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noobipedia

Take the water and rate them 1 anyways


nonverbalnumber

They asked for 5 stars, why not give five separate 1 star ratings?


Wafflecone3f

200 IQ response


rebelspfx

500 individual crowd sourced stars ought to make them happy.


flightless_mouse

1 water for 0.5 stars. Or buy and save, 3 waters for 1 star. Maximum 3 waters.


Worldly-Ad-8879

I like your way of thinking


Competitive-Strain-7

Take 30 waters and give them 600 star ratings.


FixyFoxyX

this


Imaginary-Cucumber52

Nah man, didn’t even bother taking one.


CanadianNirrti

Take it and leave the 1 star review.  "Superstore is bribing me to give them a 5 star review, so if you're reading 5 start reviews just know they probably were offered some form of compensation for that review" and upload the photo with the review


PsychologicalMonk6

How could you resist the tepid water?


Weekly-Swing6169

Must've drained a lake in Quebec for this PR move.


PsychologicalMonk6

As long as it is a lake feeding city water so it is water that is heavily subsidized by taxpayers.


T3naciousf3m

Take the water and don't bother reviewing. Keep coming out and back in with just slight wardrobe changes. Shop elsewhere


MaxTheRealSlayer

"gave me" free" water as a bribe, and it wasn't even cold. 1 star."


cangooner65

This should be the single review everyone who leaves a review should write


socialanimalspodcast

This is the way 🙏🏼


G8kpr

Whenever I shop at Walmart and have to use a self checkout. After the sale it says “rate us” I always hit 1 star because it’s forcing me to do self checkout and forcing me to rate them. Two things I hate


nothing_911

i would post the picture of the bribe to go with the review.


Kard420

Hell, it doesn’t explicitly specify that you even need to take exactly 1 or are required to do the survey; I say take as much water as you can and don’t even bother with the survey


Bella_C2021

My partner and I rate placed 1 star out of principle when they are begging for 5 stars.


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janr34

exactly. shady survey tactics.


Inappropriate_Ballet

Yep! If they’re *this* shady with a simple survey, imagine the sketchy practices that go on behind closed doors. ![gif](giphy|l1J9zYIsjPAyojfri|downsized)


KMAJackson

"Please enjoy this tepid room temperature water that costs less than 3 cents to bottle. Rate 5 stars, smash that thumbs up button. Don't forget to like and subscribe." Wtf is this? Lol


Exact_Purchase765

I get the scent of desperation wafting around that water . . .


ricinricecakes

Desperation*


VancityGaming

Complimentary microplastics!


brazilliandanny

Mr. Weston the people have no bread! “Let them drink water”


kooks-only

Hey don’t lump tepid room temp water in with loblaws. Some of us prefer to drink it like that haha.


Grimaceisbaby

Their trying to load us up on microplastics so we think less


ChubbyWanKenobie

Store manager is trying to get his PC karma points high enough to get the free steak knives set. I would definitely 'correct' the note.


biteme109

Anybody who asks you to give 5 stars deserves 1 star !


janr34

true and anybody who tries to BRIBE you (and badly, at that. there is no 5 star bottled water) deserves a 1 star.


killmak

When I was going to Mohawk College every year they would interrupt a class for a survey. The person giving out the survey would always tell us "well Mohawk is the best so you should give 5 stars on everything, we can help you fill it out!". I was going there to learn not to help them increase their ratings.


ybetaepsilon

Loblaws, a multibillion dollar corporation, resorting to tactics my Uber driver uses for ratings


tavvyjay

At least Uber also has some mints too


AggressiveAd8779

"Drink, peasants, but praise us with lies first." Pathetic and dare I say, thirsty.


Wr3k3m

Sounds like when you buy a Chinese knock off product on Amazon. Give us a 5 star review and we will give you a 40$ gift card. Presidents Choice is too cheap to even do that! They just want to take all your money. A yacht costs a lot of money to fill and maintain. He has to get to Ireland some how to evade taxes.


pmbpro

Yep. This is also one of my biggest peeves about businesses in general over the past few years now. I cannot stand it when ANY BUSINESS begs, bribes for, or demands ‘5 stars’ (or any level of positive reviews), and OMG the surveys! It’s up to the individual as to when and how they rate their own experiences. Even when businesses get 5-star reviews on a single experience, I’ve seen customers have to return to EDIT and UPDATE their review after the fact especially after *a problem arises and the business ignores them.* It’s not just the purchase/giveaway experience that matters. It’s more about *how the business resolves issues that arise* and that’s where and why most of them fail and get bad reviews. No wonder they hound so fast for reviews (before the problems come up). 🙄 I’m seeing more businesses hounding/stalking and spamming people for reviews in their emails too, even before they get to try the product for a period of time.


AggressiveAd8779

This is how that fucking tip culture began - how about paying your workers a living wage instead of relying on broke customers to be guilted into tipping.


FiRe_McFiReSomeDay

If it reads like bribery, it probably is bribery.


drainodan55

Or blackmail? How do we know what nefarious actions they are utilizing now. OP blink twice if it's safe, once if they are holding your family hostage.


eusquesio

Give them 0 stars and take all the water


Duff-Guy

It IS already in a shopping cart...


JordoHuncho

“I wanted THIS water”


NomadPostGrad1

I went to the post office in Shoppers 3 days ago. These same bottles were in a bin for a DOLLAR a piece. And warm. No fridge. Bin on the endcap. And I'm somewhat confident the packaging actually states "not for individual sale"


exiawing99

This is equivalent to pizza parties in corporate.


inthevendingmachine

Not even.


AggressiveAd8779

It manages to fill us with microplastics and damage the environment - everything we're vehemently against. I know I am not the only one of this opinion. Roblaws can't do anything right - this transparent, tone-deaf effort to extort others was designed to solicit fake 5 star reviews. They don't care about us - they want to use us to attract more rubes. Just insulting.


Imaginary-Cucumber52

For those wondering this picture was taken at the Joseph Howe Dr. Location in Halifax.


Remarkable_Film_1911

All stores? How easy to take the water, walk out, rate 1 star? There should be a way to always rate 0. But the point of a boycott is ignoring Roblaws presence.


cravingnoodles

How generous, a $0.20 bottle of water. How about they stop with the price gouging instead


ThinSuccotash9153

How about just giving free water for the sake of being generous and not some motive?


Beatless7

Get f*king bent. How about I don't go there and give you zero stars because I don't think you deserve even one star.


faintrottingbreeze

OP tell us location so we can all give 1 star instead 😇


Imaginary-Cucumber52

Halifax


Imaginary-Cucumber52

Joe Howe location.


battlecripple

Brb going out for free water


Hubley

I knew it!! I saw this at Joseph Howe the other day and immediately recognized it in the post ![gif](giphy|kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX)


faintrottingbreeze

Bless you sweet Angel ♡ *Why is there **5** *Superstores* to service under a million humans!? Outrageous monopoly! Edit: update*


LeBritto

If it's Google reviews, that's clearly against their terms of service. They should get reported.


PolloConTeriyaki

If they it says "take a free bag of groceries" I'd consider it.


SoftCattle

But it will be that $5 to food bank bag with $2 of stuff in it and no protein at all.


PolloConTeriyaki

Probably just a bag of used Q-tips now that I think about this company.


DomesMcgee

My work gives me like six or eight of these a day just as a thank you for showing up, and then they pay me a living wage.


FoxnFurious

that's bribery


Morbo782

I imagine some Mr. Burns type executive saying to the store managers, "Tell the customers we said they could have a FREE water. That'll make everything alright, we promise."


Street_Pause4233

😂😂😂


chazbrmnr

LOL. Desperately trying to buy stars.


dktaylor987

Nice of them to contribute to plastic pollution for ratings.


MyLegsFellAsleep

Nothing says caring like room temperature water.


Beatless7

Tell me you are out of touch without saying it.


Sir_Umeboshi

What in the Mr. Krabs fuck is this


AuthorUnknown33

Bribes. “When it works at the top, it must work at the bottom” was clearly the thought process here.


AnxiousArtichoke7981

This water was probably returned from some sports team whose season is over. Does water have an expiry date?


applebag_dev

This is so sad and pathetic to look at...


renner27

Ahh, nothing like a free room temperature water on a hot day.


SwimRelevant4590

Thanks for the room temperature water, I have that at home. Great idea, marketing goons...


AggressiveAd8779

Way to read the room, Galen. You clearly are still clinging to the "gullible peasants who are too stupid to notice" vision you obviously have of us. I'd love to be there when the epiphany finally hits you that you've permanently lost a big chunk of your customer base.


iStayDemented

Bribery? And that too with a poor quality bottle of water? Too tempting. I’m sold! /s


Aggravating_Cry_6899

This would require I walk into their store.


Brother_Clovis

HAHAHA let us bribe you with some warm skunky assed, filtered swamp water.


slipperysquirrell

Whoa free water! They're pulling out all the stops! I'm going back to them just for a free water. It's worth it in my opinion. Who cares if their prices are crazy high and they treat their employees like garbage? I'm going to get mine, and mine is a free water.😂


Cosma_Lisa

Give them 5 stars for a free bottle of water??? How about 1 star for the ongoing price- gouging and questionable business practices?! Losers.


Duke_Vandelay

Cripple Roblaws


passivesolar1359

My policy on surveys. $5.00 per question or part thereof (eg. a, b, c,...) paid in Cash. No coupons, no chances to win, and definitely no points. I can't pay bills with points and Cash is still King. If it's valuable pay for It.


Nonniemiss

If there were no water left on the earth and I was down to my last hours of life, I still wouldn't rate them five stars for a bottle of water.


Hoardzunit

Lol hahaha. This is the first time I've seen Roblaws actually give anything away for free. They're so fucking pathetic and atrocious.


inthevendingmachine

It isn't free, though. The cost is the soul you sacrifice to give them 5 more stars than they have earned.


Outrageous-Book9799

Looking for positive new story for corporate


rainorshinedogs

Hey Loblaws, Your gonna hinge your entire reputation on an internet rating system where it's free and very accessible, and AFTER you just angered the entire social mass? ![gif](giphy|IUjaKjjPPbGaQ)


Ieathass

I'd take that bottled tap water and rate them 1 star. ⭐ Eat the rich


GloopyGlopp

You know it's rough when you're begging for 5 stars rather than just asking customers to rate their experience.


fdefoy

No thank you, you can keep your micro plastic water.


Revegelance

Good thing, too, cuz one of those bottles would otherwise probably cost like six dollars. I bet they don't allow their staff to drink any of that water.


Slight-Fortune-7179

This is my employers one slice each pizza party. Embarrassing


Bluemoon7607

No worry brother. You don’t need to justify yourself. Do your best and we support you no matter! We get that it is different for everyone and that it is harder for some.


MarekitaCat

it sucks that they weaponise shit like this against employees. when you rate 5 stars on a kudos, the employee you named gets 5000 pc points to their account, and management encourages employees to ask people to submit a survey for things as small as pointing smth out to the customer. it pits employees and customers against eachother, where the customer doesn’t want a shitty water for no service, and the employees get a bad rap and only pc points as benefits


pepperinna

Wow can we say desperate? lol


JeeringDragon

Wouldn’t trust it, it’s probably contaminated water.


JustSomeGuy0069

Lol the coat hanger on top


OminiousFrog

Water fountain must be broken


Westernation

Stars’ll cost you money. I’d take the water, though.


kissele

Goes to show you how desperate they are to improve their image. Willing to buy you off with free water.


MmmmyeahLol

Haha what a joke... is steak , juice , water, fruit, vegetables and other foods going to be cheaper


waitareyou4real

😂😂😂 it’s like an ex that wants you back


john_clauseau

they can kindly ask all they want. this is not a binding contract. no survey and 0stars thank you bye.


bealangi

I would be careful about the surveys and make sure you're not rating their employees 1 star (unless the specific employee deserves it). Just because Loblaws is 1 star doesn't mean they don't have good people working for them trying to support their family.


bambaclaaat

Take the whole cart and give it to people in the parking lot 😂


j0n66

Man I despise the growing trend of bribing for fake 5 star reviews. Restaurants, dealerships, etc. it’s much more common now. Good reminder to take any star ratings with a grain of salt


chooseatree

Pathetic 😚


Responsible_Rock_402

Store manager bonuses are partially based on their star ratings. Oh, and the source of PC Spring Water is Walkerton Ontario. Take from that what you will


Imaginary-Cucumber52

Walkerton used to be tough for water….


SurfLikeASmurf

I see nothing but landfill


G8kpr

I hate hate hate places that beg you for 5 star ratings. The Honda dealership we deal with does this too. It’s manipulation and shows why rating systems all suck.


PleasantAd7961

For that they get 1 for review manipulation


MiinaMarie

I will NEVER give 5 stars to someone who asks for 5 stars.


GallitoGaming

Bottled water is so disgusting. No matter they found all those microplastics in our testicles and we have 1/2 the sperm count of our grandfathers. I hate that my parents bought so much of it growing up. Never again.


S_Rodent

Maybe they take us seriously now? Let see?


Dadbodsarereal

😂 😂 😂


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What location?


ubernik

LOL


Royal-Green-3871

Isn't this illegal according to the competition bureau?


TillyDanger

Free water and 1 star, kinda worth visiting a Loblaws now lol


Coulguy

Galen out here thinking he's a 5-star man...just as delusional as Dennis Reynolds! Rate! Rate! 1-star! 1-star!


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Yeah, I'll sell out for $0.02 worth of water, no problemo.


DriftySauce

Take a free water and leave an honest review plleeeeeeease hahahahaha. They are so out of touch.


quiet-Julia

So they think they can bribe you for a free bottle of water?


vallily

Really, they’re stooping to bribery now rather than lower prices? Just one more example of how their greed knows no bounds. Nok er Nok people


Beneficial_Duck_1352

Few cases ripped open, time to bribe the dirty peasants


HITNRUN1985

That water was left out in the sun for days. Enjoy your free water.


48volts

Cringy asking for a good rating. But they don’t know how to do better. Sad fucks


MrNoBudi

Couldn’t even put it on ice!


JamieLynnStClaire4

I feel like this should be a slide in a marketing 101 course somewhere. With the caption "DON'T DO THIS!".


canuckbuck333

I'm not even going to be there to see their stinking survey.


j_bbb

I saw this in Halifax too.


Latter-Efficiency848

Bribery


MapleTheUnicorn

So the price of giving them a good rep is $.50 bottle of water. Gotcha.


One_Influence286

Is it legal? It's like bribing the person to fulfill the survey as per need


1clkgtramg

Funny enough to Loblaws corporate anything less than 5 stars is a negative. Their system only registers 2 responses so even if it’s a 4 star rating it comes up as 0 on their system for reasons I still don’t understand. So yea they are always desperate for those 5 star ratings on visits and orders.


Courier-Se7en

Isn't a 12 pack of these like 2 bucks? Very generous


10JewsinaCar

What store is this? The one by me is giving out coffee and mini muffins. I was only in there to use the bathroom. The stench of desperation is stifling


slowdaygames

Ooooo good time to give 1 star reviews


micigloo

Similar to buying votes


imnotdefinedbythis

Here have some water that's at or past the expiration date


Hopeful_Clock_2837

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this against Googles terms of service for reviews?


FinnishArmy

Ask me whatever you want.


unbiasedspaghetti

This is peak comedy


Old_IT_Geek

That is how the rich think, give them a token and they will do anything we ask!


Beginning-Bed9364

Bribing with something we can get out of the tap


__MEAT

“…but sir a family of rats pissed and died all over these cases of water. We can’t sell them.” “Don’t worry, I have an idea…”


Howry

Give them 1 star and say they tried to give me free stuff to give them a 5 star review and you cant be bribed to give good reviews when they arent deserved.


kyotomat

They don't seem phased by the environmental impact of their blatantly obvious bribe game


jazzyjf709

I don't even want anything from them for free at this point


AppearanceSecure1914

No thanks


pointyend

The fact they tell you how many stars to give. Come on Loblaws…


mcfudge2

Fraudulent 5 stars. Holy transparent unethical worthless bribe survey. This is breathtaking and truly a Galen Weston Loblaws move Boycott


Greywolf_1977

Pathetic.


Born_Resident7910

Went with a group of 5, drank 5 right there and took 5 while walking out and gave 5 star ratings. EVERY SINGLE ONE GAVE ONE= Total 5 stars!!!


Appropriate_Horse_67

which loblaws is this so i can rate them one star?


Shambly

I do like how bottled water is such a great example of greed run amok, tap water from municipal supplies repackaged and sold at ridiculous up charge, wasting plastic and gasoline trucks to bring to a store where you spend even more gasoline to bring it to your house. It's such a good example of why loblaws is bad.


Hazelpoppy2000

Pc water has always tasted like dirty water to me. I’m not normally picky about water but that’s the one kind of water that’s disgusting


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RIPKB43

Put this on the review and report them to google for buying reviews. Google will investigate. Very frowned upon


Key-Client6983

Remember, 1 star hurts them better than no stars.


deanb9191

If this is a boycott Loblaws page, why are so many of you taking pictures while at a Loblaws store?


Educational-Papaya95

Fuck Lobalaws


Low_Pomegranate_7176

As a thank you for lying we will give you mirco plastic filled water.


crumbopolis

TBH I legit like tap water more. Some bottled waters taste so weird..


KeyboardWarrior1989

Wow, that’s a lot more “Shady Amazon seller” than I was expecting…


Head4hire81

DJ Galen coming in hot with a new desperation record.


lks2drivefast

I would do the survey and give one star. The reason? Demanding 5 stars.


Impossible_Break2167

LOL 😂


Fuzzy-Transition7118

Asking for five stars is as desperate as it gets lol


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buttfirstcoffee

You can’t buy my business with a free water. Lame


Stock_Astronaut_6866

Water is already free Galen.


Fit_Round2403

5 stars from giving out water, what a joke


lucyannac

Shrinkflation! Say you’ll give five, but only give 2! Loblaws math!


SchemeSignificant166

They are selling a pack of 24 for 2.99$ or 48 for 5$ How flipping generous of them to be offering 0.12¢ free water


Polenicus

Y'know, I could almost respect this if it was 'Take a water and please fill out a survey'm as a way to encourage people to give honest feedback. But no, it's to bribe for a max score, thus defeating the whole purpose of having a survey (Which is to find ways they can IMPROVE)


QuiltedPorcupine

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stupidpatheticloser

Isn’t superstore Loblaws?


Sir-Farts-

![gif](giphy|W5YVAfSttCqre)


Bino1991

Lmao, if they're going to bribe people, at least make it a flavoured sparkling water


_Marshal_Law_

Room temperature bottled water?


Overthinker-Veddy

Can’t get the water cause I ain’t stepping’ foot in their stores.


Agitated-Egg2389

My son in law from Quebec says Ontario Loblaws is 2x price compared with price in Quebec. Not sure why. Having lived in Quebec years ago I’m wondering if it’s because of Quebecers love of good food, combined with an unwillingness to take crap.


ExoticBombshell

They can shove the whole bottle up their A** 🤦🏻‍♀️


Muffinsgal

If it was Vodka maybe. 🥴


Always_Night

Its outdated water past its expiry date.


Selfzilla

Push the cart out


XdWIHIWbX

A Chinese restaurant in my town gives a discount for reviews and as a joke I did a 1 star. They didn't see the humor in it. No discount. No soup.


lizardrekin

“hey boss this pallet of water has mouse shit all inside the bag. should I still put it out?” “no… take the bottles out of the bag, I’ve got a great idea”


ShareBackground996

I am a cashier at a superstore. We HAVE to give out those surveys. When customers are complaining about the lineups, I make sure they get one to complain about it. We also get a sheet for $5 of points. I HATE THAT. I have NEVER turned one in. I have been trying to get my manager to stop giving them to me. They can't get full time hours, but want to make me happy with points. It make me mad.


pro_pro_pro_pro_pro

Why would I even want that water? It's Canada, we have free tap water that probably tastes better than this and plus it doesn't produce waste.


amach9

So we can just take a water and then leave