"Sainsbury's CODE 10"

ok, just wondering if anyone who works in Sainbury's can teel me what "Code 10".... :confused:

this is because during shopping someone over the microphone said "Code 10, Front Side" and ALL the Sainsbury's staff in the isles legged it towards the entrance, even some fat blokes in suites that must have been from out the back...

i've seen shoplifters tryna leg it before but it was just dealt with by the security guard...

so...anyone work in Sainsbury's who can shed some light on the issue??

Thanks

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Reply 1

Lofty

Maybe it means this is your chance to escape satansburys???

Probably should know since i worked there for a bit, but hey, i don't :p:

Reply 2

Mad Vlad

I don't work there, but Code 10 is the generic call for a shoplifter. We used it when I was working for Currys.

Reply 3

Juwel

Mad Vlad

I don't work there, but Code 10 is the generic call for a shoplifter. We used it when I was working for Currys.

Oh cool; now I know what to listen out for :ninja:

Reply 4

Yoghurt

I worked sainsbury for a couple of years, but never heard a code 10. we did have a code 8, which was used for shoplifters, i think.

Reply 5

Shockley

CODE 10! ****ING RED ALERT!

Reply 6

Pseudomuse

cjmcnair

ok, just wondering if anyone who works in Sainbury's can teel me what "Code 10".... :confused:

i work there! mo idea what a code ten is!

might be something to do with fire! but i have no idea

Reply 7

Shockley

So if it was shoplifting, why would ALL the staff from the aisles run towards the entrance then? If it were me I'd hide behind the Granny Smiths.

Reply 8

kam

Maybe someone becoming violent, if they all just ran to the front?

Reply 9

Louenn

PseudoPhoenix

i work there! mo idea what a code ten is!

might be something to do with fire! but i have no idea

I work for Sainsbury's too... I refer to it as "The pit of hell". Store no 0744, bet you can't guess where I am!

I can't remember exactly what a code 10 is, but I think it is something like shoplifting or similar. It's definitely something serious, might be a member of staff being attacked or something.

If it was a fire, the fire alarm would be set off.

Reply 10

Twisted Blood

kam

Maybe someone becoming violent, if they all just ran to the front?

Still, you'd duck out the back window, rather than play John McClane rolling over to the scene with a price checker in your hands...

Reply 11

Louenn

Ole_Gunner

Still, you'd duck out the back window, rather than play John McClane rolling over to the scene with a price checker in your hands...

Nah, the On-line shoppers would box you in with our huge great trollies, which are probably filled with all the water that some people feel they need to order. You wanna road-block an aisle? Just get everyone on STY shopping chilled. You can't move for trolleys. Most hellish!!

Reply 12

space_aura

code 10 at halfords is a shoplifter.
more specifically member of staff immediately to the checkout.

Reply 13

Twisted Blood

Louenn

Yeah probably shoplifters then, if it was something REALLY important you'd think these upstanding, loyal, committed J. Sainsburys' employees would have had it drilled into them. OP did you see any Scousers about?

Reply 14

Mad Vlad

LePinkPanther

So if it was shoplifting, why would ALL the staff from the aisles run towards the entrance then? If it were me I'd hide behind the Granny Smiths.

Standard procedure. All the managers create a "wall of steel" across the entrance. Nobody in the right mind is going to try and charge a line of 20 managers for the sake of a bottle of vodka.

And, it's a management thing by the way - general assistants aren't required to help. (Tis like that at Morrisons, where I used to work)

Reply 15

username81886

Mad Vlad

God, you've had some good jobs...

Reply 16

Mad Vlad

icantthinkofacoolusername

God, you've had some good jobs...

Outstanding, I know. I'm working for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors now.

Reply 17

Pseudomuse

Louenn

Nope

0672 all the way :rolleyes:

what a crap place to work!

Reply 18

XK-louX

hey, in the shop i work in they use it to call the security guard when some1 has finished their shift...so he can assist us upstairs with the money so we dont steal anything!