Preparedness for when

Butterfly_Brain

I have just been into our local Asda and they have converted half of their checkouts to self service, so how many jobs are they getting rid of nationwide? :mad: Sainsbury's are doing the same, It makes me so angry that people are being done out of a job :mad:

[Deleted User]

I hate self service tills, I always opt for a person if available, I watch the self service users, brave souls, struggling with the perishing machines and always having to call for an assistant because it's having a hissy fit about the baggage area, not for me thanks, I'll stop using SMs altogether if they go fully automated!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

RAS

Another refusnik here. If they insist I use the self service, I dump the goods and walk out.

the_cake

Me too! I hate that woman with the posh voice who says "unexpected item in the bagging area" .... she sounds so put out.

westcoastscot

Thanks for the thoughts about carpet sweepers - I shall ponder them. We had laminate with rugs when I moved in but its so flipping cold here that carpets are much cosier - I have three layers in the sitting room!

Self service tills haven't made it to us yet, but i've seen them in the city - they don't appear to work very well just from people watching whilst i'm in the queue.

[Deleted User]

I don't mind using the ss tills at my local ASDA, because there's a gorgeous lady, who works on the ss tills.

I always get something (eg. a bag of spuds) that will give the tills a hissy fit, so she'll come over and sort it out for me.

bluebag

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I don't mind using the ss tills at my local ASDA, because there's a gorgeous lady, who works on the ss tills.

I always get something (eg. a bag of spuds) that will give the tills a hissy fit, so she'll come over and sort it out for me.

Are you doing the till hissy fit thing on purpose?? Bad OS'er

[Deleted User]

bluebag wrote: »

Are you doing the till hissy fit thing on purpose??

As if I would.

ginnyknit

I also have the cushion floor option here and had a big rug in the middle of the room but it wore out. I wandered the shops, shocked at the prices of rugs and bought an off cut of cheap carpet and did the old fashioned way with a border of cushion floor. It means the walkyway bit can be mopped and the rest hoovered. I decided it was bound to come back in fashion eventually but I could say I was first

Glad theres someone who gets a benefit out of the ss tills Bob :rotfl: I also refuse and tried to explain to the staff the were being cheated out of jobs - that was a waste of breath :mad: Our local Tosco's only has ss on after 8pm so I avoid the place then. Its not just the sly way they use them to get rid of staff but the fact that the damn things get me so stressed - I will not be told what to do by a headless voice, especially a stupid one :mad: I am perfectly capable of working pc's computerised tills and the like but those flipping scanners have no earthly purpose - pet hate rant

Mar you are right, our striving for a simpler life will become a necessity. I have already disposed of un-necessary fiction type books on my shelves )all from cs really) and only keep books I cannot live without or helpful books. I may well use up that empty folder and make myself a hardcopy of recipes, hints and 'how too's'.

babyshoes

the_cake wrote: »

Me too! I hate that woman with the posh voice who says "unexpected item in the bagging area" .... she sounds so put out.

Did you know you can turn the volume down or off on most tills? Look for a 'speaker' icon and press it.

Does mean that if the till has a hissy fit, an attendant who is not paying much attention won't notice until you catch their eye...