Supermarket Self-Service Tills

[cchris2lou]

I love them , great to sneak in all the curry side dishes in the prepaid meal .

 

[Harryburgundy]

with my mp3 player playing, I can get my shopping done

Oh no....don't get me started. As a retailer I find it hard to comprehend the sheer rudeness of people who continue to play their mp3s through headphones...when they are in my shop.

I'm afraid I do end up shouting, red faced...

GOOD AFTERNOON>>>CAN I HELP YOU? whilst muttering to myself something about basic manners etc etc etc

Of course I'm sure you wouldn't do that in a small shop

Mmmm...I think I really am becoming the Basil Fawlty of retail managers....feck it...when I have my owm business I'll just tell them to feck off and come back when you have learnt some manners

 

[Steve Kish]

Try using one, failing and then a nice assistant comes over and shows you how to do it!

 

[Lysander]

I just pretend to pass things over the scanner and make a few beeping sounds without moving my lips.





Total grocery bill for last month was £2.63............

 

[Neil]

with my mp3 player playing, I can get my shopping done

Oh no....don't get me started. As a retailer I find it hard to comprehend the sheer rudeness of people who continue to play their mp3s through headphones...when they are in my shop.

I'm afraid I do end up shouting, red faced...

GOOD AFTERNOON>>>CAN I HELP YOU? whilst muttering to myself something about basic manners etc etc etc

Of course I'm sure you wouldn't do that in a small shop

Mmmm...I think I really am becoming the Basil Fawlty of retail managers....feck it...when I have my owm business I'll just tell them to feck off and come back when you have learnt some manners

You're right, I probably wouldn't do it in a small shop ;-)

Shopping in a supermarket is different, though - it's not the personal touch, so why should I care? They're big, faceless corporations.

 

[highlandsflyer]

I feel a Tolpuddle demonstration welling up inside of me

Alka Seltzer is available over the counter.

 

[FMJ]

But... there's always one, ain't there... the self-service checkouts make it easy for me to be a complete anti-social ba$tard, with my mp3 player playing, I can get my shopping done, and not have to converse with any other person.

Misanthropy is the new black.

Make that two. Went to Wally World to pick up some DVD cases and to the supermarket today. Had the phone streaming music to my BT earphones at both establishments. Don't worry. If I have a problem with the (lack of) service, I'll turn the music off and start yelling at you.

 

[lewis1641]

I hate them. Just call me ned ludd.

 

[stedlocks]

All I know is that a small 'olive' pot of sunblush goes through as 26p worth of onions......

Say no more ;0)

 

[jimihendrix]

All I know is that a small 'olive' pot of sunblush goes through as 26p worth of onions......

Say no more ;0)

And in one B&Q a £180 shower stall scanned as a £57 pack of hardwood flooring

I still hate them though and refuse to use them, (i had no choice in the above instance as they had no checkouts manned/womaned at all), fully agree with Harry, part of the shopping experience is taking the stuff to a checkout putting it on a conveyor belt then paying for it, the stuff is'nt any cheaper if you scan it yourself :roll: , the self scanning checouts have replaced the express/baskets only/10 items or less checkouts at Morrissons, i normaly only have a basket so have to stand in a friggin que behind heaped up trolleys to avoid using them :x