{"id":16635,"date":"2016-11-11T16:57:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T16:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=16635"},"modified":"2016-11-11T16:57:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T16:57:53","slug":"asda-card-machine-break-down-creates-twitter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/asda-card-machine-break-down-creates-twitter-storm","title":{"rendered":"Asda card machine breakdown creates twitter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asda customers were greeted with a card machine technical fault that took several hours for the store management to resolve prompting anger outbursts.<\/h2>\n

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Chaos at @asda<\/a>@AsdaServiceTeam<\/a> South Shields as tills and card payments stop working. I have cash but still waiting ages! #sortitout<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/4TzzDDYRqx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Hines (@Tim_Hines) 30 October 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nCard payment machines in Asda superstores across UK broke down recently, leading to a buzz on twitter over the issue.
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\nFrustrated, stranded clients turned to social media platform twitter, to express their anger as they waited in long queues to pay cash for their purchase.
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\nGordon Carr\u00a0@CarrsyToon<\/a> wrote: \u201cThanks very much\u00a0@asda<\/a>\u00a0I have lost my ‘extra’ hour today waiting at Boldon store as tills stopped working! 45 minutes with no explanation.\u201d
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\nNatalie Jones @pureangel40, painted a picture of what was going on saying: \u00a0<\/a> \u201cEvery card reader in every\u00a0@asda<\/a>\u00a0store is down, people are scrambling to the cash machines to pay for their shopping\u201d.
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Lee Bradley<\/span> @SpireiteBear<\/span><\/a>\u00a0twitted: “It was like the world was ending in @<\/span>asda<\/span><\/a>. Card machines weren’t working so there were massive queues, trolleys & baskets dumped everywhere.”<\/div>\n
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\nTo prevent further outburst from angry clients waiting in long queues, Asda put a notice in the stores informing clients that they were only dealing with cash transactions.
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Shopping is bad enough without this greeting as you arrive @Asda<\/a> Complete chaos ? #AsdaGate<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ACezE9Un4W<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elaine Giles (@ElaineGiles) 30 October 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By 1.42pm, the crisis that started early morning, had not yet been resolved, prompting more angry tweets.
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\nJim Bentley tweeted: “@asda no backup, no redundancy system. We’re just stood here like cattle waiting for your systems to start working again. On Sunday.”
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