Idiots at the till
Discussion
Triumph Man said:
It's the people with trolleys piled high (who shouldn't be there in the first place) who push in front of me who quite clearly is holding a sandwich and a bag of crisps.
Between the hours of 1 and 2pm, the following people should be banned from using self serve:
The elderly
The clearly unemployed
Single mums with unruly children (who probably fall into the above category)
Idiots
People with trolleys piled high.
How can you tell that people are unemployed by looking at them in a supermarket?Between the hours of 1 and 2pm, the following people should be banned from using self serve:
The elderly
The clearly unemployed
Single mums with unruly children (who probably fall into the above category)
Idiots
People with trolleys piled high.
I have to have blood tests every 4 weeks at my hospital. The hospital have an early starter Monday 'FOR WORKERS' so you can come in, get your bloods done then get to work on time. There are signs everywhere stating that the 7.30am Monday slot is 'FOR WORKERS'.
Turn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
Turn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
Fastchas said:
I have to have blood tests every 4 weeks at my hospital. The hospital have an early starter Monday 'FOR WORKERS' so you can come in, get your bloods done then get to work on time. There are signs everywhere stating that the 7.30am Monday slot is 'FOR WORKERS'.
Turn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
Imagine the sTurn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
t storm the press would kick up if they turned them away though, I'd imagine that is what they're scared ofWomen enjoying a spot of "handbag time".
e.g. 1 - Farty little bags that go over the shoulder, it's impossible to do anything with that arm, so they empty their shopping on the belt and fill their bags one-handed while the other is used to hold the handbag in place.
e.g. 2 - The one in front of me at the queue for fuel the other day, the usual goes in and pays and comes back out "good, it's my turn!", except it isn't is it? She's enjoying some handbag time in the car before she pulls away. Eventually she decides the bag must take pride of place on the rear parcel shelf which is really fking hard to do backwards from the drivers seat, eventually though after much admirable trying she finally made it.
People buying lunch for one day from the supermarket. It's a massive store, there are massive trolleys, you get stuck behind a few of them with their stupid little "meal deal" 2 sandwiches, a bottle of fizz and a packet of crisps and then pay with their card. Go to the corner shop, or even.... buy stuff for more than one day, maybe even save up and buy a whole loaf of bread in one go.
...and finally, people who stand bottles up that they are shocked that they fall down, or lay them down across the belt so they roll back and forth. Some people must clearly fall out of a tree for the first time ever each day and find the world is full of unguessable wonders.
e.g. 1 - Farty little bags that go over the shoulder, it's impossible to do anything with that arm, so they empty their shopping on the belt and fill their bags one-handed while the other is used to hold the handbag in place.
e.g. 2 - The one in front of me at the queue for fuel the other day, the usual goes in and pays and comes back out "good, it's my turn!", except it isn't is it? She's enjoying some handbag time in the car before she pulls away. Eventually she decides the bag must take pride of place on the rear parcel shelf which is really f
king hard to do backwards from the drivers seat, eventually though after much admirable trying she finally made it.People buying lunch for one day from the supermarket. It's a massive store, there are massive trolleys, you get stuck behind a few of them with their stupid little "meal deal" 2 sandwiches, a bottle of fizz and a packet of crisps and then pay with their card. Go to the corner shop, or even.... buy stuff for more than one day, maybe even save up and buy a whole loaf of bread in one go.
...and finally, people who stand bottles up that they are shocked that they fall down, or lay them down across the belt so they roll back and forth. Some people must clearly fall out of a tree for the first time ever each day and find the world is full of unguessable wonders.
Edited by Shaolin on Thursday 16th April 16:20
themanwithnoname said:
I no longer use self service unless absolutely necessary
In Birmingham recently in a city centre Tesco. Epic queue for the two open tills. I know to avoid as I had queued for 25 mins the night before (I was buying booze) only for one of the s to go off on break, leaving us with only one open till.I was buying a packet of extra strong mints. Beep. Finish. Nope, I have to put them in the bagging area. Not in my pocket like a normal human. I have to move the bags out of the way, place the small tube of mints on the tray, and watch it roll onto the floor while the machine tries to work out what the f
k is going on. So I replace it into the bagging area, and hold it there. Now it obviously thinks I've put something heavier there, and calls for assistance.After waiting for 5 mins with no-one in sight, I put my 70p into the machine and left. It didn't spit it back out at me so I assume I won't be of interest to the Midlands CID shoplifting unit.
Fastchas said:
I have to have blood tests every 4 weeks at my hospital. The hospital have an early starter Monday 'FOR WORKERS' so you can come in, get your bloods done then get to work on time. There are signs everywhere stating that the 7.30am Monday slot is 'FOR WORKERS'.
Turn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
"are you a worker?"Turn up at 7.30am on Monday and what do you find?
Every bloody Ada and Bernard now comes on Monday at 7.30am instead of ANY other day at 8am. Probably because they've been awake since 4am and 'don't need much sleep nowadays. I'm 72 y'know'
I've protested to the staff but the answer is "What can we do? Turn them away?"
YES!
"no"
"ok see you at 8am"
Brigand said:
People who take trollies to the self service tills.
In my local Sainsburys there are two self service checkout areas of four tills. One of them has a big Baskets Only sign above it, and the other one used to (you can still see the bits of wire the sign hung from) but the sign has now gone. This means its perfectly allowed for the trollies to use this checkout area, but to me at least, I consider it bad form to bring your hulking great weekly shop trolly to these tills, which are supposed to speed the process up (and also don't have much packing space on the scales).
Often I see people bring their trollies to the tills with the big Baskets Only sign, and I'm just waiting for the day when I'm irritated enough by something to point out this big sign to them. The checkout staff don't care though, its probably more bother than their worth to confront someone over it.
People who leave trollies full of stuff around the store.
Same tills, same store; I'm waiting in the self serve queue whilst a woman is scanning her trolly full of stuff through, her three kids being fairly well behaved. When it comes to paying however, she "realises" she doesn't have her card, she loudly said to the checkout girl, and asked that she leave the stuff here and nip out to the car to find her card, of which the checkout girl agreed.
I then scanned and bought my stuff, and as I was leaving the woman was walking away from the cash machine outside, stuffing notes into her purse as she wandered back to her car. One of her kids even asked about the food in the trolly they just left as they were getting into their car, to which the woman just laughed and said "Don't worry about that, we'll go to Tescos".
I suspect she found she had spent too much in Sainsburys, so lied, abandoned the trolly at the till, took out what cash she did have then decided rather than go back and take some stuff out of her weekly shop to get the price down, she'd just go somewhere else.
Long winded, but I'm finding I just hate people in general these days.
Very much this In my local Sainsburys there are two self service checkout areas of four tills. One of them has a big Baskets Only sign above it, and the other one used to (you can still see the bits of wire the sign hung from) but the sign has now gone. This means its perfectly allowed for the trollies to use this checkout area, but to me at least, I consider it bad form to bring your hulking great weekly shop trolly to these tills, which are supposed to speed the process up (and also don't have much packing space on the scales).
Often I see people bring their trollies to the tills with the big Baskets Only sign, and I'm just waiting for the day when I'm irritated enough by something to point out this big sign to them. The checkout staff don't care though, its probably more bother than their worth to confront someone over it.
People who leave trollies full of stuff around the store.
Same tills, same store; I'm waiting in the self serve queue whilst a woman is scanning her trolly full of stuff through, her three kids being fairly well behaved. When it comes to paying however, she "realises" she doesn't have her card, she loudly said to the checkout girl, and asked that she leave the stuff here and nip out to the car to find her card, of which the checkout girl agreed.
I then scanned and bought my stuff, and as I was leaving the woman was walking away from the cash machine outside, stuffing notes into her purse as she wandered back to her car. One of her kids even asked about the food in the trolly they just left as they were getting into their car, to which the woman just laughed and said "Don't worry about that, we'll go to Tescos".
I suspect she found she had spent too much in Sainsburys, so lied, abandoned the trolly at the till, took out what cash she did have then decided rather than go back and take some stuff out of her weekly shop to get the price down, she'd just go somewhere else.
Long winded, but I'm finding I just hate people in general these days.
I'm waiting in the queue for a pump at a very busy petrol station (about 4 cars deep so waiting a while with no opportunity to move to a different pump). After paying for the fuel the idiot immediately in front comes out of the shop with a bottle of oil and precedes to open the bonnet and top up his oil (despite there being empty spaces elsewhere on the forecourt specifically for this sort of thing). You'd think at this point even the most ignorant hard necked individual would stop being so selfish and show some consideration for his fellow motorists but no, to add insult to injury, he then gets a bottle of water from the boot of his car and tops up the washer reservoir. Not satisfied by being such a prize he then walks back into the shop.... I was so apoplectic with rage I didn't dare get out of the car to speak to him.
he then walks back into the shop.... I was so apoplectic with rage I didn't dare get out of the car to speak to him.Edited by Greedydog on Thursday 16th April 17:01
DannyScene said:
Imagine the st storm the press would kick up if they turned them away though, I'd imagine that is what they're scared of
Sorry but that is one Media st storm the press would kick up if they turned them away though, I'd imagine that is what they're scared oft storm I would be happy to handle, and easily dealt with:-"Yes Mr Local BBC reporter. Our surgery is open for 9 hours per day from 8am until 4pm. We have listened to the concerns and comments from our service users and have identified that a significant number have issues being able to get time off work to have these vital tests carried out. As such we have decided to open for an extra half hour, once per week, at 7:30 am to deal with those who have no other option. Sadly we found that a great many of theses individuals have been unable to book one of these few appointments due to others seeking to select them for their convenience rather than necessity. As a result we have brought in a requirement that if you have booked one of these appointments you will be required to provide a letter confirming your are in full time employment from your employer or your latest wage slip which must be not more than 6 weeks old. With NHS resources stretched ever further we are sure that those who have greater flexibility in organising their time will understand and wish to assist us in getting maximum value for tax payers money from the NHS."
Rude-boy said:
DannyScene said:
Imagine the st storm the press would kick up if they turned them away though, I'd imagine that is what they're scared of
Sorry but that is one Media st storm the press would kick up if they turned them away though, I'd imagine that is what they're scared oft storm I would be happy to handle, and easily dealt with:-"Yes Mr Local BBC reporter. Our surgery is open for 9 hours per day from 8am until 4pm. We have listened to the concerns and comments from our service users and have identified that a significant number have issues being able to get time off work to have these vital tests carried out. As such we have decided to open for an extra half hour, once per week, at 7:30 am to deal with those who have no other option. Sadly we found that a great many of theses individuals have been unable to book one of these few appointments due to others seeking to select them for their convenience rather than necessity. As a result we have brought in a requirement that if you have booked one of these appointments you will be required to provide a letter confirming your are in full time employment from your employer or your latest wage slip which must be not more than 6 weeks old. With NHS resources stretched ever further we are sure that those who have greater flexibility in organising their time will understand and wish to assist us in getting maximum value for tax payers money from the NHS."
t storm should be kicked up but with everyone looking to stick the boot into the NHS you can't blame them really, can't see any other reason for not turning them awayThe closest I've come to snapping was when a dozy mare had all her shopping scanned at Tesco, then proceeded to hand over a wad of coupons, which rather helpfully she hadn't f**king sorted and it turned of many were either expired, not yet valid, or hadn't bought the bl**dy thing in the first place...
Dozy mare than decided for each failed coupon that she didn't want the item(s) after all, and would then proceed to rifle through her shopping bags to have them taken off the final bill!! Watching her then rifle through her purse before final paying was almost as bad..
It was only the look of abject despair on the face of the checkout lady that I think stopped me losing it..
Dozy mare than decided for each failed coupon that she didn't want the item(s) after all, and would then proceed to rifle through her shopping bags to have them taken off the final bill!! Watching her then rifle through her purse before final paying was almost as bad..
It was only the look of abject despair on the face of the checkout lady that I think stopped me losing it..
matrignano said:
Thankyou4calling said:
How can you tell that people are unemployed by looking at them in a supermarket?
Because, you know, they are in the supermarket instead of being at fking work!?HHHHHHH said:
What about obnoxious rude people at the till talking on their mobile phones whilst being served. I think it's very ignorant and disrespectful to the cashier.
The petrol station I mentioned a few pages back used to be run by people who I think were from Sri Lanka. Nothing wrong with that, but it just so happens that the chap behind the counter would be on the phone any time I went in, and any time anyone I know went in. Most of the time you'd just go in, say the pump number, chap would continue his conversation while pointing to the card machine, then give you the receipt, all without ever stopping his conversation. The one time I said "I'll wait until you've finished on the phone" he just put it down on the side, served me, then went back to the call. Might be a cultural difference but to me it's just bad manners.Rude-boy said:
I also hate those who tread the cashier like st as well.
I see that in the pub quite a lot - the number of people who say what they want but with no please on the end, and no 'thank you' when their change in returned. I'm not exactly a ray of sunshine when dealing with other people, but manners cost nothing.t as well.lickatysplit said:
slightly of topic.
I was out with the wife a couple of months ago, the I ordered a pint and the wife a mojito. the bargirl went and got my pint and asked if it was a mojito we was after. on text unstupid, till I point out she pronounced the 'J'
Is that a problem? Foreign word, is it not? Her spelling and grammar abilities may well be better than yours!I was out with the wife a couple of months ago, the I ordered a pint and the wife a mojito. the bargirl went and got my pint and asked if it was a mojito we was after. on text unstupid, till I point out she pronounced the 'J'
Shaolin said:
People buying lunch for one day from the supermarket. It's a massive store, there are massive trolleys, you get stuck behind a few of them with their stupid little "meal deal" 2 sandwiches, a bottle of fizz and a packet of crisps and then pay with their card. Go to the corner shop, or even.... buy stuff for more than one day, maybe even save up and buy a whole loaf of bread in one go.
This is quite a stupid sentiment to have in my opinion.I buy my lunch for that day because I don't want to buy my weekly shop on my lunch-hour and lug it home on my bike. Plus, there's nowhere to store it at work for the next six hours before its time to go home. Sometimes I bring my lunch in, sometimes I buy it in town, all depends on how I feel that morning. If you're huffing and puffing behind me in the queue because I have the temerity to purchase a meal deal to eat in the park then that's your problem, not mine.
As for using a corner shop, well there isn't always one nearby, and those I have seen tend to only stock manky pasties and crisps, and I generally like something a little more appetising that those to last me the rest of the day.
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