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The end of scab tills

Chz said:
That's the whole "consistent user interface" thing someone elae has said. I tend to avoid Sainsburys since they brought in "scan your receipt to exit, you thief" so I can only say the old Lidl ones used to need a button pushed before starting to throw a bag on the sensor and the new ones just say Have At It and merrily go on their way once you plop your bags on. There does seem to be a limit to how heavy your bags can be. It's fine when I've got my prescriptions already in the bag, but balked when I tried to be more efficient by putting my sholley on the scale. (this annoyed the checkout fuhrer to no end)
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I always enjoy the bit about following other people through the exit in Sainsbury's
 
Chz said:
That's the whole "consistent user interface" thing someone elae has said. I tend to avoid Sainsburys since they brought in "scan your receipt to exit, you thief" so I can only say the old Lidl ones used to need a button pushed before starting to throw a bag on the sensor and the new ones just say Have At It and merrily go on their way once you plop your bags on. There does seem to be a limit to how heavy your bags can be. It's fine when I've got my prescriptions already in the bag, but balked when I tried to be more efficient by putting my sholley on the scale. (this annoyed the checkout fuhrer to no end)
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Glad to see the condescending attitude to those of us that do this job is even very apparent on U75...have to say i've been quite suprised that even here people appear to be ignorant of how supermarkets work...disappointing how much some posters seem to take great delight in making our jobs even harder :rolleyes:
 
mentalchik said:
Glad to see the condescending attitude to those of us that do this job is even very apparent on U75...have to say i've been quite suprised that even here people appear to be ignorant of how supermarkets work...disappointing how much some posters seem to take great delight in making our jobs even harder :rolleyes:
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I don't want to make your job harder. I just wanted to see if I could dump my food directly into the sholley and get out faster. It doesn't work, there's a limit to how heavy your "bags" can be. No problem, won't try it again. My local checkout supervisor can be quite shouty and deserves the moniker. If you thought it applied to you, then I apologise unreservedly for writing it that way. Though it does not change my opinion of Shouty Man. (And TBF, most of his victims deserve it. Like what the fuck are the public actually think... well they're not thinking)
 
Orang Utan said:
I hate them sometimes too. Especially those who’d rather queue up and bother me at my desk and distract me from what I’m doing, when they can scan the books out themselves. Returning them is even easier. But when you ask them to use the machines, they get all smug and hoity toity with you, saying they’d rather have a conversation. What about me? I don’t want to have a dull conversation, I’m busy with other stuff and haven’t got time for your small talk. Use the fucking machine you smug determinedly-ignorant dolt, and stop acting like you’re doing me a favour by giving me more work to do.

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Service with a scowl.
 
The local Sainsbury's has now removed the "scan to exit" barriers. On a couple of occasions when the barrier did not accept my receipt, I simply pushed through.

Reading the article that someone posted above, I realised that there has been a change in my behaviour. I did actively seek out the staffed checkouts rather than the self-service ones, but have stopped doing that, prompted by the lack of staffed tills. I realised that I do miss chatting to the check-out worker.
 
Lovely staff at my local library were happy to scan my books for me. They said they enjoy the interaction and I do too. I’m not lonely but I do live on my own and sometimes don’t have a face to face conversation for a few days in a row.

I also said hello to them when I entered.

The bigger libraries locally - Exeter in particular aren’t like this, they have more footfall I suppose so a different experience. I imagine the smaller libraries - my nearest one is about the size of a school classroom - always have two members of staff on at a time as single-crewing would be a health and safety risk. Sometimes the staff outnumber the punters!
 
kabbes said:
I see that there BBC are happy to peddle the PR line that self-checkout is quicker, despite this logically being complete nonsense. They make out that staffed tills are just about the chance to have a conversation.
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scan as you shop is far quicker , especially if you can actually follow instructions and pre-empt the obvious things that will require input booze / tagged items.

self checkout at the self checkout till is quicker for a lot of routine 'basket' shopping rather than fuyll on trolley shop
 
If I thought I could get my 40 items from my wheely basket into my two balanced IKEA totes any faster, I would go to a normal till ...but in Aldi it would take a crazy amount of bending down.
There's no way I'm going to start using a big trolley or the packing shelf
The mini trolley means I can't end up with more than I can carry
 
Elpenor said:
Lovely staff at my local library were happy to scan my books for me. They said they enjoy the interaction and I do too. I’m not lonely but I do live on my own and sometimes don’t have a face to face conversation for a few days in a row.

I also said hello to them when I entered.

The bigger libraries locally - Exeter in particular aren’t like this, they have more footfall I suppose so a different experience. I imagine the smaller libraries - my nearest one is about the size of a school classroom - always have two members of staff on at a time as single-crewing would be a health and safety risk. Sometimes the staff outnumber the punters!
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It's so we always have someone to chat to
 
I tried a normal till today in Aldi for the first time in years - largely due to one of the scabs being out of action and having bought a bottle of wine with a security tag ...
It worked out reasonably well - got a lot more exercise bending down to and from my small wheelie basket until it was empty enough to lift onto the conveyor and tip out ... and at the other end filling it back up ...

On the packing shelf I deployed four Ikea bags instead of the usual two - two for the veggies and soft stuff, two for the bottles jars and cans ...
On balance I might well do it again as I sometimes feel guilty paying with a card at the large scabs that cater for those using cash - and my shop must be the single largest one that ever goes through them...

Aldi is definitely a trip to the gym for me - with a 20-odd kilo hike 1/10 mile home.
Yesterday I walked a mile to the deli and another back home with a well-distributed 10 kilos...
 
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Was forced to use cash yesterday so opted for the conveyor.
The mis-weighing on the scab tills had been something of a pain anyway ...
The new four_Ikea_tote technique beneficial when I get home as the veggies are separate ready to go in the fridge.
Using a plastic wheely basket prevents me buying more than I can comfortably carry home...
Why do I never see another Ikea tote in use ?
I constantly have to witness people in very bad shape struggling with small bags...
 
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I noticed yesterday at my local Asda they used facial recognition on everyone when they enter, it's not just at the tills like some places anymore.
 
gentlegreen said:
Was forced to use cash yesterday so opted for the conveyor.
The mis-weighing on the scab tills had been something of a pain anyway ...
The new four_Ikea_tote technique beneficial when I get home as the veggies are separate ready to go in the fridge.
Using a plastic wheely basket prevents me buying more than I can comfortably carry home...
Why do I never see another Ikea tote in use ?
I constantly have to witness people in very bad shape struggling with small bags...
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All those blue bags I've had from Ikea have been the wrong shape. Often quite long and then when you pick them up, shopping piles towards the centre. The standard supermarket ones fit a decent amount in packed right, so I'd rather have a few of them
 
UnderOpenSky said:
All those blue bags I've had from Ikea have been the wrong shape. Often quite long and then when you pick them up, shopping piles towards the centre. The standard supermarket ones fit a decent amount in packed right, so I'd rather have a few of them
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The totes allow me to distribute 20 kilos between two SHOULDERS.
 
When I walk a mile home from the deli I tend to have about 3.5 kilos either side and 2 or 3 in the small rucksack I carry the 4 totes in .....
 
Last year I struggled home on the bus with a bag of cement in one Ikea tote.
The walk to and from the bus stop nearly killed me.
If I'd planned it better I would have taken a knife and builder's bags and split it into two in the car park.
 
gentlegreen said:
When I walk a mile home from the deli I tend to have about 3.5 kilos either side and 2 or 3 in the small rucksack I carry the 4 totes in .....
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Amateur :p

I can do half a mile and a steep hill to get home from the bus stop with a weekly shop plus 50kg of chicken feed, using a big rucksack + bags + foldable trolley. Managed to convince the bus driver to let me on with about 40 metres worth of timber cut down into <2m sections last week, which I carried back in a TKMaxx bag rather than going home for the trolley :D
 
I hardly ever go to Lidl but went this morning and remembered why it's sometimes ace. Three packets of premium coffee, cashew nuts, multi pack crisps, bog roll, smoked salmon and hummus all for less than 15 quid because the gaunt young lad on the tills had obviously been up all night and in no fit state to scan anything properly.
 
PTK said:
The local Sainsbury's has now removed the "scan to exit" barriers. On a couple of occasions when the barrier did not accept my receipt, I simply pushed through.
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The new Lidl in Wandsworth has scan your receipt barrier for everyone, not just self checkout and the big Sainsbury's in Wandsworth has ticket scan for self checkout.
 
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Oriole said:
The new Lidl in Wandsworth has scan your receipt barrier for everyone, not just self checkout and the big Sainsbury's in Wandsworth has ticket scan for self checkout.
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The local Sainsbury's has re-introduced "scan to exit" barriers on the automated tills. The staffed tills do not have them yet. There are also now entry gates inside the shop.
 
Only scab tills here afaik are the four in the big Tesco's in town. Definitely no receipt scanning gates.

I can think of more places that run an honesty system either by being unstaffed, or by writing your name and what you owe in a book - if they keep a record at all - and trusting you to settle up at some point.
 
iona said:
Only scab tills here afaik are the four in the big Tesco's in town. Definitely no receipt scanning gates.

I can think of more places that run an honesty system either by being unstaffed, or by writing your name and what you owe in a book - if they keep a record at all - and trusting you to settle up at some point.
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Where are these places that run an honesty system?
 
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