Let's not beat about the bush: self service checkouts

[wellquickwoody]

Tesco self service points at Holmbush now have Xmas jinglejangles being played as you scan your items.....AAAARRGGHH!! Humbug!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

To take your admirable standpoint forward [encourage low paid local workers] I trust you employ a cleaner and a gardener at home?
Or, perhaps, more likely, you do it yourself to save money?.

Well I live in a first floor flat and only clean the place when visitors are imminent . Does that answer your question?

And why on earth would you not employ somebody local who could do with the work and its work you couldn't / wouldn't do yourself? Sake!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Well I live in a first floor flat and only clean the place when visitors are imminent . Does that answer your question?

Yes, and tells me all I need to know about you too.
Ok. lets try another self-service option to see if I can get the point over.

When putting fuel in your car, do you do it yourself, or is their a pump attendant to do it for you?
When I was a wee boy there used to be a pump attendant at every petrol station.
Indeed, many countries still do this, e.g. South Africa and USA.
By going DIY on fueling our cars, have we not put local folk out of work?
Why did we take this course of action?
To try and keep cost of fuel to a minimum.

If you had a choice of going to a petrol station with an attendant but pay 10p a litre more, I guess you would choose that over DIY and boycott the cheaper option.

I don't think we are ever going to agree on this one.
You pays yer money and takes yer choice, but I know where I'd prefer to buy my fuel.

And when all I want is a pint of milk and the manned checkout have the Golightley family queuing with their weekly full trolley shop - personally, I find it a no-brainer to use the self-service tills.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

And why on earth would you not employ somebody local who could do with the work and its work you couldn't / wouldn't do yourself? Sake!

Your saying you couldn't / wouldn't use a self-service supermarket checkout till?

 

[Blue3]

COOP have by far the worst self service machines
Morrisons run the COOP them a close second

 

[fat old seagull]

I'm now seeing the reason for part of your NSC moniker, a bit surprised you are old though if you carry on like this ?

Surely you couldn't imagine that was a serious recommendation

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Never go to a manned/womaned checkout if I can help it.... Once you get the hang of the machines they are far better. I can't be doing with dealing with the people they employ to check out..

 

[vegster]

Surely you couldn't imagine that was a serious recommendation

I often see people walking around eating in supermarkets, it's usually the fat ones or fat mothers with kids which have to eat a cheese pot thing or sausage rolls else they go into a meltdown. So I thought you might be serious.

 

[fat old seagull]

I often see people walking around eating in supermarkets, it's usually the fat ones or fat mothers with kids which have to eat a cheese pot thing or sausage rolls else they go into a meltdown. So I thought you might be serious.

Not in Waitrose we don't! My Mrs would thrash me with a Salami if I started nibbling 'my own' food anywhere other than a designated dining area....never mind unpaid for shopping!

 

[Dick Head]

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IIRC you can buy one pack of Paracetamol without the need for authorisation but 2 or more makes you a suicide candidate.
The price of Neurofen [compared to Paracetamol] does not make this the drug of choice for Hari-Kari merchants.

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Because Nurofen is ibuprofen and you can't commit chop suey with it whereas with paracetomol you can.

 

[Arkwright]

Post office self service kiosk you need a degree to work it and a vast knowledge of the postal services offered and at the end you still need a member of staff on hand to authorise the transaction. Must the the worst self service ever.

 

[Mr Bronson]

I work for one of the large supermarkets and got taken around the till lab. Banks of self service tills all talking away. I'm sure they were having a conversation. Hell on earth.

 

[vegster]

Not in Waitrose we don't! My Mrs would thrash me with a Salami if I started nibbling 'my own' food anywhere other than a designated dining area....never mind unpaid for shopping!

Good man, my faith is restored !.... however, I do fear for society when you see young mothers doing their shopping wit two trolleys, one to put the food in and one used as a mobile cage to contain their hyperactive children.

 

[BensGrandad]

I often see people walking around eating in supermarkets, it's usually the fat ones or fat mothers with kids which have to eat a cheese pot thing or sausage rolls else they go into a meltdown. So I thought you might be serious.

Not in Waitrose we don't! My Mrs would thrash me with a Salami if I started nibbling 'my own' food anywhere other than a designated dining area....never mind unpaid for shopping!

Apparently there is nothing security can do until the customer has paid for their goods as they may eat the pork pie but then scan the wrapper so it is then not shoplifting. In Asda Crawley I saw a woman break a cooked chicken anc give a piece each to her chikdren then do the same with a 4 pack of fizzy drinks. I reported it and the above answer was given me by the Security.

 

[vegster]

Apparently there is nothing security can do until the customer has paid for their goods as they may eat the pork pie but then scan the wrapper so it is then not shoplifting. In Asda Crawley I saw a woman break a cooked chicken anc give a piece each to her chikdren then do the same with a 4 pack of fizzy drinks. I reported it and the above answer was given me by the Security.

Yes, technically there is no offence committed until they leave the store and as such, they can throw the wrappers away and get away with it unless they are observed. ... and most of the time the supermarkets are too scared to prosecute in case it leads to bad publicity.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Today - Sainsburys Gyratotry Lewes Road Lunchtime

6 x Asian Blokes ( all students around 17-18 asked to produce ID for a few cans of beer) fair enough.

Me a 59 year old decided to go the self service route because of the delay(RED ALARMS GO OFF)

They exit while I wait for ROBOCOP to give me the once over and then let me pay and get the feck out of there FFS!

 

[BensGrandad]

ObviouslyROBOCOP has read or heard about you from here.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

ObviouslyROBOCOP has read or heard about you from here.

BG I nearly split my sides with that repartee

 

[Dick Head]

COOP have by far the worst self service machines
Morrisons run the COOP them a close second

A bad workman always blames his tools.

 

[OzMike]

So the self service not only does someone out of a job, it also gives a means of what some seem to think is a legitimate way of shoplifting.