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expret.org Former Pret A Manger Staff Speaks Out

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Various Pret A Manger issues from Ex staff www.expret.org having survived systemic workplace bullying during bereavement. Subjects are staff issues, emotional labour under strict mystery shopper visits, labelling issues, customer fatalities, under-staffing, non-fresh food etc. DISCLAIMER:This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or applicability of the content.

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Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

Nothing About Nothing 02.07.2024

Raw, uncut, interrupted audio about nothing. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠ expret.org ⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no represent...

To all the lovely Christian friends 22.06.2024

To all the Christians who still feel tolecture me. A short audio version of my "open letter" to Christians. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠ expret.org ⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests...

Turning Wine into Water 21.03.2024

... but AA isn't helping (yet?). The YouTube episode I mentioned: What Alcoholics Anonymous Doesn't Get Right . For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠ expret.org ⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and gue...

Open Letter to a Mental Health Facility 21.03.2024

Text version: https://expret.org/2024/02/16/open-letter-to-a-mental-health-facility . Please also scroll down to my 3-part episodes on "Bullying" in Pret. Please also look for the 3-part miniseries "Sticks & Stones" on YouTube, regarding systemic workplace bullying and how subtle as well as open it often is. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠ expret.org ⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, p...

Bereavement - Do's & Don'ts (NOT!) 17.03.2024

This is a spontaneous episode on "how to" support or deal with bereavement that unfortunately went into almost an hour, but I just wanted to share this from my gutt. For anything Pret A Manger related, please see expret.org and/or scroll down in this podcast. Also, my blog & podcast is not funded, I fully fund my blog. If you like to donate to support a little, please scroll down to the bottom...

Irresponsible SAMARITANS Ads #SmallTalkSavesLives 02.03.2024

I converted my blog post " Small Talk Saves Lives? - Dangerous Samaritans Ads " into "AI" audio. Apologies for the crackling in the background. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠expret.org⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed...

Bad Press for Bad Pret 25.02.2024

A small collection of recent press reports on Pret A Manger's price hikes and other scandals. Apologies for the sudden cut-off at the end. Text version: https://expret.org/2024/02/24/bad-press-for-pret For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠expret.org⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for info...

Open Letter to Tristan Tate, Brother of Andrew Tate (former Pret A Manger Barista) 21.02.2024

Tristan Tate and his brother Andrew Tate are known misogynists and brag about how they abuse women and made millions. He had the audacity to slide into my DMs and give me advise or tell me what to do with my Pret A Manger writings. I usually don't call people out who DM me in private, but this piece of work needs to be called out and I don't care what it does to me. I have NO tolerance for those w...

The Shopping List 21.02.2024

How I had to learn about my brother's death AND cremation,and how this has destroyed my relationship to emailing. This is "AI" text to speech conversion. Text version: https://expret.org/2023/10/28/the-shopping-list For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and...

L I f E in the UK - A Mentality 09.09.2023

L I f E in the UK. I love the UK and in particular London. I consider myself a "Londoner", but there's one thing I will never get used to. For anything regarding Pret A Manger, please visit expret.org as well as my YouTube playlist , and scroll through this podcast. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Alcohol is the Paramedic in Emergency 27.08.2023

Please not the title I use is a direct translation from the German song "Alkohol (ist ein Sanitäter in der Not) by German singer Herbert Grönemeyer. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes on...

Sinéad O'Connor - One Of A Kind 31.07.2023

My thoughts on the devastating death of Sinéad O'Connor. The song at the end is from a video I did at Sinéad's concert in 2015. I am devastated, even if not surprised, but so heartbroken. RIP one of a kind. 💔 No copyright infringement intended. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for li...

Pret Quietly Change Packaging Slogan 15.07.2023

The blog post version is: https://expret.org/2023/07/13/pret-a-manger-quietly-change-their-slogans Sorry, for the poor audio conversion from the text, Anchor.fm stopped collaborating with WordPress since Spotify took over Anchor. With WordPress I ws able to choose female or male voice, with an online program I had no choice. But I still want to have this has an audio version for people with sight...

Systems 2 (When 20p Breaks The Bank) 13.02.2023

In this episode, I call "Systems 2" after the first episode further below on Systems, I just speak about personal things and a speific frustration I have with organisations, especially charities. I speak about how "small" thing derail me now, whereas before I either didn't notice, or shrugged it off. And now I upset people when I still continue to drink and get paranoid. This is not an excuse, I j...

Dear "Professionals", Please Remain Professional, don't come through the back-door 14.01.2023

This episode is after an experience in a Zoom bereavement group which is a great group, but a group more for the facilitators than us all in the group. This is also somewhat my experience with the mental health system and Pret A Manger's abusive conduct via Lila Tighilt Warren (please scroll down to the Lila episode).  For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ For links to...

The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger 09.12.2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2019/11/21/enforced-happiness-of-pret   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the ho...

Truth Behind the Pret A Manger Smile 26.09.2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://expret.org/2019/06/19/truth-behind-pret-a-manger-smile 

Pret A Manger - The Pleasure of Exploitation 13.09.2022

For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties rega...

Part 04 Pret Labelling Issues - Celia Marsh Inquest 07.09.2022

As a former Pret A Manger staff I want to continue giving insights into the chaos and inconsistencies in Pret.  In light of the new inquest into the 2. Pret customer who died from a Pret product, I want to add something important that I forgot to mention in the previous 3 Parts of mislabelling issues in Pret. New inquest started in Bath on 05. September 2022 and is estimated to last for 3 weeks. T...

Julian Metcalfe Case Study & How I chased him off Twitter 31.08.2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of t...

Lose, Loss, Lost … 05.08.2022

I made a mistake in the original blog post that the audio conversion copied. I saw my friend last in 2013 not 2007. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/08/05/lose-loss-lost   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This p...

Friendships and Sabotage 21.07.2022

For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warrant...

Pret A Manger CEO Pano Christou's 2021 payrise AND £4.2million bonus after cutting staff pay 15.07.2022

Pret A Manger CEO Pano Christou's 2021 payrise AND £4.2million bonus after cutting staff pay.  In this Anchor podcast a few weeks ago I already spoke about Christou's £300K pay in 2020 and that there's a reason why he didn't tell how much he got paid in 2021 PLUS millions in bonus. Well, a journalist finally digged deeper and found that Christou received a payrise to £400K in 2021 AND £4.2million...

Questions to Lila Tighilt Warren - Pret A Manger 29.06.2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2020/06/09/questions-to-lila-tighilt-warren   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed a...

Life, Death, Balcony, Sun 28.06.2022

Just some thoughts from recent struggles. 

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