People (self service)

shammyjack

The best way to sort out SS tills is for everyone to refuse to use them, Lets get back to good old customer service with most tills fully manned by operatives who know what they are doing and can use common sense when problems arise !



shammy

hippyadam

vikingaero wrote: »

Easiest way to sort out the SS tills would be to charge more.

F'rinstance: Tesco's 10 items max. 11th item goes through at normal price, 12th item at normal price, 13th item and the balance increases 25%, 14th item and the balance increases by 50% and so on.

I think when they have a £1,000 bill for a £50 shop the thickos might take notice and think of others rather than expecting the world to revolve around them.

See that would work, but lacks the amusing value of unexpected electric shocks and priests sporting machine guns!

Louisdf

vikingaero wrote: »

Easiest way to sort out the SS tills would be to charge more.

F'rinstance: Tesco's 10 items max. 11th item goes through at normal price, 12th item at normal price, 13th item and the balance increases 25%, 14th item and the balance increases by 50% and so on.

I think when they have a £1,000 bill for a £50 shop the thickos might take notice and think of others rather than expecting the world to revolve around them.

That wouldn't work as you could just do seperate transactions after the 10th item.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

All they need is for the attendants to tell them that they cannot use the tills.

WhiteHorse

Self service tills should require the insertion of an IQ card. Those without the requisite number of points are automatically incinerated.

Kite2010

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

All they need is for the attendants to tell them that they cannot use the tills.

The attendants are too busy dealing with the person whom decides to put though lots of wine/spirits/clothes with all security tags on.

Personally I have a rule, if it has a security tag on it, I use the 'normal' tills, as it's quicker for the assistant to remove the tag (normally) than it is to call the SS attendant over to take the product away to be de-tagged.

ViolaLass

The self-service tills I encountered in Rome were even creepier as they would announce the price of each item I scanned (a la robots in iRobot). I have no issue with people knowing what I've spent but imagine six tills doing it continuously!

We have it lucky.

WhiteHorse

ViolaLass wrote: »

The self-service tills I encountered in Rome were even creepier as they would announce the price of each item I scanned ...

Oh no ... that'll be the next development.

(electronic voice, loudly)

"Very cheap product ... are you sure you want this? ... don't you love your kids? ... you should be ashamed ... change and upgrade? ... excellent choice Sir ... Thank You for shopping at High Pressure Supermarkets"

Helix

ViolaLass wrote: »

The self-service tills I encountered in Rome were even creepier as they would announce the price of each item I scanned (a la robots in iRobot). I have no issue with people knowing what I've spent but imagine six tills doing it continuously!

We have it lucky.

That's how the ASDA ones started off, they used to announce the price of each item you scanned. Then people complained and they turned the feature off.

vikingaero

Helix wrote: »

That's how the ASDA ones started off, they used to announce the price of each item you scanned. Then people complained and they turned the feature off.

I'd like my self service to tills to not only announce the price of the product but the item I'm buying and maybe a smutty innuendo quip to cheer me up:

"Durex 12 pack, £2.99, a bargain, looks like someones going to be busy this weekend..."

"KY Jelly, £2.99, oooh matron!"