Random Irritations

[Lucifer MorningStar]

You've had a shocker there. Trust me, everyone in the queue, is thinking terrible thoughts about how you do that.

I genuinely can't work out the logic behind it at all i'd certainly be question what they're doing as weird

 

[Robster59]

I use “scan n shop” the only PITA is the need to get a bottle of wine authorised and the occasional bag check , which can be a right faff

Perhaps you should remove your hood when shopping?

 

[Robster59]

@ExRabbit the only defence I can offer the bloke is that I do the same if shopping with my wife. She says I get in the way so I just stand ready to pay, occasionally slide something to her. Saying that, we have our bags ready in the trolley, we pack straight into them, I'm ready to pay instantly. We are like an F1 pit crew

I have to admit that with me and my good lady, when it comes to packing things, I either leave it to her, or ask her to go and look at something else while I'm packing as she can't help but instruct me on where everything should be packed. It saves "disagreements".

 

[rulefan]

We put stuff in the trolley or basket and scan as we go. Scan and hit the pay button. Apart from alcohol, no intervention by staff. Wheel the trolley to the car. Empty into boxes. Put trolley into dock. Job done.

 

[Robster59]

In his defence he might just be sick of:
a. Trying to register the fact that he's brought his own bag and have the system recognise this
b. Trying to pack the bag as you go and the system doesn't recognise you've put something in the bag if it's balanced at an awkward angle or whatever.

If you just scan things and drop them onto the bagging area you generally won't get any errors. Then chuck them in the bag after you've reached the paying screen and it doesn't ask you any stupid questions about scanning the bag in or adding how many bags you're using.

Hands up - I admit to often being that person in irritating person #1.

As a result of not using a hand basket during covid I still just pile my shopping into my shopping bag as I go round…I make it obvious to anyone who sees me do that that I’m not knicking it.

When I get to scan it I take it out item at a time and pile it up; pay and then put it back in my shopping bag. As I’ll generally only do this if I have a dozen or fewer items I’ve never really thought someone waiting could get p’d off with me as it takes maybe 30secs to pack it in my bag.

Besides…the number of times the technology has failed to recognise my shopping bag if I do it the ‘normal’ way and I have to wait (almost always more than 30s) for someone to sort it out…however I will review and reassess my shopping strategy.

Burn them! Burn them!!

 

[Robster59]

Click and collect or home delivery is the way to go. Don't set foot in tbe shop, it's too annoying.

The trouble is, you can't check fresh food with that process, and you can finish up with some very short "Best Before" or "Use By" dates.

 

[jim8flog]

Remote controls with tiny buttons
and are so small in themselves that they cannot be operated one handed.

Grr to LG and Humax.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I’m really surprised this hasn’t been mentioned….Amazon and AWS

 

[cliveb]

That marketing guy (Rory Sutherland?) makes the point that self checkout is a pain to use for a big weekly shop, so installing loads of self checkouts is a false economy - it just drives your customers away to somewhere else.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

That marketing guy (Rory Sutherland?) makes the point that self checkout is a pain to use for a big weekly shop, so installing loads of self checkouts is a false economy - it just drives your customers away to somewhere else.

Where to other shops that have also installed self checkouts or scan and shop. I couldn’t name a supermarket in a 30mins radius of where I live that would be beneficial to go somewhere else to avoid it as they all have it every single one of them.

 

[Orikoru]

I don't really understand the concept of hospital parking. When you go into hospital you have no clue how long you're going to be there - you hope to be seen quickly and be in and out in an hour, but usually fat chance of that. Best case three hours.. worst case.. eight? Ten? So how the hell am I supposed to input how many hours I need my car parked for when I arrive?? Why can't we just pay when we leave then we know how long we've been there! The current system - have a random stab at it and then repeatedly add more hours as required.

 

[IanM]

The trouble is, you can't check fresh food with that process, and you can finish up with some very short "Best Before" or "Use By" dates.

Yep, but the occasions where we need to reject stuff is pretty rare. Much better than having to spend however long inside the shop

 

[chellie]

We put stuff in the trolley or basket and scan as we go. Scan and hit the pay button. Apart from alcohol, no intervention by staff. Wheel the trolley to the car. Empty into boxes. Put trolley into dock. Job done.

Unless you get stopped for a check which is what happened to me last week. Our local Lidl has installed self service checkouts. Touch wood I've had no issues using them.

 

[Imurg]

Yep, but the occasions where we need to reject stuff is pretty rare. Much better than having to spend however long inside the shop

Yeah but it's people like you ultimately causing chaos in my street when there's 3 supermarket delivery vans trying to abandon themselves when the bin men are there and Amazon, Herpes, DPD and DHL, everyone's at home and there's nowhere to park........

 

[chellie]

I don't really understand the concept of hospital parking. When you go into hospital you have no clue how long you're going to be there - you hope to be seen quickly and be in and out in an hour, but usually fat chance of that. Best case three hours.. worst case.. eight? Ten? So how the hell am I supposed to input how many hours I need my car parked for when I arrive?? Why can't we just pay when we leave then we know how long we've been there! The current system - have a random stab at it and then repeatedly add more hours as required.

We can at the multi storey car park at the local hospital.

 

[Crazyface]

Yesterday in Tesco's I arrived at the tills to find one, yes one till open and a five queueing at it. A bloke was stood staring down the line of till with no staff on them, so the enevitable conversation took place, I'm sure you know it. I had no choice but to join the queue, yup there was a a queue at them as well, at the self serice ones. I started a conversation with the guy monitoring the self service bit. There were no staff on the still because they have no staff in!!!!!!!! But don't worry the Xmas influx of staff are being recruited, but after Xmas they'll be gone and Tesco's will fire them off and pocket the profits and go back to having no staff again. Sure I could go to Sainsburys, but the way in and out is a nightmare, so nuts to that. Aldi is good, but didn't have everything I needed. They've got to expand their range and compete fully with the big two. Please?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That’s the most bizarre way to shop I’ve ever come across why not just use a basket and put your bags on the self checkout and scan it straight into you bag!

Yes I know it is...but as well as the covid hangover I can't be bothered carrying a basket of stuff and a big shopping bag round with me. Yes I know. think I might change my behaviour.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You've had a shocker there. Trust me, everyone in the queue, is thinking terrible thoughts about how you do that.

But too often when I put my shopping bag where it should go for 'loading' the technology doesn't recognise it and I have to call for Help.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

In his defence he might just be sick of:
a. Trying to register the fact that he's brought his own bag and have the system recognise this
b. Trying to pack the bag as you go and the system doesn't recognise you've put something in the bag if it's balanced at an awkward angle or whatever.

If you just scan things and drop them onto the bagging area you generally won't get any errors. Then chuck them in the bag after you've reached the paying screen and it doesn't ask you any stupid questions about scanning the bag in or adding how many bags you're using.

Absolutely - you are my fave @Orikoru

 

[Lord Tyrion]

But too often when I put my shopping bag where it should go for 'loading' the technology doesn't recognise it and I have to call for Help.

I don't know where everyone else shops but I regulary use self serve at Morrisons and Lidl, our two local supermarkets, and neither ever have an issue with recognising a bag. I know you are not alone in this, plenty of others seem to have the problem, but I just never see it.