SPAR Derwent

5 star shop, cheap, noteworthy product selection, tasty clean coffee machine, always working ATM, staff super helpful and kind, milkshake van outside is awesome super delicious and cheap, stayed in Keswick for around 6 months and one of my favourite shops, they don't mind me leaving an ebike out the front to go in so it's under the CCTV and covered out the rain, super store to go to out of the selection of premiers and central stores THUMBS UP TO THE STAFF :)

Absolutely shocking service, the lady withheld the toilet roll from me for the toilet, she was extremely rude asked if I was a customer when I pointed to my fella at the till, thats when I was given me two pieces of toilet roll had to practically beg for the toilet roll 😤

The first time I went here they were fantastic, so they get an extra star for that. I bought loads of stuff from them. But the second time, a middle aged lady with shoulder length red hair, who was acting like some sort of manager while shelf stacking, told me that putting my electric bike battery on charge, would cause a spark at the fuse box, and blow up the entire petrol station. This is VERY concerning, because even if my battery wasn't a safety tested Bosch, the fact that there's enough petrol vapours in the air by the fuse box, enough to cause the Fuel Air Bomb effect, shows that this petrol station has a SERIOUS safety breach. Safety inspectors should go out there at once!!! So I acted concerned, to show empathy to her for having to work under such dangerous conditions. She also prefaced her comment with 'this isn't a power station.' Which was strange, because it was kinda obvious it wasn't a power station, and was in no way the point. The most likely place to find standard 3 pin plugs is actually not in a power station... and as a petrol station, you'd think it would be the first place someone would look for a charge. I mean... electricity IS my petrol. But I didn't want to argue, so I just let her snappy comments go. Anyway, she also told me that my bicycle being parked on the pavement outside the shop, could hamper a disabled person from accessing the petrol after they've exited their vehicle. Not quite sure why, as if they were able bodied enough to exit their vehicle and put their wheelchair out, they'd be able bodied enough to wheel it round the other way. Or, I'd certainly move my bike for them anyway. Still, to ensure maximum convenience for the disabled, as a disabled person myself, I AGREED to move it. Strangely, even though I'd already agreed with her, she continued mentioning how much I was inconveniencing the disabled. I mean, my disability isn't a hearing impairment. I'd enquired about the jobs there (there were 'staff wanted' signs up everywhere.) Its a pipe dream of mine, to be able to work in a public place and move somwhere with clean air. But I'm certainly not going to apply now. And I made a point of not buying ANYTHING the second visit. Its either extremely dangerous and everyone could blow up at any time, or it has a Karen working there who'd be aggressive to you all day until you quit.