B & Q - self service checkouts

UK2010

vyle wrote: »

People are always moaning about checkout staff, then when they get rid of them, they moan even more.

Cos there's no pleasing some people!

UK2010

dreamypuma wrote: »

We don't have may cobblers, smithies or coopers anymore either. Move with the times or become extinct.

If people want to work they will find work.

If people could get paid for complaining and make a living out of it some of the people on here would be loaded!!!

Edit - Truthman007!

CRANKY40

I love our B&Q self service. I actually paid for a tin of paint in less than 5 minutes last week, instead of standing in the 30 minute long queue behind someone trying to pay for lots of little bits of wood with no barcodes on.

jb66

The voice of the b & q till is like nails on a blackboard

olly300

dreamypuma wrote: »

I use self service tills at Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. Rarely have an issue with them.

I think they are a great idea, and save lots of time for smaller single basket shops.

I have an issue with every one of those stores simply as they are unable to cope with people who have their own bags whether they be reusable plastic ones or rucksacks.


The only store I don't have a problem with self-service tills is boots. There tills realise that people don't always want a bag.

So much for supermarket Green credentials.

Mankysteve

Paul_Varjak wrote: »

Personally, I would never use self-service checkout anywhere; I simply don't like being spied on my staff who are on the lookout for criminals!

They should be watching you as go though a normally checkout anyway. If they don't like that then you'd never leave shop anywhjere

Helix

olly300 wrote: »

I have an issue with every one of those stores simply as they are unable to cope with people who have their own bags whether they be reusable plastic ones or rucksacks.


The only store I don't have a problem with self-service tills is boots. There tills realise that people don't always want a bag.

So much for supermarket Green credentials.

You can't have tried recently as all those supermarkets now have the ability to use your own bag at the self service tills. You normally need to tell it you are using your own bag using the option on screen then it works fine.

Pitlanepiglet

frannyann wrote: »

'Unexpected item in the bagging area'

HOW!!! Its shopping, I've scanned it, I put in the freaking bag, HOW is it f***ing 'unexpected'!!!


I really don't like self scan, can you tell??

LOL, are you me? I had that "conversation" with the SS till at Asda at lunchtime :rotfl:

ellay864

Helix wrote: »

You can't have tried recently as all those supermarkets now have the ability to use your own bag at the self service tills. You normally need to tell it you are using your own bag using the option on screen then it works fine.

The Asda I use has always had the facility to account for your own bags but Tesco didn't and it bugged me as I ALWAYS use my own bags. Then a month ago they had all their self-service tills re-fitted.....and they STILL don't have the 'own bag' option. I put my own bag there, let it ring the alarm and the assistant overrode it. She couldnt believe they'd gone through the refit without putting the facility in there but apparently there's no plans to change again...and Tesco are one of the keenest for rewarding green bag reuse!!

ellay864

frannyann wrote: »

'Unexpected item in the bagging area'

My OH helped his mum do some shopping the other week and they used the self service till...as he leant over to pass some money to her he fell, put his arm out to break his fall and landed on the bagging area...guess what the machine yelled at him :rotfl: