular the item is, it is also dependent non many other factors that i can't, should'nt and can't be bother to get into.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:56, Reply)

Ha ha,
I AM RIGTH BUT I CANT TELL YOU SO SHUT UP I AM HIGH UP IN BIZNIZZ SHUT UP
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:57, Reply)

Shhh
He's already said too much.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

this was true on day one of /OT

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:01, Reply)

not at all, but giving awaqy IP to you mongs would be pretty stupid

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

That's pretty weak, dude.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:02, Reply)

Genuinely, I would get fired
but as someone who is in the business, rather than a analyst for the NHS who is arguing for the sake of it, what i say is true.

The investment of time and money into the personalisation of your shopping trip, nearest store etc is far more than I suspect most people realise.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:07, Reply)

Yeah the NHS is a piddly little organisation.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:08, Reply)

I never said that, I mearly pointed it out as it is a different area to the one we are talking about
but don't let your insecurities show, k?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:10, Reply)

I know exactly what's going on.
Someone managery thinks we must put demographic predition into a sales forecast. Analyst says ok, puts it in doesn't make a statistical difference, manager says put it in anyway. Analyst does but weighs it as 0.0000001% of overall volume. Manager goes to bosses saying he's improved the forecast. Rinse and repeat for sex, children in household, pets, clubcard data, phone surveys, smell of bread as you walk in, wine offers etc.
Managers go on about how they're taking all variables into account. Analysts sigh.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:07, Reply)

I cannot even begin to tell you how far off the mark you are
maybe stop arguing about stuff you clearly have no idea about, it makes you look stupid and childish, k?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:09, Reply)

Go ask the nearest analyst about noise and extraneous variables dear.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:19, Reply)

The sexual tension is palpable here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:21, Reply)

alp unish
+ by death
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:23, Reply)

Thanks for the advice! But I'm not in the office today so will ask them all tomorrow, k?
I think the NHS needs some excel work done now, so off you toddle
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 15:23, Reply)

Also: A SAMPLE OF 1 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN GROCERY RETAIL!

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 14:58, Reply)