Idiots at the till

[Fastchas]

DannyScene said:

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 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."

I wasn't saying I agree a st 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 away

I agree with Rude Boys comment. Any right-minded individual can see the argument in this case and no-one would blame the hospital for turning them away or at least saying to them " Ah, yes, Mr Bernard Trumpington-Harley! As you are in your '70's and obviously retired would you mind waiting for 8am so I may get to the workers behind you?" whilst pointing out the waiting room.
They'd only need to do it once. The retired person would get the message.

[DannyScene]

Fastchas said:

DannyScene said:

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 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."

I wasn't saying I agree a st 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 away

I agree with Rude Boys comment. Any right-minded individual can see the argument in this case and no-one would blame the hospital for turning them away or at least saying to them " Ah, yes, Mr Bernard Trumpington-Harley! As you are in your '70's and obviously retired would you mind waiting for 8am so I may get to the workers behind you?" whilst pointing out the waiting room.
They'd only need to do it once. The retired person would get the message.

Ah yes the press, famed for being full of right minded individuals....

[Cliftonite]

lickatysplit said:

Cliftonite said:

Is that a problem? Foreign word, is it not? Her spelling and grammar abilities may well be better than yours!

she works in a bar selling cocktails.
could you imagine walking into a dealer and not knowing the name of the marque? its like pronouncing the L's in Gallardo :-)

And yours!

[Shaolin]

Brigand said:

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.

Well, obviously. Isn't this what this thread is all about? I get annoyed with supermarkets being clogged up with people who go running there all the time to make piddly little purchases instead of organizing their lives better which then impacts on mine.

[Shaolin]

Clothes shops - when did assistants stop being able to do something simple like fold a t-shirt or shirt properly before putting it in the bag? Some of the attempts are awful, I am sometimes tempted to say "just pass it here, I'll do it", it's an easy part of an easy job FFS.

[Rude-boy]

ch108 said:

I hate places where the cashiers are forced to try and sell you a store card (clothes shops are bad for store credit cards), or some offer on merchandise.

At my local petrol station the cashiers are always asking if i want buy whatever chocolate they have on offer which is placed conveniently at the till. I always politely decline as it isn't their fault, they are obviously asked to do so by their bosses and probably have some unrealistic target to hit too.

With you on this.

My only peeve is that as a rule I'll walk in to the shop to pay, go up to the desk and will, with payment card in hand say something like "Pump 3 please, no sweets, cigarettes or lottery thanks." The response, almost invariably is "Yes Sir, Pump number 3, that will be £54.82 if you'd like to place your card in the reader. Can I interest you in an Sweets, cigarettes or lottery tickets?"

These days I tend to use pay at pump as often as I can because it is usually quicker and you are almost guaranteed to avoid the upsell.

[Rude-boy]

Shaolin said:

Clothes shops - when did assistants stop being able to do something simple like fold a t-shirt or shirt properly before putting it in the bag? Some of the attempts are awful, I am sometimes tempted to say "just pass it here, I'll do it", it's an easy part of an easy job FFS.

Easy for you perhaps. I have four left feet when it come to folding clothes

[Carrot]

Quite some time ago, was in a corner shop in a long queue grabbing my lunch before I headed off to the next site I was scheduled at.

There were two cashiers on, and the queue was about 9 people deep.

Miserable scowling old git with a newspaper walked straight to the front of the queue, practically pushed the person at the front who was about to get served out the way, and slammed him paper on the counter and said loudly "I don't need to queue as I only have this to pay or"

Thankfully she told him to go wait in the queue like everybody else, to which he stormed out without his paper. I do hate it when normally bar staff / checkout staff give in to those who push in.

I have a general level of respect for the elderly, however if you were a ct when you were a young'un, I suspect you will be a ct when you are elderly as well. He was one of those.

[Calza]

I haven't been 'out' in quite some time, but last weekend was delighted at how much easier contactless has made the whole process.

No fumbling around counting out coins, entering pins etc. Just a quick tap and job done!

[Issi]

Carrot said:

Quite some time ago, was in a corner shop in a long queue grabbing my lunch before I headed off to the next site I was scheduled at.

There were two cashiers on, and the queue was about 9 people deep.

Miserable scowling old git with a newspaper walked straight to the front of the queue, practically pushed the person at the front who was about to get served out the way, and slammed him paper on the counter and said loudly "I don't need to queue as I only have this to pay or"

Thankfully she told him to go wait in the queue like everybody else, to which he stormed out without his paper. I do hate it when normally bar staff / checkout staff give in to those who push in.

I have a general level of respect for the elderly, however if you were a ct when you were a young'un, I suspect you will be a ct when you are elderly as well. He was one of those.

I saw a similar thing in a Sainsburys petrol station a while back.

There was a single queue heading towards the two open tills, so as soon as one was free, the next person in line went to the open one.
A very angry looking chap just walked straight to the till before the next person in the queue got there, and said (I'm paraphrasing)

'There are two tills, and nowhere does it say you have to queue for both tills, and so you will take my money now or I'm walking away!'

The poor guy meekly took his tenner, and the prick walked out with a self satisfied look on his face.

I'm quite ashamed that I didn't say anything myself, but to be honest when he first approached the till, I thought he was just going to ask where something was, and he'd more or less finished his transaction before I clocked what was going on.

[8bit]

Couldn't be bothered to read all 9 pages so this may have been covered already but...

I tend to use BP filling stations as you can get Nectar points there (Mrs. 8bit LOVES Nectar points). A lot of them now have little Marks and Spencers shops in them. Why oh why do numpties turn up ON FOOT to do their weekly shop, typically when there are a number of people who just want to pay for their fuel and get going and usually when there's only one checkout assistant on?

They really need a "fuel only" queue in places like that.

[TheEnd]

lickatysplit said:

Cliftonite said:

Is that a problem? Foreign word, is it not? Her spelling and grammar abilities may well be better than yours!

she works in a bar selling cocktails.
could you imagine walking into a dealer and not knowing the name of the marque? its like pronouncing the L's in Gallardo :-)

or a pizza place asking if you want Jalappy nose.

[Issi]

Or going to Marjorka or Eyebeetsa on your holidays.

[RizzoTheRat]

Rude-boy said:

These days I tend to use pay at pump as often as I can because it is usually quicker and you are almost guaranteed to avoid the upsell.

Or or would be quicker if I didn't quite often have to go in to the bloody shop to get a reciept as the pumps are often out of till roll. I've stopped using pay at pump completely at one local garage as it always happens.

[dfen5]

Arse hole in front of me at Costa. Asks to 'get' 2 Cortados. Sees the quantity of coffee in the glass cup and asks for more. Barista bins them in disgust and starts again. Whole queue sighs.

[MrBarry123]

dfen5 said:

Arse hole in front of me at Costa. Asks to 'get' 2 Cortados. Sees the quantity of coffee in the glass cup and asks for more. Barista bins them in disgust and starts again. Whole queue sighs.

Could have been worse, could have pooed on you.

[kowalski655]

TheEnd said:

lickatysplit said:

Cliftonite said:

Is that a problem? Foreign word, is it not? Her spelling and grammar abilities may well be better than yours!

she works in a bar selling cocktails.
could you imagine walking into a dealer and not knowing the name of the marque? its like pronouncing the L's in Gallardo :-)

or a pizza place asking if you want Jalappy nose.

Or,as the missus once said,sliced filipinos
Im fairly sure it was said in error!

[FiF]

Lidl the other morning. I have a trolley fairly full, bloke in front of me with a full basket waiting to put stuff on the belt. Two other tills open long queues.

So this other bloke strolls up clearly weighed down with a microwave in its box. Bloke in front of me offers to let microwave man queue jump as it was just one thing. Fair enough it looked heavy.

Microwave bloke gets to front of queue at till, he's not buying it but returning it. Various tannoy calls for people to advise on how to manage the till, authorise the refund and amazingly for someone to lift the thing off the conveyor. To be fair to the bloke he offered to shift it for them but that's out with the rules apparently.

Meanwhile frozen stuff was not quite so frozen.

Then the place stopped while they apprehended a bloke trying make off with nicked booze. Ffs.

[clarkey540i]

iva cosworth said:

ecsrobin said:

I've always thought self checkouts should actually be called under 50's checkouts. I always seem to get stuck behind old people with loose veg who can't operate the machines.

I'm over 50 and have no trouble using them but the only thing needing weighing I usually buy are tomatoes.

Unless I'm unlucky to pick the one with "unexpected item in bagging area".

I scanned something twice recently due to this,so overpaid by £1.....one whole pound.

I'm not over 50, but have developed a good trick for the 'unexpected item in bagging area'. You pick up the bag and put it down again, which seems to make it re-weigh the whole lot and 9 times out of 10 it sorts itself out.
I'm just waiting for them to introduce contact-less on all of them now, and stop gluing the bags together.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

ecsrobin said:

I've always thought self checkouts should actually be called under 50's checkouts. I always seem to get stuck behind old people with loose veg who can't operate the machines.

ps off you ageist pillock!

I'm over 50 but I warrant I'll get through a self serve checkout faster than you wee lad.