Numpties at checkouts

molerat

good_advice wrote: »

I hope I am not in front of any of you at the checkout then!

I would not have my purse out ready to pay before I self pack my own shopping bags. Putting my purse down would lead to an opportunity of theft!

I do get my Tesco points card and coupons out while waiting in the que.
Say hello to check out person and say thank you after paying.

I often have x5 bags to pack.
I shop once a week for the family shop.

That is what Tesco scan-as-you-shop was invented for. See the prices, see the offers, know how much the bill is as you go, club card already linked, packed into the correct bags and little chance of being held up in a queue - I would hate doing a full shop at a normal checkout now.

vuvuzela

Paully232000 wrote: »

thats why online shopping was invented

Bit of overkill and not entirely convenient when I'm just getting a bottle of Coke

esuhl

Ha ha! You lot would hate me, then! What drives me crazy is the way that supermarkets don't just sell stuff at a fixed price... They give you armfuls of vouchers. I pull out wads of them at the checkouts and have to check each one to see if it's still valid and if I've bought the relevant products.

Quite often, if I have, say a £5 off £50 voucher, I'll pick up what I want, but at the checkout, if I have spent around £40, I make everyone wait while I go back and get a few extra items so I can get the savings.

It's probably annoying to have to wait for me, but then, it's very annoying to have handfuls of vouchers and be forced to go back round the shop a second time, just so I can jump through the stupid hoops and use the vouchers.

The shops could put an end to it all by scrapping vouchers and pricing goods fairly. But until then, you're all going to have to wait for me at the tills. Oh well.

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vuvuzela wrote: »

...Why do people not have a bit of common sense and get their money ready *before* getting to the cashier ? ...

If I take out my purse I then have to hold it in my hand as most womens' clothes do not have pockets. This means I am now one handed.

So I may have the money ready to pay, but it will take twice as long to put everything on the belt and twice as long to pack one handed than it would to just get out my purse at the end.

meer53

Aldi and Lidl have it right. Chuck it in the trolley and pack it yourself away from the checkout.

KatieDee

Azari wrote: »

Weird, isn't it?

The very worst person to have in front of you is someone who stands doing nothing whilst the checkout operator is scanning her articles, then, once that's all done, starts packing her items into a dozen different bags according to some complex and time consuming algorithm.

Oh my goodness, this is me exactly!! Although I try and pack as quickly as possible while the items are being scanned.

I'm sorry :-(

pollypenny

Yes, pack as quickly as possible, then get your purse out to pay.

I'm not risking a nicked purse to save someone half a minute!

Tigsteroonie

molerat wrote: »

That is what Tesco scan-as-you-shop was invented for. See the prices, see the offers, know how much the bill is as you go, club card already linked, packed into the correct bags and little chance of being held up in a queue - I would hate doing a full shop at a normal checkout now.

Shame it's not offered at our Tesco Extra

geerex

esuhl wrote: »

Ha ha! You lot would hate me, then! What drives me crazy is the way that supermarkets don't just sell stuff at a fixed price... They give you armfuls of vouchers. I pull out wads of them at the checkouts and have to check each one to see if it's still valid and if I've bought the relevant products.

Quite often, if I have, say a £5 off £50 voucher, I'll pick up what I want, but at the checkout, if I have spent around £40, I make everyone wait while I go back and get a few extra items so I can get the savings.

It's probably annoying to have to wait for me, but then, it's very annoying to have handfuls of vouchers and be forced to go back round the shop a second time, just so I can jump through the stupid hoops and use the vouchers.

The shops could put an end to it all by scrapping vouchers and pricing goods fairly. But until then, you're all going to have to wait for me at the tills. Oh well.

If only people came equipped with a personal calculator. It could be stored in the cranium and used for simple mathematics.
That would be so useful.

somethingcorporate

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

They have packers at our local supermarkets so you're just mostly just hanging around like a spare part while your stuff is being packed anyway. That's when you can root for your purse.

Unfortunately, the packer quality varies. There's a particular old lady in one supermarket that my husband likes so he's always walking up and down the tills looking for her so he can use that checkout. Even if there's a queue for her, he likes her packing so much that he's happy to wait.

Another packer has more boils and sores than Ploppy the Slopper. We try to avoid him but sometimes they switch packers at the last minute and Ploppy takes that place.

They also employ people with mental disabilities and it's just potluck then what goes in what bag, what gets squashed and and how overloaded and stretched the bags are. Sometimes you find yourself trying to discreetly grab things that you don't want crushed and broken. It's a great service though.

Sounds it :rotfl: