Staff in betting shops these days

Ronnie might be along in a minute to comment on this...

I find the difference these days is that very few staff have an interest in horse racing, or any sports...

I still find most very friendly.

Pandora.
Of to a lovely Michelin  star restaurant  tomorrow  will have my knew  700 pound whistle  on we can't be all thick.
Have a nice day.
Regards.
A very freindly  Ronnie.

I look through the window as I pass sometimes, they all look lonely and bored.

I'm not surprised Brian , given that the shops are open for 12 hours+ these days. Doubt if I could raise a smile if I was subject to that regime.

Ronnie one of very few left. A dying breed sadly.

I worked in three different betting shops in my young days (late 60s), no high tech then but also no chance of getting bored during racing hours.

Human incompetence and greed has killed not just the betting shops but all of society in general.

what do you expect for £11+ an hour? Bruce Forsyth level enthusiasm?

Haven't been in one for years but if what the OP says is true then perhaps it's an opportunity for him to finally get a job.

Not half as busy as they used to be yet so many mistakes are made by them when translating the bets.

Have no fear lads,you will sending your AI robot to the bookie shop within a year to place your bets and it will be served by a robot behind the counter.And they will all look like Elon Musk

And the horses you back will have robot jockeys on their backs.

The game hasn't been the same since shops got rid of chalker uppers.

I give them free bets and tips yet they still don't talk to me.

So have decided not to talk to them any more.

Also I gave the manager a horse that won at 33/1

The new staff these days are the ones that used to go to McDonald’s for a job in the past. They have no interest in betting and just see it as a job until something better comes along.

I was told the other day that Baldies won’t rehire people who have already left their job with him. Seems a silly policy if true.

Seaside gives them free bets

And they still ignore the coooonnnnttt!

sublime double carpet aftertime as well

seaside gives horses.

Seaside gives them free bets

I'm not sure Seaside has quite got the hang of this bookmaker-punter relationship.

I find most people sitting in shops
Not far off
Neanderthal / ex crack heads type
Gone to pot that’s for sure
Asking them for price like asking for
Re Configure the wheel

I went into a betfred a while back. asked for prices on my L15 and the the chap behind the counter just scribbled B/O on my ticket then quickly scanned it. I politely asked if he could put the actual prices on for each horse and he abruptly started flinging his arms everywhere saying he was too busy. yet there was no one else at the counter. odd I thought. needless to say the one winner I got was settled at SP (the shortest price) I think the staff have got some sort of fiddle going on in there so if any Managers around Derby at looking you might want to check your books. mind you, the managers are probably at is as well.

Savile Row for the Tin Ronnie ?

Don’t blame the counter staff…. It’s the company.
I was a WH manager for a decade until 2001 when the job became untenable.

FIVE weeks training after being a numpty cashier in head office.
Learned crash blocks, pyramid blocks, how to use an OTT, then mental settling for a fortnight.

The game has gone.

I have a mate who attended the BARRY SLANEY school of settling  (now there’s a name) for the oldies in 1968.

As a seventeen year old  in 1964 I was employed as a trainee settler in Poland Street, Central London for Maxie Parker bookmaker. Just in time to the witness the Dagenham Greyhound Coup where a 2/- forecast paid over £987 for the only winning ticket sold on the track.

App format yeah the betfr*d staff in Derby really don't want to be there the couple of times I've been in plus it feels like a prison, can't swing a cat and people staring at you. There's a couple in the Paddy's shop who are decent and like a bet them selves, think they appreciate anyone who goes in who isn't a dropout.

my local shops have a maximum of 3 people in when I walk past ,feel sorry for some of the staff tbh ,the time must drag and on a normal job most of the time you cant wait for finishing time , in a bookies you cant avoid the clock ......every 2 or 3 mins ...off romford 12.32 and 14 seconds etc and so on!

Thick as pig s hit is the number 1 common link.

probably a job there for you?

despite the increase in personal allowance, PAYE slaves still getting shafted if they work a 40-hour week at minimum wage.

Compared to other taxpayers all PAYE payers are shafted.

Ask any accountant.

Betting shops used to be the 5th Social Service. Its environment housed elderly singletons and displaced individuals with their friendly atmosphere, warmth and hospitality. Now most of the staff are disinterested and clueless to horseracing betting; the PaddyPower in Morden even tried to con a friend by suggesting a Rule 4 post a new market formed.

very true, they should rename Self-Assessment "Fairytale of the Year"

Bar staff ain’t far off
Recruiting from same agents

pansydoras definition of thick must be quite something

most of the staff in shops near me in norf laundon are from eastern europe, and i dont mean bubbles. they certainly aint interested in racing, and why should they be? they aint fick, and usually so delighted to have something to do they are quite helpful

missing linke cant leave his silly politics out of any discussion, as youd expect with that moniker

cheers boss

Ronnie loves it along with his pensions

Going into a betting shop to place a bet is akin to going to a retailer on the high street eg Dixon buying an electronic gear eg tv. Some of the staff are as thick as treacle, and void of any knowledge of the products. But, only interested in selling product insurance; Amazon and Ebay are so much better given their very generous return policy eg 14-day grace/change of mind/rejection upon delivery on refund, and money-guarantee.

most are suffering from PTSD having attempted to clean the toilets and come across horrors similar to those witnessed as the German 8th Army marched north and routed the Russian 1st Army at the Battle of Masurian Lakes

Staff are either clueless or absolute jobsworths

everything is done to save the last penny these days. And God forbid you ask them for a price or any help in finding something that isn't a horse running on that exact day or one of the top football teams

I could write a book on some of the unintentional comedy you come across

asked a girl to put prices for the Derby on their little screen. She asked me if that was a football match (can see where she was coming from to be fair)

Baldies do daily boosts etc. I'm quite bored of going to draw and them having translated the slip at SP, so I go through the rigmarole each time of asking them to find it in the till first so I know they'll translate it properly. Had a woman get flustered once and she offered to turn the screen round for me to find it for her; there was a giant button right at the top of the screen with boost in big letters

Amazon and Ebay are so much better given their very generous return policy eg 14-day grace/change of mind/rejection upon delivery on refund, and money-guarantee.

Somehow, I dont think that would work in a Betting shop!

Please don't rush down to your local Coral for the 40/1 price wise  in tha Albert Bartlett Ballybow .The shop opens in an hour  and its know a pony
Have a good day guys and gals.
Ronnie.

Dixon has been pants ever since they started recruiting dimwits who knew little or nothing about the products they are selling from within their families, relatives and friends. Some of them look like they are on job-release.

Impossible, these "dimwits" would get any job in front of you judging by your boast of having the same broom for 20 years with only 4 new heads and 5 new handles!!

Could I give a mention also to those awful 'studio teams', particularly those in Spoils and 'PK' in PPs who seem to think that people are in the shops just to listen to their incessant,  non stop waffle, usually oblivious to the fact that there are races actually running at that time. Absolute *****.

There will be even less of them working in betting shops shortly, if the new rumoured trading times are true.

those studio teams are spoilers designed to fook up the punters head and fook any concentration he might have had !

They speak with forked-tongues. They are bookies stooges.

24 Hour trading on the horizon

At this rate a near certainty given bet restriction, account closure and overzealous AC. No doubt to facilitate fobt.