Wtf a supermarket review? Yeah, I know. That's how I feel too. But I am an emotional creature and…read morewhenever something makes me mad, like other emotional millenials, I go online and complain about it.
So this is a Wellcome. One of the hundreds in Hong Kong. I can't really compare it to other supermarkets here because frankly, I haven't been to any. However, I will base it on three factors that I believed to be universal truths about supermarkets: 1) Supermarkets are convenient. 2) Supermarkets have a lot of stuff. 3) Supermarkets are efficient.
1) Supermarkets are convenient - Check. This particular Wellcome is conveniently placed down the street from the Causeway Bay MTR, a little further down the street from a ton of buses, and a taxi queue is right outside. Easy to find and open 24 hours a day!
2) Supermarkets have a lot of stuff - Check. This is a very big Wellcome and it indeed, has a lot of stuff. Great one stop shop for all your reasonably priced grocery and prepped food needs, like sushi that goes on discount after 6ish. They've also got a household items section near the back in case the sole falls off your cheap ass shoe at 2AM and you need super glue stat.
3) Supermarkets are efficient - NO. NOT CHECK. How is it that at 6pm on a weekday, when the amount of shoppers is at an all time high, half the counters are closed? And how is it that the cashiers can see lines stretching almost all the way to the back, and they're still scanning items at the most leisurely pace possible? HOW IS IT THAT I CAN SPEND 2 MINS PICKING OUT MY DISCOUNT SUSHI AND 40 MINS IN LINE TO PAY FOR IT. I have never NOT had to wait at least 20 mins in line at this location. Word of advice, never buy anything that can melt for it will melt while you're in line.
Warning: social rant ahead. Hong Kong, being the country with the worst income gap in the developed world, pays workers like cashiers absolute shit. It is highly unfortunate. I do not blame the old ladies working the register for their chill attitude in such a shitty job that pays shitty wages. I might do the same. I BLAME CAPITALISM. I BLAME THE GREED BEHIND A MANAGER'S DECISION TO CLOSE 3/6 COUNTERS ON A BUSY NIGHT. I BLAME THE CORPORATE CULTURE OF SCREWING A CONSUMER BY OFFERING SHIT TRAINING, SHIT WAGES, AND CREATING A SHIT USER EXPERIENCE.
YOU SUCK WELLCOME. 9/10 times, I leave extremely angry. The 10th time is at 10pm when the place is significantly less busy. I hate that you just don't care at all. I hate that you've indirectly or directly instilled the "I don't give a fuck" attitude with your people. I hate you, but I'll be back because of your stupid reasonably priced food. Fuck.
(36/100) - 2017