What Is It That People Don't Understand About The Arrows On Supermarket Floors ?

molerat

And even more so what is it that the home delivery pickers do not understand about them ? Is it really that difficult a concept ?

MovingForwards

If some people abandon their trolley in the middle of the aisle, when picking off a shelf, did you seriously expect arrows to be an easy concept to follow?

olgadapolga

I find that is annoying as well. I did ask a manager who I was walking past in Asda a few weeks back about it. He was really quite unpleasant and snapped, "We can't force people to follow the arrows!". Hmm, well, you probably could... I was asked to follow the arrows around the shop so that's what I did.

I've also found that the two-meter rule doesn't apply to shop workers for some reason. One barged past me earlier this week, so I can only conclude that they must have an invisible virus-proof coating.

Then there was the one who told me, as well as every other customer she saw, to get as much as possible during my shopping trip - encouraging panic-buying?

It all seems a little hypocritical, the shops post the rules everywhere but then don't apply the rules to their own staff.

Steve_L

I think that they're simply concentrating on the shelves.

It's an "old Jedi retailer mind trick" to put stuff that you don't want to sell, because you only make a small profit on it, on the bottom shelf.

ElefantEd

olgadapolga said:

Then there was the one who told me, as well as every other customer she saw, to get as much as possible during my shopping trip - encouraging panic-buying?

They perhaps meant to make sure you got everything in one trip so you didn't have to return sooner than you otherwise might.
But I have also seen the staff failing to observe social distancing both with each other and with customers.

JGB1955

I've stopped shopping in Tesco since they introduced the arrows. They're totally counter-productive. If you have two adjacent aisles with arrows going in the same direction...how are you meant to access the second one? Madness. And, if you've just walked 3 metres past something you want, realise you've missed it ..do you do a complete circuit of the shop to get back to the item?   No!  

DCFC79

The arrows were stuck to in Aldi but like everything in life people like to do what they like.

hollydays

Just show compassion. We've all got so much on our minds, we just dont see the arrows. Although I don't really shop in big shops now and will endeavour not to do so. If you want to complain, just look at what is likely to be happening in Africa and Malawi in particular. No point in Malawi of trying to flatten the curve . Count your blessings right now folks.

giraffe69

JGB1955 said:

 And, if you've just walked 3 metres past something you want, realise you've missed it ..do you do a complete circuit of the shop to get back to the item?   No!  

In my Tesco you can't do a complete circuit as they have blocked that off. We have no spring onions as a result of my flawed memory. You could reverse if you could stand the tutting!

Steve_L

On my last supermarket shop before our first delivery, having quietly stocked up on things over previous trips, so not needing very much, I obeyed both the one-way system and the distancing rules. A shopping trolley is just under 1 metre long, The big problem was at the ends of the aisles by the checkouts. People were queueing in the aisles to keep their distance from the checkout ahead. Even with both of you against the shelves, the aisles weren't quite wide enough to allow 2 metres separation to get past. So, you had to queue with them to get around the corner, then wait for the queue in that aisle to clear completely, before you could enter it. And. all the time, other people were having to invade your 4 metre diameter "no fly zone". The two are simply mutually incompatible.

At least they hadn't put two arrows pointing outwards from the same aisle.

sparky0138

DCFC79 said:

The arrows were stuck to in Aldi but like everything in life people like to do what they like.

We just got arrows put down in our Aldi but there are an odd number of aisles so the last two are pretty much a free-for-all anyway.