John Lewis social media joke gets mixed reception from customers

John Lewis & Partners has taken to Twitter to jokingly address rumours that Prime Minister Boris Johnson isn’t a fan of its furniture.

In case you missed it, it has been alleged that Johnson accepted a loan from Conservative Party HQ to renovate his Downing Street flat, without properly declaring it as a gift.

All very juicy, but it’s another part of the story that has many Brits frothing at the mouth.

According to a Tatler report, Johnson and his other half Carrie Symonds were transforming the aforementioned gaff from “former PM Theresa May’s John Lewis furniture nightmare into a high society haven”.

This led the John Lewis & Partners social media team to put out the following tweet.

Phew, the John Lewis social team have just finished an all day brainstorming session to find ways for people to talk about us on Twitter..... Have we missed anything? 👀
— John Lewis & Partners (@JohnLewisRetail) April 27, 2021

Alas, not everyone got the joke, with some people unhappy at the thought of John Lewis shelling out for social brainstorming sessions whilst at the same time closing stores due to a boom in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amazing there’s money to spend on staff chatting about social media, but haven’t got the money to employ staff in stores selling goods which would then make more profits… Or spend millions on store refurbishments and then close the stores.
— Geraldine (@GerryNich54) April 27, 2021

Just me still wondering why you'd blow £21m on refurbishing your Peterborough store during a Pandemic and then deciding to close it permanently anyway?
— Skip Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🌹 (@Skiphogan) April 27, 2021

I find it hard to forgive you for closing your brand new store in Grand Central. I see greed, incompetence and a lack of social responsibility in the board room.
— Peter Hepworth (@hepolytes) April 28, 2021

Ah well, we thought it was funny…

Waitrose

Yesterday, we reported that Waitrose, part of the John Lewis Partnership along with John Lewis & Partners, was expanding its Deliveroo service to 110 new stores with up to 400 new roles created by the roll-out.

That will take the number of its locations on Deliveroo to 150 in total by the end of the summer.

Customers will be able to order from an increased range of between 750 to 1,000 products and have it delivered in as little as 20 minutes from Waitrose stores in Scotland, the North West, North East, Midlands, South West, South East and London.

Further details here.